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*[[Abington School District v. Schempp]] | *[[Abington School District v. Schempp]] | ||
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*[[Articles of Confederation]] | *[[Articles of Confederation]] | ||
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| + | == '''B''' == | ||
*[[Barron v. Baltimore]] | *[[Barron v. Baltimore]] | ||
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*[[Brief]] | *[[Brief]] | ||
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| + | == '''C''' == | ||
*[[Capital-gains Clause]] | *[[Capital-gains Clause]] | ||
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*[[Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause]] | *[[Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause]] | ||
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| + | == '''D''' == | ||
*[[De Facto Segregation]] | *[[De Facto Segregation]] | ||
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*[[Due process]] | *[[Due process]] | ||
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| + | == '''E''' == | ||
*[[Electoral College]] | *[[Electoral College]] | ||
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*[[Exit Pole]] | *[[Exit Pole]] | ||
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| + | == '''F''' == | ||
*[[Fairness Doctrine]] | *[[Fairness Doctrine]] | ||
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*[[Full Faith and Credit Clause]] | *[[Full Faith and Credit Clause]] | ||
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| + | == '''G''' == | ||
*[[Gender Gap]] | *[[Gender Gap]] | ||
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*[[Guarantee Clause]] | *[[Guarantee Clause]] | ||
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| + | == '''H''' == | ||
*[[Hard Money]] | *[[Hard Money]] | ||
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*[[Heightened Scrutiny]] | *[[Heightened Scrutiny]] | ||
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| + | == '''I''' == | ||
*[[Implied Powers]] | *[[Implied Powers]] | ||
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*[[Issue Network]] | *[[Issue Network]] | ||
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| + | == '''J''' == | ||
*[[Jim Crow Laws]] | *[[Jim Crow Laws]] | ||
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*[[Judicial Review]] | *[[Judicial Review]] | ||
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| + | == '''K''' == | ||
*[[Keynesian Economics]] | *[[Keynesian Economics]] | ||
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*[[Laissez-faire Economics]] | *[[Laissez-faire Economics]] | ||
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*[[Logrolling]] | *[[Logrolling]] | ||
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*[[Mandate]] | *[[Mandate]] | ||
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*[[Muckrakers]] | *[[Muckrakers]] | ||
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| + | == '''N''' == | ||
*[[Navy Clause]] | *[[Navy Clause]] | ||
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| + | == '''O''' == | ||
*[[Off the record]] | *[[Off the record]] | ||
*[[On backround]] | *[[On backround]] | ||
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| + | == '''P''' == | ||
*[[Pardon Power]] | *[[Pardon Power]] | ||
*[[Party dealignment]] | *[[Party dealignment]] | ||
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| + | == '''R''' == | ||
*[[Random digit dialing]] | *[[Random digit dialing]] | ||
*[[Random sampling]] | *[[Random sampling]] | ||
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*[[Second Constitutional Congress]] | *[[Second Constitutional Congress]] | ||
*[[Self-incrimination]] | *[[Self-incrimination]] | ||
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*[[Take Care Clause]] | *[[Take Care Clause]] | ||
*[[Three-Fifths Compromise]] | *[[Three-Fifths Compromise]] | ||
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*[[Unemployment rate]] | *[[Unemployment rate]] | ||
*[[Unicameral legislature]] | *[[Unicameral legislature]] | ||
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*[[Value-added tax]] | *[[Value-added tax]] | ||
*[[Virginia Plan]] | *[[Virginia Plan]] | ||
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*[[War Powers Act]] | *[[War Powers Act]] | ||
*[[Warantless searches]] | *[[Warantless searches]] | ||
Revision as of 22:42, September 19, 2007
American Government Terms
Brightly colored (red) links need new descriptions, and the others (blue) need improvement:
A
- Abington School District v. Schempp
- Administrative Agencies
- Affirmative Action
- Agenda Setting
- Amendment
- Amicus curiae brief
- Anti-Federalists
- Appellate jurisdiction
- Appointments Clause
- Appropriations Clause
- Army Clause
- Articles of Confederation
B
- Barron v. Baltimore
- Bicameral Legislature
- Bill
- Bill of Attainder
- Blanket Primary
- Block grants
- Borrowing Clause
- Brief
C
- Capital-gains Clause
- Capital-gains Tax
- Casework
- Categorical Grant
- Caucus
- Checks and Balances
- Clear and Present Danger Test
- Closed Convention
- Closed Primary
- Closed Rule
- Cloture
- Coattail effect
- Cofederal System
- Commerce Clause
- Committee Report
- Compact Clause
- Comparable Worth
- Concurrent Powers
- Concurring Opinion
- Compulsory Process Clause
- Conference Committee
- Confrontation Clause
- Congressional Review
- Congressional-executive Agreement
- Constitutional Convention
- Constitutional Courts
- Cooperative Federalism
- Copyright Clause
- Cost-benefit Analysis
- Creative Federalism
- Cross-ownership
- Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause
D
- De Facto Segregation
- De Jure Segregation
- Delegate
- Delegated Powers
- Deregulation
- Detente
- Discount Rate
- Discretionary Spending
- Dissenting opinion
- Domino Theory
- Double Jeopardy
- Due Federalism
- Due process
E
- Electoral College
- Eminent Domain
- Emoluments Clause
- Enclave Clause
- Entitlements
- Enumerated Powers
- Equal Access Rule
- Establishment Clause
- Ex Post Facto Law
- Exclusionary Rule
- Executive Agreement
- Executive Branch
- Executive Order
- Executive Vesting Clause
- Exit Pole
F
- Fairness Doctrine
- Fast Track Authority
- Federal Budget Deficit
- Federal Convention
- Federalist Party
- Federal System
- Federalists
- Federalism
- Filibuster
- Fiscal policy
- First Constitutional Congress
- Flat Tax
- Franking Privilege
- Free Exercise Clause
- Free Rider
- Front-loading
- Fruit of the poisonous tree
- Fugitive Slave Clause
- Full Faith and Credit Clause
G
- Gender Gap
- General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
- Gerrymandering
- Gitlow v. New York
- Good-faith Exception
- Government Corporation
- Grassroots Lobbying
- Great Compromise
- Gross Domestic Product
- Group of Eight
- Gregg v. Georgia
- Guarantee Clause
H
I
- Implied Powers
- Impeachment Clause
- Import-Export Clause
- Incorporation Doctrine
- Independent Executive Agency
- Independent Regulatory Agency
- Interest Group
- Interstate Rendition Clause
- Issue Network
J
K
L
- Laissez-faire Economics
- LAPS Test
- Leak
- Legislative Branch
- Legislative Courts
- Legislative Veto
- Lemon Test
- Line-item veto
- Lobbying
- Logrolling
M
- Mandate
- Mandatory Spending
- Margin of Error
- Means Test
- Media event
- Midterm elections
- Minimum-rationality standard
- Miranda warning
- Monetary policy
- Muckrakers
N
- Navy Clause
- Necessary and Proper Clause
- New Jersey Plan
- New Deal Coalition
- New Federalism
- New States Clause
- Nonpartisan election
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
O
- Off the record
- On backround
- On deep backround
- On the record
- On backround
- On deep backround
- On the record
- Open convention
- Opinion Clause
- Original jurisdiction
P
- Pardon Power
- Party dealignment
- Party machine
- Party realignment
- Platform
- Plurality opinion
- Pocket veto
- Policy formulation
- Political agenda
- Political ideology
- Political socialization
- Pork-barrel legislation
- Presidential Veto
- Privileges and Immunities Clause
- Property Clause
- Proportional representation
R
- Random digit dialing
- Random sampling
- Reapportionment
- Recess appointment
- Recess Appointments Clause
- Recession
- Recommendations Clause
- Reexamination Clause
- Regressive tax
- Reserved powers
- Revenue sharing
- Reverse discrimination
- Revolving door
- Rider
- Right-of-rebuttal rule
- Right-to-Counsel Clause
- Rule making
- Rule of four
S
- Second Constitutional Congress
- Self-incrimination
- Select committee
- Senatorial courtesy
- Separation of powers
- Shield laws
- Soft money
- Sound bite
- Southern strategy
- Speech and Debate Clause
- Spending Clause
- Splinter parties
- Split-ticket voting
- Spoils system
- Stagflation
- Standard operating procedures
- Standing committee
- Stare decisis
- Straight-ticket voting
- Superdelegate
- Supply-side economics
- Supremacy Clause
- Supreme Court
T
U
V
W
- War Powers Act
- Warantless searches
- Whip
- White primary
- Winner-take-all primary
- Workfare
- Writ of certiorari
- Writ of habeas corpus
The following advanced decisions relate to the Seventh Amendment protection in civil cases that "no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law":
- Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. Ward
- Barry v. Edmunds
- Blunt v. Little
- Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.
- Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc.
- Metropolitan Railway Co. v. Moore
- Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore
- Parsons v. Bedford
- Pullman-Standard v. Swint
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Co. v. Craft
- United States v. Jefferson Electric Manufacturing Co.
- United States v. Wonson
- Weisgram v. Marley Co.
- Yellow journalism
Please add more terms relating to the United States Government!