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1. information
2. common carrier
3. watchdog
4. convey public opinion |
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| unspent funds that an incumbent can use for reelection |
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1. delegate
2. trustee
3. politico
4. sociological |
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| negativity about Congress's ability to get things done, yet there are still high reelection rates for incumbents |
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| large media networks that filter information down to the local news networks |
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| legislation that brings money to the district and constituency |
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- warchest
- travel
- PAC support
- franking privilege
- media attention
- experience
- staff
- gerrymandering
- name recognition |
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- scandals
- major, disruptive event or issue
- strong challenger
- change in voter turnout |
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permanent and legislative
ex: Senate Armed Services Committee |
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| temporary and legislative |
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| permanent and legislative |
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| temporary and non-legislative |
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- commander-in-chief
- head of state
- chief executive |
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the president is an administrator and isn't meant to deal with national problems
(up until Teddy Roosevelt) |
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president should have a strong, assertive role confined only by the points specifically prohibited by the constitution
(1901: Teddy Roosevelt) |
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- the period after the presidential primaries and before the conventions
- time to "repair the party" and gain more money |
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| presidential power (outside of the Constitution) |
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- power to appoint
- the Cabinet
- Executive Office of the President (1939) |
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| ideological test to gauge someone's political stance |
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| a judge agrees, but for a different reason |
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| no clear majority because some of the opinions are concurring |
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| media will attack politicians with questionable character or actions; this invasion of privacy is eliminating the line between their public and private life |
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- determines the terms for discussing a bill on the House floor
- majority leadership decides who is on the committee
- no Rules Committee in the Senate |
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| tools of majority House leadership |
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- committee assignments
- give access to the floor
- whips |
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| longest serving member of the majority party in the Senate |
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- "vote-counters"
- persuade members to vote with them in order to get bills passed |
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1. cabinet
2. independent
3. regulatory
4. government corporation
5. presidential commission |
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| sensational headlines to sell newspapers |
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| why have longer terms for Senators |
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| broader interests, slower and more detached from popular passions |
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| why have shorter terms for Representatives |
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| they are more majoritarianistic |
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| idea that competitive elections have been disappearing |
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| president wants to have his hand in every pot and be involved; not good for procedural legitimacy |
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| first 100 days in office, president is given leniency from the media, and is expected to ride the campaign wave to get more done |
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1. judicial review
2. not supposed to have a political position
3. make decisions in isolation
4. legitimacy (precedent) |
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| judicial opinion that goes further than asked, becoming policy |
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| representative body and a lawmaking body |
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| judiciary is least powerful branch because they cannot control their agenda |
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| ways the judiciary is a political branch |
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1. they make policy (if their opinion goes further than asked)
2. they seek power (must be ambitious to get to SC)
3. represent constituency
4. must compromise and debate |
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-constitution
-ideology
-institutions (3 branches)
-inputs (parties, lobbying, public opinion)
-outputs (elections, policy) |
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