institutions

=__** JB'S ADVANCED PLACEMENT UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS **__=

__** UNIT 4: INSTITUTIONS: CONGRESS, PRSIDENCY, FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY, AND COURTS **__

Unit 4 Identifies

__** Unit 4 Case Briefs **__

__** Congress **__

//**U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton**// **(1995):** Significant Question: Explain how the majority decision could influence the incumbency effect.

//**Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) v. Chadha**// **(1983):** Significant Question: Explain how the majority decision may not have an influence on the relationship between congressional committees and bureaucratic agencies.

__** Presidency **__

//**Ex parte Merryman**// **(1861):** Significant Question: Discuss President Lincoln's response to the decision. Discuss the delegation of power and limits between the Congress and the President in **//Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States// (1935)** and **//Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer// (1952)**.

Significant Question: Explain the majority decision's effect on the power of the presidency/president and discuss the majority decision in **//Clinton v. Jones// (1997)**.
 * //United States v. Nixon// (1974):**

//**Clinton v. City of New York**// **(1998):** Significant Question: Explain why the Republican Congress granted the Democratic president the power related to the case.

__** Unit 4 Major Legislation **__


 * Congress and Presidency**

[|Budget and Accounting Act (1921)]

[|Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act (1974)]

[|North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)]

[|War Powers Resolution]

[|Presidential Succession Act (1947)]


 * Bureaucracy**

[|Civil Service Act (Pendleton Act) (1883)]

[|Hatch Act (1939)]

[|Civil Service Reform Act (1978)]

[|Freedom of Information Act (1966)]


 * Federal Judiciary**

[|Judiciary Act of 1789]

**__CONGRESS - THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH__**


 * [[file:JB GOPO Unit 4A Congress.ppt]] Congress**

__** HOW A BILL BECOMES LAW **__



**__THE PRESIDENCY - THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH__**

**The Presidency**

**__THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY__**

**Federal Bureaucracy**

__**THE NATIONAL JUDICIARY**__

**National Judiciary**

__** Unit 4 Podcasts **__

__** Congress **__

__**Civics 101**__

[|Term Limits]

[|Congressional Budget Office (CBO)]

[|Congressional Caucuses]

[|Congressional Investigations]

[|How a Bill Becomes Law]

[|Speaker of the House]

[|Party Whips]

[|Congressional Committees]

[|Senate Rules]

[|Filibuster]

[|Calling Your Congressperson]


 * __ Presidency __**

__**Civics 101**__

[|Electoral College (See Unit 2 Elections)]

[|Presidential Transitions]

[|Veto]

[|The State of the Union Address]

[|Approval Ratings]

[|Budget Basics]

[|The National Debt and Deficit]

[|The Debt Ceiling]

[|Government Shutdown]

[|Foreign Aid]

[|Executive Orders]

[|Presidential Pardons]

[|Declare War] NOTE: Congress declares war. President wages war as Commander-in-Chief. Under Presidency to discuss war powers between Congress and President.

[|Commander-in-Chief]

[|U.S. Allies]

[|Sanctions]

[|Nuclear Weapons]

[|The Nuclear Codes]

[|Security Clearance]

[|The Cabinet]

[|Chief of Staff]

[|White House Staffers]

[|Political Speechwriting]

[|The National Security Council]

[|Office of Scheduling and Advance]

[|White House Press Corps (See Also Unit 3 Media)]

[|The Office of Presidential Correspondence]

[|Impeachment]

[|Vice President]

[|The 25th Amendment]

[|Camp David]

[|First Ladies]

[|Post-Presidency]

__** Bureaucracy **__

__**Civics 101**__

[|Hatch Act]

[|Department of State and Department of Defense]

[|Ambassadors]

[|Department of Justice]

[|Attorney General]

[|FBI]

[|The IRS]

[|Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)]

[|The CDC]

[|Surgeon General]

[|Secretary of Education]

[|Housing and Urban Development]

[|Department of Homeland Security]

[|The Secret Service]

[|FEMA]

[|Intelligence Agencies]

[|CIA]

[|The Federal Reserve]

[|EPA]

[|Understanding the Public Comment Period]

[|U.S. Postal Service]

[|Inspectors General]

__** National Judiciary **__


 * __More Perfect__**

[|"The Heist"]

__**Civics 101**__

[|Federal Courts]

[|How a Case Gets to the Supreme Court]

[|Overturning a Supreme Court Ruling]

[|Judges]