American Government and Politics Today, Brief Edition, 2014-2015

376 GLoSSARy Judicial Implementation The way in which court decisions are translated into action. Judicial Restraint A doctrine ...

GLoSSARy 377 Midterm Elections National elections in which candidates for president are not on the ballot. In midterm elections, ...

378 GLoSSARy party’s label and symbol. It emphasizes voting for the party, rather than for the office or individual. Party Ident ...

GLoSSARy 379 Public Agenda Issues that are perceived by the political community as meriting public attention and governmental ac ...

380 GLoSSARy Separate-but-Equal Doctrine The doctrine holding that separate-but-equal facilities do not violate the equal protec ...

GLoSSARy 381 Superdelegate A party leader or elected official who is given the right to vote at the party’s national convention. ...

382 GLoSSARy voters who actually “turn out” on Election Day to cast their ballots. Voting-Age Population The number of people of ...

end of, 109 limits on, 108–109 Affordable Care Act, 62 Afghanistan al Qaeda and, 327–328 American invasion of, 228 federalizatio ...

384 Index Boumediene v. Bush (2008), 292–293 Bowers v. Hardwick, 110 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, 256, 306 Bradford, William, ...

Index 385 evolution of, 176–177 Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), 176 501(c)4 organizations, 179–180 527 organizations, 178 ...

386 Index Bill of Rights and, 67–69 versus civil rights, 92 defined, 8 freedom of expression, 73–81 freedom of religion, 69–73 f ...

Index 387 Confederation, 26, 28 Conference committee, 211–212 Conflict resolution, Congress and, 199 Congress, 196–219. See also ...

388 Index Section 9 of, 88 Article II of, 40, 237 Section 1, 185, 225, 242, 333 Section 2, 227, 281, 333 Section 3, 231 Article ...

Index 389 principles of, 6 in United States, 6–8 Democratic Party blue states and, 161 Congress controlled by, 160 –161, 30 0 co ...

390 Index South Vietnam supported by, 334 Elastic clause, 49–50 Elections. See also Presidential elections; Primary elections ec ...

Index 391 budget resolutions and crisis, 218 –219 budget sequestration, 137 categories of spending, 250, 251 Congress and, 218 c ...

392 Index Fiscal federalism, 60 Fiscal policy, 309–310 criticism of Keynes, 310 defined, 60, 309 discretionary fiscal policy, 30 ...

Index 393 Gideon v. Wainwright, 68, 85 Gillibrand, Kirsten, 160 Gingrich, Newt, 178, 179, 182, 212 Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 103, 28 ...

394 Index role in American economy, 298–299 uninsured and problem of, 299–300 universal coverage and, 300 Health Care and Educat ...

Index 395 Independents defined, 154 midterm elections of 2010 and, 161 rise of, 166–167, 174 India federal system of government ...