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Klein Oak Ap. Govt final

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Uncontrollable Spending   Parts of the budget that is comminted to national debt and it cannot be changed  
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cooperative federalism   major shift in policital parties, realignment  
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critical elections   election in which a realignment occurs  
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fiscal federalism   national state and local government are working together on a project that is principally paid for by the national government  
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Horse-race journalism   tendency of the news media to cover political races as contests instead of emphasizing the issues  
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"wall of seperation   phrase of thomas Jefferson and refers to the seperation of church and state  
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amicus curiae   end of a court brief, judicial lobbying [“A friend of the court.” Refers to interested groups or individuals, not directly involved in a suit, who may file legal briefs or make oral arguments in support of one side]  
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appointment of Supreme Court justices   nominated by the president, approved my senate.  
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Bill of rights.   what it contains, 1st amendment rights  
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block grants   grant of money to states for multiple causes  
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Bureau of the Census   Organization that does the Census every ten years  
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Characteristics of partisans and activists   activists tend to be highly educated with relatively high income  
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cabinet   by custom, the cabinet includes the heads of the fourteen major executive departments  
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categorical grants   money given by the federal government to the states  
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checks on the power of the federal courts   the ability of congress to impeach federal judges and the courts have no enforceent mechanism of their own  
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civil rights act of 1866   makes it possible for a citizen to sue for deprivation of civil rights under color of state law  
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civil service   government workers who are not political appointees. Pendleton Act  
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commerce clause   Congress has the power to regulate commerce among the states  
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