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Medical malpractice suits are good examples of ________ cases.
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Tort
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Many vice presidents have served a largely ________ role.
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Ceremonial
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Liberal constructionism has led to _____ in the united states.
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A large national government.
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The role that the u.s. senate plays in impeachments can best be compared with that of a ________.
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Trial jury
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A special fund raising mechanism for candidates is a ___________
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Political action committee
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A press briefing is generally delivered by the __________.
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Press secretary
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Congresss watchdog over executive branch spending is __________.
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The General Accountability Office (GAO)
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A pell grant is an example of __________.
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An unfunded mandate
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________ have traditionally favored the allocation of power to the states.
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Conservatives
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________ articulated the doctrine of nullification before the civil war.
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John C. Calhoun
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Federal _____ cases are cases arising under the united states constitution.
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Question
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__________ is a good example of constituent casework.
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Helping a constituent navigate red tape
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The assertion that national law trumps state law was part of __________ in __________.
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He supremacy doctrine; the New Jersey Plan.
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The alien and sedition acts likely violated the constitution's prohibitions against __________.
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Prior restraint
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The alien and sedition acts could be viewed as an attack on the _____ amendment.
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First
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There are ________ courts of appeals in texas, with ________ justices serving those courts.
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14; 80
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The use of __________ in foreign matters is an example of the president acting as a chief diplomat.
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Executive agreements
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The true leader of the senate is the __________, elected by the majority party.
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Majority leader
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The ________ was the key group in europe that pushed for limited government.
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Bourgeoisie
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The _____ rules on federal government requests to conduct electronic surveillance.
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Federal Communications Court
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Someone hoping to enact landmark legislation would most likely be referred to as a _____.
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Whale
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In 2010, the average senate race saw about ________ dollars in campaign spending.
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15 million
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In 1912, teddy roosevelt ran for president as the ________ party candidate.
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Progressive
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In _________, the government prosecutes an individual for breaking the law.
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Criminal cases
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In ________ cases, the losers cannot be fined or incarcerated by the state.
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Civil Law
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Immigration enforcement is a___________ responsibility.
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National
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If you want your representatives to behave as _____, you need to tell them what you think.
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Instructed delegates
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If north dakota sues south dakota, the case will be heard by the __________.
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Supreme Court
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Hr managers are using social tools to build relationships with ________ inside the organization.
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Employees
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Following the 2006 elections, ________ became speaker of the u.s. house.
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Nancy Pelosi
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Commercial speech is an example of _____ speech.
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Limited protected
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Civil law focuses on __________________, while criminal law focuses on __________________.
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Disputes about relationships, obligations, and responsibilities; violations of codes of right and wrong as determined by criminal statutes
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By mid-2011, the texas constitution had been amended ____ times.
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467 times
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Bureaucracy grew because enforcing prohibition required the government to regulate _____.
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Morality
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Between 1976 and 2014, state governments executed ________ people.
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1,384
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Because congress is __________, it is fairly open to interest group influence.
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Decentralized
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Battles between the president and congress over federal court nominees have ____ over time.
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Become more common
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As a tool for achieving political goals, presidents have found _____ to be mostly unreliable.
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Party members
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An informal group of advisers to the president is often called the ________.
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Kitchen cabinet
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Among the 50 states, texas currently ranks __________ in population.
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Second
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American courts are usually either federal or ___________ courts
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State
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After an agency has devised a rule, it sends the rule to the _____ for approval.
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Office of Management and Budget
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According to ________, a large republic is less likely to have an all-powerful faction.
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James Madison
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About ________ percent of southern white families owned slaves in 1840.
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1
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________ once wrote that america was a nation of joiners.
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James Madison
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The u.s. district courts are the federal court system's trial courts of _____ jurisdiction.
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General
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The president's _____ powers are vaguely reflected in article 2 of the constitution.
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Inherent
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The president can act as a ________and recommend and veto measures from congress.
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Chief legislator
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School busing policies were designed to overcome __________.
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De facto segregation
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In many policy areas, _____ result(s) when multiple agencies have overlapping responsibilities.
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Turf wars
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In 1870, congress passed a law forbidding ________ from becoming u.s. citizens.
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Chinese
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An officially expressed purpose or goal backed by a sanction is a ________.
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Public policy
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Powers inferred from statements written in the constitution are called __________ powers.
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Inherent
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If you're being tailgated, keep a _____ second gap between you and the car ahead of you.
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None of the above
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In 1778, the continental congress formed a federal government and adopted the _____.
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Articles of Confederation
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Bureaucracy literally means ________.
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Rule by offices and desks
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Deregulation refers to abolishing _____ agencies to let the free-market competition consumers.
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Regulation
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Approximately ________ percent of senate incumbents win reelection.
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84
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________ is an example of a justice who advocated judicial restraint.
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Felix frankfurter
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The number of employees in the federal bureaucracy is about ________.
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10 million.
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In representative democracy, voters are ____________ and politicians are ______________.
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Principals; agents
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In 2004, by order of the state's supreme court, ________ instituted same-sex marriage.
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Massachussetts
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A(n) ________ is a common method prosecutors use to maintain high conviction rates.
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Plea bargain between the defendant and the state
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Using either the district plan or the proportional plan to reform the electoral college _____.
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Would not ensure that the winner of the popular vote would
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Under president coolidge, the concerns of mexican americans and african americans were _____.
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Largely ignored
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The vice president?s role as next in line for the presidency was officially established by _____.
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25th amendment in 1967
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The technique of popular mobilization dates back to the ________ presidency.
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Theodore Roosevelt's.
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The senate watergate committee of 1973 is an example of a ________ committee.
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Select
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The rise of national conventions to nominate the president led to the empowerment of ________.
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State Party Leaders (516).
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The number of categorical grants in the united states increased dramatically during the ________.
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1960s
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The framers finally decided that the president and vice president should be selected _____.
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By a body if presidential electors
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The federalists believed that the most apparent source of tyranny was the ________.
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The popular majority.
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A _______ is the fundamental law undergirding the structure of government.
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Constitution
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Nearly ________ percent of all pac contributions go to the incumbents.
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90
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In the framers? original presidential selection plan, electors would _____.
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Cast 2 votes, one for the best choice for president and one for the second best choice ...
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Historically, vice-presidential candidates are chosen to __________.
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Placate a symbolic constituency
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Ronald reagan?s inability to dismantle the department of education reflects the power of ________.
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Iron triangles.
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In its 1969 brandenburg v. ohio ruling, the supreme court established the ________ test.
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Imminent Lawless Action
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In an average election, about 1 in ________ house seats is a truly competitive election.
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6
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In 1996 ________ declared that ?the era of big government is over.?
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Bill Clinton
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