Index 389
principles of, 6
in United States, 6–8
Democratic Party
blue states and, 161
Congress controlled by,
160 –161, 30 0
convention delegates, 155–156,
168
debt ceiling crisis, 219
economic status, 121–123
education and, 123
fiscal cliff and sequester, 219
formation of, 158
gender gap and, 125
geographic region and, 125
health care reform, 300
history of, 158–162
immigration issue and,
304–305
liberalism and, 14
midterm elections of 2010 and,
161
National Convention of, in 1968,
181
Obama and young voters, 121
party identification and,
166 –167
populism and, 159
in post-Civil War period, 159
race and ethnicity, 123–125
regaining control of
presidential primary,
183–184
tod ay, 161–162
voters who grew up in Great
Depression, 121
Democratic republic
compared to representative
democracy, 6
defined, 6
Democratic-Republicans, 158
Depression, 309. See also Great
Depression
Deregulation, 256
Desegregation, 96
Détente, 340
Devolution, 58–59
Dictator, 4
Dictators, 3
Diplomacy
as aspect of foreign policy, 321
defined, 321
Diplomatic recognition, 229Cuban missile crisis, 339–340
Culture
dominant, 8
political, 8D
“Daisy Girl” ad, 135–136
Daley, Richard J., 156
Davis v. Bandemer, 206–207
Death with dignity law, 61
Debt ceiling, 219
Declaration of Independence
natural rights and social
contracts, 26–27
significance of, 27
universal truths, 26
Declaration of Sentiments, 100
De facto segregation, 97
Defamation of character, 77
Defendants, 274
pretrial rights, 84
Defense Department, 321
creation of, 336
foreign policymaking and, 336
functions of, 254
size of, 336
subagencies of, 254
Defense of Marriage Act, 52,
111–112
Defense policy, defined, 321
Defense spending, amount of
federal budget, 250, 251
Deficit spending
Obama and stimulus package,
310
public debt and, 310–312
De Jonge v. Oregon, 68
De jure segregation, 97
Delegates
caucus system for choosing, 183
convention activities, 184
to national convention, 181
seating, 184
selecting, 155–156
superdelegates, 181
Democracy
constitutional, 6
defined, 4
direct, 4–5
elite theory and, 7
for groups, 8
majoritarianism and, 7
pluralism and, 8Cooperative federalism
defined, 58
methods of implementing,
59 – 61
New Deal and, 57–58
Cornwallis, Charles, 27–28
Corwin, Edwin S., 333
Cott, Nancy, 100
Council of Economic Advisers,
239
Council on Environmental
Quality, 239
Court of Appeals for the
Thirteenth Circuit, 277
Courts, 271–294
appellate courts, 276–277
common law tradition and, 272
contempt of court, 275
executive checks, 289–291
federal (See Federal court
system)
impact of lower courts, 293
judicial activism, 286
judicial restraint, 287
judicial traditions and doctrine,
292
legislative checks, 291–292
parties to lawsuits, 274–275
policymaking function,
286–293
political question, 293
procedural rules, 275
requirements to bring case
before, 274
sources of American law and,
272–273
Supreme Court (See Supreme
Court of United States)
trial courts, 276
Courts of appeal, U.S., 276–277,
282
Cracking, in redistricting, 207
Crawford, William H., 226
Credentials committee, 184
Criminal contempt, 275
Cross burning, 74
Crossley, Archibald, 126
Cruzan v. Director, Missouri
Department of Health, 83
Cuba, Cuban Missile Crisis,
339–340
Cuban Americans, 104
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