AP Gov Barker Terms
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| show | A government in which elected representatives make the decisions.
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| show | Plan to have a popularity elected House based on state population and a state-selected Senate, with two members for each state.
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| Judicial Review: | show 🗑
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| show | Government authority shared by national and state governments.
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| Checks & Balances: | show 🗑
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| show | Powers given to the national government alone.
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| Concurrent powers: | show 🗑
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| Separation of powers: | show 🗑
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| show | Powers given to the state government alone.
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| show | First ten amendments to the constitution.
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| show | State power to enact laws promoting health, safety, and morals.
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| show | Terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants.
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| show | A coherent way of thinking about how politics and government ought to be carried out.
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| Prior restraint: | show 🗑
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| Clear-&-present danger test: | show 🗑
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| show | An act that conveys a political message.
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| Exclusionary rule: | show 🗑
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| Probable cause: | show 🗑
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| Strict Scrutiny: | show 🗑
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| show | The doctrine established in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) that African Americans could constitutionally be kept in separate but equal facilities.
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| Equality of result: | show 🗑
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| show | Giving people an equal chance to succeed.
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| show | Method of selecting from a population in which each person has an equal probability of being selected.
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| show | The difference between the results of random samples taken at the same time.
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| Split ticket: | show 🗑
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| show | A committee set up by a corporation, labor union, or interest group that raises and spends campaign money from voluntary donations.
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| Incumbent: | show 🗑
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| show | Drawing the boundaries of legislative districts so that they are unequal in population.
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| show | Drawing the boundaries of legislative districts in bizarre or unusual shapes to favor one party.
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| Primary election: | show 🗑
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| Soft Money: | show 🗑
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| Background: | show 🗑
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| Filibuster: | show 🗑
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| show | Political districts in which candidates elected to the House of Representatives win in close elections, typically by less than 55 percent of the vote.
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| show | A senator or representative who helps the party leader stay informed about what members are thinking.
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| Pork-barrel legislation: | show 🗑
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| show | The inability of the government to act because rival parties control different control different parts of the government.
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| Cabinet: | show 🗑
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| Line-item veto: | show 🗑
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| show | Charges against a president approved by a majority of the House of Representatives.
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| Lame duck: | show 🗑
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| show | The party that initiates a lawsuit.
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| show | A written statement by an attorney that summarizes a case and the laws and rulings that support it.
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| show | “let the decision stand.” or allowed prior rulings to control the current case.
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| Amicus Curiae: | show 🗑
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| Logrolling: | show 🗑
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| show | A claim for government funds that cannot be changed without violating the rights of the claimant.
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