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Provided below are a series or questions for chapters 12-13, 15 (Modules 4, 5, and 6). For each section, answer the specified number of questions asked of you (number to answer will be in parentheses). Answers for the short answer questions need run no longer than a paragraph or two in length. Please make sure to include your last name and "WA #2" when you send the assignment to me. Please type up your answers in any word processing software that is "readable" by a PC [i.e. no Mac/Apple Pages documents--please convert to pdf, docx. rtf, etc.]. Attach the file in the proper area in the assignment section.
Module 4 (Ch. 12): [Answer THREE of the following questions]
- Compare the different types of committees. What factors determine committee assignments?
- What is congressional oversight? Why is it important?
- What services do members of Congress typically provide their constituents?
- What factors influence the decisions a member of Congress makes.
- How do the House and Senate differ in regard to their constituencies, length of terms, their members' relationship to locally entrenched interests, and their electoral politics and procedures?
- Discuss and differentiate the two general types of representation that your textbook discusses. How do these types of representation differ from the trustee and delegate typologies? How are they similar?
Module 5 (Ch. 13): [Answer THREE of the following questions]
- Explain the delegated powers of the executive.
- What is the difference between a treaty and an executive agreement?
- Define veto and pocket veto? How are they different?
- Explain the Executive Office of the President. Which agency is most important? Why?
- What role does the president play in the legislative process? What tools does the president have at his disposal to aid in these endeavors?
- What does the text mean when it says that the presidency has become a " permanent campaign" for reelection?
Module 6 (Ch. 15): [Answer THREE of the following questions]
1. Discuss the structure of the US court system. What are the various levels to the system? What are the different types of jurisdiction? How do these jurisdictions apply to the different levels?
2. Explain how senatorial courtesy impacts the appointment process of federal judges.
3. Explain the concept of judicial review and the court's basis for this power.
4. Why is it important in a democracy that the judicial branch be separated from the executive and legislative branches? Why is it important that federal judges serve for life or good behavior, not a fixed number of years?
5. With respect to cases making their way to the Supreme Court, what are attorneys' briefs? What is the significance of these briefs? What are briefs called that are filed by interest groups? How might they be significant?
6. What are the criteria for standing in a court case? How might this be different for class action lawsuits?
All Modules: [Answer ONE of the following questions]
1. Explain the advantages and disadvantages an incumbent has in an election. How can this be limited?
2. What is the purpose of having a Vice President? What Constitutional role does the Vice President serve?
3. Discuss and differentiate the Solicitor General and the Attorney General. How does the solicitor general control the flow of cases through the Supreme Court?
Explain the sociological viewpoint on human behavior
: Research findings you read about and explain why these findings are important for understanding the global, diverse,and interconnected world we operate in today
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How to estimate costs and benefits both direct and indirect
: Explain how to estimate costs and benefits, both direct and indirect, in terms that Jim will understand. (Remember, Jim always has his eye on the "bottom line."
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What is one power of the states
: Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?*
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Describe the social context of the film
: Explore and analyze themes, symbols and symbolic representations, stereotype expressions or contradictions, as well as genre and film styles
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Compare the different types of committees
: Compare the different types of committees. What factors determine committee assignments? What is congressional oversight? Why is it important?
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Branches of government are there to ensure
: The branches of government are there to ensure that the government is efficient in delivering its obligations to its citzens. Discuss this in about 300 words
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Identify and describe bureaucracies and formal organizations
: Discuss about groups, organizations, and bureaucracies, compare and contrast two different groups or organizations of which you are a member.
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Find one website describing a state government
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Describe the potential areas of conflict
: Provide the name, specialty and location of the organization. How do they benefit from the success or failure of the healthcare organization?
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