vocab

People on the left side of the political spectrum who generally favor equality and believe it is the government's job to provide equal opportunities for citizens

• Public Agenda

• Caucus

• Liberal

• Conservative

An individual who works for a group seeking to influence government by taking elected officials to conferences, dinners, or outings; such activities are limited by the FEC

• Lobbyist

• Governor

• Liberal

• Spin

The chief diplomat to foreign nations; one of the most important positions in the executive branch outside of the president

• Secretary Of State

• Chief Executive

• Chief Legislator

• Conference Committee

A written document upon which all laws are based and reinforces the rule of law, or that no one is above the law in a society

• Judicial Review

• Articles Of Confederation

• Constitution

• First Amendment

First constitution of the US, lacked a national judicial branch which created problems

• Second Amendment

• Articles Of Confederation

• Theocracy

• Bill Of Rights

French political philosopher who first expressed the idea of a separation of powers

• Jefferson

• Locke

• Sovereignty

• Montesquieu

Rights given to individuals by the government in order to guarantee positive actions such as voting, equal access to facilities, etc

• Civil Rights

• First Amendment

• Civil Liberties

• Bill of Rights

Refers to the type of jurisdiction where a case could be heard either in a federal or state court; typically happens when a citizen of one state sues someone in a different state

• Appellate

• Concurrent

• Exclusive

• Parliamentary

Separation based on race which was found unconstitutional and resulted in laws being passed to help minorities during and after the 1950s

• Judicial Restraint

• Appeal

• Segregation

• Naturalization

An intra-party election within a state to select delegates for a candidate who will go to the party's national convention to select a presidential candidate

• Primary

• Liberal

• Selection

• Political