The process by which the public opinion divides and goes to the extremes.
What is Polarization
100
A document stating the aims and principles of a political party.
What is Political Platform
100
Discrimination against members of a dominant or majority group.
What is Reverse Discrimination
100
Legislation designed to provide a news reporter with the right to refuse to testify as to information and/or sources of information obtained during the news gathering and dissemination process.
What is Shield Laws
100
A political party formed by members of an existing one whose views or policies differ from those of the majority.
What is Splinter Party
200
Deprived of the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
What is Disenfranchised
200
A worker to report criminal acts of emploter to proper authorities.
What is Whistle Blowing
200
Principle that the government must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person according to law.
What is Due Process
200
A writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge.
What is Habeas Corpus
200
A legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights.
What is Litigation
300
Someone who presents a petition to a court.
What is Petitioner
300
An opinion that agrees with the courts disposition of the case but is written to express a particular judge's reasoning.
What is Concurring Opinion
300
A deliberate plan of action to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes.
What is Policy Cycle
300
A court order that requires another court, government official, public body, corporation, or individual to do something it so orders.
What is Writ of Mandamus
300
Observation that people often do or believe what they think many other people do.
What is Bandwagon Effect
400
An opinion that disagrees with a courts disposition of the case.
What is Dissenting Opinion
400
A closed political meeting.
What is Caucus
400
Opinion joined by a majority of the court.
What is Majority Opinion
400
Product or service that is avaliable for all people to consume, whether they pay for it or not.
What is Public Good
400
The institutions, people, and processes by which a nation, state, or political unit is ruled and its public policy created and administered.
What is Government
500
Study of who gets what, when and how. how policy decisions are made.
What is Politics
500
Legal right or power to give orders and enforce rules.
What is Authority
500
Ability to cause others to behave as they might not otherwise choose too.
What is Power
500
Quality of being accepted as an authority often applied to laws or those in power.
What is Legitimacy
500
The notion that the ultimate authority in society rests with the people.