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01/21 Wednesday!
"My fellow Americans, ask NOT what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
JFK, inaugural address
What is meant by rhetoric?
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01/24 Tuesday
"Whether there ought to be a federal government I trusted with the care of the common defense, is a questioning the first instance, open for discussion; but the moment it is decided in the affirmative, it will follow that that government ought to be clothed we all the powers requisite to complete execution of its trust."
-Federalist #23
What were some problems with Articles of Confederation?
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02/11 Thursday
"Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires, but could it be not less folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, because it nourishes faction, than it would be to wish the annihilation of air, which is essential to animal life..."
James Madison, Federalist #10
What do you think Madison is saying in this quote from my favorite Federalist essay?
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1/25 Wednesday
"That every power vested in government in its nature sovereign, and includes, by force of the term, a right to employ all the means requisite and fairly applicable to the attainment of the ends of such power, and which are not precluded by restrictions and exceptions specified in the Constitution, or not immoral, or not contrary to the essential ends of political society."
Who do you think said this Jefferson or Hamilton?
Why?
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02/23 Monday
"State sovereignty is not just an end in itself: 'Rather federalism secures to citizens the liberties that derive from the diffusion of sovereign power.'"
-Bond v. US (Justice Kennedy)
What was the issue in
Bond v. US? Look it up
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02/25 Wednesday
"Partisanship is a great curse. We too readily assume that everything has two sides and that it is our duty to be on one or the other."
James Harvey Robinson
Define partisanship. What is the BIG partisan issue on the "hill" today?
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03/10 Tuesday
"There never was a moment in American history more honorable and more inspiring than the pilgrimage of clergymen and laymen of every race and faith pouring into Selma to face danger at the side of its embattled Negroes."
MLK, Jr.
Bloody Sunday - March 7, 1965
50 years
Peaceful march of 600 turned violent as blacks tried to VOTE. Bloodied and beaten by state troopers and police
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03/12 Thursday!
"I want to know when the agencies are going to respond with the requests. I have zero interest in producing a product that is incomplete. We need to access that info now. Talking to only some of the witnesses will not work. Accessing only some of the documents will not work. If you want all of the truth you need all of the information...it is going to be done."
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R, SC)
Chairman of House Select Committee on Benghazi
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03/23 Monday!
"If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one, subject to particular exceptions."
James Madison, 1792
What is the difference between expressed and implied powers of Congress? Where in the Constitution does it say these powers exist?
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12/02 Wednesday
The best presidents surround themselves with talented advisors and administrators.
Which advisory groups help the President do his job?
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2/27 Monday
Political ideology: a set of beliefs that one can apply onto policies and events; one's political moral code that shapes what you think about various policies.
What influences (or who) what you do or don't think about politics? List at least 5.
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2/27 Monday
"No matter where you stand politically, even if you're unsure of what your political ideology is, it is important to take part in the process of shaping our government."
- Brad Henry
Create a list of five things that do (or do not) influence what you think about politics.
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03/07 Tuesday
Factors that determine political ideology are: how much change in the government are you willing to allow, and how quickly do you believe that change should take place? How much government interference in the lives of citizens should take place, especially in the area of the economy?
What is the difference between political ideology and political party?
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12/07 Monday
"The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands."
LBJ
What is a paradox?
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Paradox #1
Americans demand powerful presidential leadership to address and solve the country's problems but are simultaneously suspicious of centralized leadership and abuse of power.
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Paradox #2
The President should be a "man of the people" and also have extraordinary ability, charisma, heroic character and vision.
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Paradox #3
Americans expect the President to be warm, caring, compassionate but also ruthless, clever, guileful.
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Paradox #4
Presidents are admired for rising "above" politics and adopting a nonpartisan or bipartisan approach but the office requires a master politician to succeed.
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Paradox #5
Presidents are expected to unify the country but also hold firm to controversial principles and policies that will be divisive.
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Paradox #6
We require the President to be creative, bold and visionary but also pragmatic and responsive to public opinion.
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Paradox #7
Confidence and self assurance are required but arrogance and a sense of infallibility are rejected.
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02/01 Monday
We elect presidents on the basis of their campaign skills which may not translate into governing skills and may indeed be very different entirely. Today, the Iowa caucuses begin, project the top two Republican winners and the Democratic winner, just one for the Dems.
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Paradox #9
The office of the President is sometimes too strong for circumstances and at other times too weak.
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Paradox #10
Presidents are expected to affirm and maintain traditions and the existing order in society while simultaneously creating a new order and departures from the norm.
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Wednesday 1/25
"In framing a government, which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty is this: You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.”
James Madison, Federalist 51
What were the key differences between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists?
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