AP Gov Terms
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veromolina on December 13, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Amicus Curiae | "friend of the court" brief |
| Antifederalist | group that opposed ratification of Consitution |
| Absentee Ballot | vote by mail |
| Adversary System | trial court system |
| Anarchy | absence of government |
| Autocracy | government ruled by one |
| Articles of Confederation | first U.S. constitution |
| Affirmative Action | porgram to remedy past discriminations |
| Appellate Jurisdiction | power of the court to hear cases on appeal |
| Australian Ballot | the secret ballot |
| Bad Tendency Doctrine | speech that is going to cause something bad, is not protected speech |
| Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act | closed soft money loop-hole |
| Block Grants | large openended chunks of money from fed gov't to states |
| Bill of Rights | first 10 amendments |
| Bicameral | two chambers |
| Budget & Impoundment Control Act | limits President's abilities for one person (prohibited) |
| Bill of Attainder | legislative punishment for one person (prohibited) |
| Bush Doctrine | policy for premptive attack |
| Bundling | collecting small donations and presenting it as one |
| Campaign Finance Reform | limit the influebce of wealthy individuals or corporations in elections |
| Civil Rights Act (1964) | banned discrmination in public places |
| Criminal Case | violation of a statute |
| Civil Case | sueing for money |
| Caucus | meeting of members of congress with similar characteristics |
| Connecticut Compromise | a compromise between large and small states on bicameral houses |
| Constituent | someone you represent |
| Cabinet | the advisory council for the president, made head of department |
| Commander in Chief | highest ranking person in the military; the president |
| Categorical Grant | money from the fed gov't to the states for specific purpose |
| Cloture | 3/5 vote in senate to limit the debate to an hour |
| Checks and Balances | divide the gov't in 3 branches to keep the others in check |
| Commission | a gov't agency with regulator power |
| Concurring Opinion | the Justice that agrees with the majority opinion but for a different reason |
| Capitalism | an ecomonic system based on free markets |
| Civil Disobedience | breaking a law peacefully in order to protest the law |
| Conservative | believe in small fed gov't, fewer taxes, and fewer regulations of businesses |
| Class Action Suit | lawsuit with a large group of people sueing together |
| Closed Primary | an election where you can only vote for the party you're in |
| Concurrent Powers | powers given to both the state and fed gov't |
| Conference Committe | committee that creates one version of a bill |
| Congressional Budget Office | a non-partisan group that does an analysis of the budject for Congress |
| Cross Over Voting | people vote for the other party |
| Defacto Segregation | segregation by nature |
| Dejure Segregation | illegal; segregation by law |
| Deficit Spending | spend more money than they bring in taxes |
| Divided Government | different parties control different branches of gov't |
| Dual Federalism | when the fed and state gov'ts don't mix (layer cake) |
| Dealignment | an election when voters move away from the 2 main parties |
| Detterence - Preemption | more weapons so we deterr attacks, we will attack first; foreign policy |
| Devolution Revolution | the process of returning power to the states |
| Dissenting Opinion | when justices write why they disagree with the majority |
| Double Jeopardy | 5th amendment; cannot be tried for the same crime twice |
| Due Process (Procedural and Substatative) | - p: govt's muse give you all the steps - s: the substance of law cannot violate due process |
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