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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Round 1 Round 2 Party Card Proponents Final Jeopardy Fun Meter Fanatics Lasher Fund Legionnaires

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Interest Groups, Elections & Parties Congress $100 $200 Founding The Presidency The Courts The Media Round 2 $100 Final Jeopardy $200 Scores $300 $300 $400 $400 $500 $500 Philosophies

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 The type of political system that Aristotle viewed as a perversion because it was “of the needy” and not for “the common good of all. ”

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 What is a democracy? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 He wrote, “…When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty…lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner. ”

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Who is Montesquieu? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Thomas Jefferson immortalized John Locke’s argument for the natural rights of “lives, liberties, and estates of the people” into this phrase in the Declaration of Independence.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 What is “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness”? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 He wrote that without government “men live…in that condition which is called war…In such condition…the life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. ”

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Who is Thomas Hobbes? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 The twelfth clause of this 1215 document states that “no scutage or aid shall be imposed in our kingdom, unless by the general council of our kingdom. ” In 1776, it became the rallying cry of the Revolution: “No taxation without representation”

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 What is Magna Carta? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 A political movement or effort (such as getting out the vote) of the common or ordinary people (i. e. the rank and file - from the “ground up”), as contrasted with the leadership or elite of a political party.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 What is “grass roots” (politics)? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What this political cartoon represents:

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is gerrymandering? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Iowa hosts the first one of these in every presidential election cycle.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What this map represents:

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is the Electoral College? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 This 2010 Supreme Court case decided that soft money (funds to aid parties) expenditures by organizations cannot be regulated because it is political speech.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 What is Citizens United (v. FEC)? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 These powers are spelled out in Article I, Section 8: The Congress shall have the power to… …borrow money… …regulate commerce… …coin money… …establish post offices… …declare war…

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 What are enumerated powers? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 The ______ …shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is the House (of Representatives)? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 The person already holding office in either the House of Representatives or the Senate is often referred to as this.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Who (What) is the incumbent? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 A rule used by the Senate to end or limit debate, usually requiring 60 senators.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is cloture? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 The senator or representative who helps the party leader stay informed about what party members are thinking, keeps track of vote counts, and pressures members when necessary.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 What is the “whip”? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 The Article II, Section 2 title or role given to the president in relationship to the military.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 What is “Commander in Chief”? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 If a president disapproves of a bill passed by both houses, he makes this type of statement, known as a _____ message.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is a veto? (From the Latin, “I forbid”) Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 This executive agency assists the president in assembling and analyzing the figures that go into the national budget, and it reviews proposals that cabinet departments want included in the president’s legislative program.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 What is the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 The party of the president typically loses seats during this type of election.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is a mid-term (election)? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 First coined by Theodore Roosevelt, this is the president’s use of his prestige and visibility to guide or enthuse the American public.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 What is the “bully pulpit”? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 This 1803 Supreme Court ruling established the principal of judicial review.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 What is Marbury v. Madison? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 According to this doctrine, state and federal authorities can prosecute the same person for the same act.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is (the) “Dual-Sovereignty (Doctrine)”? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 In Latin, it means “let the decision stand, ” which emphasizes the importance of precedence in Supreme Court decisions.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 What is stare decisis? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 This is a case brought into court by a person on behalf of all other persons in similar circumstances.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is a class-action suit? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 This judicial philosophy argues that as the institution of last resort, the federal courts must correct injustices when the other branches refuse, even to the extent of creating new law.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 What is judicial activism? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 “High Level Sources at the White House say…” is often a leak used to test a policy, more commonly known as this.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 What is a trial balloon? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 When the media calls a policy proposal they like “bold, ” but something they don’t like “chilling, ” it is using this type of language.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 What the F. C. C. , which regulates the media, stands for:

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 What is the Federal Communications Commission? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 As opposed to a broadcast, this type of marketing has become more common as the media targets a highly segmented listening and viewing audience.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is “narrow casting”? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 As this polling data suggests, the overwhelming majority of the media is this. Source: S. Robert Lichter, George Washington University, and Stanley Rothman of Smith College, survey of 240 journalists at the most influential national media outlets.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 What is liberal (or a Democrat or statist or secular)? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved The Federalist Papers Civil Liberties The Committees Bureaucracy Civil Rights The Constitution Round 1 $200 $200 Final Jeopardy $400 $400 Scores $600 $600 $800 $800 $1000 $1000

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 It reads: “…Ambition must be made to counteract ambition…In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself…A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government…”

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is Federalist 51? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 It reads: “…The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man; and we see them everywhere brought into different degrees of activity…Extend the sphere, and you take in a greater variety of parties and interests; you make it less probable that a majority of the whole will have a common motive to invade the rights of other citizens; or…it will be more difficult…to act in unison with each other…”

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is Federalist 10? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 He wrote in Federalist 84, “…I go further, and affirm, that a bill of rights, in the sense and to the extent they are contended for, are not only unnecessary in the proposed constitution, but would even be dangerous. They would contain various exceptions to powers not granted; and on this very account, would afford a colourable pretext to claim more than were granted. . . ”

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 Who is Alexander Hamilton? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 It reads: “…The powers delegated…to the Federal government, are few and defined. Those which…remain in the State governments, are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, …negotiation, and foreign commerce…The powers reserved to the…States will extend to. . . concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people…”

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 What is Federalist 45? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 It reads: “Energy in the Executive is a leading character in the definition of good government. It is essential to the protection of the community against foreign attacks; it is no less essential to the steady administration of the laws; to the protection of property…; (and) to the security of liberty against the enterprises and assaults of ambition, of faction, and of anarchy…A feeble Executive implies a feeble execution of the government. ”

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 What is Federalist 70? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 In Everson v. Board of Education (1947), the Supreme Court reinterpreted the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses of the First Amendment to mean this, a phrase which appeared in Jefferson’s Letter to the Danbury Baptist Church in 1802.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is “Separation of Church and State”? Scores

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 This type of government action attempts to prohibit the Press from publishing a story before it is public, but it is generally considered unconstitutional. For example, the Supreme Court’s New York Times v United States (1971) decision allowed the NYT to publish the “Pentagon Papers”. However, the Press can be held accountable after the fact.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is “Prior Restraint”? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 In Mapp v. Ohio (1961), the Supreme Court applied this “rule” to the States, thereby prohibiting improperly gathered evidence from being introduced in a trial.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 What is the “Exclusionary Rule”? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 One example of this states: “You have a right to remain silent and do not have to say anything at all. Anything you say can and will be used against you in Court. You have the right to talk to a lawyer of your own choice, and to have a lawyer here with you while we ask questions. If you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, we will see that you have one provided to you free of charge. ”

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 What are your Miranda Rights? (Miranda v. Arizona (1966)) Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 Better known as this, the law is actually called “Uniting (and) Strengthening America (by) Providing Appropriate Tools Required (to) Intercept (and) Obstruct Terrorism” Act. It makes it easier for the government to monitor your communication; it also removes the statute of limitations for terrorism.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 What is the U. S. A. P. A. T. R. I. O. T. (“Patriot”) Act? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Complex bureaucratic rules and procedures that must be followed to get something done – it’s what makes dealing with bureaucracies so frustrating for most Americans.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is “Red Tape”? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 A close relationship between an agency, a congressional committee, and an interest group, where each serves the interest of the other (Veterans’ Affairs is a classic example)?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is an “iron triangle”? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 In his farewell address he said, “in the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence…by the military-industrial complex…(and) the prospect of domination of the nation’s scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money…”

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 Who is President Dwight D. Eisenhower (“Military-Industrial Complex Speech”)? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 This is the oldest executive department, and its head is first in the line of succession among the cabinet secretaries.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 What is the Department of State? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 The Department of Defense is commonly referred to by this name, which describes the shape of the building in which its most important offices are housed.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 What is the Pentagon? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 One of the three key House committees (meaning members may not serve on any other committee, except Budget). Its members determine the time a bill will be considered on the floor, and whether amendments can be added. It is more powerful than in the Senate because the House has so many members.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is the (House) Rules Committee? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 This Senate committee conducts hearings on Supreme Court nominees, and in both houses this same committee has the authority to conduct hearings on proposed amendments to the Constitution.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is the (Senate / House) Judiciary Committee? Scores

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 Similar to the Senate Finance Committee, this House committee drafts legislation on taxes, including tariffs (and trade bills), and the Entitlements, including Social Security and Medicare.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 What is the House Ways & Means Committee? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 This committee is important in both houses because it is the only one with authority to actually approve government spending, as required by Article I, Section 9: “No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of _______ Made by Law. . . ”

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 What is the Appropriations Committee? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 This is a type of joint committee, where members from both houses are appointed to resolve differences in the Senate and House versions of the same bill.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 What is a conference committee? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 This amendment has been the basis of extending civil rights for most of the past century.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is the 14 th Amendment (“due process” and “equal protection” clauses)? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 This court case reversed Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), stating “in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place because ‘separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. ’”

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is Brown v. Board of Education (1954)? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 The Education Act of 1972, prohibiting sex discrimination in education programs receiving federal aid, is more commonly known as this portion (number) of the Public Law.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 What is “Title IX”? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 A rule describing a specific type of sexual harassment, known by the Latin phrase meaning “something for something. ” The rule means that employers are strictly liable if a supervisor requests sexual favors for promotion, whether or not senior managers were aware this was going on.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 What is the “quid pro quo” rule of sexual harassment? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 Unlike racial or gender discrimination, denial of access to disabled persons can occur if this test is met.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 What is “due hardship” or excessive cost (reasonable accommodation)? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Amendment X: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people” is an example of this fundamental principle of the Constitution, where power is shared between the States and national government.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is federalism? or What is limited government? Or What are reserved powers? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 The specific article in the Constitution which describes the judicial power of the United States, including the Supreme Court. It is also here where “Treason” is defined.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is Article III? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 Article II, Section 2: “…He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur…” is an example of this fundamental constitutional principle.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 What are “checks and balances”? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 The Latin term used in Article I, Section 9: The “privilege of the _____ shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. ”

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 What is the writ of Habeas Corpus? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 Madison said of this clause, “I, sir, have always conceived -- I believe those who proposed the Constitution conceived -- it is still more fully known, and more material …that those who ratified the Constitution conceived -- that this is not an indefinite government, deriving its powers from the general terms…but a limited government, tied…to the specified powers, which explain and define the general terms. ”

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 What is the “General Welfare” clause? Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved The Federal Budget Scores Final Jeopary Question

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved These two “Entitlements” make up approximately one-half of the federal budget. Due to the Baby Boomers, both will become insolvent (they will run out of money) within twenty years unless there is major reform (either increases in taxes or cuts in benefits or both).

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved What are Social Security and Medicare? Scores