unit 6
The four ideological traditions.
Conservatism,Modern liberalism,Libertarianism,moderate.
The Constitution divides Congress into two chambers.
Bicameralism
Jus in bello
"right conduct in war"
Article I, Section 8 gives Congress authority over naturalization, and the courts have interpreted this as giving the federal government ________ authority over immigration: complete, exclusive, and largely unrestricted, constrained only by constitutional limits.
Plenary power
What does the necessary and proper clause grant?
Empowers Congress to pass all laws necessary to execute its enumerated powers.
Direct attempts to influence legislators or executive officials.
What is: Lobbying
Does not appear in the Constitution. Yet through this system federal agencies employ millions of people and make policy decisions that affect virtually every aspect of American life.
Bureaucracy
Jus ad bellum
"the right to go to war"
A procedural tool unique to the Senate that allows
extended debate to delay or block legislation.
filibuster
How many justices in the supreme court?
9
Supreme Court decision holding that the government cannot restrict independent political expenditures by corporations, unions, or other associations.
What is:Citizens United v. FEC (2010) and Super PACs
Established the merit system, under which most federal employees are hired based on competence rather than political loyalty.
Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act(1883)
Aquinas's three conditions for a just war from Summa Theologica.
The authority of the sovereign
A just cause
Right intention
_________ opinion is the lasting judgment formed through reflection on large questions.
Deliberative
John Marshall
established the principle of judicial review in the landmark 1803 case Marbury v. Madison.(description expectable)
Lobbyists often know more about their policy areas than the legislators they are trying to influence.
What is: The problem of expertise
It requires the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of deploying troops into hostilities and to withdraw them within 60 days unless Congress authorizes continued action.
War Powers Resolution (1973)
The four foreign policy traditions
non-entanglement
Liberal internationalism
Conservative internationalism
Realism
The just-war traditions central insight is that..........
not every legal war is a just war.
"war of every man against every man" as defined by Hobbs
State of Nature
The tradition holding that some rights and obligations exist independent of what any government enacts.
Natural law
Name the three parts to the iron triangle.
Congressional committee,executive agency,interest group.
The four structural weaknesses of democratic foreign policy given by Tocqueville.
Public opinion is volatile
Democratic leaders are accountable to that volatile opinion
Secrecy is nearly impossible
Democracies are impatient
The enforcement response matches the severity
and circumstances of the violation.
Proportionality
Date the Constitution was signed.
September 17, 1787