IA - Cap Brooklyn

2. The corporation or person who charges are being brought against
3. The publication of false and malicious statements that damage someone's reputation
5. A proposed law, drafted in legal language
9. A theory of government and politics contending that an upper-class elite with hold most of the power and thus run the government
11. The gradual disengagement of people from the parties, as seen in part by shrinking party identification
12. Individuals who already hold office
15. How similar cases have been decided in the past
16. A count of the actual population of the U.S., conducted every ten years
18. A tactic by which opponents of a bill use their right of unlimited debate as a way to prevent the Senate from ever voting on a bill
19. Independent expenditure-only PACs - they may accept donations of any size and can endorse any candidate - contributions and expenditures most be periodically reported to the FEC

1. A group of individuals with a common interest on which every political party depends
2. The lifting of government restrictions on businesses, industries, and professional activities
4. Direct group involvement in the electoral process
6. The belief that in order to support a democratic government, a citizen should vote
7. Party leaders who work with the majority or minority leader to count votes beforehand and lean on waverers whose votes are crucial to a bill favored by the party
8. The constitutional power of the president to send a bill back to Congress with reasons for rejecting it - 2/3 vote of Congress can override it.
10. People who supported the Constitution Ex: Madison, Hamilton, John Jay
13. A hierarchical authority structure that uses task specialization, operates on the merit principle, and behaves with impersonality
14. The legal right to vote
17. A program added to the Social Security System in 1965 that provides health insurance for the elderly