Index 393
Gideon v. Wainwright, 68, 85
Gillibrand, Kirsten, 160
Gingrich, Newt, 178, 179, 182,
212
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 103, 285,
288
Gitlow v. New York, 68, 75–76
Global warming
debate over, 307
interest groups and, 149
Goldwater, Barry, 14, 135
Good faith exception, 86
Google, 134
GOP (grand old party), 159
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 341
Gore, Al
election of 2000, 161, 166
demographics and, 122
electoral college, 226
Supreme Court decision and,
279–280
global warming and, 307
Government
authority and legitimacy of, 3
based on consent of the people,
5
big government, 11–12
confederal system, 46
defined, 2
divided, 157
limited, 6
limiting power of, 2–3
need for, 2
as preeminent institution, 2
public opinion about, 129–131
security and order, 2
size and scope of, 11–12
types of, 4
unitary system of, 46
Government Accountability
Office, 267
Government corporations,
256–258
bankruptcy and government
control of private
corporation, 257
defined, 256
government ownership of
private enterprise, 257
Government in the Sunshine Act,
261
Government Performance and
Results Act, 263Friedan, Betty, 100
Front-loading, 183–184
Front-runner, 183
Fulton, Robert, 54
Fundamental Orders of
Connecticut, 23G
Gag orders, 80
Gallup, George, 126
Gallup poll, 126
Garfield, James, 242
Gates, Robert, 240
Gay Activist Alliance, 110
Gay Liberation Front, 110
Gay men and lesbians
civil unions, 112
“don’t ask, don’t tell,” 111
growth in rights movement of,
110
in military, 111
privacy rights and, 9
rights and status of, 110–112,
289
same-sex marriage, 10, 52,
111–112, 289
state and local laws targeting,
110 –111
Geithner, Timothy, 257
Gender discrimination, 100–101
Gender gap, 125
General election, 173
General jurisdiction, 276
General Motors, 11
General Services Administration
(GSA), 261, 268
Generational effect, 121
Geographic region, public
opinion and, 125
George III, English king, 23, 27
Germany
at close of World War II, 338
East, 338
EU debt crisis and, 333
federal system of government
in, 47
West, 338
Gerry, Elbridge, 206
Gerrymandering, 206–208
Ghana, unitary system of
government in, 46
Gibbons, Thomas, 54
Gibbons v. Ogden, 54–55process of, 321
September 11, 2001 and
changed view of, 320–321
State Department and, 334
techniques and strategies of,
321
terrorism and, 323–327
themes in, 337–341
formative years, 337–338
internationalism, 338–339
superpower relations, 339–
341
Truman Doctrine, 339
Fort Hood shooting, 324
Fourteenth Amendment, 42, 56,
87, 93–94
affirmative action and, 107–108
due process clause of, 94
equal protection clause, 38, 95,
205
gender discrimination and,
102
incorporating Bill of Rights
into, 68–69
incorporation theory, 68–69
rights of deportees and, 87
Fourth Amendment, 68, 81, 84,
86
Fox News, 120, 139, 261
Fracking, 306
France
nuclear weapons and, 327
unitary system of government,
46
Franchise, 190
Franking, 202–203
Franklin, Benjamin, 30
Freddie Mac, 258
Freedom
of press (See Press, freedom of)
of religion (See Religion,
freedom of)
of speech (See Speech,
freedom of)
Freedom House, 2
Freedom of Access to Clinic
Entrances Act, 82
Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA), 261, 268
Free exercise clause, 73
Free-rider problem, 145
French and Indian War, 23
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