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Revision as of 14:26, October 3, 2007
American Government Terms
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A
- Abington School District v. Schempp
- Act
- Adjourn
- Adjourn for More than Three Days
- Adjournment Sine Die
- Adjournment to a Day and Time Certain
- Administrative Agencies
- Advice and Consent
- Affirmative Action
- Agenda Setting
- Amendment
- Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute
- Amicus curiae brief
- Anti-Federalists
- Appeal
- Appellate jurisdiction
- Appointments Clause
- Appropriation
- Appropriations Clause
- Army Clause
- Articles of Confederation
- Authorization
- Authorizations Act
B
- Barron v. Baltimore
- Bicameral Legislature
- Bill
- Bill of Attainder
- Bill of Rights
- Blanket Primary
- Block grants
- Borrowing Clause
- Brief
C
- Capital-gains Clause
- Capital-gains Tax
- Casework
- Categorical Grant
- Caucus
- Centralized Federalism
- Chairman
- Chaplain
- Checks and Balances
- Christmas Tree (Government)
- Class
- Clean Bill
- Clear and Present Danger Test
- Cloakroom
- Closed Convention
- Closed Primary
- Closed Rule
- Cloture
- Coattail effect
- Cofederal System
- Commerce Clause
- Committee
- Committee Amendment
- Committee Calendar
- Committee Jurisdiction
- Committee Membership
- Committee on Committees
- Committee Print
- Committee Substitute
- Committee of the Whole
- Committee Report
- Compact Clause
- Companion Bill or Measure
- Comparable Worth
- Compromise Bill
- Compulsory Process Clause
- Concurrent Powers
- Concurring Opinion
- Concurrent Resolution
- Conditional Adjournment
- Conditions of Aid
- Conferees
- Conference Committee
- Conference, party
- Conference Report
- Confirmation
- Confrontation Clause
- Congressional Budget Office
- Congressional Research Service
- Congressional Record
- Congressional Review
- Congressional-executive Agreement
- Consideration
- Continuing Resolution/Continuing Appropriations
- Constitution
- Constitutional Convention
- Constitutional Courts
- Controlled Time
- Cooperative Federalism
- Copyright Clause
- Cost-benefit Analysis
- Creative Federalism
- Cross-ownership
- Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause
D
- De Facto Segregation
- Deficit (Surplus)
- De Jure Segregation
- Delegate
- Delegated Powers
- Deregulation
- Detente
- Discount Rate
- Discretionary Spending
- Dissenting opinion
- Divided Government
- Domino Theory
- Double Jeopardy
- Dual federalism
- Due Federalism
- Due process
E
- Electoral College
- Electronic Vote
- Eminent Domain
- Emoluments Clause
- Enacted
- Enclave Clause
- Engrossed Bill
- Enrolled Bill
- Entitlements
- Enumerated Powers
- Equal Access Rule
- Establishment Clause
- Ex Officio
- Ex Post Facto Law
- Exclusionary Rule
- Executive Agreement
- Executive Branch
- Executive Business
- Executive Calendar
- Executive Communication
- Executive Order
- Executive Privilege
- Executive Session
- Executive Vesting Clause
- Exit Pole
- Extradition
F
- Fairness Doctrine
- Fast Track Authority
- Federal Budget Deficit
- Federal Convention
- Federalist Party
- Federal System
- Federalists
- Federalism
- Filibuster
- Fiscal Federalism
- Fiscal policy
- Fiscal Year
- First Constitutional Congress
- Flat Tax
- Floor
- Floor Amendment
- Floor Leaders
- Floor Manager
- Formula Grant
- 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 Accounting Office
- General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
- General Revenue Sharing
- Germane
- 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
- Intergovernmental Lobbying
- Interstate Compact
- Interstate Rendition Clause
- Investigation
- Issue Network
- Item Veto
J
- Jim Crow Laws
- Joint Committee
- Joint Meeting
- Joint Resolution
- Joint Session
- Judicial Activism
- Journal
- Judicial Branch
- Judicial Restraint
- Judicial Review
K
L
- Laissez-faire Economics
- "Lame duck" Session
- LAPS Test
- Layer cake federalism
- Layover
- Leak
- Leave to Sit
- Legislative
- Legislative Branch
- Legislative Courts
- Legislative Day
- Legislative Session
- Legislative Veto
- Lemon Test
- Line-item veto
- Lobbying
- Logrolling
M
- Majority Leader
- Majority Whip
- Mandate
- Mandatory Spending
- Marble Cake Federalism
- Margin of Error
- Markup Session
- Markup
- Means Test
- Measure
- Media event
- Midterm elections
- Minimum-rationality standard
- Minority Leader
- Minority Whip
- Miranda warning
- Modified Closed Rule
- Modified Open Rule
- Monetary policy
- Morning Business
- Motion to Proceed to Consider
- Muckrakers
- "Must pass" Bill
N
- Navy Clause
- Necessary and Proper Clause
- New Jersey Plan
- New Deal Coalition
- New Federalism
- New States Clause
- Nomination
- Nongermane Amendment
- Nonpartisan election
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
O
- Obligation
- Off-budget Entities
- Off the record
- On backround
- On deep backround
- On the record
- On backround
- On deep backround
- On the record
- Open convention
- Open Rule
- Opinion Clause
- Original Bill
- Original jurisdiction
- Outlays
- Override of a Veto
- Oversight
P
- Pardon Power
- Parliamentarian
- Parliamentary Inquiry
- Party dealignment
- Party machine
- Party realignment
- Permanent Appropriation
- Philadelphia Convention
- Platform
- Plurality opinion
- Pocket veto
- Point of Order
- Policy Committees
- Policy formulation
- Political agenda
- Political ideology
- Political socialization
- Pork-barrel legislation
- President
- Presidential Veto
- President of the Senate
- President Pro Tempore
- Presidential Signature
- Presiding Officer
- Private Law
- Privileges and Immunities Clause
- Pro Forma Session
- Project Grant
- Property Clause
- Proportional representation
- Proxy Voting
- Public Debt
- Public Law
Q
R
- Random digit dialing
- Random sampling
- Ranking Minority Member
- Reapportionment
- Receipts
- Recess
- Recess appointment
- Recess Appointments Clause
- Recession
- Recognize
- Recommendations Clause
- Reconciliation Bill
- Reconciliation Instruction
- Reconciliation Process
- Reconsider
- Recorded Vote
- Redistricting
- Reexamination Clause
- Referral
- Regressive tax
- Regular Meeting Day
- Relevant
- Report
- Rescission
- Reserved powers
- Revenue sharing
- Reverse discrimination
- Revolving door
- Riddick's Senate Procedure
- Rider
- Right-of-rebuttal rule
- Right-to-Counsel Clause
- Roll Call Vote
- Rule making
- Rules Committee
- Rule of four
S
- Scheduling
- Scorekeeping
- Second Constitutional Congress
- Secretaries, party
- Secretary of the Senate
- Select Committee
- Self-incrimination
- Select committee
- Senate Manual
- Senatorial courtesy
- Separation of powers
- Shield laws
- Soft money
- Sound bite
- Southern strategy
- Speaker of the House
- Special Committee
- Special Revenue Sharing
- Speech and Debate Clause
- Spending Clause
- Splinter parties
- Split-ticket voting
- Spoils system
- Stagflation
- Standard operating procedures
- Standing committee
- Stare decisis
- Straight-ticket voting
- Structured Rule
- Superdelegate
- Supply-side economics
- Supremacy Clause
- Supreme Court
T
- Table (Government)
- Take Care Clause
- Teller Vote
- Term Limit
- Three-Fifths Compromise
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School Dist.
- Treaty Clause
- Trial balloon
- Trustee
U
- Unanimous Consent
- Unanimous Consent Agreement
- Unemployment Rate
- Unicameral Legislature
- Unitary System
- User Fees
V
W
- War Powers Act
- Warantless searches
- Whips
- White primary
- Winner-take-all primary
- Workfare
- Writ of certiorari
- Writ of habeas corpus
Y
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
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