FEDERALISM
I. What is it? Where can it be found in the Constitution?
A. Enumerated powers, Necessary & Proper Clause
B. Supremacy Clause
C. Tenth Amendment
- Unique to the U.S.
II. Types of Federalism
A. Dual (Layer Cake)
B. Cooperative (Marble Cake)
III. The Constitution is a Contract
State’s RightsNationalist
1.
2.
3.
4.
IV. Final Brilliance of the Framers
FEDERALISM
I. Who resolves the issues concerning federalism? _____________________
A. McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
B. Scott v. Sandford (1857)
C. Hammer v. Daggenhart (1918)
D. U.S. v. Darby (1941)
- Fair Labor & Standards Act of 1939 (FLSA)
THE MEDIA
“THE PRESS IN AMERICA DETERMINES WHAT PEOPLE THINK AND TALK ABOUT . . . AN AUTHORITY THAT IN OTHER NATIONS IS RESERVED FOR TYRANTS, PRIESTS, PARTIES AND MANDARINS.” THEODORE H. WHITE
I. Who are the media?
a. Outlets
b. Political Roles:
- Watchdog v. Mouthpiece
II. Bottom Line Realities
a. Associated Press
b. Rally-around-the-Flag
c. National Security
d. Infotainment/Sensationalism
III. Relationship to Democracy
a. First Amendment
b. New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)
INTEREST GROUPS
I. What is an Interest Group?
a. Public
b. Private
II. Interest Group Strategies
a. Lobbying/Access
Term: Revolving door
b. Using the Courts
Term: Standing
c. Campaign Contributions
1. Buys “Access”
2. Helps ensures respective agendas
d. Going Public
1. Private: Good will
2. Public: Lobby on its behalf
III. Pluralist Argument
a. Advances Democracy
1. First Amendment
2. Voice/Representation
3. Expertise
b. Flaws
1. Equal Representation
2. Free Riding
DEMOCRACY (Chapter 1)
Robert Moses
Popular sovereignty
Political equality
Political liberty
Social contract
Self-government
Majority tyranny
Purple state
Liberal democracy
Nineteenth Amendment
CONSTITUTION (Chapter 2)
John McCain
Defense Department Authorization bill
Signing statement
American Revolution
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Human rights
Articles of Confederation
Constitutional convention
Republicanism
James Madison
Federalist Papers
Charles Beard
Connecticut Compromise
Single executive
2000 presidential election
Supremacy clause
Enumerated powers
Free enterprise
FEDERALISM (Chapter 3)
Affordable Care Act (ACA)
National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (NFIB)
Federalism
Confederation
Unitary system
Defense of Marriage Act
Interstate compacts
Tenth Amendment
Reservation clause
Article IV of the Constitution
Civil War Amendments
The New Deal
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Devolution
Ben Bernanke
Mandate
1994 Contract with America
U.S. Census
STRUCTURAL FOUNDATIONS (Chapter 4)
Boeing 747 Dreamliner
Outsourcing
Nativist
Urbanization
Industrialization
Sun belt
Median household income
Great Recession
Poverty line
Income distribution
Edward Wolf ...
1. FEDERALISM
I. What is it? Where can it be found in the Constitution?
A. Enumerated powers, Necessary & Proper Clause
B. Supremacy Clause
C. Tenth Amendment
- Unique to the U.S.
II. Types of Federalism
A. Dual (Layer Cake)
B. Cooperative (Marble Cake)
III. The Constitution is a Contract
State’s RightsNationalist
1.
2.
3.
4.
IV. Final Brilliance of the Framers
FEDERALISM
I. Who resolves the issues concerning federalism?
_____________________
2. A. McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
B. Scott v. Sandford (1857)
C. Hammer v. Daggenhart (1918)
D. U.S. v. Darby (1941)
- Fair Labor & Standards Act of 1939 (FLSA)
THE MEDIA
“THE PRESS IN AMERICA DETERMINES WHAT PEOPLE
THINK AND TALK ABOUT . . . AN AUTHORITY THAT IN
OTHER NATIONS IS RESERVED FOR TYRANTS, PRIESTS,
PARTIES AND MANDARINS.” THEODORE H. WHITE
I. Who are the media?
a. Outlets
b. Political Roles:
- Watchdog v. Mouthpiece
II. Bottom Line Realities
a. Associated Press
3. b. Rally-around-the-Flag
c. National Security
d. Infotainment/Sensationalism
III. Relationship to Democracy
a. First Amendment
b. New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)
INTEREST GROUPS
I. What is an Interest Group?
a. Public
b. Private
4. II. Interest Group Strategies
a. Lobbying/Access
Term: Revolving door
b. Using the Courts
Term: Standing
c. Campaign Contributions
1. Buys “Access”
2. Helps ensures respective agendas
d. Going Public
1. Private: Good will
2. Public: Lobby on its behalf
5. III. Pluralist Argument
a. Advances Democracy
1. First Amendment
2. Voice/Representation
3. Expertise
b. Flaws
1. Equal Representation
2. Free Riding
DEMOCRACY (Chapter 1)
6. Robert Moses
Popular sovereignty
Political equality
Political liberty
Social contract
Self-government
Majority tyranny
Purple state
Liberal democracy
Nineteenth Amendment
CONSTITUTION (Chapter 2)
John McCain
Defense Department Authorization bill
Signing statement
American Revolution
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Human rights
7. Articles of Confederation
Constitutional convention
Republicanism
James Madison
Federalist Papers
Charles Beard
Connecticut Compromise
Single executive
2000 presidential election
Supremacy clause
Enumerated powers
Free enterprise
FEDERALISM (Chapter 3)
Affordable Care Act (ACA)
National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (NFIB)
Federalism
Confederation
8. Unitary system
Defense of Marriage Act
Interstate compacts
Tenth Amendment
Reservation clause
Article IV of the Constitution
Civil War Amendments
The New Deal
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Devolution
Ben Bernanke
Mandate
9. 1994 Contract with America
U.S. Census
STRUCTURAL FOUNDATIONS (Chapter 4)
Boeing 747 Dreamliner
Outsourcing
Nativist
Urbanization
Industrialization
Sun belt
Median household income
Great Recession
Poverty line
10. Income distribution
Edward Wolff
Economic inequality
Globalization
John Locke
Populism
Religiosity
PUBLIC OPINION (chapter 5)
Pentagon Papers
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Tet Offensive
Partisanship
Political attitudes related to:
12. Multilateralist
MEDIA (Chapter 6)
Prime Minister Tony Blair
Representative John Conyers
Watchdog
Pew Research Center
Alternative news
Blog
Associated Press
Corporate Ownership
Media monopoly
Rupert Murdoch
Infotainment
Watergate
News management
Spin
Objective journalism
Pundits
13. Nationalism
Prior Restraint
Federal Communications Commission
Telecommunications Act of 1996
Fairness doctrine of 1949
Child Online Protection Act of 1998
INTEREST GROUPS & BUSINESS CORPORATIONS (Chapter
7)
Deepwater Horizon
Deregulation
The Federalist, No. 10
Disturbance theory
The inside game
Lobbying Congress
Political action Committee
Citizens United v. The Federal Election Commission (2009)
14. Iron triangle
Charles Lindblom
CAFE (corporate average fuel economy)
McCain-Feingold bill
Earmark
Jack Abramoff
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
MANAGING OVER 350 MILLION PEOPLE
I. Political Systems & the Social Contract
a. Monarchy
b. Oligarchy
c. Theocracy
d. Democracy
II. Federal & State Government
A. Representative Democracy
B. Direct Democracy
1. California
15. 2. The Initiative Process
a. Initiatives, Referendums, Recalls
3. Constitutional v. Statute Initiative
a. Propositions 22, 8 & the CA Supreme Court
4. U.S. Supreme Court decisions
a. Hollingsworth v. Perry (2013)
b. Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)
III. Fundamental Principals of a Democracy
A. Popular Sovereignty
B. Political Equality
C. Political Liberty
IV. Majority Tyranny
A. What is it?
B. Authors Position
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
I. Articles of Confederation
A. Shay’s Rebellion
B. The Struggle to Ratify
16. 1. Selection of a president
2. Representation
3. Slavery
4. A bill of rights
C. Article VII (The Loophole)
II. The Constitution
A. Articles I-VII
B. Bill of Rights
C. First, Ninth, & Tenth Amendments
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
III. Selective Incorporation & Fourteenth Amendment
IV. How Democratic?
A. Framers perspective
B. Electoral College
C. Original Selection