Key Terms
What is human rights
The branch of law dealing with crimes and their punishments:
What is criminal law
A county or city law:
What is Ordinance
A lobbyists who works to convince a lawmaker by participating in rallies, meeting representatives, and writing letters:
What is grassroots
Gave African-Americans the right to vote:
15th Amendment
A person who tries to influence lawmakers.
What is lobbyist
This has to be know and respected by the people for a democratic system to function efficiently:
What is laws
The Constitution divides the power to make laws between what governments:
What is federal and state
Gave women the right to vote:
What is the 19th Amendment
A citizen must be what age to vote:
What is 18
The removal of an elected official from office by a vote of the people.
What is recall
Laws are based on moral, economic, political or social what:
What is values
The courts will not enforce a law if it is:
What is vague
Identify a large voting group:
What is middle-class whites and/or older people
What administrative agencies hold allowing individual and businesses to express their opinions:
What is public hearings
An independent regulatory agency that enforces campaign finance laws.
What is Federal Election Commisioin
Some in the United States criticize the country for being too concerned with:
What is rights
An agreement to return someone accused of a crime or terrorist act:
What is extradition
Critics of administrative agencies feel they disrupt the:
What is the market place
Has the ability to check the other branches with judicial review:
What is Judicial Branch
A procedure in which issues are voted on directly by citizens.
What is referendum
When the United States signs a human rights agreement; it can restrict it's enforcement by taking what:
What is reservation
How legislatures respond to the needs of its citizens:
What is introducing bills
A special campaign finance problem happens in states where what takes place:
What is judges are elected
Known as "Hidden Law Makers"
What is administrative agencies