American Politics Today - Essentials (3rd Ed)

A59 CREDITS TABLES AND FIGURES Figure 1.2: Robert J. Vanderbei, Map: 2008 Presidential Election, Purple America. Reprinted by pe ...

A60 CREDITS Pool/CNP/Corbis; 307 J. Scott Applewhite/AP; 310 © Roger L. Wollenberg/Pool/Corbis; 313 ( bottom) Gary I Rothstein/U ...

A61 INDEX Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. Page numbers in boldface refer to fi gures. AARP, 232, 233, 233, 236, ...

A62 INDEX Army Corps of Engineers, U.S., 324, 331 Arpaio, Joe, 389–90, 389, 420 arson, 100 Articles of Confederation, 48 Constit ...

INDEX A63 Iraq War and, 145, 474 judges appointed by, 370, 372 media and, 102 military tribunals and, 298 national supremacy and ...

A64 INDEX Clean Water Act, 73 clear and present danger test, 99 Clear Channel Communications, 146, 151 climate change, 8, 74, 24 ...

INDEX A65 regulations and, 326–27, 444 religion and, 104 as responsible and responsive, 255–56, 267 scandals in, 266–67, 267 sen ...

A66 INDEX Death with Dignity Act (Oreg.; 1994), 81, 117–18 debates, 205–6 debt, 432, 436, 437, 439 defi cits vs., 437, 438 post- ...

INDEX A67 goals of, 434–36, 447 government regulation and impact on, 444–45 monetary theories and polices in, 440–44, 452 presid ...

A68 INDEX equal time provision, 150 Era of Good Feeling, 165 Escalante River, 446 establishment clause, 104–5, 108 estate taxes, ...

INDEX A69 foreign policy, 260, 303–4, 467–89, 470, 471 alliances and treaties as tool in, 473, 476, 477, 487 Congress and, 475, ...

A70 INDEX government, local, 8 civil rights and, 399 federalism and, 6, 31, 58, 59, 67, 70, 70, 71, 79–80 participation in, 81 p ...

INDEX A71 Human Rights Watch, 482 Hustler, 103 Idaho, 295 idealism, 469, 470–71, 470, 472, 487–88 identity politics, 130, 131–32 ...

A72 INDEX judicial restraint, 380 judicial review, 12, 40, 42, 42, 98, 358–59, 383, 478 Marbury v. Madison and, 358–59, 359 in p ...

INDEX A73 mandatory spending, 439, 440 manufacturing, 31 Mapp, Dollree, 95 Mapp v. Ohio, 96 Marbury, William, 358–59 Marbury v. ...

A74 INDEX National Highway Traffi c Safety Administration (NHTSA), 444 National Independent Automobile Dealers Association (NADA ...

INDEX A75 PAC s , see political action committees Paine, Thomas, 26, 28 Pakistan, 293, 469–70, 471 Palestinians, 304 Palin, Sara ...

A76 INDEX President, U.S., 48 allocation of power to, 8, 28, 32–33, 37, 40–42, 47, 298, 316–17 appointments made by, 298–300, 33 ...

INDEX A77 judges appointed by, 369 social policies of, 450 Reagan Revolution, 333, 334 realignments, in party systems, 168–69 re ...

A78 INDEX Schultz, Debbie Wasserman, 163 Scott, Dred, 65 SCOTUSblog (Supreme Court blog), 148 scrutiny, 98 searches and seizures ...