government politics political participation

single-issue groups policymaking system linkage inst

policy agenda policymaking insts democracy

majority rule minority rights pluralist theory

elite and class theory hyperpluralism policy gridlock

individualism natural rights consent of the governed

limited government shays' rebellion factions

Connecticut comp writ of habeas corpus separation of powers

republic federalists anti-federalists

Federalist papers Bill of rights equal rights amendment

Marbury v madison 1803 judicial review federalism

supremacy clause 10th amendment mcCulloch v maryland, 1819

enumerated powers implied powers elastic clause

gibbons v ogden 1824 full faith and credit clause extradition

privileges and immunities dual federalism cooperative federalism

fiscal federalism categorical grants project grants

formula grants block grants mandate

cross-over sanction cross-cutting requirements public opinion

demography census melting pot

minority majority political culture reapportionment

sample Random sample random digit dialing

exit polls pollitical ideology gender gap

civil disobedience salad bowl bandwagon effect

political party party identification party machines

ticket-splitting partonage primary election

closed primary open primary blanket primary

national convention national committee natl chairperson

coalation party eras critical elcetion

new deal coalation party dealignment party neutrality

winner take all system proportional representation responsible partty model

nomination national partry convention caucus

presidential primaries mcgovern-fraser commission superdelgates

frontloading national primary regional primaries

party platform direct mail Federal election campaign act of 74

FEC soft money PAC

selective perception bipartisan campaign reform act of 02 527

legitimacy referendum initiative petition

suffrage political efficacy civic duty

voter registration moter voter act mandate theory of elections

policy voting electoral college retrospective voteing

bush v gore 2000 recall election print media

broadcast media chains narrowcasting

trial balloons sound bites talking head

interest group pluralist theory elite theory

hyperluralist theory subgovernments (iron triangle) free-rider problem

olson's law of large groups selective benefits single-issue groups

lobbying electioneering PAC

amicus curiae briefs class action lawsuits cohesiveness

incumbents casework pork barrel

bicameral legislature house rules committee filibuster

speaker of the house whips standing committee

joint committees conference committee select committee

legislative overshight committee chair seniority system

bill Cloture: Omnibus legislation:

Reciprocity: Junket:” Gerrymandering

Shaw v. Reno, 1993US Term Limits, Inc. vs

Thornton, 1995:“Safe seat:”

“Power of the purse:” Gerrymandering Shaw v. Reno, 1993

US Term Limits, Inc. vsThornton, 1995:

“Safe seat:” “Power of the purse:”

Congressional Budget Office General Accounting Office Congressional Research Service:

Twenty-second Amendment Impeachment Watergate

Twenty-fifth Amendment CabinetOffice of Management

and Budget (OMB)

Veto Pocket Veto War Powers Act

Legislative Veto INS v. Chadha, 1983 U.S. v. Nixon, 1974

ImpoundmentBudget and Impoundment

Control Act, 1974Korematsu v. U.S., 1944

Clinton v. N.Y.C., 1998 Budget Deficit

Expenditures Revenues Income tax

Sixteenth Amendment Federal debt Incrementalism

Uncontrollable expenditures Entitlements Patronage

Pendleton Civil■Service Act

Merit principle Hatch Act

Bureaucracy Independent Regulatory Agency Policy Implementation

Regulation Deregulation Administrative) discretion

Red tape Voting Rights Act 1965Title IX of the

Education Act of 1972:

Standing Original jurisdiction Appellate jurisdiction

District courts Courts of Appeallate Courts of Appeal

Senatorial courtesy Solicitor General Opinion

Precedent Original intent Judicial implementation

Judicial restraint Judicial activism Writ of certiorari:

Rule of Four Vetting “Paper trail:”

“Doctrine of stare decisis:” Bill of Rights Bill of Rights

Cruel Unusual Punishment Eighth Amendment Establishment Clause

Exclusionary Rule Fifth Amendment First Amendment

Fourteenth Amendment Free Exercise Clause Incorporation Doctrine

Libel Plea Bargaining Prior Restraint

Probable Cause Right to Privacy Self-incrimination

Sixth Amendment Unreasonable Searches Seizures Affirmative Action

Americans w/ Disabilities Act Civil Rights Civil Rights Act of 1964

Equal Protection of the Laws Equal Rights Amendment Fifteenth Amendment

Fourteenth Amendment Nineteenth Amendment Poll Taxes

Suffrage Thirteenth Amendment Twenty-fourth Amendment

Voting Right Act of 1965 White Primary