Foundations of US Gov
A design of government in which each branch has powers that can prevent the other branches from making policy.
Checks and Balances
Which branch of the government has the power to pardon individuals for criminal activity?
Executive branch
What are two examples of speech not protected by the first amendment?
obscenity, defamation, true threats, fighting words, incitement to imminent lawless action, and fraud/perjury
The #1 factor in determining an individual's political leaning.
Family!
A set of positions and policy objectives that members of a political party agree to.
Party platfrom
Authority of the federal government that goes beyond its expressed powers.
Implied Powers
A tactic through which an individual senator may use the right of unlimited debate to delay a motion or postpone action on a piece of legislation.
Filibuster
______ segregation is separation of individuals based on their characteristics by law. _______ segregation is separation of individuals based on characteristics that arises not by law but because of other factors, such as residential housing patterns.
De Jure and De Facto
A survey conducted outside a polling place in which individuals are asked who or what they just voted for and why.
Exit Poll
The voting system of the U.S., which explains why we will always have a two-party system. Hint: The Electoral College has this system as well.
Winner-Take-All
This term describes the federal republic of the United States with the sharing of state and federal powers.
Federalism / Dual Sovereignty
A treaty is negotiated by the president by the president, who has to ratify it AND how many?
Senate and 2/3
This supreme court case guaranteed US states to provide an attorney to criminal defendants who are unable to afford their own.
Gideon v Wainwright
An economic system in which government intrudes as little as possible in the economic transactions among citizens and businesses.
laissez-faire or free enterprise
This form of voting is described as "what have you done for me lately?"
Retrospective Voting
What are the 3 rights guaranteed in the Declaration of Independence?
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Which supreme court case established judicial review?
Marbury v. Madison
"This" amendment provides two majors clauses that is the foundation of many cases. Identify the amendment and the clauses.
"Fourteenth Amendment, Due Process & Equal Protection Clause"?
A method of choosing all poll respondents in a way that does not over- or underrepresent any group of the population.
Random selection
A public benefit that individuals can enjoy from even if they do not help achieve it.
This article in the Constitution establishes that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land.
Article VI or Supremacy Clause
What three groups (or entities) make up the iron triangle?
bureaucracy, Congress, and interest groups
This action is the intentional refusal to obey a law to call attention to its injustice as highlighted in MLK's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail."
civil disobedience
An ideology favoring very little government regulation and intervention beyond protecting private property and individual liberty.
Libertarianism
The media's ability to highlight certain issues and bring them to the attention of the public.
Agenda setting