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| the process of how to appeal cases to the Supreme Court in which the losing side explains in writing why the case should be reviewed |
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cases heard but are short, tend to be non-controversial
This most likely occurs through the Solicitor General |
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| the laws of the United States and Constitution are the laws of the land |
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| the power one has the other doesn’t state-federal |
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| that American federalism will improve by a shift in authority from federal to state governments |
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Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
General Accounting Office (GAO)
Congressional Research Service (CRS) |
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| 3 major party realignments |
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Civil War
1896 Election
Great Depression |
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| the presidency was a limited or constrained office whose occupant was confined to the exercise of expressly granted constitutional authority |
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| an assertive presidency that is confined only at points specifically prohibited by laws |
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| all states except Maine and Nebraska grant all their electoral votes as a unit to the candidate who wins the states popular vote |
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| Executive Office of the President (EOP), White House Office (WHO), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), National Security Council (NSC) and Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) |
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| Five General Forms of Bureaucracy |
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Cabinet department – the largest the Department of Defense, Department of Justice - FBI
Independent agency – Central Intelligence Agency, NASA
Regulatory agency – Securities and Exchange Commission, Environmental Protection Agency
Government corporation – receive federal funding, U.S. Postal Service, FDIC and AMTRAK
Presidential commission – Commission on Civil Rights and Commission on Fine Arts are permanent |
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| allows for judicial review |
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| creation and taxation of the Federal bank |
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| power of congress to control interstate commerce |
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| put a limit on 12 hour work day for bakers |
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| Prince v United States 1997 |
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| guns and background checks |
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| gun free school zone issue |
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| congresses biggest effort to curb presidential power, requires the President to notify congress of the reason for committing combat troops with 48 hours of their deployment |
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| Bureaucratic Organizations |
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Cabinet (15) Department of Defense
Independent Regulatory Commision - FDA, SEC, FCC
Independent Executive Agencies - CIA, NASA
Government Corporations - FDIC, Amtrack and Post Service |
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Nation v State
Regulating the national economy and the 14th amendment
Civil Rights
Re-emergence of states rights |
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