Chapter 8

How the Constitution balances the threat posed by organized interests with the need for liberty is discussed in the

Federalist Papers, no. 10.

What is the MOST important and beneficial resource that lobbyists provide government officials?

information

What is the primary function of a PAC?

to raise and distribute money to election campaigns

Which of the following is a theoretical assumption of pluralism?

Competition among interests will produce balance, with all interests moderating each other.

Which of the following most accurately expresses the reality behind the myth of corrupting interest groups?

Interest groups help to give people a voice in government

A PAC is a(n)

Organization that plans and directs lobbying activities for interest groups

The theory that competition among organized interests will produce a balance with all the interests regulating one another is

Pluralism

Although Madison warned of the dangers of interest groups, he also argued that:

They are inevitable in any democratic system

Interest groups are permitted to spend as much money as they want on issue advocacy during a campaign season, as long as they

do not coordinate their efforts with a candidate's own campaign organization.

The Supreme Court's landmark decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) was significant because it

dramatically increased the flow of money from interest groups and Super PACs into politics and electoral campaigns.

A person who enjoys the benefits of a group's collective efforts but does not contribute to those efforts is called a

free rider

Interests groups were heavily involved in the recent Michigan Affirmative Action cases. Some groups sponsored the lawsuit, other filed amicus curiae briefs for both sides. All of these groups would be using which interest group tactic?

litigation

After the massacre of 17 children at the Parkland, Florida high school, the Florida legislature ________

passed a bill that declared porn dangerous.

When a coalition of credit card companies forms an interest group called the Partnership to Protect Consumer Credit, this suggests that

private interests are hiding behind the ideals of public interests.

Roesler argues that "in the realm of group politics, liberty___________"

seems inconsistent with equality

In an iron triangle, the interest group

provides campaign contributions to members of Congress and lobbies for larger administrative agency budgets.