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| court case in which the texas supreme court ruled that the texas school financing system violated the state constitution, and gave the texas legislature one year to correct it. in response, the texas legislature passed a law that created county education districts (CEDs), which pooled the property of rich and poor districts. It was ruled unconstitutional. |
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| govt protect poor, each citizen responsible for participation, govt officials shouldnt benefit from holding office |
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| govt limited to essential functions and people able to pursue individual interests, participation by elites bc they understand economy and politics, evaluation of govt left to experts |
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| overall political culture of texas, govt expected to preserve social order and relative postition of social classes, participation of lower classes is discouraged by law, govt service dominated by elite social class |
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| a population movement to urban areas bc of industrialization |
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| population movement from the central city to the suburbs |
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basic principle of constitutions is that govt ought to be limited, the bill of rights is the most basic of these limits and many of its provisions are protected by the fourteenth amendment in U.S. constitution |
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powers given to us govt by constitution |
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| govt has additional powers that are implied, mcculloch vs maryland |
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| powers shared by natl and state govt |
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| having a relationship not only with natl govt but also with the other states |
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| powers not given to the natl govt or prohibited by the states are reserved for states |
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| the civil right to vote. tx had suffrage requriements but have been deemed unconstitutional by u.s. constitution. |
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| the national law prevails when national law and state law come into contact |
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| 1974 constitutional convention |
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| the selection of a partys candidate by a very small group of party influentials |
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| opens the nominatinf process to more participants and thus increased participation by party activists |
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