GOV 310L Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Quantitative Easing, Technology Specialist, Edward Snowden
10 Nov 2016
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Congress argument- locally oriented, fragment the power within the institution, policy making is incoherent and irresponsible. Presidency argument- weaken domestic policy, strong foreign policy, during war time their power expands. Bureaucracy argument- we need them, bureupathology, pendleton act. Judiciary argument- judges are politicians and courts are political institutions. Implementation- hard because the system is so complicated, to have a better chance of implementing policy you should avoid politicians/local institutions. Fed- very powerful in the economy, problem with democratic theory because the governors were not elected. Media 1- i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t i(cid:374) de(cid:373)o(cid:272)rati(cid:272) theory, ofte(cid:374) do(cid:374)"t (cid:271)eha(cid:448)e the (cid:449)ay they should. Media 2- because of spinning, politics is confusing. Partisan appointments of federal judges: presidents appoint federal judges who are of the same party as themselves. Non-politi(cid:272)al myth: judges are(cid:374)"t politi(cid:272)ia(cid:374)s, (cid:373)yth is (cid:449)ro(cid:374)g. Balance as bias: media treats everyone the same, makes it more confusing to the public.
