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| "Voter Identification" law |
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A state law that requires individuals to show picture ID during voting. Republicans tried to use it to reduce voter turn out for Democrats
Significance: It shows that rules can be fair but not neutral. |
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The public resolution or management of a conflict within a basic consensus or community
Significance: The US has tried to manage the country based on different political ideas. |
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Charles Keating owned a bank and rented influence from politicians to prevent his bank from going under. The politicians interfered with the regulation of the bank, and eventually it went under costing tax payers billions.
Significance: Private influence over public policy |
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A system of beliefs or values that come together to form a coherent whole.
Significance: They tell us how to govern and how to think about politics |
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Tell us what kind of government is legitimate (morally right) and what actions are legitimate for the government to perform.
Significance: Allow us to analyze which governments are legitimate. |
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A political ideology that says everyone has a place in society and they should not stray from their place because God intended them to be there.
Significance: It has no impact on our government today. |
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Political ideology from business/professionals that says the society is a marketplace and that people are born equal but do not remain equal all through life.
Significance: The writers of the constitution and our democracy is based on this political ideology. |
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The political ideology that says that society is like a factory and everyone is born equal and should remain equal all through life.
Significance: It influenced the Democratic party |
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Political ideology that does not believe in economic regulation but does believe in regulation of personal lives
Significance: It is not like Classical conservatism and it dominates the Republican Party. |
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Political ideology that is for economic regulation but against the regulation of personal lives.
Significance: It is not like classical liberalism and it dominates the Democratic Party. |
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Polls that survey Americans on public issues using general policy questions.
Significance: 2/3rds are anti-government when asked these questions and it shows that people are inconsistent when compared to operational opinions. |
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Polls that survey Americans on issues using questions focused on specific policy areas.
Significance: 2/3rds of americans are liberal when asked these questions and it shows that people are inconsistent when asked ideological opinion questions. |
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| "Rally round the flag" effect |
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A sudden surge of patriotic support for the government after people feel attacked.
Significance: it illustrates one of the only times we are in favor of government. |
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The belief that people have that the government has some moral basis and everyone should be obligated to obey the law.
Significance: It shows which governments are valid and that the Democratic theory is the only one that has been able to work. |
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States legitimacy is based on the participation of the people.
Significance: The US is based on this theory and it has dominated all over the world. |
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States that the majority dictates what will happen in society.
Significance: It is needed for a democracy because it shows that people are participating. |
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An individual's freedom to make personal choices.
Significance: Foundation to a democracy is the ability to chose between options. |
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Everyone is entitled to the same rights under the law.
Significance: If some people were made better than others there would be no democracy. |
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| Choice Among Alternatives |
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The idea that one can choose between parties and can also make their own party to create more choices.
Significance: Democracy depends on people's ability to make choices and participate. |
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Freedom of expression
Significance: It is protected by the First Amendment and allows protects people's rights to voice opinions and create further ideas. |
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The situation where public policy is created openly in order for citizens to view the laws being passed.
Significance: People are better able to make decisions based on information and are participating. |
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The Amendment that prohibits an individual from serving more than two terms for presidency.
Significance: Term limit laws violate the democratic theory because it enables old governments to limit the choices of voters in new governments. |
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| Selling Our On Principles |
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A insult made by the public describing when a politician states he will do one thing, to please the people, and when he gets into office makes compromises.
Significance: People do not understand that democracy can only function with compromise. |
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Religious idea that a relationship with God is voluntary that evolved to non religious ideas in which people have to participate in government
Significance: The Democratic theory is not just a secular idea, it is also a religious idea. |
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Natural laws that are made apparent through history.
Significance: In a Democracy everyone is entitled to these self evident truths found in the constitution. |
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Idea that states governments should be based on virtue and the fear of power.
Significance: Created a contradiction, people participate but they are not able to gain excessive power because they will create corrupt governments. Introduced checks and balances. |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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The first attempt to govern based on fear of power. It had a weak central government.
Significance: It did not work at all, and lead to the constitution where a central government was made. |
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| Reconcile the irreconcilable |
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The founders of the constitution tried to fix the contradictions for fear of power against public participation.
Significance: This is why it is so hard to govern. |
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| Ambition to counteract ambition |
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Division of power within the government so that ambitious people can fight against in each other.
Significance: Founded the idea of check and balances |
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Our system is based on separate institutions with shared power.
Significance: The shared power forces the institutions to compromise in favor of public interest. |
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The Amendment where the federal government is only allowed to do was is explicitly stated in the constitution.
Significance: This Amendment is overlooked when the government deems something necessary and proper. |
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| Necessary and Proper Clause |
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The government is able to enforces laws that it deems necessary and proper for society.
Significance: This overlooks the Tenth Amendment, and enabled the government to do what it wants outside the constitution. |
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No state shall pass any law that impairs the obligation of a contract.
Significance: it protects property and limits the power of the government. |
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| Annexation of Texas (1845) |
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Texas was admitted into the Union after the government ignored the constitution and passed it through a joint resolution rather than the 2/3rds vote.
Significance: When the government needs to do something it will often overlook the constitution. |
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The Amendment which protects the freedom of speech and of the press.
Significance: it is necessary for a democracy and to protect unpopular ideas so that they can participate in the marketplace of ideas. |
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When the majority is intolerant of the minority opinion.
Significant: It allows minorities to rebel when suppressed, and it is not good for a democracy because ideas are being suppressed. |
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Limits freedom of speech when there is a clear and immediate danger because of it.
Significance: It allows the government to limit freedom of speech. |
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The idea that holmes came up with where all ideas are protected so that the best idea wins out in the marketplace of ideas.
Significance: This is how our democracy works and it gives people more choices. |
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| New York Times v Sullivan (1964) |
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The Supreme court case that decided that people have almost unlimited free speech when it comes to public officials.
Significance: Shows the marketplace of ideas is being used on public officials. |
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| Skokie v National Socialist Party (1978) |
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Case where the city of Skokie was forced to allow Nazi marchers to rally.
Significance: Hate speech cannot be suppressed just because it is an unpopular idea, it must compete in the marketplace of ideas. |
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| Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act (2006) |
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A law that prohibits protesting within 300 feet of government owned cemeteries during a funeral.
Significance: Raises the question if their opinions should be suppressed. You have to keep drawing the line. |
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A system founded by Eleanor Roosevelt and Wendel Wilkie that determines the about of freedom around the world.
Significance: The US is ranked really high on this freedom of expression scale. |
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| Rules of citizen participation |
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The more organized you are the stronger your party will be, and more voters from the lower class will participate.
Significance: Strong parties produced less class bias which produce greater voter turn out |
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| American v Foreign party organization |
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1. heirarchy, 2. discipline. 3. formal membership.
Significance: weak parties call for class bias calls for lower voter turn out. The US has this instead. |
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Party identification, no heirarchy, and no discipline(no party leader).
Significance: weak parties make more class bias, makes lower voter turn out. The US has the weakest parties. |
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