Trouble kindly sent an ecard that reminding me how I was not in Maine this past month. Thanks, dude. Here’s how important you guys are, warranting giving up THIS for YOU: The morning view from the sailboat dock, probably about 6am. The wildlife comes out at the crack of dawn, and watching the lake come …
Nick sends this in for us: http://www.autoblog.com/2013/07/24/toyota-prius-owners-targeted-by-tire-slasher-video/ Bromley this wasn’t you was it?
Thanks for your patience w/ my server problems over the last few days. It was a helatious nightmare for my business, but you guys made it not even a bump on the way to getting your rather excellent papers to me. Back to Bromley’s email: mlb@school4schools.com I don’t read the other one very much, and …
You do not need to print out your essays for Tank. However, Tank encourages you to take your drafts for them to review and help. You should take advantage of this!! Email me your essays by 9:45 pm Friday Good luck! – Bromley Btw, please get your research books from Tank:
Part V: due 5pm today Missing Work Please check your email for Bromley grading of HW & reading email me your missing Qs, etc. Essay: Use your readings handouts!!! Books/ sources: pickup your books from Tank! Be critical of author point of view use Jstor database for academic articles! Let me know if you …
Part 1. Vocab handout – Define and apply the words (30 min.). original intent gerrymandering marginal entrepreneurial politics elites plea bargain patronage recidivism equality of outcome rule of law zoning winner take all at large cloture hegemony conscription marginal petition safety net quorum standing Lemon Test determinism Part 2. Short Answers: select five for a …
Part 4. Blog discussion “Pluralistic Society” (25 min): Who rules and/or who should rule in a pluralistic society? Your answers should demonstrate your understanding of the concepts, vocabulary, and analytical tools you have developed in this course. You should make original posts and reply thoughtfully to others. 20 min.
Part 5. Blog posting (or email to Bromley) (10 min): What do you question about what you previously knew about government and politics before this course, what do you question about what you have learned, what do you question about what you know, and what do you question about what you don’t know?
1. Know the vocab. Inside out, upside down and backwards. Be prepared to use it. vocab_JSAf-2013_FINAL-EXAM-list 2. Know the core ideas and arguments of all the readings. 3. Know the Constitution to the extent that we reviewed it in class 3. You will be asked to apply some conceptual frameworks to your understanding of government. …
Ruth Bader Ginsburg To Egypt: Don’t Use US Constitution As A Model “You should certainly be aided by all the constitution-writing that has gone one since the end of World War II. I would not look to the US constitution, if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012. I might look at the …
From the Green Left Daily, 2007. Okay, it’s a little old, but the point remains. Read this article at face value, assuming it’s arguments. Then post your response to the question in this post’s title above. Wth, let’s make this an extra credit opportunity. ——————– from the web, a view on democracy in Venezuela, c. 2007 …
** REQUIRED READINGS ** From your first big packet, please read: “A Government of Strangers” by Hugh Heclo, pp 247-253 “Bureaucracy” by James Q Wilson, pp 271- 277. We will commence discussing these in class Tues afternoon, so if you want to get a jump on it, you’ll be better for it. At least skim …
*** REQUIRED READING & BLOG COMMENTS *** From your new handout today, read the article “The Democratic Character of Judicial Review” by Eugene Rostow, pp 291-295. You will note Rostow’s employment of many of the vocabulary and concepts we have learned and discussed in class. Bring in your PK and build NK with it! Read …
Adding the vocab to the top menu to make it easy to find.
Add your favorite stories and links to articles on official idiocy and abuse here!
Misleading title, since killings by police have been routine for a long time in Brazil. Also routine is killing of police, along with a generally dysfunctional criminal justice system. Some notes from the article: Sao Paulo suffers a high crime rate, but not as high as some other regions of Brazil. Sao Paulo police kill …
This is a fascinating example of unintended consequences. You’d have thought that the President’s remarks, outlined in the article, would constitute typical political rhetoric. Not as Commander in Chief. Military jurisdiction and its thresholds of scrutiny and due process are distinct from those in civil and criminal jurisdictions. The President, I seems, stumbled across these …
Marbury v Madison (1803) established the powers of the Supreme Court to decide the meaning of the Constitution, a power called now “Judicial Review.” McCulloch v Maryland (1819) affirmed the “supremacy” of the Constitution and the power of the “necessary and proper” clause (along with the Court’s power to interpret them. This slideshow reviews the …
Your reading packet is at Tank for you to pick up. This packet has articles of interest, for your research, and some required readings. Required readings will be posted as separate assignments on the blog, but for a heads up, they will include: Heclo, p. 247 Wilson, p. 271 Galbraith, p 572 Freidman, p. 574 …
Full chapter. 1. Textbook multiple choice and vocab quiz Tuesday! 2. Required: Post at least two clarification questions here by Monday morning. – Bromley