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Thomas R. Dye, Politics in America, Fifth Edition

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Abington School District vs. Schemp 14 516
Abortion, Hyde Amendment 14 592
Administrative Procedures Act (1946) 12 463
Age Discrimination Act of 1986 4 130
Alden vs. Maine (1999) 4 125
Alien and Sedition Act of 1709 3, 7 208
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 15 583
Annapolis Convention 3 61-62
Antiterrorism Act of 1996 18, 14 549
Articles of Confederation 3 59
Asbestos Hazard Emergency Act of 1986 4 111
Baker vs. Carr 3, 10 86, 336
Balanced Budget Amendment 7 218
The Bell Curve (Herrnstein and Murray) 2 38
Bill of Rights 3, 14 78-81, 512
Boland Amendment 11 407
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka 15 557-561
Buckley vs. Valeo 13 474
Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 11 405
Budget of the U. S. Government 11, 12, 16 405, 451-456, 610-625
Case Act of 1972 11 416
Charter Oak Affair 3 58
Civil Rights Act of 1866 15 554
Civil Rights Act of 1871 15 554
Civil Rights Act of 1875 15 554
Civil Rights Act of 1957 15 554
Civil Rights Act of 1964 15 554
Civil Rights Act of 1968 15 554
Civil Rights and Women's Equality Act of 1991 15 572
Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 12 448
Clean Air Act of 1990 4 130
Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal:
Report of the Independent Counsel
11 395, 402
Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal:
Initial Response of the President
11 395, 402
Communications Decency Act of 1996 14 529
Communist Manifesto 2 50, 52
Congressional Record 10 355
Connecticut Compromise 3 65-66
Constitution, U.S. 3, 14, 15 64-105
Contract with America 7 218
Crime Control Act of 1994 14 536
Das Kapital 2 49-50
Dawes Act of 1887 15 581-582
Declaration of Independence 3 58-59
Democratic Party Platform (1996) 7 230-231
Democratic Party Platform (2000) 7 230-231
Dennis vs. U. S. 14 520
Dred Scott vs. Sandford 15 555
Due Process Clause 14 510
Education Act Amendments of 1972 15 587
Eighteenth Amendment 15 585
Eighth Amendment 14 543-544, 547-548
Eleventh Amendment 4 124
Emancipation Proclamation 15 555-556
Engle vs. Vitale 14 516
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) 3 84
Escobedo vs. Illinois 14 542
Espionage Act of 1917 14 518
Establishment Clause (No) 14 514
Ethics in Government Act of 1978 9, 13 322, 488
Ex Parte Milligan 13 475
Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 2 48
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974 9 318
Federal Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 15 587
Federal Gun Control Act of 1968 14 536
Federal Highway Act of 1916 4 121
Federal Register 12 433
Federal Reserve Board Website 12 445
Federalist Papers, The 3 77-78
Fifteenth Amendment 3, 4, 15 85, 120, 554, 556
Fifth Amendment 3, 14 82, 512, 541-542, 437
First Amendment 3, 14 82, 511-525, 530-534
Flag Protection Act 14 522
Fourteenth Amendment 15 556
Fourth Amendment 3, 14 82, 512, 537-538, 540
Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (1994) 2 48
Free Exercise Clause 14 511, 514
Freedom of Information Act of 1966 (FOIA) 12 463
Furman vs. Georgia 14 547
Garcia vs. San Antonio Metro 4 123
Gettysburgh Address 1 18
GI Bill of Rights 10 379
Gideon vs. Wainwright 14 542
Gitlow vs. N.Y. 14 510
Griswold vs. Connecticut 14 525
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 18 660
Harris vs. Forklift 15 590
House Website 10 355
Hyde Amendment of 1977 15 592
Immigration Act of 1921 2 41
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 2 42
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 2 42
Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 15 582
Intercourse Act of 1790 15 579
Iran-Contra Affair 11 407
Judiciary Act of 1789 13 473
Kentucky Resolution on States' Rights (1798) 4 116
King, Martin Luther: "I Have a Dream" 15 563
La Raza 15, 21 577, 767
Larry King Live 6 193, 197
Lemon Test 14 515
Letter from Birmingham Jail (King) 1 9
Locke, John 1 13, 14
Magna Carta 3 57
Mapp vs. Ohio 14 542-544
Marbury vs. Madison 13 472-473
Marshall Plan 18 658
Mayflower Compact 3 58
McCulloch vs. Maryland 4 120
Militia Acts of 1792 14 535
Mill, John Stuart 5 168
Miller vs. California 14 529
Miranda vs. Arizona 14 542
Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 4 121
National Firearms Act of 1934 14 536
National Labor Relations Act 10 379
National Performance Review 12 451
National Supremacy Clause 4 117
National Voter Registration Act of 1993 5 142, 160
Near vs. Minnesota 14 530-531
Necessary and Proper Clause 4 114, 117
New Jersey Plan 3 65
New York Times 6 180
New York Times vs. Sullivan 6 196-197
New York Times vs. U. S. 14 531
Nineteenth Amendment 3, 5, 15 85, 159, 554, 585
Ninth Amendment 3, 14 85, 513
North Atlantic Treaty Organizations (NATO) 18 657
Northwest Ordinance 15 579
Occupational Safety & Health Act of 1970 4 130
Patients' Bill of Rights 17 651
Pendleton Act of 1883 12 446
Pentagon Papers 6 195
Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania vs. Casey 14 526
Plessy vs. Ferguson 15 556-557
Pollock vs. Farmer's Loan 13 505
Poor Relief Act of 1601 17 634
Populist Party Platform (1896) 7 238-239
Potsdam Conference 11 416
Presidential debates: Kennedy-Nixon (1960) 8 284
Presidential debates: Reagan-Carter (1980) 8 284
Presidential debates: Reagan-Mondale (1984) 8 284
Presidential debates, Bush-Dukakis (1988) 8 284-285
Presidential debates, Clinton-Bush-Perot (1992) 8 285
Presidential debates: Clinton-Dole (1996) 8 285
Presidential debates: Bush-Gore (2000) 8 285
Printz vs. United States (1997) 4 125
Privacy Act of 1974 12 463
Proclamation of Neutrality (1793) 11 396
Reed vs. Reed 15 585
Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 14 514
Reno vs. ACLU 14 514
Removal Act of 1830 15 581
Republican Party Platform of 1996 7 230-231
Republican Party Platform of 2000 7 230-231
Roe vs. Wade 14 526
Roth vs. United States 14 528-529
Rush Limbaugh Show 6 190-191
Safe Drinking Water Act of 1986 4 130
Scopes Monkey Trial (Scopes) 14 519
Second Amendment 14 534-536
Second Treatise on Government 1 13-14
Sedition Act of 1918 14 518
Seminole Indian Tribe vs. Florida 4 124-125
Senate Website 10 362
Seventeenth Amendment 3 85
Seventh Amendment 3, 14 82, 513
Shaw vs. Reno 10 340
Shays' Rebellion 3 60-61
Simpson-Mazzoli Act of 1986 2 42
Sixteenth Amendment 3, 4 85, 121
Sixth Amendment 3, 14 85, 512
Smith-Hughes Act of 1917 4 121
Smith vs. Allwright 5, 21 158, 774
Social Security Act of 1935 10, 17 379, 638
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) 18 665
Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) 18 665-666
START II Treaty 18 666
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) 18 668
Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Bd. Of Educ. 18 668
Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 11 396
Tax Reform Act of 1986 16 620-621
Tenth Amendment 3, 14 82, 513
Texas vs. Johnson 14 521-522
Third Amendment 3, 14 82, 512
Thirteenth Amendment 3, 14 85, 513
Thornburg vs. Gingles 10 340
Three-Fifths Compromise 3 66
Tocqueville, Alexis de 13 471
Treatise on Civil Government (Locke) 1 13-14
Truman Doctrine 10, 18 379, 658
Twelfth Amendment 3, 7 85, 210
Twentieth Amendment 3 85
Twenty-First Amendment 3 82-83, 85
Twenty-Second Amendment 3, 11 85, 391
Twenty-Third Amendment 3, 8 85, 280
Twenty-Fourth Amendment 3, 5 85, 159
Twenty-Fifth Amendment 3, 11 85, 391-392
Twenty-Sixth Amendment 3, 5 85, 160
Twenty-Seventh Amendment 3 85
United Nations Charter 18 656
U.S. vs. Lopez 13 474
U.S. vs. Miller 14 536
U.S. vs. Paradise 15 569
U.S. vs. Richard M. Nixon 11 397-398
United Steelworkers of America vs. Weber 15 569
University of California Regents vs. Bakke 15 568
Virginia Resolution on States' Rights (1798) 4 116
Virginia Plan 3 65
Voting Rights Act of 1965 5 158-159
Wall Street Journal 3 65
Wards Cove Packing Co. vs. Antonio 15 572
War Powers Act of 1973 15 572
Warsaw Pact 18 657
Weber, Max (on bureaucracy) 12 429-430
Welfare Reform Act of 1996 17 642
Yalta Conference 11 416
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. vs. Sawyer 13 475
Whistleblower Protection Act (1989) 12 450