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Assignment:

Please help! The Webtext book we are using is Central Ideas in American Government

1. Discuss the quotation below. What are the implications of the statement in terms of legislative processes and policy outcomes? Why has Presidential power grown? Find at least three (3) examples of the limits of Presidential power in current or past Presidencies.

Your WEBTEXT states the following:

"The Constitution also limits the power of the president in judicial politics, military operations, and diplomatic relations. While the president can nominate justices to fill vacancies on the Supreme Court and other lower federal courts, he must receive the advice and consent of the Senate through the process of confirmation. The president is the commander in chief of the U.S. armed forces, but he technically needs a congressional declaration of war or specific statutory authorization of use of force to engage troops in military combat. There is great debate over the efficacy of limitations on presidential military power, but the Constitution does articulate (and Congress has attempted to clarify) the parameters of the presidential use of military force. Congress also checks the president's diplomatic relations, confirming ambassador appointments and ratifying presidential treaties with other nations." (pg. 6.14)

2. Is a unified or divided government more desirable? Why or why not? Discuss the role of partisanship in Congress. Provide three (3) examples or current or past cases in which one party domination of both houses of Congress has impacted legislative outcomes? (expand on your response to a similar question in WEBTEXT)

Discuss why governmental bureaucracies (federal and state) are so powerful in American governance. What is the source of their power? What are ways in which legislatures attempt to limit or control the power of the bureaucracy? How are attempts to control the bureaucracy successful or unsuccessful? Use cases, not just hypothetical examples.