P SC 1113 1st Edition Lecture 3 Outline of Last Lecture I State of the Union Address II Today s President III The Compromise Presidency IV The Pro V Early Questions Outline of Current Lecture I After the State of the Union Address II The Dormant Presidency Revived A Literalists B Stewards III Congress Undermining Itself IV Checks and Balances in 2015 V Federalism Current Lecture I After the State of the Union Address A Major take aways a Most SOTU addresses are largely disposable II The Dormant Presidency Revived A Many 19th century presidents were literalists that is they were very reactive instead of proactive and had the I can only do what the constitution says I can do specifically mindset a Lincoln was an exception to this rule across the first 100 years or so B Stewards a Proactive defined what a president could be b If the constitution says I can t then I won t but if it doesn t say anything about it then I ll try to do it These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute c Theodor Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt used public as a weapon to reinforce questionable actions II Congress Undermining Itself A The Great Depression and early failures to turns things around led to a panicked federal government B FDR offers active presidency and ideas a Congress jumps aboard with many C Brownlow Committee 1937 The president needs help sought changes to the executive branch a Congress funds the executive office of the president Think of this as millions of dollars spent on people whose job it is to bolster the president D Another issue world becomes more complicated and congress punts on details within laws E Bureaucracy with greater discretion under presidential umbrella F Second half of the 20th century early 21st century congress struggling to find its footing IV Checks and Balances in 2015 A President Obama may have the shopping list but what will end up in the pantry B Items in the SOTU Addresses become bills BUT bills rarely become laws C Check A republican congress D Check middling approval Federalism A Idea Government s powers are shared by the national government and the states B Reality Power shared by many many entities a The 89 000 or so governments about 1 900 in Oklahoma i 1 federal ii 50 states D C iii 3 000 Counties 77 in OK iv 19 500 municipalities 594 in OK v 16 000 townships vi 37 000 special districts 642 in OK including emergency medical centers airports water sewer etc vii Nearly 13 000 school districts 567 in OK b Pros i Deals with the largeness of our nation ii Experimentation iii iv c Cons i ii iii iv Respects subcultures Opportunities for citizens to get involved have access Small units potentially dominated by factions Laws not uniform from one place to the next Legal red tape more governments means more laws possibly difficult to get things accomplished Confusion for citizens over where tot urn to solve problems
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