Government Vocab Week Whatever

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Sales tax

Back 1

a tax on receipts from sales, usually added to the selling price by the seller

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Sectionalism

Back 2

excessive regard for sectional or local interests; regional or local spirit, prejudice, etc

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Sedition

Back 3

incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government

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Selective incorporation

Back 4

a theory or doctrine of constitutional law that those rights guaranteed by the first eight amendments to the U.S. Constitution that are fundamental to and implicit in the concept of ordered liberty are incorporated into the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause

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Senatorial courtesy

Back 5

the practice in the U.S. Senate of confirming only those presidential appointees approved by both senators from the state of the appointee, or by the senior senator of the president's party

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Seniority rule

Back 6

the custom in Congress providing for the assignment of a committee chairpersonship to that member of the majority party who has served on the committee the longest

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Session

Back 7

the sitting together of a court, council, legislature, or the like, for conference or the transaction of business

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Shield law

Back 8

a law protecting journalists from forced disclosure of confidential sources of information

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Single-issue party

Back 9

a political party that campaigns on only one issue

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Slander

Back 10

a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report

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Soft money

Back 11

money contributed to a political candidate or party that is not subject to federal regulations

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Sound bite

Back 12

a brief, striking remark or statement excerpted from an audiotape or videotape for insertion in a broadcast news story

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Split-ticket voting

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a ballot on which the voter has chosen candidates from different political parties

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Straw vote

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an unofficial vote taken to obtain an indication of the general trend of opinion on a particular issue

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Subpoena

Back 15

the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body

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Suffrage

Back 16

the right to vote, especially in a political election