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
*** POST YOUR IDEAS AND QUESTIONS HERE FOR BROMLEY FEEDBACK AND SHARING OF IDEAS & DIRECTIONS *** Due Dates: Draft or Outline: Tues, July 16, 7pm by email Final Essay: Friday, July 19, 9:45 pm by email Required elements: typed, double spaced, 10-15 pages fully cited all sources (with end or footnotes: note, most teachers …
Two things: 1) Added “links” to the top pages, starting with a link that might be a useful place for opposition research for your debate research, ProCon.org. 2) Tornado mentioned in class that he took a personal politics test and it returned that he is a libertarian. Here’s the test: theadvocates.org If you want to …
Pick up handout from Tank. There are two sets from Tank, one about 7 pages w/ Court cases and the other quite large, which will be for some required readings and reference for your term paper. For tonight’s readings: 1. Active reading on the page 2. Five Qs or 1-2 paragraph evaluation here. – Bromley
Chapt 10 on the Presidency: read for information. Be prepared for quiz in class Friday a.m. based on the review questions and chapter vocab. Post clarification questions here (not required). – Bromley
Read Chapt 5 for information. * Optional: Post clarification questions here, or any questions you want to discuss in class. * Mandatory: 1-2 paragraph evaluation of Chapt 5 “Public Opinion” discussion, either a particular matter or the general topic. Go! – Bromley
*** required *** post at least one original post and one reply *** This is awesome politics. Walmart had planned on building three stores in DC (which is interesting unto itself in terms of the Walmart business model: going urban reflects the demographic change in the last 5-10 years in the repopulation of cities). Its …
Read all of Chapt 7. Post any clarification Qs here and FIVE thoughtful Qs. – Bromley