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

396 Index establishment clause, 69 Republican Party of, 158 Jews, voting behavior, 122, 123 Jim Crow laws, 95 Johnson, Andrew, 2 ...

Index 397 Legislature bicameral, 31 checks and balances, 34, 35 defined, 4 president and passing, 230–232 president’s veto power ...

398 Index popularity of, 119–120 profit function of, 133 providing political forum, 133 socializing new generations, 133 social ...

Index 399 division of, between state government and, continuing dispute over, 56 – 61 enumerated powers, 49 implied, 54 inherent ...

400 Index election of 2012, 162, 163 debates, 138 demographics and, 122 economy and, 234 gender gap, 125 geographic region and, ...

Index 401 patronage, 156 state, 156 Party platform, 155 Paterson, William, 31 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 11, 28 ...

402 Index process of, 225–226 cabinet, 238–239 cabinet departments and, 251 checks and balances, 34, 35 checks on courts and, 28 ...

Index 403 Promotional policy, 298 Property defined, 10 right to, and capitalism, 10 Proportional primary, 181–182 Proportional r ...

404 Index negotiated rulemaking, 265 waiting periods and court challenges, 264–265 Regulatory agencies, 253–256 agency capture, ...

Index 405 Same-sex marriage, 10, 62, 73, 289 Defense of Marriage Act, 111–112 state recognition of, 51, 52, 111–112 Sampling err ...

406 Index Silver, Nate, 234 Sixteenth Amendment, 200, 291 Sixth Amendment, 68, 80, 84, 85 Slander, 77–78 Slavery/slaves Civil Wa ...

Index 407 States constitutions of, 21, 26, 28, 273 defined, 26, 28 red and blue states, 161 statutes, 273 Statutes, as source of ...

408 Index Technical assistance, 321 Television bias in, 138–139 as entertainment source, 132 First Amendment freedoms and, 80–81 ...

Index 409 presidential succession and, 242–243 as president of the Senate, 214 Vietnamese Americans, voting behavior, 123 Vietna ...

410 Index Women as candidates, 173 civil rights of, 100–104 in Congress, 204 discrimination in workplace, 103 –10 4 Equal Rights ...

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