Index
abortion policy 218–19, 228, 231
Abramoff, Jack 117
Abramson, P.R. 102
Adams, President John Quincy 91
Adams, Sherman 163, 200
Adaran Constructors v. Pena (1995) 231
administration: Congress and the
federal civil service 204–5; executive
departments 196–8; federal civil
service 201–4; and federalism 207–8;
government corporations 200–1;
independent regulatory commissions
198–200; presidential control 205–6;
structure of the administration 195
advocacy groups 101
Afghanistan 187, 250–1, 270, 272
Agnew, Vice-President Spiro 86
agriculture see farm groups
Alaska 2
Alden v. Maine (1999) 212
Alito, Justice Samuel 139, 227
al-Qaeda 174, 250–1, 254, 266, 270–1
Alterman, Eric 192, 193
America: settlement of 2, 8–13
American Association of Retired People
114
American Bar Association 107, 228
American Dairy Association 113
American Farm Bureau Federation 104
American Federation of Labor–Congress
of Industrial Organizations (AFL–
CIO) 112
American Federation of Teachers 107
American Independent Party 45
American Indians 8
American Israeli Public Affairs
Committee 107
American Legion 107
American Medical Association 107
American Muslim Taskforce on Civil
Rights 107
American Nazi Party 49
American Servicemembers’ Protection
Act (2002) 280
Americans for Democratic Action 108
Anderson, John B. 45
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty 278–80
Anti-Saloon League 107
Anti-Torture Act (2005) 173
Articles of Confederation 2
Ash, Roy L. 164
Atkins v. Virginia (2002) 249
Attorney General 224
‘Axis of Evil’ 271–3Baker v. Carr (1962) 97, 215–17
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act (1985) 144
Banfield, Edward 33
Bay of Pigs 264, 273
Bell, Daniel 51
Bentley, A.F. 28
Berelson, Bernard R. 32
Bernstein, Carl 183
Bibby, J.F. 73
Bill of Rights (1791) 3, 7–8; see also
Constitution of the United States
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
(2002) 100–1
black community 10–11, 32–3; battle for
equality 64–6; civil rights 98; interest
groups 106–7; segregation 213–15;
voting behaviour 32, 71, 98
Black, E. and Black, M. 73