Government

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Parliamentary procedure

United States House of Representatives

United States Senate

United States Congress

filibuster

United States congressional committee

Minority leader of the United States House of Representatives

Nuclear option

Social Issues

Chapter 10 Key terms Appropriations: Budget legislation that specifies the amount of authorized funds that will actually be allocated for agencies and departments to spend. Authorizations: Budget legislation that provides agencies and departments with the legal authority to operate. Casework: The assistance members of Congress provide to their constituents; includes answering questions and doing personal favors for those who ask for help. Cloture: A method of stopping a filibuster by limiting debate to only twenty more hours; requires a vote of three-fifths of the members of the Senate. Conference committee: A committee composed of members of both houses of Congress that is formed to try to resolve the differences when the two houses pass different versions of the same bill.

Chapter 11 key terms

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Presidency of the United States

Executive branch of the United States government

United States law

President of the United States

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Presidency

United States Congress

Signing statement

Impeachment

law

Chapter 11 Key-terms Chief executive: the role of the president serves as Head and chief administrator of the federal bureaucracy. Commander-in-chief: the president?s constitutional role as head of the Armed Forces with power to direct their use. Executive office of the president (EOP): the president?s personal bureaucracy that monitors the work done in Canada department and agencies. Executive orders: rules or regulations issued by the president that have the force of law; issue to implement constitutional provisions are statues. Executive privilege: the authority of a president to withhold specific types of information from the courts and Congress.

AP US Government and Politics (Constitutional Underpinnings)

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Federalism in the United States

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james madison

Political philosophy

United States Bill of Rights

Federal government of the United States

Constitutional amendment

federalism

United States Congress

Supreme Court of the United States

The Constitutional Underpinnings Enlightenment Philosophies (Framers of the Constitution)- 18th century Thomas Hobbes book: Leviathon believed the best way to protect life was to give power to an absolute monarch John Locke book: Second Treatise on a Civil Government believed that life, liberty, and property need to be respected Charles de Montesquieu book: The Spirit of Laws advocated for the separation of power into three branches of government Jean Jacques Rousseau believed in a social contract- government freely formed with the consent of the people The Articles of Confederation- led to the Constitution Accomplishments won the Revolutionary War (negotiated the treaty that would end the revolutionary war) established the Northwest Ordinance- methods by which states enter the Union

Analysis of Constitution

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US History

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james madison

United States Bill of Rights

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Constitutional amendment

constitution

federalism

Constitution of Puerto Rico

Maryland Constitution

Morgan Clayton AP US Summer Project Constitution Analysis Identify topics of Articles I-VII: Article I- Talks about the three branches of government (Legislative branch). Article II- Addresses regulations of the president and vice president (Executive branch) Article III- Explains the last part of the three branches of government. Supreme Court is the highest. Cases and appeal. Article IV- Addresses the states. All states will abide by all laws in different states. Expresses a republic form of government. Article V- Correct ways of changing the constitution. Article VI- Regards to the debts and wellbeing of the United States. Swearing under oath. Article VII- Ratifying the constitution. Bill of Rights: The first ten amendments were created to ensure the rights of individuals:

ap euro

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European History

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Royalty

Boyar

ABSOLUTISM REVIEW ? BIG IDEAS Absolutism Absolutism is based on the idea that a strong central ruler is needed to control society Bossuet argued for Divine Rights Absolutism (God gives rulers the power to govern) Thomas Hobbes argued that people give rulers authority to govern because humans are innately corrupt due to original sin Absolute rulers took power from the nobility to make themselves more powerful, helping the middle class Absolute rulers often fought wars to increase their territory Constitutionalism John Locke argued that there is a contract between governors and the governed (people) Rulers must respect people's natural rights (life, libery, and property). In return, people must respect ruler's laws.

Chapter 2 Dye Models of Politics

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Policy

Science

Impact of policy is measured through: 1) target group 2) impact on group other than the target group 3) future 4) direct Costs 5) indirect costs -Everything pertaining to policy has to be measured both symbolically and tangibly. - Politics used to be: Who gets what, when and how - Politics has become: who feels what, when and how Ways government agencies review policies: 1) hearings and reports 2) site visits 3) comparison with professional standards 4) evaluation of complaints What government can do about evaluations: -must weigh cost against benefits -comparing what has happened with the policy against what would have happened with out it -Comparison between areas with the policy to that without the policy Experimental policy research:

Chapter 1 Dye Policy Analysis

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Public administration

Policy

Policy-public policy is whatever government chooses to do or not to do/ a projected program of goals, values and practices. -today people expect government to do a great many things for them -understanding the causes and consequences of policy decisions improves our knowledge of society -policy studies helps us learn about the linkage between social and economic conditions in society -policy studies incorporate the ideas and methods of economics, sociology, anthropology, psycology, history, law and public administration -public policy can be studied for political purposes to ensure that the nation adopts the "right" policies to achieve the "right" goals -policy analysis is finding out what governments do, why they do it and what

Supreme Court Case Brief, Clinton v. New York

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Clinton v. City of New York

veto

Presentment Clause

Article One of the United States Constitution

Line Item Veto Act

Supreme Court of the United States

Antonin Scalia

Line-item veto in the United States

U.S. state

Legislative veto in the United States

law

Supreme Court Case Brief Clinton v. New York (1998) Steven Cooper Political Science 203 Judicial Process 21 May 2013 Dr. Nancy Bednar Clinton v. New York 524 U.S. 417 (1998) I. TYPE OF ACTION: This is a Constitutional law case involving purported infringements of the Presentment Clause of Article 1; Section 7; Clauses 2&3 of the United States Constitution.

Judicial Process

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United States district court

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law

Law of the United States

District court

Appellate court

Steven Cooper Political Science POLS 203 Dr. Bednar Exam 1 7 March 2013 (Cross) Examination #1 ?Social and economic inequalities, for example inequalities of wealth and authority, are just only if they result in compensating benefits for everyone, and in particular for the least advantaged members of society.? ~ John Rawls Section 1

Federalist Paper 10

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