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A 2016 5:3 (there being an unfilled vacancy) Supreme Court ruling overturning a 2013 Texas state restriction on where abortions could be provided which had reduced the number of such clinics from 41 to 20, decided by Justice Kennedy's vote
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Whole Woman's Health v Hellerstadt
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That which Professor Richard Neustadt called the power of the President
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Power to Persuade
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That the success of which is most often affected by whether or not government is unified or divided, and at what point the President's term in office it is
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Presidential Persuasion
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That office to which a person accedes either by election alongside the President or appointment mid-term subject to the approval of a simple majority by both chambers of Congress
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Vice-President
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A Justice of the Supreme Court who falls between the philosophically conservative and liberal extremes, giving them significant influence in an otherwise philosophically balanced Supreme Court, most recently being retired Anthony Kennedy
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Swing Justice
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One of the three principal agencies of the Executive Office of the President, that serves as his personal office, containing the staff who facilitate his communication with Congress, department and agency heads, the press, and the public
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White House Office
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That which campaigners have sought to improve via Constitutional amendments, legislation, Supreme Court decisions, presidential leadership, and citizen action
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Racial Rights
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An 1810 Supreme Court case in which, for the first time, the court declared a state law unconstitutional
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Fletcher v Peck
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That the benefits of which are that it increased three-fold the enrollment of black students at university and has sped up the move to racial representativeness in universities
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Affirmative Action
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Those members of Cabinet that consist of the heads of the 15 executive departments
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Traditional Members
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Question or Term
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Answer
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Positive acts of government designed to protect people against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by government or individuals
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Civil Rights
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That which the President must rely on as his powers are checked by Congress, and thus he must convince them not to obstruct his agenda
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Presidential Persuasion
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A 2012 Supreme Court case in which a 5:4 liberal majority upheld most provisions of the Affordable Care Act, though not on the argument of the government concerning the Commerce Clause
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National Federation of Business v Sebelius
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That case, the importance of which is that it encouraged pro-life activists to focus on chipping away at abortion rights rather than overturning Roe v Wade, and demonstrated the importance of the courts membership, which in 2000 had - with one different justice - overturned a similar Nebraska state law
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Gonzales v Carhart
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The two amendments that many campaigners seeking improvements in racial rights appeal to, in addition to the 1964 Civil Rights Act and 1965 Voting Rights Act
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Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments
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That the function of which is to coordinate intelligence and defence information with which it can provide non-partisan advice to the President on matters concerning foreign policy, security, and defence
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National Security Council (NSC)
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That president whom, with the end of the Cold War, re-orientated foreign policy towards humanitarian intervention such as in Bosnia and Somalia
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Bill Clinton
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That which can be weakened by periods of divided government or from being elected on a minority of the vote as occurred with Trump against Hillary Clinton
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Electoral Mandate
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The percentage of illegal aliens apprehended that were from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras in 2015
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93%
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That which the most common argument made against it is that it constitutes a 'cruel and unusual punishment', prohibited under the Eighth Amendment
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Death Penalty
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