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1. A course of action chosen by government officials

2. Until the law was changed in 2002 - the term described unregulated campaign funds not subject to the limits of federal law because they went to party committees and not directly to candidates. The 2002 law banned contributions of soft money to nation

3. Most likely to board a foreign ship suspected of drug trafficking at a U.S. port

4. The constitutional requirement (in article II - sec 3) that presidents take care that the laws are faithfully executed - even if they disagree with the purpose of those laws

5. Representatives serve ____ year terms

6. 1963 ruling prohibiting prayer in public schools.

7. During Presidential election years or when the nation is divided on policy agenda - particularly regarding salient issues - voter turnout is _____________

8. The process by which individuals screen out messages that do not conform to their own biases

9. A law passed in 1966 that requires federal executive branch and regulatory agencies to make information available to journalists - scholars - and the public unless it falls into one of several confidential categories.

10. Guaranteed women the right to vote.

11. A policy of avoiding foreign involvement.

12. Money spent by individuals or gorups not asociated with candidates to elect or defeat candidates for office

13. High School Dropouts - Blacks - Hispanics - Recent immigrants - and People under 25 or over 75 tend to have a _________ voter turnout.

14. Early civil rights leader established the Niagara Movement and helped to establish the NAACP.

15. As part of the negotiations concerning the Constitution - the South fought for and won an agreement forbidding the imposition of _______________.

16. According to the Constitution - the electors in the Electoral College shall be appointed in a manner to be determined by the

17. Number of Electoral College votes required to win the Presidency.

18. Largest interest group in the US.

19. In his classic study of community power in New Haven - Connecticut - political scientist Robert A. Dahl concluded that the city was a __________ system dominated by many different sets of leaders

20. Washington v. Chrisman (1982) established the _________________ - allowing police officers to seize evidence without a warrant if the evidence is in obvious sight.

21. Law enacted in 1939 to prohibit civil servants from taking activists roles in partisan campaigns .This act prohibited federal employees from making political contributions - working for a particualr party -or campaining for a particualr canidate

22. The individuals - institutions - and processes that make the rules for society and possess the power to enforce them.

23. Powers of government that the national government may exercise simply because it exists as a government - such as the right to conduct foreign relations.

24. The belief that one can understand politics and therefore participate in politics

25. Presides over any impeachment trial.

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