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Political Context of Kennedy's Assassination
Kennedy was assassinated during the Cold War, Berlin Wall, and the Cuban Missile Crisis
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The way they changed the presidency: FDR, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson
- Franklin D. Roosevelt: New Deal
- Theodore Roosevelt: Stewarship Theory
- Woodrow Wilson: International Affairs, League of Nations
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Parties and their philosophies
Socialist Party
Green Party
Democratic Party(Liberal Centrist)
Republican Party(conservative, neo-conservative)
Fascism (no viable party)
Libertarian and American Independent Party
- Socialist Party USA: supporters of equality economically, politically and socially - state focus on human development
- Green Party: pol, econ, soc justice. Improving pples life through jobs programs, welfare, universal healthcare
- Democratic Party(Liberal Centrist): some state intervention, education, healthcare, abortion, gun control, supporters of war against terror
- Republican Party(conservative, neo-conservative): limited or no state intervention
- Fascism (no viable party): supporters of some members of society to control others
- Libertarian and American Independent Party: Privatized businesses
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Interest Groups
- PAC: not corp
- SPAC: cannot directly give money
- Corporate Personhood: allowed corporations to participate in campaigns
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Health Care Industry Ranking in Terms of Lobbying
top 5 and top 20 - 2009
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Election and Citizen Participation
Redistricting, Re-aporshionment, Gerrymandering
- Redistricting: redrawing district lines
- Re-approtionment: shifting number of seats (population)
- Gerrymandering: manipulating the redistricting process to gain dem or rep districts
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Voting Models: Prospective, Retrospective, Electoral Competition
- Prospective: pple that vote look at what a candidate/gov says they will do in the future
- Retrospective: When pple who are voting look back at what a prez/gov has done, rewarding or punishing the adminst.
- Electoral Competition: Candidates perspective, candidates wanting to get elected need to be attractive to centrists (swing votes)
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Congress: Name of Chambers and Demographics
- Length to serve in Congress
- HOR: 2yrs
- Senate: 6yrs
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cloture, fillibuster, unanimous consent
- un consent: all senators must vote in favor of debating a bill (one senator can block it)
- fillibuster: unlimited debate, 3/5 vote to end it
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Marbury v. Madison
- Marbury v. Madison: Established Judicial review (Appointment of fed judge)
- Griswold v. Conneticut: no gov involvement in privacy (use of contraceptives)
- Texas v. Johnson: protest again Regan Adminst. symbolic speech, burning of flag
- Roe v. Wade:
- Brandonberg v. Ohio: KKK imminent, lawlwess action cannot be provoked
- Shank v. U.S. : illegal to interfere in military operations (pamphlateer to resist draft in WWI)
- Lee v. Wiseman:
- Employment Division v. Smith: believe anything, but can't break law (getting high for NA church)
- Santa Fe v. Dough: Unconstitutional for prayers in school sponsored event. (est clause violation)
- Gitlow v NY: free speech is not absolute, getting together and overthrowing the gov. cannot advocate revolution by violent means
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Electoral College
- Framers were not sure how to get a president
- concern a nefarious character would be elected since country was too big to get news out
- healthy fear of democracy: elect a populist president who would redistribute wealth
- Give small states a more eqaul voice vis-a-vis large states
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