Final

Question 1

Ideology

Answer 1

A vision of what political system should be and a plan for achieving that vision

Question 2

Market conservative

Answer 2

Seeks to maximize individual fulfillment or (individualism) “be yourself”. Maintains free market (capitalism). Wants to limit government 

Question 3

Social conservative

Answer 3

Seeks to limit government and market, but wants to use government power to regulate morality. The v religious kind

Question 4

Sanctuary city

Answer 4

A city whose municipal laws tend to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation or prosecution, despite federal immigration law

Question 5

Liberalism

Answer 5

Liberalism has the same goal as conservatives (maximum individual fulfillment) Private market/capitalism great for promoting individualism, USA’s best standard of living. Notes that the government needs to address our countries flaws ex: poverty/discrimination/abuses of pollution 

Question 6

Socialism

Answer 6

Seeks maximum collective well-being. Focus on how most people are doing, not just the few rags to riches success stories

Question 7

Populism

Answer 7

Capitalism for the little guy. It’s basically a blend of conservatism and liberalism. Hates the coorperations

Question 8

Two key elements of conservatism in Texas

Answer 8

Distrust of government, and absence of liberal groups particularly unions

Question 9

Constitution of 1869

Answer 9

State government too strong and imposes the federal government

Question 10

How was the constitution of 1869 too strong?

Answer 10

The governor was too strong, had four year term, strong appoint of power like executive branches and judges, legislature met every year.

Question 11

First governor under the constitution

Answer 11

E.J. Davis

Question 12

Changes made by new constitution of 1876

Answer 12

4 yr term, can’t elect officials (hi executive officials like attorney general made elective and judges made elective too), legislative term meet every other year ,

Question 13

Weak governor powers

Answer 13

Legislative initiative, budget power, appointive power

Question 14

Strong governor powers

Answer 14

Veto power, tenure potential (how long term & how many),

Question 15

Single elected executives

Answer 15

Attorney general, Comptroller of Public accounts, Commissioner of general land office, commissioner of agriculture

Question 16

Attorney general

Answer 16

State CIVIL lawyer. Opinions constitutionally of laws or gov of actions. Collection office for child support, delinquent taxes, crime victim compensation, Medicaid fraud. 

Question 17

Comptroller duties

Answer 17

States tax collector. Sets states spending limits.

Question 18

Land commissioner duties

Answer 18

Manage and collect rentals and leases for state lands. Award oil, gas, and other mineral leases on state lands. Helps clean up Texas beaches after oil spills

Question 19

Commissioner of agriculture

Answer 19

Accuracy of sales in meat markets and pumps in gas stations, labeling pesticides, promote Texas agriculture in the US and overseas

Question 20

Single appointed executives

Answer 20

Secretary of state, Adjutant general, commissioner of health and human services, insurance department

Question 21

Secretary of State

Answer 21

Supervise state elections, maintain election database, repository for laws, charter corporations 

Question 22

adjutant general

Answer 22

Head of Texas State guard, Texas army national guard, and Texas air national guard. can deploy for overseas conflicts like Iraq, and use for border security

Question 23

Commission of health and human services

Answer 23

Overseas states health and welfare programs. Umbrella agency

Question 24

Tx dept of insurance

Answer 24

States insurance rates.

Question 25

Elected plural executives

Answer 25

Railroad commission, State Board of Education

Question 26

Texas railroad commission

Answer 26

3 member body and elected for 6 yrs. Does not regulate railroads, but that’s production quotas for oil and gas lines/wells. Set gas utility rates for rural areas outside incorporated cities. Regulate surface mining including coal, uranium, iron ore gravel and hydraulic fracturing operations

Question 27

Appointed boards and commissioners approximately 220

Answer 27

Appointed by governor, comm may then hire an Executive Director

Question 28

Appt by gov., tx comm on environmental quality

Answer 28

Headed by 3 commissioners. Commissioners hire an executive Director to run day-to-day operations.

Question 29

Specialized law (common + statutory)

Answer 29

Criminal, civil, public law

Question 30

Public law

Answer 30

Constitutional (constitution plus court decisions and what it needs), administrative (bureaucratic rules and regulations with force of law)

Question 31

Tort reform

Answer 31

Place caps on noneconomic damages (intangible like pain and suffering and punitive) an effort to limit liability on civil cases

Question 32

Grand juries

Answer 32

12 ppl picked by drivers license to stick in jury.

Question 33

Prosecutor

Answer 33

Lawyer that charges the accused

Question 34

Indictment

Answer 34

“True bill” grand jury decides enough evidence (need 9 of 12)

Question 35

Preliminary hearing

Answer 35

Both Defense attorney and prosecutor percent evidence before a lawyer. Not common in tx

Question 36

Voir dire

Answer 36

Lawyers for both sides question jurors to determine bias against their side

Question 37

Challenges in selection

Answer 37

1. Peremptory (no reason given) 2. For cause

Question 38

Trial courts

Answer 38

Sift through raw fax or evidence to determine guilt or responsibility

Question 39

Appellate courts

Answer 39

See if proper procedure is followed. Played by the rules

Question 40

Arraignment

Answer 40

First court appearance. Explain charges to accused

Question 41

Passive appearance

Answer 41

Courts cannot initiate cases, they must wait for cases to come to them

Question 42

Amicus curiae

Answer 42

(Friend of the court) briefs: can get around by filing: written argument to shape courts thinking

Question 43

Reapportionment

Answer 43

Take congressional seats from states that have lost population and give it to states gaining population. Every ten hears

Question 44

Redistricting 

Answer 44

Redraw boundaries of legislative districts based on population changes within state

Question 45

Gerrymandering

Answer 45

The practice of drawing district lines in such a way to give candidates from a certain party, ethnic group, or faction an advantage

Question 46

Packing (influence)

Answer 46

Gerrymandering technique in which members of a party are concentrated into one district, thereby ensuring that the group will influence only one district election rather than several

Question 47

Negative packing

Answer 47

Pack opponents supporters into small numbers of districts. Hurts opponent

Question 48

Cracking

Answer 48

Gerrymandering technique of dividing up a minority party’s voters into so many geographical districts that are voting power in anyone district is negligible

Question 49

Pledge card

Answer 49

A system to pin down support. Ask ppl in writing that they will support/vote for you

Question 50

Iron triangles

Answer 50

Long-standing alliances among interest groups, legislators, and bureaucrats held together by mutual self interest and act as subsystems in the legislative and administrative decision making process

Question 51

Umbrella common interests (for all)

Answer 51

Business, agriculture, labor