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AP Gov Vocab

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a member or adherent of a political party seeking to represent the interests of ordinary people
a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature
the advocacy or existence of an elite as a dominating element in a system or society
court order to a person or agency holding someone in custody to deliver the imprisoned individual to the court issuing the order and to show a valid reason for that person's detention.
main responsibility is to enforce federal campaign financing laws
orders a lower court to deliver its record in a case so that the higher court may review it
a condition or system in which two or more states, groups, principles, sources of authority, etc., coexist
judicial suppression of material that would be published or broadcast, on the grounds that it is libelous or harmful. In US law, the First Amendment severely limits the ability of the government to do this
A meeting of people that vote to decide who their party’s nominee will be.
the clause in the First Amendment of the US Constitution that prohibits the establishment of religion by Congress.
judicial rulings that are suspected of being based on personal opinion, rather than on existing law
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Supreme Court ruled that Congress had implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution to create the Second Bank of the United States and that the state of Maryland lacked the power to tax the Bank
lifelong process by which people form their ideas about politics and acquire political values
A federal law prohibiting government employees from active participation in partisan politics while on duty or for employees in sensitive positions at any time
a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering
The political channels through which people’s concerns become political issues on the policy agenda
individual who takes advantage of opportunities to influence policy outcomes to increase their self-interests
a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation
a theory of government or a system of government in which independent communes participate in a federation", as well as "the principles and practice of communal ownership".
transmit a television program, especially by cable, or otherwise disseminate information, to a comparatively small audience defined by special interest or geographical location