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