Intro Pol Test 1

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Public Policy

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The response, or lack of response, of government decision makers to an issue. Can be any issue that can affect a broad range of areas; politically, socially, economically, etc.

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Policy Making Enviornment

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Set of factors outside of government that impacts the policymaking process either direcly or indirectly.

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Political Enviornment

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How we approach an issue, or how we manipulate it, affects us all. Can be affected by: Money, socio-economic, ethnicity, gender, media, events, legality, cultural, age, etc.

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Step One in PM

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Agenda Building Identification

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Step Two in PM

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Access and Representation

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Step Three in PM

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Policy Formulation

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Step Four in PM

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Policy Adoption/Legitimization

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Step Five in PM

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Policy Implementation

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Step Six in PM

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Policy Evaluation

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Measuring Obscenity Pt.1

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I.As a whole is deemed prurient by the "average person" according to "community standards"

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Measuring Obscenity Pt.2

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II.Depicts sexual conduct "in a patently offensive way"

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Measuring Obscenity Pt.3

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III.Lacks "serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value"

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Selective Incorporation

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Incorporation of Bill of Rights to the State Governments

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Ex-Post Facto

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Prohibits somebody getting prosectued for breaking a law that was made after the act

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Bills of Attainder

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Piece of legislature that finds somebody guilty without a trial

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Prior Restraint

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Efforts by a governmental agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way

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1st Amendment

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Freedom of Speech. religion

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2nd Amendment

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Right to Bear Arms

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4th Amendment

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No Search and Seizure without warrant

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6th Amendment

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Due Process of Law

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8th Amendment

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No excessive bail and no cruel and unusual punishement

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14th Amendment

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Selective Incorporation

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Four Compromises

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I.Connecticut Compromise (Bicameral Legislature)

II.Presidency i. term limits ii.title of leader

III. Courts i.Set up Judicial Branch

IV. 3/5ths Compromise

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Articles of Constitution

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IV.Full Faith and Credit Clause

V.Making Amendments: 2/3ds HoR & Senate, & accepted by 3/4ths of States

VI. Supremacy Clause

VII. Signatures SUCKA

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Block Grants

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Federal grants-in-aid that allow states considerable discretion in how the funds are spent.

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Categorical Grants

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Congressional grants given to states and localities on the condition that expenditures be limited to a problem or group specified by law

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Dual Federlism

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The system of government that prevailed in the United States from 1789 to 1937, in which most fundamental governmental powers were shared between the federal and state govs.

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Cooperative Federalism

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A type of federalism existing since the New Deal era in which grants-in-aid have been used strategically to encourage states and localities (w/o commanding them) to pursue nationally defined goals, Also known as "intergovernmtal cooperation"

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Competitive Federalism

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State competition over goods and services

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Fiscal Federalism

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Deals with the division of governmental functions and financial relations among levels of government.