Political Parties
The Media
Interest Groups
Terminology
Units 1 - 2
100
One way that the U.S. Constitution hinders the success of third parties.
Electoral college system - winner take all District system for electing Representatives
100
How most 18-26 year-olds get their news.
Web-based news sources
100
A theory of government and politics emphasizing that politics is mainly a competition among groups competing for preferred policies
pluralism
100
Media programming on cable TV or the Internet and aimed at a particular audience
Narrowcasting
100
A court order requiring government officals to explain to a judge why they are holding a person in custody
Writ of habeas corpus
200
A procedural rule created by the House or Senate that gives more power to the majority party.
The committee leadership Speaker of the House can appoint chair people to House committees House Rules Committee
200
The federal agency that regulates broadcast signals.
The Federal Communications Commission (FEC)
200
One of the theories about why interest groups are created
Friction Social conflict Elitism
200
The publication by Madison made the argument that factions are necessary in government, but must be controlled.
Federalist 10
200
The type of government where power is shared between the federal, state and local governments.
Federalism
300
When is a political party's Party Platform created?
National convention
300
One way that elected officials use the media to further their interests.
Preparing Press releases Staging Media Events granting press interviews
300
Written arguments submitted to the courts in support of one side of a case
Amicus Curiae Briefs
300
An electoral system that awards legislative seats to political parties based on the percentage of votes received in an election.
Proportional representation
300
The process of reallocating seats in the House of Representatives every ten years on the basis of the results of the census
Reapportionment
400
A Constitutional provision that limits the power of majority rule.
Veto bicameral legislature treaties 2/3 Senate vote
400
When a journalist's source offers to answer questions, but only under the condition that he/she not be named as a source.
Off the record.
400
An example of a Supreme Court case that and interest group used as a "test case"
Brown v. Board of Ed. - school integration Obergefell v. Hodges - gay marriage U.T. Austin admissions case
400
The Supreme Court case that ruled that certain parts of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act as unconstitutional and decided that corporations are considered individuals who have certain First Amendment rights to unlimited political speech.
Citizens United v. F.E.C.
400
A form of political participation based on a conscious decision to break a law believed to be unjust and to suffer the consequences
Civil disobedience
500
The difference between the ultimate goal of political parties and the ultimate goal of interest groups.
Political parties want to get their candidate elected to office while Interest Groups want to further the particular interests of their members through the political process.
500
When the press are given unrestricted access to a federal official to ask any questions they want.
Press Conference
500
Two ways that interest groups can influence the judicial branch.
Amicus Curiae briefs test cases funding hiring big guns class actions influencing nomination process experts
500
Interest groups that lobby to achieve a collective good and not to benefit activists of the organization
Public interest groups
500
A state-level method of direct legislation that gives voters a chance to approve or disapprove proposed legislation or proposed constitutional amendments
Referendum
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