a claim by the president or a member of the executive branch that information or documents an individual who benefits from the activities of an interest group but does not support the group either rule that evidence acquired as a result of an illegal act by police cannot be used against the person The flexibility a federal agency can exercise in implementing legislation through its rules and regulations. The Authority delegated to bureaucrats

adminstrative discretion Front loading Political ideology Executive agreement

let the decision stand; court decisions are based on precedent from previous cases the idea that societies are divided along class lines and that an upper-class elite will rule, an individual who benefits from the activities of an interest group but does not support the group either segregation that results from living patterns rather than law

action by the president that does not require the approval of Congress; subject to judicial review a rule that says that four of the nine Supreme Court justices must agree in conference to hear a case direct majority or minority party strategy and decisions in the House and Senate a judicial philosophy that holds that courts have a more expansive role to play in shaping public

a time early in a new president's administration characterized by optimistic approval by the Association with a popular candidate to get elected a claim by the president or a member of the executive branch that information or documents rule that evidence acquired as a result of an illegal act by police cannot be used against the person