The type of electoral system in which victory goes to the individual who gets more votes than any other candidate is called a ________ system.

What is the term for a tool presidents can and often do wield that can have the broader effect of legislation, although it is first and foremost a management tool involving the power of virtually any CEO to make “company policy”?

Individuals or groups who are not parties to a lawsuit but who seek to assist the court in reaching a decision (including, often, the solicitor general) can present additional briefs called

When a grassroots campaign is artificially orchestrated to make it appear that constituents care about an issue when in reality they do not, it is best known as __________ lobbying.

Which of the following is a major form of public law?

According to American housing policy analysts, explicitly discriminatory government policies created or worsened racial segregation in American cities over the twentieth century. These included racially restrictive zoning laws, as well as the practice of redlining by financial institutions, one encouraged by the federal government. Under this practice, areas with a certain percentage of Black residents were rated as hazardous to investment. While federal policies discourage redlining today, and legal segregation is dead, housing policy analysts say past policies continue to affect ongoing __________________ (or non-legally enforced) patterns of racial segregation.

Which presidential powers are not expressed in the Constitution but rather stem from the “rights, duties, and obligations of the presidency,” especially during wartime or national emergencies?

During the George W. Bush administration, and during the Iraq War specifically, a federal ________ was created to coordinate and synthesize intelligence gathered by various agencies and sources.

Although the head of the U.S. Department of Justice is always the Attorney General, the other chief administrators of federal cabinet-level departments are usually called:

Which of the following explains why the United States was one of the last Western democracies to become involved in social policy?