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Act of the legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime and punishing them without benefit of a trial.
What is Bill of Attainer
100
A law making an action illegal retroactively
What is Ex Post Facto Law
100
Prisoner's right to a court review of his/her case to determine if there is sufficient cause to keep him/her in jail.
What is Writ of Habeas Corpus
100
Rights belonging to all citizens, that are guaranteed by the Constitution, federal laws, and court decisions.
What is Civil Liberties
100
Philosophy holds that the Supreme Court should avoid taking initiative on social and political issues.
What is Judicial Restraint
200
Philosophy that Supreme Court should play and active role in determining national policies.
What is Judicial Activism
200
How previous cases that involved similar issues were decided.
What are Precedents
200
Prohibits government from recognizing an official religion or promoting one religion over another.
What is Establishment Clause
200
Prohibits the government from interfering with a person's right to practice a religion.
What is Free Exercise Clause
200
Percentage of possible errors in the polling process.
What is Sampling Error
300
Selects the party's candidate that will run in the general election.
What is Primary Election
300
Selects which candidate is elected into office.
What is General Election
300
Choosing an early date to hold the primary election.
What is Front-Loading
300
The number of votes obtained by the leading candidate, although it may not be a majority.
What is Plurality.
300
Elections in which candidates have no party affiliation identified on the ballot.
What is Nonpartisan Elections
400
Federal Election held in the middle of the president's term of office.
What is Mid-Term Election.
400
When the popularity of the victorious presidential candidate helps his party's candidates for Congress win as well.
What is Cottail Effect.
400
Special election initiated by a petition that allows citizens to remove an official before his/her term has expired.
What is Recall Election
400
Reform movement of late 19th and early 20th centuries that sought to make government more democratic.
What is Progressive Movement
400
Major policy changes effected through small changes of a long period of time.
What is Incrementalism
500
Only one ballot so voters may vote for candidate of either party and split votes between parties.
What is Blanket Primary
500
Election held between top 2 winners when no candidate receives a majority.
What is Run-off Election
500
An election outside the regular schedule of elections.
What is Special Election
500
Absence of government
What is Anarchy
500
People who opposed ratification of proposed U.S. Constitution.
What is Anti-Federalists
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