POS 2041 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Amicus Curiae, Automobile Safety, American Bar Association
5 Jul 2017
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Expanded _______ regulation in the 1970s in areas such as automobile safety and health care led to the growth in interest groups federal. The massive increase in the number of interest groups can be traced to the. Lobbyists are often likely to be former government employees. Over the past forty years, the number of interest groups in the united states has increased enormously. According to the textbook authors, the explosion of interest group activity in the united states has been the result of the expansion of the role of government. Interest groups were heavily involved in the recent michigan affirmative action cases. Some groups sponsored the lawsuit; others filed amicus curiae briefs for both sides. Which of the following are the requisite parts of a so-called iron triangle? executive agency, a congressional committee or subcommittee, and an interest group. The movement is made up of upper-middle-class professionals and intellectuals for whom the civil rights and antiwar movements were formative experiences.
