Following the 2006 elections, ________ became speaker of the u.s. house.

________ does not have a competitive multiparty system.

A case will be placed on the courts docket when ________ justices agree to do so.

__________ rebellion was a protest by massachusetts farmers to stop foreclosures by state courts.

The ________ amendment forbade the states from denying any person "equal protection under the law."

Republicanism most directly implies __________.

Patronage is a system in which people in power reward friends, contributors, and party loyalists for their support with _____

An ideal bureaucratic structure where power is hierarchical and rule based, and where people are appointed because of their expertise and promoted on the basis of merit is called _______.

The trend toward a higher degree of executive power since the 1930s in response to more complex _______.

Issue Networks are the complex systems of relationships among groups that influence _______, including elected leaders, interest groups, specialists, consultants, and research institutes

Iron triangle is the close policy-making relationships among legislators,______, and the groups being regulated that tend to exclude the public.