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| In 2005, this country’s deputy president was removed after his financial advisor Schabir Shaik was convicted of corruption. This country’s first black President led housing reform efforts under the Reconstruction and Development Program. That president presented the 1995 Rugby World Cup trophy to Francois Pienaar while wearing a Springbok shirt. Despite high crime rates, president Thabo Mbeki launched this country’s Black Economic Empowerment program. For the point, name this country whose president Nelson Mandela reformed apartheid legislation. | Republic of South Africa A |
| Richard Posner and William Landes coined the “super” version of this doctrine in an article about counting citations. The “vertical” form of this doctrine involves the application of this doctrine from a superior court to an inferior court. Justice Rehnquist explained that this doctrine is not an “inexorable command,” such as in cases where a prior decision is unworkable. This doctrine comes from a Latin term meaning “to stand in the-things-that-have-been-decided.” For the point, name this doctrine by which judges are bound to precedents. | stare decisis R |
| This document proposed the Citizen Legislature Act that would have imposed 12-year term limits on members of Congress. This document opens with a pledge to “restore the bonds of trust between the people and their elected representatives”. This document included the American Dream Restoration Act, which advocated a $500 tax credit for having children, as well as the anti-crime Taking Back Our Streets Act. Largely based on ideas from The Heritage Foundation, for the point, name this document by Dick Armey and Newt Gingrich outlining the Republican agenda during the 1994 election. | Contract With America D |
| The case Coolidge v. New Hampshire dealt with the application of this amendment following the death of Pamela Mason. The standard of “specific and articulable facts” was applied to a case concerning this amendment, Terry v. Ohio. The “exclusionary rule” was applied to Mapp v. Ohio, which found that police violated this amendment’s protections. This amendment guarantees the rights of “people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects.” For the point, name this amendment that protects people from “unreasonable searches and seizures.” | Fourth Amendment |
| In the 1990s, this figure first served a Casino Lobbyist paid by Donald Trump shortly before agreeing to run Bob Dole’s Presidential election bid. This figure, who enlisted the alt-right “Proud Boys” to protect him during the 2010s, contacted Julian Assange to discredit the Clinton campaign using fake social media accounts. Donald Trump commuted this man’s sentence after he was sentenced to 40 months in jail by the Special Counsel Investigation. For the point, name this political consultant jailed by a Mueller led investigation. | Roger Stone National Political Science Bee 2019-2020 Bee Round 2 |
| Under this system, president Traian Basescu was suspended from office before his replacement by Klaus Iohannis. As a result of this system, a leader of the Rally for the Republic was forced to pass bills through Parliament after Mitterrand refused to sign ordonnances. Jacques Chirac considered France in a state of “paralysis” under this system of government, in which he clashed with the socialist Lionel Jospin. F For the point, name this system of divided government in which the President and Prime Minister are from different parties. | cohabitation |
| This author analyzed the impact of American production methods on the working class in his essay “Americanism and Fordism.” This author drew on the works of Antonio Labriola in a book that developed his “philosophy of praxis.” In his most famous work, this author discussed people who speak for the A interests of a specific class of people called “organic intellectuals.” In that work, he analyzed how the state controls the subaltern in a discussion of his theory of cultural hegemony. For the point, name this Italian Marxist and the author of the “Prison Notebooks.” | Antonio Gramsci |
| In one book, this economist and a Harvard Law School professor compared rates of organ donation in the U.S. and Australia to advocate for libertarian paternalism. With Jack Knecht and Daniel Kahneman, this economist used pens and coffee mugs to test the endowment effect. This economist analyzed National Football League Drafts in Rhis book Misbehaving, which builds on a previous work by him and Cass Sunstein that describes “choice architecture.” For the point, name this author of Nudge, a behavior economist and 2017 winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics. | Richard H. Thaler |
| In 1983, this agency’s director Anne M. Gorsuch resigned after refusing to turn over records outlining a $1.6 billion program. After being formed by Reorganization Plan No. 3, this organization was first led by William Ruckelshaus. An administrator of this organization, Christine Todd Whitman, misleadingly infoDrmed New Yorkers that toxins released by the 9/11 attacks posed no threat to their health. The Superfund act is administered by, for the point, what agency responsible for regulating pollution at sites like Love Canal? | EPA (or Environmental Protection Agency) |
| ThiscasearguedthatallinconsistenciesaretobereconciledbythemagicofthewordCONFIDENCE, and John James filed this case to collect a $15,000 fine. John Marshall used a broader interpretation of the Necessary and Proper Clause than the lower court in this case and stated the power to tax is the power to destroy. Daniel Webster represented the Baltimore Branch of a federal entity in this case. For the point, name this Supreme Court case that ruled a state could not tax the National Bank. | McCulloch v. Maryland National Political Science Bee 2019-2020 Bee Round 2 |
| This politician earned the nickname Boy Wonder after defeating the much-better-funded Audrey Scott by 12 points in an election. In 1992, this politician defeated future Governor Larry Hogan in a House race while serving as the chair of the House Democratic Conference. This 81 year old representative has been re-elected to his current position 20 times. For the point, name this House Majority Leader, who has F served Maryland since 1981. | Steny Hoyer |
| This situation is the subject of a book by economist Elinor Ostrom, who offers governing methods to prevent it. A pamphlet by William Forster Lloyd inspired a 1968 paper titled for this situation that discusses excessive parent breeding, written by Garrett Hardin. Economists typically illustrate this situation through the examples of increasing atmospheric pollution and grazing lands used by Swiss A shepherds. For the point, name this situation in which individuals exploit a publicly held resource for personal benefit. | tragedy of the commons |
| A 2011 Carlos Latuff cartoon applying this idea to the Arab Spring depicts the face of a nervous man in front of one of its namesake objects painted with a star and crescent. This idea was introduced in a presidential speech in which the orator notes how “you have broader considerations that might follow what you would call” this phenomenon. A National Security Adviser once supported this idea by noting that pulling out of VietnamRwould mean the U.S. would “have to pull out of all of Asia.” For the point, name this Cold War theory that said if one country turned communist, surrounding countries would as well. | domino theory (accept domino effect; accept falling domino principle) |
| Due to a feud between interior secretary Wally Hickel and President Nixon over Nixon’s Vietnam War policy, this agency was put under the Department of Commerce. In an event known as Sharpiegate, this agency led by Neil Jacobs controversially agreed with President Trump that “tropical-storm-force winDds from Hurricane Dorian could impact Alabama.” This agency consists of six major line offices including the National Marine Fisheries Service and the National Weather Service. For the point, name this scientific agency that tracks conditions of major waterways. | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (or NOAA) |
| Economist Robert Mundell, the “Father of the Euro,” helped propel this theory in the 1970s. Part of this theory notes that businesses are encouraged to purchase new capital equipment if they are allowed to depreciate such equipment more rapidly. A major proponent of this theory devised a curve illustrating a relationship between rates of taxation and resulting levels of government tax revenue. Arthur Laffer was a proponent of, for the point, what macroeconomic theory that advocates for lowering taxes and decreasing regulation to create economic growth? | supply-side economics (prompt on Reaganomics) National Political Science Bee 2019-2020 Bee Round 2 |
| In November of 2020, the OAS published a report that this man’s regime committed over 18,093 extrajudicial executions, largely by the paramilitary colectivos. Relatives of this man’s wife, Cilia Flores, supposedly funneled money to his 2013 Presidential campaign by drug trafficking out of Simon Bolivar Airport. This man disputes one nation’s Presidency with neo-liberal Popular Will leader, Juan Guiado. F For the point, name this successor of Hugo Chavez, the current President of Venezuela. | Nicolas Maduro |
| The Wyoming Rule concerns a new way to undergo this process to fix certain disparities. The Huntington-Hill method mathematically finds the most equal way to carry out this process. Clause 3 of Article I, Section 2 outlines this process in the context of the Three-Fifths Compromise. The 2009 case Clemons v. Department of Commerce sought to increase the size of the House of Representatives to more A fairly carry out this process. For the point, name this process by which seats in the House are distributed among the 50 states. | congressional apportionment (accept reapportionment) |
| The so-called “Killers D” of this state’s house unsuccessfully killed a 2003 redistricting plan by all being absent so the House could not meet its quorum. In December of 2020, this Republican stronghold’s attorney general filed suits against battleground states like Georgia and Michigan, called a publicity stunt by the left. The fall of an oak tree while jogging caused the future Governor of this state, Greg Abbott, to be paralyzed from the waistRdown. For the point, name this southern state with the senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz. | Texas |
| In the case Cheney v. U.S., Anthony Kennedy stated that when this power is asserted, “coequal branches of the government are set on a collision course.” During the Whitewater controversy, Kenneth Starr declared that this power “must give way” after declaring that “absolutely no one is above the law.” The Supreme Court ruled that this power cannot be used as an excuse to withhold evidence that is “deDmonstrably relevant in a criminal trial” in U.S. v. Nixon. For the point, name this right that enables the president to withhold information from disclosure to Congress. | executive privilege |
| This author originated the term Pentecontaetia to describe an interwar period of economic development. In one work, this author discussed the exceptional man Brasidas, who caused many cities to revolt. A diplomat in his best-known work notes that “the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must.” This author included a dramatization of negotiations in the Melian Dialogue, which appears in a text that presents the Funeral Oration of Pericles. For the point, name this father of the theory of realism in international relations who wrote The History of the Peloponnesian War. | Thucydides National Political Science Bee 2019-2020 Bee Round 2 |
| This organization’s creation was first brought to mainstream attention in a 2018 address to the Miramar Marine Corps Air Station in San Diego. This arm of the US military allocated 560 million dollars to upgrade the launch system of Jeff Bezos Blue Origin. This organization’s first member was Officer Jay Raymond, and it acts as a sub-branch of the US Air Force. For the point name this Donald Trump F supported organization meant to protect US interests in the outer heavens. | US Space Force [Accept USSF] |
| While serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, this man wrote for the unanimous panel after it rejected Guantanamo detainee Moath Hamza Ahmed al Alawi’s petition for habeas corpus. This man, succeeded as Chief Judge by Sri Srinivasan, played a leading role in prosecuting the Oklahoma City bombers. In 2016, the Senate controversially refused to hear or vote on this man’s A nomination to the Supreme Court. For the point, name this judge unsuccessfully nominated by Barack Obama to replace Antonin Scalia. | Merrick Brian Garland |
| In a 2020 New York Times op ed, this thinker asks how we will deal with the “Hidden Pandemic of mass hunger and climate change.” This Jesuit faced allegations of abandoning the clerics Orlando Yorio and Franz Jalics from persecution during the Dirty War. This leader recently stated his passive acceptance of same-sex civil unions and the clergy being able to marry. For the point, name this current Pontif of the Catholic Church. R | Pope Francis [Accept Jorge Mario Bergoglio] |
| This state’s “Question 1 referendum” in 2020 championed by representative Justin Fecteau tried to allow philosophical and religious exemptions to vaccinations. A 2016 ballot referendum in this state replaced the First Past the Post model in favor of Ranked Choice Voting in both primary and federal elections.WithNebraska,thisisoneoftwoUSstatestoallowthesplittingofelectoralvotesinPresidential elections. For the point, name this US state governed from Augusta. D | Maine |
| As a response to the report Combating Violent Crime, this man authored The Case for More Incarceration in the early 1990s while serving in the George H.W. cabinet. In December 2020, Lou Dobbs attacked this cabinet member after he failed to corroborate Trumps claims of electoral fraud in multiple battleground states. For the point, name this man who has served twice as Attorney General, including in the current Trump cabinet. | William Barr |
| This party runs a youth organization called Young Pioneers that consists of numerous Pioneer Battalions. This party’s Scientific Outlook on Development departed from the earlier Three Represents theory. The Central Committee elects the members of this party’s 25-member Politburo Standing Committee. This party, which controls the People’s Liberation Army, adheres to the Dung Xiaoping Theory and the Mao Zedong Thought. For the point, name this sole governing political party of China. | Communist Party of China (or Chinese Communist Party; or CCP; or Zhongguo Gongchandang) National Political Science Bee 2019-2020 Bee Round 2 |
| Duncan Bell called hopes of this event “Post-Imperial Nostalgia” leading to an overarching free trade zone called CANZUK in a November 2018 paper. Donald Tusk claimed that a certain nation would become a second rate player on the global stage if they did this action. Emmanuel Macron is attempting to make an even trade deal with one nation prior to this event’s final provisions, pulling out of the European F Single Market. For the point, name this colloquial name for a British Isles nation leaving the European Union. | Brexit [Accept Description like the UK Leaving the European Union before mentioned] |
| *Description acceptable* 130 Citizens participated in the Taking of Congress, an attempt to garner support for this policy in the legislative branch by visiting every sitting member prior to a 2012 Referendum. Governor Wanda Vazquez Garced ordered a poll in 2020 concerning this action, leading to a A 7 person committee being formed to lobby for this policy in Washington. For the point, name this action that would make a Latin American commonwealth a part of the US, co-equal with fifty other entities. | Puerto Rican Statehood [Accept Puerto Rico becoming the 51st state] |
| This leader condemned a 2016 train attack carried out by Riaz Khan Ahmadzai, who murdered five people with a hatchet. This leader, who stated in 2010 that multiculturalism “utterly failed,” was praised by Yasmin Fahimi for allowing migrants in Hungary to enter this leader’s country. The migrant crisis in this leader’s country led to the rise of a party called “Alternative for” [this leader’s country]. This leader has stressed Christian valueRs as leader of the Christian Democratic Union. For the point, name this first female chancellor of Germany. | Angela Dorothea Merkel |
| This process, which was unanimous in Georgia, New Jersey, and Delaware, was only performed by North Carolina after a Bill of Rights was proposed. This process, the subject of the shortest Article of the Constitution, was last done by Rhode Island in 1790. Nine states were required to effectively perform, for the point, what process, outlined in Article Seven, that allowed the Articles of Confederation to be repDlaced as American law? | ratifying the US Constitution (accept word forms; prompt on “ratifying” alone; prompt on generic descriptions like “passing the Constitution;” do not accept anything about ratifying amendments) |
| Showings of the Innocence of Muslims led to Salafi fundamentalists taking to streets in this nation and marching to the US Consulate. Operation Sovereign Borders aimed to protect this nation from asylum seekers coming by boat. This nation experienced the “Black Summer” beginning in 2019, a bush fire season that burned over 18 million hectares of land. For the point, name this nation of Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who resides in Canberra. | Commonwealth of Australia National Political Science Bee 2019-2020 Bee Round 2 |
| In the case Webster v. RHS, Chief Justice Rehnquist declined to overrule this case despite upholding several Missouri restrictions. After representing this case’s plaintiff, Sarah Weddington was elected to three terms in the Texas House of Representatives. In his dissent in this case, Justice Byron White considered it “an exercise of raw judicial power.” Henry Blackmun wrote this case’s majority opinion, which sided F with Norma McCorvey. For the point, name this 1973 Supreme Court case that protects women’s rights to an abortion. | Roe v. Wade |
| This representative’s comments about crime being linked to poverty led to Ted Yoho verbally accosting her on the Capitol steps. With Ilhan Omar, this representative streamed the game Among Us on Twitch in October 2020 in an effort to increase voting in the general election. With Ed Markey, this A representative put forth a plan to make the US use 100% renewable energy in the Green New Deal. For the point, name this youngest women ever elected to Congress often known as AOC. | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [Accept AOC before mentioned] |
| In 2011, this agency held a YouTube contest to determine the most creative and effective videos outlining how to prepare for a zombie apocalypse. The Dickey Amendment prevented this agency from using money to advocate or promote gun control. Along with the PHS, this agency oversaw the Tuskegee syphilis experiment. This agency, currently led by Robert R. Redfield, alarmingly recommended that people showing no COVID-1R9 symptoms do not need testing. For the point, name this federal agency that protects public health and safety by researching infectious disease. | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (or CDC) |
| The Ames Straw Poll is traditionally held six months prior to this event in an attempt to gauge who will be Republican frontrunners. A 1976 iteration of this event eliminated dark horse candidates like Jerry Brown and George Wallace. The most recent of these events was won by Pete Buttigieg, which was his only primary win, even though Bernie Sanders won the popular vote in this state. For the point, name thisDfirst contest of the season where presidential candidates seek their party’s nomination, which takes place in a Midwest state? | Iowa Caucuses |
| The founder of this group, Floyd Brown, produced the infamous Willie Horton ad during the 1988 election. The resolution of cases involving Speechnow.org and this group struck down sections of the 2002 McCain-Feingold Act, allowing for the creation of “super PACs.” The film Hillary: The Movie was produced by, for the point, what conservative group that won a 2010 Supreme Court case ending a ban on independent corporate political advertising? | Citizen’s United |