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judicial system 222–4
judiciary and politics see Supreme Court
Kassebaum, Senator Nancy 242
Kaufmann, E.P. 44
Kelley, A.H. 17
Kennedy, Justice Anthony 231
Kennedy, President John F. 158, 162,
173; and administrative reform 206;
assassination 67, 86; and Bay of Pigs
264; election of 1960 24, 36; primary
election of 1960 79; success rate 125;
Vietnam War 262
Kennedy, Senator Edward 139, 242
Kennedy, Senator Robert 79
Kent v. Dulles (1957) 229
Kerbel, Matthew 186, 193
Kerrey, Senator Bob 80
Kerry, Senator John 30, 35, 36, 80, 139,
186
Key, V.O. Jr 24, 111
King, Martin Luther 91
King, Rodney 66
Kirkpatrick v. Preisler (1969) 216
Kissinger, Henry 164
Know Nothing Party 65
Korean War 261
Kosovo 267–8
Kristol, Irving 53, 54
Ku Klux Klan 65, 145
Kuchel, Senator Thomas 98
Kuwait 268–9
Kyoto Protocol 170, 278–9
La Follette, Robert 45
labour groups 111–13
Ladd, Everett Carl 37
Lancaster, Lane W.
Landis, James M. 206
Laos 173, 262
Latino community see Hispanic
community
Lau v. Nichols (1974) 34
Lawrence, David G. 42, 44
League of Nations 260
League of Women Voters 107, 114
legislative veto 140
legislature see Congress
Lewinsky, Monica 157
Libby, I. Lewis 170, 191
liberalism 50–1
Lieberman, Senator Joseph 80
Limbaugh, Rush 184
Line Item Veto Act (1996) 140
Little Rock (1957) 115, 173
Lincoln, President Abraham 22, 70
Lipset, Seymour M. 17, 30
lobbying 116–117
Lobbying Disclosure Act (1995) 117
local government 56–8; in New England
57
Locke, John 19
Lodge, Henry Cabot 81
Long, Huey 61
Longshoremen’s Union 111
Loomis, B. 147
Lubell, Samuel 27, 32McCarran, Senator Pat 245
McCarthy, Senator Eugene 79, 83
McCarthy, Senator Joseph 32, 65, 144,
204
McClellan, Scott 281
McGovern, George 30
McGovern–Fraser Commission 83–4
McKay, D. 258
McKeever, Robert 218, 228, 233
McManus, John F. 66
Madison, James 104
Mayer, J. 281
Mayhew, D. 147
Mapp v. Ohio (1961) 230
Marbury v. Madison (1803) 210
Marshall, A.J. 116
Marshall, Justice Thurgood 248
Marxism 19
Mayaguez 262–3
media, the 183–93; and elections 188;
influence of 187; the internet 186–7;
management of 191; newspapers 183;
radio 183–5; talk radio 184; television
185–6; television debates 188
Medicaid 240, 243
Medicare 240
melting pot 1
Memoirs v. Massachusetts (1966) 190
Methodist Church 107
Mexico, border with 246–7
Mickelthwait, J. 73
Mieczkowski, Y. 102
Milkis, S.M. 73
Mill, John Stuart 21
Miller, Judith 191
Miller, Senator Zell 124
Miller–Tydings Amendment 110
Miloševic ́, Slobodan 268
Minutemen 115
Miranda v. Arizona (1966) 230