Words for Vocab Quizzes
ad hoc structure
Amendments 17, 22, 25, 27
amicus curiae briefs
appellate jurisdiction
apportionment
Article I (especially sections 8 and 9)
Article II
Article III
Baker vs. Carr (1962)
bicameral
blanket primary
Bureaucracy
cabinet
caucus (congressional)
caucus (election)
circular structure
class action lawsuits
closed primary
coalition (for parties)
coattails (presidential)
Commander in Chief
commerce clause
conference committee
Council of Economic Advisors
critical election (re-aligning election)
Democrats
electioneering
electoral college
elite/class theory
executive agreements
Executive Office of the President
executive orders
executive privilege
federal budget
federal circuit court
federal district court
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
filibuster
free-rider problem
frontloading (primaries)
gerrymander
government corporations
hard money
House Rules Committee
hyper-pluralism
impeachment
impoundment
incumbent
independent agencies
individualism
interest group
iron triangle
issue network
joint committee
judicial activism
judicial restraint
judicial review
legislative oversight
Libertarian
line-item veto
linkage institution
lobbying
majority-minority district (or minority-majority)
majority leader
majority rule
malapportionment
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
minority leader
merit system
National Convention
National Security Council
necessary and proper clause
New Deal coalition
Office of Management and Budget
Office of Personnel Management
open primary
opinion (of the court)
original intent
original jurisdiction
party dealignment
party platform
Pendelton Act
pluralist theory
pocket-veto
policy agenda
policy gridlock
policymaking institutions
policy-making system
political action committees (PACs and SuperPACs)
political participation
political party
pork-barrel
precedent
President Pro-Tempore
primary election
pyramid structure
rational-choice theory
Republicans
rule of four
ticket-splitting
select committee
senatorial courtesy
single issue interest group
soft money
Speaker of the House
speech and debate clause
spoils system
standing (to sue)
standing committees
stare decisis
superdelegates
Supreme Court
veto
War Powers Resolution
whips (party whips)
White House Office
Amendments 17, 22, 25, 27
amicus curiae briefs
appellate jurisdiction
apportionment
Article I (especially sections 8 and 9)
Article II
Article III
Baker vs. Carr (1962)
bicameral
blanket primary
Bureaucracy
cabinet
caucus (congressional)
caucus (election)
circular structure
class action lawsuits
closed primary
coalition (for parties)
coattails (presidential)
Commander in Chief
commerce clause
conference committee
Council of Economic Advisors
critical election (re-aligning election)
Democrats
electioneering
electoral college
elite/class theory
executive agreements
Executive Office of the President
executive orders
executive privilege
federal budget
federal circuit court
federal district court
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
filibuster
free-rider problem
frontloading (primaries)
gerrymander
government corporations
hard money
House Rules Committee
hyper-pluralism
impeachment
impoundment
incumbent
independent agencies
individualism
interest group
iron triangle
issue network
joint committee
judicial activism
judicial restraint
judicial review
legislative oversight
Libertarian
line-item veto
linkage institution
lobbying
majority-minority district (or minority-majority)
majority leader
majority rule
malapportionment
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
minority leader
merit system
National Convention
National Security Council
necessary and proper clause
New Deal coalition
Office of Management and Budget
Office of Personnel Management
open primary
opinion (of the court)
original intent
original jurisdiction
party dealignment
party platform
Pendelton Act
pluralist theory
pocket-veto
policy agenda
policy gridlock
policymaking institutions
policy-making system
political action committees (PACs and SuperPACs)
political participation
political party
pork-barrel
precedent
President Pro-Tempore
primary election
pyramid structure
rational-choice theory
Republicans
rule of four
ticket-splitting
select committee
senatorial courtesy
single issue interest group
soft money
Speaker of the House
speech and debate clause
spoils system
standing (to sue)
standing committees
stare decisis
superdelegates
Supreme Court
veto
War Powers Resolution
whips (party whips)
White House Office