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Unit 7

The Presidency

Textbook: Chapter 12

Vocabulary

12th amendment                  

head of state                         

executive privilege

chief executive                

signing statement                

civil service                             

appointment power

reprieve                                

pardon                                     

amnesty                                  

commander in chief

War Powers Resolution      

advice and consent             

senatorial courtesy             

chief diplomat

diplomatic recognition        

ratification of treaties        

executive agreement        

chief legislator

State of the Union                

veto                                           

pocket veto                            

line-item veto

constitutional power            

statutory power                   

chief of party                                                     

beltway                                

public approval                    

emergency power               

executive order                    

Federal Register

executive privilege              

impeachment                        

cabinet                            

kitchen cabinet                    

departments                         

Executive Office of the President (EOP)

White House Office              

chief of staff                          

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

vice president                      

25th amendment                  

succession                  

National Security Council (NSC)  

22nd amendment                

habeas corpus                       

first lady                                   

Truman Doctrine                

Bush Doctrine                        

bully pulpit

US v. Nixon

Korematsu v. US

Concepts you need to understand

1) How and why has the president gained power with respect to Congress in the last 100 years?

2) How can Congress check the power of the president?  When does it choose to do so?

3) Why was the electoral college a necessary compromise at the Constitutional Convention?

4) The Constitution states the three requirements for presidents.  What are the unwritten requirements?

5) Be able to discuss/explain the following roles of the president:

Reading assignments (do the readings ON the day they’re listed)

Tuesday, Feb. 7 - Article 1 Section 7 Clause 2, all of Article 2, textbook pages 390-395

Wednesday, Feb. 8 - Textbook pages 396-401

Thursday, Feb. 9 - All the Trump cabinet articles you can handle: Tracker - https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-administration-appointee-tracker/database/ - and How confirmations work - https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/how-confirmations-work/ - and non-cabinet appointments - https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-transition-appointments-scale/ - and more cabinet stuff - http://www.vox.com/2017/1/19/14265392/trump-cabinet-executive-branch - and that’s it

Friday, Feb. 10 - Two articles: “The Sad Legacy of Robert Bork” http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/12/the-sad-legacy-of-robert-bork/266456/ and “Obama Ambassadors Gave $13.6 Million in Campaign Money” https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vk4Nf4MioWISARw7fKEZI8OsDK2ZQPLJ8Lj4BwiL4MU/pub

Saturday, Feb. 11 - Two articles: “How Eric Holder Facilitated the Most Unjust Presidential Pardon in American History” http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2013/07/02/marc_rich_presidential_pardon_how_eric_holder_facilitated_the_most_unjust.html and “Eisenhower was key desegregation figure” http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0907/5885.html 

Sunday, Feb. 12 - Textbook pages 402-405

Monday, Feb. 13 - Two articles: “15 years after its brief existence, line-item veto eludes presidents” http://www.cbsnews.com/news/15-years-after-its-brief-existence-line-item-veto-eludes-presidents/ and “The Slow Death of the Presidential Veto” http://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-slow-death-the-presidential-veto-10620 

Tuesday, Feb. 14 - Textbook pages 406-411

Wednesday, Feb. 15 - Two articles: “Obama Can Bomb Pretty Much Anything He Wants To” http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/view_from_chicago/2014/09/war_against_isis_in_syria_obama_s_legal_and_political_justifications.html and “The due-process-free assassination of US citizens is now a reality” - http://www.salon.com/2011/09/30/awlaki_6/ 

Thursday, Feb. 16 - Textbook pages 412-419

Friday, Feb. 17 - Three articles: “Yes, this all happened.  Trump’s first 2 weeks as president” - http://www.npr.org/2017/02/04/513473827/yes-all-this-happened-trumps-first-2-weeks-as-president - and “Is this a Muslim ban?  Trump’s executive order explained” - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/28/trump-immigration-ban-syria-muslims-reaction-lawsuits - and “Of course it’s a Muslim ban” - http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/01/trump_s_executive_order_on_immigration_is_a_muslim_ban.html 

Saturday, Feb. 18 -  Two articles: “Emergency Powers” http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/emergency_powers and “Famous Dissents: Korematsu v. United States” http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/personality/landmark_korematsu.html 

Sunday, Feb. 19 - Four articles reviewing the Electoral College: “Why the Electoral College is the absolute worst, explained” - http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/7/12315574/electoral-college-explained-presidential-elections-2016 - and “The real reason we have an Electoral College: to protect slave states” - http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/12/13598316/donald-trump-electoral-college-slavery-akhil-reed-amar - and “The Electoral College badly distorts to the vote.  And it’s going to get worse” - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/11/17/the-electoral-college-badly-distorts-the-vote-and-its-going-to-get-worse/?utm_term=.0ff7d62aeb1d - and “The Electoral College is a medieval relic.  Only the US still has one” - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/12/11/the-electoral-college-is-a-medieval-relic-only-the-u-s-still-has-one/?utm_term=.61b641513984&wpisrc=nl_cage&wpmm=1 

Monday, Feb. 20 - Review

Tuesday, Feb. 21 - Review

Wednesday, Feb. 22 - Unit exam