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Specific powers granted to the federal government directly from the constitution.
What are enumerated/expressed powers?
Spending on programs that is required.
What is mandatory spending?
Seats are redistributed among states in the house.
What is reapportionment
A sample of the population that is fairly represented, each person has equal chance of inclusion.
What is a random sample?
Power of a higher court to hear appeals from a lower court.
What is appellate jurisdiction?
Groups of people who seek to influence public policy and gain power for the benefit of its own members.
What are factions?
Those already holding office have a greater chance to win reelection.
What is incumbency advantage?
People who attempt to impact legislation sent on the behalf of interest groups.
What are lobbyists?
How people develop their political ideologies.
What is political socialization?
Refusal to comply with certain laws believed to be immoral, peaceful political protest.
What is civil disobedience?
Idea that restrictions are to be put on government to protect the rights of the people.
What is limited government?
Use of government spending and taxes to influence the economy.
What is fiscal policy?
System where the candidate with the most district votes gets all the delegate votes.
What is the winner take all system?
Lowered voting age to 18 years.
What is the 26th amendment?
What article 1, section 8 of the US constitution is also known as.
What is the necessary and proper clause/elastic clause?
Grants from federal government to states, meant for general areas not specific programs.
What are block grants?
Congressional committees on a few subject-matter areas with membership from both houses.
What is a joint committee?
Court case that instated the lemon test.
What is Lemon vs Kurizman
Voting based on predictions of how a party candidate will preform in the future.
What is prospective voting?
Tactic to delay or block voting by preventing debate from ending.
What is a filibuster?
Society is an agreement between government and governed, people give up some rights in exchange for protection.
What is social contract?
Legislature divided into two separate houses.
What is bicameral?
Nonverbal communication, such as flag burning and wearing armbands.
What is symbolic speech?
When courts hear a case first.
What is original jurisdiction?
The theory emphasizing that government spending and deficits can help the economy deal with its ups and downs.
What is Keynesian economics?