| A | B |
|---|
| Activist Court | makes decisions that set new precedents |
| Activist Court Case example | Brown v. Board & Roe v. Wade |
| Advise & Consent | senate pwr re: prez nominations |
| Advise & Consent example | confirm president's SCOTUS nominee |
| *Affirmative Action | programs for minorities to support equality |
| Affordable Care Act | Obama 2010 initiative, Healthcare for all in US |
| Affordable Care Act AKA | Obamacare |
| *Agenda Setting-parties | Political Parties setting policy goals |
| *Agenda Setting-media | Media decides which stories to cover |
| "All Politics is Local" quote | said fmr Speaker of House Tip O'neil |
| Americans with Disabilities Act (1991) | req'd public & private facilities to accommodate handicapped |
| amicus curiae-translated | "friend of the court"-translated |
| amicus curiae definition | briefs presented in court to support plaintiff or defendant |
| *Anti-Federalist belief | felt that federalism was too centralized |
| *Anti-Federalists become | Jefferson led Democratic-Republican Party |
