POL 327 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Pocket Veto, Congress.Gov, Microsoft Powerpoint

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 327
• Professor: ramiromalaga

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What decreases the likelihood that the president will use a veto: wont test you on singing statements, pocket veto, framers intent, wont test on line-item veto, sources of legislative-executive cooperation and conflict, you should know these. Be able to list/explain or experience these in a multiple choice setting. Judicial review: know the two types and be able to explain what they are, civil rights era from 60-70s is when judicial activism was at its highest, how does congress act as a check on the courts. Movie 13th: takeaway: the umpire/referee type of judicial review sometimes allows the government to e(cid:374)gage i(cid:374) a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s that are(cid:374)"t te(cid:272)h(cid:374)i(cid:272)ally u(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)al (cid:271)ut (cid:448)iolate hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) rights. The highest rate of judicial activism correlates with the civil rights movements, sometimes judicial activism is necessary to prevent tyranny of the majority. We also see how the war on drugs and the war on (cid:272)ri(cid:373)e (cid:449)ere (cid:373)oti(cid:448)ated (cid:271)y politi(cid:272)ia(cid:374)"s desire for ele(cid:272)tio(cid:374)/reele(cid:272)tio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d to (cid:373)ai(cid:374)tai(cid:374) (cid:373)ajority status.