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Ideology

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

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Market conservative

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

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Social conservative

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

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Sanctuary city

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

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Liberalism

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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 

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Socialism

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

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Populism

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

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Two key elements of conservatism in Texas

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Distrust of government, and absence of liberal groups particularly unions

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Constitution of 1869

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State government too strong and imposes the federal government

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How was the constitution of 1869 too strong?

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

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First governor under the constitution

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E.J. Davis

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Changes made by new constitution of 1876

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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 ,

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Weak governor powers

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Legislative initiative, budget power, appointive power

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Strong governor powers

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

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Single elected executives

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

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Attorney general

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

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Comptroller duties

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States tax collector. Sets states spending limits.

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Land commissioner duties

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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

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Commissioner of agriculture

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

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Single appointed executives

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

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Secretary of State

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

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adjutant general

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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

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Commission of health and human services

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Overseas states health and welfare programs. Umbrella agency

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Tx dept of insurance

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States insurance rates.

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Elected plural executives

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Railroad commission, State Board of Education

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Texas railroad commission

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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

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Appointed boards and commissioners approximately 220

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Appointed by governor, comm may then hire an Executive Director

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Appt by gov., tx comm on environmental quality

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

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Specialized law (common + statutory)

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Criminal, civil, public law

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Public law

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

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Tort reform

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

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Grand juries

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12 ppl picked by drivers license to stick in jury.

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Prosecutor

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Lawyer that charges the accused

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Indictment

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

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Preliminary hearing

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

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Voir dire

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

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Challenges in selection

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

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Sift through raw fax or evidence to determine guilt or responsibility

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Appellate courts

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See if proper procedure is followed. Played by the rules

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Arraignment

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First court appearance. Explain charges to accused

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Passive appearance

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

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Amicus curiae

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

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Reapportionment

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

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Redistricting 

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Redraw boundaries of legislative districts based on population changes within state

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Gerrymandering

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

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Packing (influence)

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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

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Negative packing

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Pack opponents supporters into small numbers of districts. Hurts opponent

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Cracking

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

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Pledge card

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

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Iron triangles

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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

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Umbrella common interests (for all)

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Business, agriculture, labor

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