POLS 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Neil Gorsuch, Merit System, Merrick Garland
10 Apr 2018
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Testing center; you must reserve a space at casa asap; please see blackboard for more information: you are responsible for full compliance with all casa regulations, we will not have class on exam day. Fed - chapter 15: the judiciary (see mind tap and slides) Influence/impact of robert bork"s nomination in the above process: presidential appointments & the nomination/confirmation process. 2: merrick garland and neil gorsuch nominations, filibuster and nuclear option, partisan elections (includes in tx, missouri system (merit system) & iowa same sex marriage, how do retention elections work, pros and cons of these approaches. Constitution: process of amending the state constitution and who gets involved in this, special types of elections: Initiative: referendum, recall, ways in which the texas constitution limits the state government, e. g. the tx government only has powers that the constitution explicitly grants to it, political culture, definition, moralistic political culture. 3: frequency of elections for the state house and senate, including as compared with.
