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A TV news anchor reports acts of torture against several inmates at a state prison. The anchor also talks with a lawyer over the phone who claims the rights of the inmates were violated. What amendment to the Constitution was the lawyer referring to?

An organization that collects money and uses it to try to influence public opinion mainly through the media and mainly during election campaigns is called a 

Supporters of this party in the 1890s believed ordinary people had lost control of their government to special interests like the banks and railroads

The U.S. Supreme Court used this amendment as the mechanism by which to apply the Fourth Amendment protection against illegal searches and seizures to the states  

When party members gather in even numbered years to officially nominate candidates for office, to give speeches and to write their party platform, they are attending their party’s  

This Texan was a schoolteacher, U.S. Senator and President of the United States who supported passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Traditional segments of the Texas economy have included oil, cattle and 

Government restraint, suppression or regulation of the production of oil and or natural gas is called

In the state of Texas, a voter must be at least this minimum age on the day of the election  

In this political culture, members support strong loyalty to a political party