Congress (The House & Senate)
The number of senators representing each state.
What is 2 per state?
A way of interpreting the Constitution based on its language alone.
What is strict interpretation?
This political group is likely to say that a woman president would do a lot or somewhat better than a man.
What is Democrats?
The idea that groups compete on a level playing field.
What is pluralism?
The median age of House members.
What is 58 years?
The number of representatives and senators that make up the US Congress.
What is 435 representatives and 100 senators?
The court's greatest power.
What is judicial review?
The approximate percentage of Republicans who say a woman president would make the U.S. less respected globally.
What is one-third?
The idea that there are too many competing interest groups.
What is hyperpluralism?
Politicians mirroring their constituents is called this.
What is descriptive representation?
This profession makes up 22% of congressmen, yet only .6% of the American workforce.
What is lawyers?
A way of interpreting the Constitution that takes into account evolving national attitudes and circumstances rather than the text alone.
What is living constitution?
A male presidential “first-timer.”
What is Trump, Sanders, or Obama?
The idea that only groups with substantial resources are able to realistically influence politics.
What is elite theory?
The theory that justices should surmise the intentions of the Founders when the language of the Constitution is unclear.
What is original intent?
From the beginning of the republic to now, this is the total number of female members of Congress.
What is 2.9%?
The idea that the Supreme Court should defer to the executive and legislative branches of government rather than contradicting existing laws.
What is judicial restraint?
The main reason why the Court is considered undemocratic.
What is their power to strike down laws?
A mode of organizing that is connected to the idea that some social groups are oppressed.
What is identity politics?
The process by which electoral districts are manipulated to serve the interests of a particular group.
What is gerrymandering?
The public support for this policy is 89%, higher than any other public policy options, though no law has passed for it so far.
What is background checks for guns?
A way of understanding decisions of the Supreme Court based on the political ideologies of the justices.
What is attitudinal approach?
A president who promised to change the direction of the Court.
What is Andrew Jackson in 1828, Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936, and Richard M. Nixon in 1968?
Also known as "good-government groups," they claim to represent the broad interests of all Americans.
What is Public Interest Groups?
This was a landmark legislation in the mid-20th century campaign against institutionalized racial discrimination, especially the overt discrimination practiced in the Old South.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?