Homework 3.1 (Assigned 1/30)

A.  Exam Corrections (Due Wednesday 2/1)

B.  Self Assessment Letter:   Write a letter to Mr. Pedone detailing your academic performance during 2nd term.  What grade would you give yourself?  What goals are you setting for next term?

Midterm Chat Wrap (1/26)

michaeldavidson2012: privyet comrades!

 jennylamx93: hola

 hong.thi.nguyen.17: hi

  Are you guys ready?

 michaeldavidson2012: Born Ready for this test.

6:56 PM jennylamx93: maybe

 hong.thi.nguyen.17: That's good

 me: we start in 4 minutes

6:57 PM tran.seph: hola

 jennylamx93: haha so true on how many people are here that said theyll join

 tran.seph: i miss anything interesting yet?

6:58 PM michaeldavidson2012: nyet

 abell2012: heyy! dont forget prom tickets go on sale next week! friday feb 3rd!!

 michaeldavidson2012: Just introductions

  _

 me: 2 minutes.

6:59 PM tran.seph: pssh prom .

 michaeldavidson2012: Sigh...

 jennylamx93: ^^

 michaeldavidson2012: No one is going, everyone changed their minds.

 tran.seph: how about. we save the money and go to fogodechao or hibachi

 jennylamx93: but but i got free ones =[

 michaeldavidson2012: well, we already got fogo, so.....

7:00 PM abell2012: ppl are going. everyone isnt going to go, thats obvious

 me: 1 MINUTE DELAY

 michaeldavidson2012: READY

  WHAT

 me: HOLD PLEASE

 michaeldavidson2012: :-|

 tran.seph: 1 minute?! OH NOOOOOOOOO

  this going to end at 8:01 now right?

 jennylamx93: noww

 tran.seph: ahahaha

 michaeldavidson2012: that leaves us only 59 minutes of chat.

7:01 PM me: OK ROLL CALL

 tran.seph: Prezzzent

 Lisa: present!

 michaeldavidson2012: Yo

 jennylamx93: Here

7:02 PM chowhuiyanangel: here

 abell2012: here

 me: GOOD. WHERE DO WE START?

 tran.seph: 5 ways interest groups can infleunce policies?

7:03 PM abell2012: nice choice

 me: OK.

  INTEREST GROUPS CAN.....

  1. DONATE MONEY TO CAMPAIGNS

7:04 PM WHO CAN GIVE ME ANOTHER?

 tran.seph: lobbying?

 Lisa: give information to bueaurcrats

 anirajones: influence candidate's political platform ??

 Lisa: in exchange for favorable regulation

7:05 PM me: 2. LOBBYING IS CORRECT

  3. LITIGATION

 michaeldavidson2012: I don't get litigation.....

 me: 4. EDUCATE THE PUBLIC

 tran.seph: hold marches and protest?

7:06 PM me: OK LETS TALK LITIGATION

  THIS IS HOW LITIGATION WORKS

7:07 PM AN INTEREST GROUP CAN FILE A LAWSUIT TO FIGHT AN UNDESIRABLE LAW IN COURT.

  OR, A INTEREST GROUP CAN FILE AN AMICIUS CURIAE BRIEF IN THE SUPREME COURT TO FET THEIR OPINION HEARD

7:08 PM EITHER WAY, THEY CAN USE THEIR MONEY AND INFLUENCE TO FIGHT IN THE COURTS

  THOUGHTS?

7:09 PM Lisa: is the revolving door related to lobbying?

7:10 PM me: YES. THE REVOLVING DOOR IS WHEN OUTGOING CONGRESSMEN GO TO WORK FOR K STREET AND K STREET OFFICIALS GET JOBS IN THE FEDERAL AGENCIES

  NEXT?

7:11 PM WHAT QUESTIONS CAN I ANSWER?

 Lisa: can you give us some questions?

 abell2012: how many questions are on the test?

 me: NOT QUITE YET.

  50 MULTIPLE CHOICE

7:12 PM anirajones: are grassroots relevant for this test ?

 me: ANIRA: NO

  WHAT ELSE?

 Lisa: is the White House Staff important to know?

 me: YES.

 Lisa: like cabinets and major tasks?

  okay

7:13 PM me: KNOW THAT EACH CABINET HEAD IS CHOSEN BY THE PREZ.

  AND THAT 2/3 SENATE IS NEEDED

  CABINET HEADS HAVE SPLIT LOYALTY TO THE PRES AND TO THEIR AGENCY

 Lisa: how much does it take to amend something?

7:14 PM it's 2/3 house 2/3 senate and 3/4 states?

 me: TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION: 2/3 HOUSE, 2/3 SENATE. 3/4 STATE LEGISLATURES/

  WHAT OTHER TOPICS ARE GIVING US TROUBLE?

 poptarts600: Will there be questions on court cases?

7:15 PM michaeldavidson2012: So we need to know the main differences between the A.O.C. and the D.O.I?

  I mean.

 me: COURT CASES WILL BE MENTIONED, BUT GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ONES.

 michaeldavidson2012: Constitution....

  I feel dumb.

 me: MIKE....YES.

 michaeldavidson2012: ite.

 tran.seph: do we need to know all 27 amendments?

 michaeldavidson2012: You should already know by now.

 tran.seph: i doubt you know all of them cold turkey.

7:16 PM me: NOT ALL 27, JUST THE MAJOR ONES

  HOW ABOUT POLITICAL PARTIES?

 abell2012: major ones would be...

7:17 PM me: ASH: 1-8, 13-15, 17

  AND 19

  ABOUT POLITICAL PARTIES:

  NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED IN THE CONST.

 Lisa: their main goal is getting candidates into office?

7:18 PM me: @ LISA. YES

  PARTY AFFILIATION IS THE LEADING INDICATOR ON HOW SOMEONE WILL VOTE.

 Lisa: although people don't really look at the political platforms

 ahoye95: Whose main goal is to get their opinions and beliefs in the office.?

 me: TRUE

7:19 PM ahoye95: I think I worded that weird though

 me: @ ALIYAH: INTERST GROUPS

 michaeldavidson2012: We need to know voting tendencies?

 ahoye95: thank you

 me: MIKE: YUP

  WOMEN AND MINORITIES: DEM

  WHITE MALES: REP

  OLD: REP

  YOUNG: DEM

  RICH: REP

  POOR: DEM

7:20 PM URBAN: DEM

  RURAL: REP

  UNION: DEM

 ahoye95: more eduacation=more voting

 me: TRUE ALIYAH

 michaeldavidson2012: Elderly vote more then the young.

 ahoye95: 45 and up

7:21 PM me: WHY DO WE HAVE A 2 PARTY SYSTEM?

 michaeldavidson2012: More choices.

 Lisa: to please small and large states

 chowhuiyanangel: to balance power

 me: WELL.....NO, NO AND NO.

7:22 PM michaeldavidson2012: _

 jennylamx93: hi lisa, its kathy :) sry to interupt.

 me: THE REASON WE HAVE A TWO PARTY SYSTEM IS BECAUSE WE USE SINGLE MEMBER, WINNER TAKE ALL DISTRICTS.

  THIRD PARTIES HAVE VIRTUALLY NO CHANCE AT SUCCESS.

7:23 PM 2 PARTY SYSTEM = LESS CHOICE

 Lisa: OH

 michaeldavidson2012: OHHH

 ahoye95: Because of the winner take all system they get no recognition?

 michaeldavidson2012: I got that mixed up. I see now.

 Lisa: is there another reason why third parties don't get recognition

 me: NOT RECOGNITION, THEY DONT WIN ELECTIONS

 Lisa: or don't win elections*

 me: I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT IT LIKE THIS:

7:24 PM NO ONE PLANNED FOR A TWO PARTY SYSTEM. IT GREW OUT OF THE WAY WE ORGANIZED OUR CONGRESS.

7:25 PM OUR FOUNDING FATHERS BUILT A GARDEN. THE TWO PARTY SYSTEM IS WHAT GREW IN IT.

 michaeldavidson2012: Some ugly plants...

7:26 PM me: 3RD PARTIES DONT GET RECOGNITION B/C THEY TEND TO BE SINGLE ISSUE PARTIES AND/OR REGIONAL TO ONE AREA.

 Lisa: Oh, this is winner take all system for the electoral college?

 me: IN ADDITION TO NOT WINNING ELECTIONS

  THE WINNER TAKE ALL SYSTEM IS ALSO USED IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.

7:27 PM SAME IDEA, DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS

 Lisa: it's also used in the democratic primaries

  right?

 me: RIGHT

  EXCEPT FOR SUPERDELEGATES

 Lisa: ohh, okay

7:28 PM me: IF WE DIDNT HAVE SINGLE MEMBER, WINNER TAKE ALL DISTRICTS....

  EACH PARTY WOULD GET A % OF SEATS BASED ON THE % OF THE VOTE THEY GOT.

7:29 PM SO THE GREEN PARTY MIGHT GET 10% OF THE VOTE AND GET 10% OF THE CONGRESSIONAL SEATS (45)

 abell2012: like englandf

 me: WAY MORE INFLUENCE FOR SMALLER PARTIES.

  ASH: YES, LIKE ENGLAND.

7:30 PM MY MATH IS WRONG

  10% = 43.5 HOUSE AND 10 SENATE.

 abell2012: how americans view the government system?

7:31 PM me: YUP/

  SKEPTICISM

  LOW VOTER TURNOUT

  ETC

 michaeldavidson2012: Can we go over the bureaucracy at some point?

 me: HOW ABOUT RIGHT NOW?

 michaeldavidson2012: Sounds good.

7:32 PM me: FOR CHAT, BRCY= BUREAUCRACY

  THE BRCY IS PART OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH

  THEY ENFORCE THE LAWS THAT CONGRESS PASSES

  AND REPORT TO BOTH THE PREZ AND CONGRESS.

7:33 PM WHAT SPECIFICALLY DO YOU WANT TO GO OVER?

 michaeldavidson2012: I just was a little fuzzy with it. And what exactly they did.

7:34 PM me: THEY DO...WELLL.....EVERYTHING?

  THEY REGULATE

  THEY MANAGE

  THEY FINE AND ENFORCE

  THEY ARE THE POST OFFICE

  ETC

 michaeldavidson2012: How do they have so much power.

 me: THEY DONT.

7:35 PM michaeldavidson2012: If they do all that, thats pretty good amount.

 me: THE BRCY HAS A CERTAIN DEGREE OF FREEDOM IN HOW THEY ENFORCE LAWS AND IMPOSE REGULATIONS, BUT MOST POWER COMES FROM CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT

7:36 PM THE STRENGTH OF THE BRCY IS IN ITS ABILITY TO ENDURE CHANGES IN POLITICS.

  ONLY THE VERY TOP MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED.

  EVERYONE ELSE IS HIRED ON MERIT AND MAY STAY AT THIER JOBS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

7:37 PM THIS IS BENEFICIAL B/C THEY GAIN EXPERTISE THAT FEW POLITICIANS CAN.

 ahoye95: Don't they move up until they can't anymore, like they aren't excelling

 me: ALIYAH: THAT IS THE PETER PRINCIPLE, YES.

 ahoye95: okay

 me: THE BRCY HELPS PROVIDE CONSISTENCY AND STABILITY IN A GOVT THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE WHIM OF ELECTIONS.

7:38 PM HOW ABOUT THE COURT SYSTEM? WE GOOD ON THAT?

 michaeldavidson2012: Should be pretty fresh.

7:39 PM You could always ask questions about it. .

 me: WHAT ELSE?

 poptarts600: What are the contribution limits on presidential candidates

7:40 PM me: NIC. THERE ARE TWO CATEGORIES OF CONTRIBUTION:

  HARD MONEY AND SOFT MONEY.

7:41 PM HARD MONEY IS A SET AMOUNT THAT AN INDIVIDUAL, PAC OR CORPORATION CAN DONATE TO A CANDIDATE. THIS MONEY IS EASY TO TRACK AND PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.

7:42 PM SOFT MONEY IS HARDER TO TRACK. THIS MAY BE SPENDING THAT INDIRECTLY HELPS THE CANDIDATE SUCH AS ADS ON THEIR BEHALF OR ATTACK ADS AGAINST COMPETING CANDIDATES.

  THESE ARE REGULATED, BUT RELATIVELY UNLIMITED B/C OF THE 1ST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH.

7:43 PM jennylamx93: is there going to be questions on the supreme court cases like mcculloug v maryland, gibbons v ogden, dred scott sanford

7:44 PM me: THE ONLY SCOTUS CASES YOU NEED TO KNOW ARE GENERAL INFO ONES SUCH AS BROWN V. BOARD OF ED, PLESSEY V. FERGUSON

 jennylamx93: ok

 michaeldavidson2012: 16 min left. Question time?

 me: MARBURY V. MADISON

 jennylamx93: yes

 me: K. LEMME PULL ONE.....

7:45 PM Lisa: give us a difficult one!

 michaeldavidson2012: I agree

7:47 PM me: 1 . In the organization of government, the principle of federalism is illustrated best by the
(a) president’s power as commander in chief (b) separation of powers between the United States Supreme Court and
Congress (c) representation system for electing senators (d) qualifications for the office of president (e) federal bureaucracy

  OOPS!

  HOLD ON

 michaeldavidson2012: Ouch.

7:48 PM me: SORRY GUYS.

 tran.seph: o.0

 me: 1 . In the organization of government, the principle of federalism is illustrated best by the

  (a) president’s power as commander in chief

7:49 PM (b) separation of powers between the United States Supreme Court and Congress

  c) representation system for electing senators

  (d) qualifications for the office of president

  (e) federal bureaucracy

7:50 PM OK THAT WAS PAINFULLY SLOW.

 tran.seph: c?

 Lisa: c/e

 poptarts600: c

 hong.thi.nguyen.17: E.

 tran.seph: painfully slow & painfully difficultish

 abell2012: ...b?

 jennylamx93: b...

  idk

  ?

 phinguyenper.8: b

 ahoye95: I think B

 me: ITS A TOUGH ONE.

  FIRST LETS DEFINE FEDERALISM.

7:51 PM tran.seph: separation of power between feredal and state government

 jennylamx93: separation of powers...

 ahoye95: separation of powers betwen central gov and state

 me: GOOD JOE.

 michaeldavidson2012: Federal, State, and Local.

  I though.

 me: SO LETS GET RID OF.....

 michaeldavidson2012: thought*

 poptarts600: a

7:52 PM michaeldavidson2012: A = Bye bye.

 me: A AND B

  ALSO, D IS WEIRD. RIGHT?

 jennylamx93: why?

  o_O

 phinguyenper.8: yea

7:53 PM Lisa: it's asking for the qualifications

  ?

 abell2012: definitly

 me: 35YRS OLD, NATURAL BORN CITIZEN...NOTHING TO DO WITH FEDERALISM

  SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE DOWN TO C AND E.

 tran.seph: WAIT!!! do we need to know qualifications for house of rep, senate and pres?

 jennylamx93: oh i thought u meant the answer was D. read wrong

 phinguyenper.8: i think its E now

7:54 PM tran.seph: does E really have anything to do with state's power?

 me: GOOD POINT JOE. E HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH STATE POWER.

 michaeldavidson2012: Yeah. it has to be C.

 me: C. EXACTLY RIGHT.

 abell2012: e?

7:55 PM ohhh. nvm. lol

 michaeldavidson2012: Isnt it because it demonstrates state power.?

 Lisa: the senators are elected by the people?

 me: THE SHARING OF POWER BETWEEN THE STATES AND CENTRAL GOVT IS EVIDENT IN THE WAY SENATORS ARE CHOSEN.

  THEY ARE, BUT 2 PER STATE REGARDLESS OF SIZE.

7:56 PM WHICH MEANS THAT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAS TO SHARE POWER WITH THE STATES (I.E SENATORS)

7:57 PM tran.seph: 4 mins left o.0 these chats are too short...

 me: SOMEONE BRIEFLY EXPLAIN "o.0" TO ME.

 Lisa: it's a questioning face?

 phinguyenper.8: hahaha

 Lisa: lol

 ahoye95: lol

7:58 PM tran.seph: ahahaha ^^ what lisa said

 abell2012: lol!!

 tran.seph: its like surprise shocking questioning

 michaeldavidson2012: Iono, i think we wasted a lot of time during the in class reviews....

 me: REALLY? OK. IF YOU MISS EASY QUESTIONS ON THE MIDTERM, I'LL MAKE A "o.0" NEXT TO THEM.

 Lisa: lolol

 tran.seph: that's fine...

  wait

  its a friday schedule

7:59 PM Lisa: can we get another really difficult question?

 tran.seph: so that means thers only 42 minutes of class.

 me: YUP.

  FRIDAY SCHED.

  UNFORTUNATELY I MUST GO.

 michaeldavidson2012: approx 45 seconds per question.

 tran.seph: less than a min per question.

 Lisa: okayy

 me: FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ANY QUESTIONS. I WILL CHECK PERIODICALLY.