Political science

Study Guide – Concepts Quiz

In three to four paragraphs, explain the terms/concepts listed below. You are expected to write a brief explanation. 

1. The difference between Propositions 22 & 8

2. Selective Incorporation and the Fourteenth Amendment

3. Two bottom line reasons the media usually does not fulfill the watchdog role

4. Legislating morality and victimless crimes

5. The irony related to American voters being candidate centered within a party-driven political system

6. The court decisions in Plessy v. Furguson (1896) and Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

7. Hollingsworth v. Perry (2013) and the interest group strategy of: Using the courts

8. Differences between the initiative and legislative process (i.e. how a bill becomes a law).

9. The Electoral College and faithless electors

10. The Supreme Court’s establishment of enforcement power