Glossary/Index A105civil liberties in, 104
civil war in, 616, 618, 624, 633, 634,
635, 637, 648
diplomacy in, 637
drone aircraft in, 625
humanitarian crisis in, 617, 619
ISIL forces in, 274, 428, 461, 616,
618, 626, 629, 633, 637, 642, 646,
648
public opinion on, 218, 254, 635, 636
refugees from, 254, 634, 635
Russia in, 623, 633, 637Taliban, 616, 642, 646, 648
Tammany Hall political machine,
266
Taney, Roger, 78, 79tariffs, 623, 638–39 A tax levied on
imported or exported goods.
Founders on, 41, 49
presidential power concerning, 425,
539
protectionist policies on, 565–66,
567
public opinion on, 634
states’ rights in, 49, 82
Trump policies on, 420, 425, 530,
539, 566, 614–16, 626, 639, 640,
643–45, 650Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (2017), 400, 407,
412, 541
tax policies, 551–56
in Affordable Care Act, 602
Articles of Confederation on, 34,
39, 46
and budget deficit, 541
on campaign financing, 269, 361–62
in colonial era, 32
complexity of, 464
Constitution on, 39, 54
corporate welfare in, 580
Earned Income Tax Credit in, 603,
604, 605, 606
on estate inheritance, 586
in fiscal policy, 535, 551–56
on housing expenses, 579
international comparison of, 554, 554
on Internet businesses, 496
in Keynesian economics, 551, 552, 553
Laffer curve on, 551, 552
marginal tax rate in, 551, 556, 556
on national bank, 63, 78PAYGO procedure in, 541
political conflicts on, 15
and power of the purse, 54
progressive, 556
of Reagan, 551
redistributive, 15, 554–56, 555
regressive, 556, 592
on religious schools, 115
Sixteenth Amendment on, 62
for Social Security funding, 556, 592,
594, 595, 596, 597
in supply-side economics, 551
of Trump, 285, 286, 290, 331, 541, 543,
552, 556
Tea Act (1773), 32
Tejada, Miguel, 135
telephone use
privacy and security in, 58, 132, 134,
381
surveillance of, 135–36
television, 235–36
campaign ads on, 318, 319, 324
media conglomerates in, 236, 237
media strategies of politicians
using, 243
obscenity on, 129
as source of political information, 257Temporary Assistance for Needy Families,
86, 585, 605, 605 , 606 The welfare
program that replaced AFDC in
1996, eliminating the entitlement
status of welfare, shifting imple-
mentation of the policy to the
states, and introducing several new
restrictions on receiving aid. These
changes led to a significant decrease
in the number of welfare recipients.Tennessee, 173, 283
Tenth Amendment, 90–91
on reserved powers, 44–45, 76, 80,
90, 108
and sanctuary cities, 98
and voting laws, 176
term limits, 364
terrorism
checks and balances in war on, 53,
57–58
civil liberties in war on, 104–5
and domestic surveillance, 135–36,
410
drone attacks against, 436, 437, 625,
628, 642, 646, 648and foreign policy, 616, 617, 618,
624, 624, 625, 631, 642, 646–48
and Homeland Security Depart-
ment, 628
and immigration policies, 192
public opinions on, 200, 204, 208,
635–36, 647
as public policy priority, 225, 226, 226
in September 11, 2001, attacks. See
September 11, 2001, terrorist
attacks
Supreme Court decisions related
to, 631
Tester, John, 334
Texas
affirmative action in, 190, 191, 194
annexation of, 443
congressional campaign and
election in (2018), 243
death penalty in, 140
flag desecration law in, 120
gay rights in, 143, 181, 522
presidential campaign in (2016), 283
voting districts in, 175, 389
Texas, Lawrence v., 143, 181, 522
Texas, Pointer v., 113
Texas, Washington v., 113
Theiss-Morse, Elizabeth, 11
t heo c rac y, 2 1
Thernstrom, Abigail, 188
Thernstrom, Stephan, 188
Third Amendment, 108, 113, 140
Thirteenth Amendment, 62, 80, 109,
152, 152
Thomas, Clarence, 60, 502, 509, 512,
516, 517, 518, 519, 522, 522Three-Fifths Compromise, 46, 47 The
states’ decision during the Consti-
tutional Convention to count each
slave as three-fifths of a person in a
state’s population for the purposes
of determining the number of House
members and the distribution of taxes.Thune, John, 401
Thurmond, Strom, 411
Tillerson, Rex, 627
Tinker, Mary Beth, 516
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent
Community School District, 516
Title IX on sex discrimination in educa-
tion, 183–84, 185
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