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What is Civil Liberties
These are individual freedoms the government can not take away.
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What is Affirmative Action
A policy designed to give special advantages to previously disadvantaged groups
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What is 35 yrs old, natural born citizen and have lived in the U.S. 14 years.
What are the three qualifications to be president
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What is two and six years
What are the term lengths for the House and Senate
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What is Interest Group, committees and bureaucracy
What does an Iron Triangle made up of?
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What is Symbolic Speech
Non verbal communication that is protected by the 1st amendment
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What is 19th amendment
This gave women the right to vote
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What is limits the President to two terms
What is the 22nd amendment
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What is representation mirrors physical attributes and representation of the issues.
What are the definitions of descriptive representation and substantive representation
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What is a continuing resolution
When Congress can not reach an agreement on a new budget they may pass __________ instead
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What is clear and present danger
Government can limit speech if it provokes a ________________________
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What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
This ended discrimination in hotels, restaurants, etc.
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What is President is elected by the electoral college and prime minister is elected from the majority party in parliament
How is a president and prime minister different in how they are elected
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What is Advertising, Credit Claiming (Case work and pork barrel), position taking, weak opponents and campaign spending
What are at least two advantages to being an incumbent
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What is the Constitution, Laws of the Fed, and Treaties
These three things make up the supremacy clause
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What is good faith exception
What is the exception to the exclusionary rule
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What is the 24th amendment?
This amendment prohibited poll taxes
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What is Congress
Who is responsible for creating new executive cabinet departments
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What is 60 votes for cloture
How do you end a filibuster in the Senate
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What is McCulloch v. Maryland
This court case solidified that the federal government has certain implied powers
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What is libel
This is false and malicious written words
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What is Lemon V. Kurtzman
This court case established that aid to churches must have a secular legislative purpose and can't inhibit or support religion.
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What is white house staff
Who works for the president and sees him on a daily basis
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What is speaker of the house
What is a Congressional leadership position mandated by the U.S. Constitution
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What is commander in chief, negotiates treaties, appoints ambassadors, deploys troops and is chief diplomat
Name at least two foreign powers of the president
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