Political Taboo!
You are going to work in groups of two and create 40 cards (per team) over Chapters 7, 13 and 16.
Create great clues so that the person who uses your card will find it very hard to give other clues
sufficient enough to have others guess your word. In Taboo, the person giving the clues cannot use any
word (or form of the word) on your card—including the word itself obviously.
Other rules:
1. No more than 2 words per clue
2. write legibly
3. once your partner says a part of the word, you may say that
part
4. clues MUST be relevant to government and politics (buzz
them if they break this rule)
5. Can’t say, “we just did this one…” etc.
6. After 3 passes, each additional pass is -1 pt.
7. Each “buzz” is -1 pt.
8. saying any PART, of ANY word on the card is a “buzz”.
Ch. 7 The Mass Media and the Political Agenda
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Linkage institution
Agenda setting (Gatekeeper)
Scorekeeper
Watchdog
Blogs
“Fourth Branch”
Spin doctor
White House Press secretary
White House Press Corps
Prior restraint
Near v. Minnesota (1931)
Federal Communications Commission
Sound bites
Equal time rule
Trial Balloon
Loaded language
Selective attention
Adversarial press
Narrowcasting
 Investigative journalism
Ch. 13 The Presidency
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Bully pulpit
Cabinet
Divided government
Impeachment
Lame duck
Line-item veto
Pocket veto
“Advice and consent”
Agenda setting
Diplomatic recognition
Executive privilege
Executive agreements
Executive orders
Presidential succession
War Power Resolution
22nd Amendment
25th Amendment
Commander-in-Chief
Chief Legislator
Chief of State
Chief Diplomat
National Security Council
Presidential Coattails
Ch. 16 The Judiciary
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Amicus curiae
Brief
Class action suit
Concurring opinion
Courts of appeals
Dissenting opinion
Constitutional courts
District courts
Judicial review
Writ of certiorari
Marbury v. Madison
Rule of 4
Senatorial courtesy
Adversarial system
Justiciable dispute
Political question
Judicial Activism
Judicial Restraint
Plaintiff
Stare decisis
Political question
Original intent
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Meryl/Ericka/Jenny Seo
Pavel/Renet
Adam/Diane
Kate/Brandon
James/Stefan
Nance/Samyra
Stephanie/Catherine
Mardi/Subin
Erin/Joshy
Will/Trina
Brian/Daniel/Karl
Caitlin/Aaron
Lana/Kyle
Emily/Kayla
Thomas/Shereen/Victoria
Daquiri/Walker