Chat Review 4/29

me: TWO MINS

8:00 PM OK. ROLL CALL. TYPE "HERE"

 mills242: here

 abell2012: here

 samaralcancel: Here

 Lisa: here

 chowhuiyanangel: here

8:01 PM hong.thi.nguyen.17@gmail.com has joined

 me: OK. HOLD PLZ.

8:02 PM HELLO EVERYONE.

  GOOD WEEKEND THUSFAR?

 hong.thi.nguyen.17: Hi.

8:03 PM me: FAIR WARNING: WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING SOME INTERNET ISSUES AT PEDONE CENTRAL TONIGHT.

  HOPEFULLY WE CAN CARRY THROUGH

  HOWEVER, IF WE CANNOT, I WILL BE AVAILABLE DURING ADVISORY TOMORROW.

 hong.thi.nguyen.17: There's less people today.

8:04 PM me: ANY IDEA WHY WE'RE LIGHT?

 hong.thi.nguyen.17: No.

 me: WELLL...NO MATTER.

 chowhuiyanangel: no

 mills242: people forgot

 me: LETS BEGIN.

  THE EXAM IS, ONCE AGAIN, 20 MC QUESTIONS AND AN FRQ

 hong.thi.nguyen.17: Hey, I can't post on facebook everytime

8:05 PM me: WHERE SHALL WE BEGIN?

  ANYONE?

  .........

 Lisa: can we go overt he FRQ that we had to do?

8:06 PM me: WHICH 1?

  HW 4.4?

 chowhuiyanangel: any acts we need to know?

 me: ANGEL: IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT

  THATS IT?

 mills242: budget formation

 Lisa: from 4.4

 me: OK.. HOLD PLZ

 Lisa: Kkay

 me: A.. Practice FRQ:

A number of factors enable presidents to exert influence over Congress in the area of domestic policy. However, presidents are also limited in their influence over domestic policymaking in Congress.

(a) The Constitution grants the president certain enumerated powers. Describe two of these formal powers that enable the president to exert influence over domestic policy.

(b) Choose two of the following. Define each term and explain how each limits the president’s ability to influence domestic policymaking in Congress.

mandatory spending (YOU MUST CHOOSE THIS ONE)
party polarization
lame-duck period

8:07 PM OK, LETS START WITH A.

8:08 PM THE ABSOLUTE EASIEST WAY TO ANSWER THIS IS PRESIDENTIAL VETO AND APPOINTING BUREAUCRATS.

8:09 PM DO WE SEE WHY?

 mills242: no

 hong.thi.nguyen.17: Yes.

 chowhuiyanangel: yes

8:10 PM me: TERRELL: THE PREZ CAN INFLUENCE DOMESTIC POLICY B/C HE CAN VETO LAWS HE DOESN'T LIKE

  HE ALSO APPOINTS CABINET HEADS AND TOP LEVEL BUREAUCRATS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EXECUTING DOMESTIC POLICY

8:11 PM mills242: understandable

 me: FOR B:

 Lisa: yes

8:12 PM me: MANDATORY SPENDING: THERE IS A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET THAT IS "LOCKED IN". (INTEREST PAYMENTS, ENTITLEMENT PROGS.)

  THE GOVT MUST PAY THIS; THE PREZ HAS NO SAY

  ...................

 Lisa: what about the appointment of justices?

8:13 PM me: JUDGES DO NOT REALLY HAVE TOO MUCH TO DO WITH POLICY FORMATION....KIND OF A STRETCH.

  LAME DUCK PERIOD: THE TIME BETWEEN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION AND JANUARY INAUGURATION WHEN THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT HAS LITTLE INFLUENCE....

8:14 PM THESE BOTH MAKE SENSE?

 chowhuiyanangel: yes

 mills242: yes

 Lisa: yes

 hong.thi.nguyen.17: Yes.

 me: OK, SO NOW THAT WE DID THE FRQ, WHAT SHOULD WE MOVE ON TO?

8:15 PM chowhuiyanangel: party polarization?

 hong.thi.nguyen.17: What would an executive agreement look like?

8:16 PM me: PARTY POLARIZATION SIMPLY MEANS THAT IF THE PREZ IS ONE PARTY AND CONGRESS IS ANOTHER, THE PREZ'S IMPACT MIGHT BE MINIMALIZED....NOTHING GETS DONE.

  HONG...GOOD:

  EXECUTIVE AGREEMENTS

  EXECUTIVE AGREEMENTS ARE DEALS MADE BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN LEADERS.

  THEY ARE INFORMAL AND DO NOT NEED TO BE APPROVED BY THE SENATE

 chowhuiyanangel: congress has no say?

 hong.thi.nguyen.17: Isn't that also gridlock?

8:17 PM me: THEY ARE VERY SIMILAR TO EXECUTIVE ORDERS.

  HONG...YUP.

 hong.thi.nguyen.17: How can you tell the difference?

 me: EXECUTIVE AGREEMENTS DO NOT CARRY OVER FROM PRESIDENT TO PRESIDENT. THEY ARE EASILY BROKEN AND OFTEN CHANGED.

8:18 PM EXECUTIVE ORDER = DOMESTIC POLICY

  EXECUTIVE AGREEMENT = FOREIGN POLICY

  ............

  PREZ USES EXEC AGREEMENTS WHEN A FORMAL TREATY WOULD BE TOO SLOW OR COMPLICATED.

8:19 PM hong.thi.nguyen.17: Is there an example of one?

 me: MANY.

 mills242: what if senate doesnt ratify it?

8:20 PM me: FOR EXAMPLE, OBAMA RECENTLY MADE SOME EXEC AGREEMENTS WITH THE RUSSIANS INVOLVING MISSLE DEFENSE

  ...

  SENATE ONLY RATIFIES FORMAL TREATIES AND TRADE AGREEMENTS.

  ...

  EXEC AGREEMENTS ARE NOT REVIEWED BY CONGRESS.

8:21 PM Tiana has joined

 me: WHAT NEXT?

 Tiana: is this a mixed test or just pub policy

 me: PUB POLICY

  20 MC 1 FRQ

8:22 PM Tiana: can we review financial pub policy

 me: K.

  YOU MEAN FISCAL?

  FISCAL POLICY: ANY DOMESTIC POLICY DECISION RELATED TO TAXING, SPENDING OR BUDGET FORMATION

8:23 PM Tiana: well I meant clarify more differnces btw monetary and fiscal

8:24 PM me: MONETARY POLICY: ANY DOMESTIC POLICY DECISION RELATED TO MONEY SUPPLY, INTEREST RATE AND RESERVE RATE

 hong.thi.nguyen.17: Do we need to know Keynesian economics?

 me: .......

  HONG: FOR THE AP TEST, YEAH.

  KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS IS THE OPPOSITE OF LAISSEZ FAIRE

  KEYNES WAS "HANDS ON"

8:25 PM samaralcancel@gmail.com has left

 me: HE SUPPORTS ACTIVE MONETARY POLICY

  ........

  MANY ORGS ARE INVOLVED IN FISCAL POLICY, BUT MONETARY POLICY IS THE PRODUCT OF ONLY THE FEDERAL RESERVE

8:26 PM .........

  WHAT ELSE?

 chowhuiyanangel: can president and congress check on federal reserve?

 hong.thi.nguyen.17: Are there any trends other than mandatory spending has increased?

8:27 PM me: ANGEL: THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY THE PREZ AND APPROVED BY CONGRESS, BUT THEY SERVE 14 YEAR TERMS AND ARE SIMILAR TO JUDGES.

  .....

8:28 PM ONCE YOU ARE ON THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, YOU ARE PRETTY MUCH UNTOUCHABLE.

  .....

  THE FED IS GIVEN SUCH INDEPENDENCE TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE FREE TO MAKE UNPOPULAR DECISIONS AND THAT THEY REMAIN FREE OF PARTY POLITICS.

  .....

8:29 PM SO...NO CHECK ON THEIR POWER.

  HONG: MANDATORY INCREASED, TAXES DECREASED.

  BUDGET SHORTFALL INCREASED.

8:30 PM BALANCED BUDGETS BECOMING INCREASINGLY RARE...

  ..........

  ANOTHER TOPIC FOR REVIEW?

 maamarbousseloub@gmail.com has joined

8:31 PM me: ...........

 Tiana: questions please

8:32 PM me: OK.....HOLD PLZ.

  6) Which of the following is NOT a step in the process of passing the annual federal budget?

(a) Federal agencies submit their budget
requests directly to Congress.
(b) The Office of Management and Budget
reviews the budget requests of the
various federal agencies.
(c) The appropriations committees in the
House and the Senate consider the
proposed budget.
(d) The budget committees in the House and
Senate consider the proposed budget.
(e) The president signs or vetoes the various
appropriations bills passed by Congress.

8:33 PM .............

  OK..................GO

 chowhuiyanangel: a

 hong.thi.nguyen.17: A...

 Lisa: S

  A

 Tiana: A

 me: NICE JOB.

  THE ANSWER IS A.

8:34 PM abell2012: a

  ohh..sorry

 me: INDIVIDUAL AGENCIES MAKE BUDGET REQUESTS TO THE OMB.

  THE OMB COMPILES AND INCORPORATES THESE REQUESTS INTO THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET PROPOSAL.

8:35 PM chowhuiyanangel: any court cases we need to know?

 samaralcancel@gmail.com has joined

 me: WE ARE GOING TO BE ENDING A BIT EARLY TONIGHT.

  AT 8:45.

  SO TEN MINUTE WARNING

  .......

 Tiana: can we just do questions then?

 me: NO COURT CASES IN THIS UNIT

8:36 PM NO. YOU ONLY GET ONE QUESTION. THAT WAS IT.

 Tiana has left

 me: .......

  REVIEW TOPIC?

8:37 PM mills242@gmail.com has left

 hong.thi.nguyen.17: Do we need know monetarian...ism...?

 me: MONETARISM? NO.

 hong.thi.nguyen.17: Ok.

8:38 PM me: ANYTHING ELSE, GUYS?

 Lisa: I dont'think so

  can we just go to your classroom to do practice questions on different topics?

8:39 PM me: SURE. ILL BE THERE DURING ADVISORY AND ALSO 3RD.

  OK THEN. POSTING TO BLOG. SEE YOU TOMORROW.

Homework 4.5 (Assigned 4/26)

A.  Sample Multiple Choice Exam:  Follow Link
      Check your answers against the answer key and email result

Homework 4.4 (Assigned 4/25)

A.. Practice FRQ:

A number of factors enable presidents to exert influence over Congress in the area of domestic policy.  However, presidents are also limited in their influence over domestic policymaking in Congress.

(a) The Constitution grants the president certain enumerated powers. Describe two of these formal powers that enable the president to exert influence over domestic policy.

(b) Choose two of the following. Define each term and explain how each limits the president’s ability to influence domestic policymaking in Congress.

• mandatory spending (YOU MUST CHOOSE THIS ONE)
• party polarization 
• lame-duck period

Chat Wrap (4/22)

me: OK EVERYBODY.....ROLL CALL....

 Michael: Yo

 me: TYPE "HERE"

 hong.thi.nguyen.17: Here.

 chowhuiyanangel: here

 Michael: "HERE"

 jennylamx93: here

 anirajones: present

 stephanie.tania94: here

 mills242: here

 maamarbousseloub: here

8:01 PM me: OK. FORMAT IS SAME AS LAST. 20 MC QUESTIONS, 1 FRQ.

  ALL OF UNIT 4 IS FAIR GAME.

  SINCE WE DIDN'T GET TO IT IN CLASS REVIEW, I'D LIKE TO START WITH THE BUREAUCRACY....ACCEPTABLE?

 tran.seph@gmail.com has joined

 jennylamx93: sure

8:02 PM Michael: No arguments there.

 me: OK. SOMETHING I THINK IS A STICKING POINT WITH EVERYBODY IS THE FOUR TYPES OF BUREAUCRATIC AGENCIES.

  LET'S START THERE.

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8:03 PM me: 1) CABINET LEVEL AGENCIES. THESE ARE THE EASIEST TO REMEMBER.

  THESE ARE HEADED BY A CABINET LEVEL SECRETARY. WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF CABINET LEVEL AGENCIES?

 stephanie.tania94: state department

8:04 PM me: GOOD.

  WHAT ELSE?

 tran.seph: treasury

 me: GOOD.

  ONE MORE....

 tran.seph: war

 Michael: Defence?

 stephanie.tania94: dept. of justice

 Michael: Defense*

 me: DEFENSE, YES.

  IF THERE IS CABINET SECRETARY, THEN IT IS A CABINET LEVEL POSITION.

8:05 PM THESE AGENCIES ARE CLOSEST TO THE PRESIDENT, BUT STILL MAINTAIN SOME INDEPENDENCE.

  HOW ARE THE CABINET SECRETARIES CHOSEN?

 Michael: By the president

 tran.seph: appoointed by president

 me: ...AND?

8:06 PM tran.seph: confirmed by senate

 Michael: What he said.

 apkenner: senate appoval?

 me: GOOD.

8:07 PM IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE CABINET SECRETARIES HAVE LOYALTY TO THE PRESIDENT, BUT ALSO THEIR OWN AGENCY.

  THEY ARE TORN.

  MAKES SENSE?

 mills242: yes

 Michael: Yup.

 me: OK.....NEXT LETS TALK ABOUT INDEPENDENT REGULATING AGENCIES.

 apkenner: what is a situation that would make them pick between the two?

8:09 PM me: ALEX...THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT HAVE THE EXPERTISE THAT THE BUREAUCRATS DO. THUS, FAIRLY OFTEN, THE BUREAUCRATS KNOW BETTER. THIS CREATES TENSION WHEN THE PRESIDENT IS DEMANDING SOMETHING THAT THE BUREAUCRACY FEELS IS NOT IN THE COUNTRY'S BEST INTEREST.

  .......

  BACK TO INDEPENDENT REGULATING AGENCIES.

8:10 PM THESE AGENCIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REGULATING A SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY.

  ANYONE HAVE SOME EXAMPLES.

  ?

 Michael: Securities and Exchange commission.

 me: GOOD.

  ANY OTHERS?

8:11 PM Lisa: FCC

  oh wait no

 me: LISA.....FCC IS AN INDEPENDENT EXECUTIVE AGENCY

 Lisa: I meant FEC, but that's an independent executive agency

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 Michael: I need another example.

 me: THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD

 Michael: OOHHH

8:12 PM I was thinking that but I didn't know for sure.

 me: THESE AGENCIES ARE STILL UNDER THE PRESIDENT, BUT FAIRLY INDEPENDENT.

  THE PRESIDENT IS UNLIKELY TO APPOINT THE HEADS OF THESE AGENCIES.

8:13 PM phinguyenper.8: Who appoints them?

 me: QUESTIONS ON INDEPENDENT REGULATORY AGENCIES?

  PHI: CHOSEN FROM WITHIN THE BUREAUCRACY.

 hong.thi.nguyen.17: OMB?

 Michael: So, like Merit system kinda?

8:14 PM me: HONG...THE OMB IS A SPECIAL CASE.....

  MIKE....YES.

 hong.thi.nguyen.17: Ok...

 me: SHALL WE MOVE ON TO TALK ABOUT INDEPENDENT EXECUTIVE AGENCIES?

 phinguyenper.8: yes

 apkenner: yes

 me: THESE AGENCIES HAVE THE MOST INDEPENDENCE.

8:15 PM THE BEST WAY TO REMEMBER THAT: INDEPENDENT EXECUTIVE AGENCIES ARE "INDEPENDENT" OF THE "EXECUTIVE".

  THESE AGENCIES ARE SO INDEPENDENT OF THE PRESIDENCY, THEY MAY EVEN CHECK HIS POWER....

8:16 PM EXAMPLES: FBI, CIA, FEC...

 phinguyenper.8: How do they check the presidents power?

  oh ok

 Michael: Still don't get how exactly.

8:17 PM me: FBI LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION ON NIXON....

 jennylamx93: mmh

 Lisa: school districts?

 Michael: Oh... is that seriously considered a check on the president?

 me: FEC POLICES ELECTIONS....

 Michael: Everyone knows the president isn't above the law..

 me: MOVING ON.....

8:18 PM THERE IS ONE LAST TYPE OF BUREAUCRATIC AGENCY.

 Michael: CORPORATIONS!

 me: THE GOVERNMENT CORPORATION.

 phinguyenper.8: lol

 me: THESE ARE ALSO VERY INDEPENDENT.

  THEY ARE RUN LIKE A BUSINESS.

  POST OFFICE, AMTRAK.

8:19 PM Michael: "Supposed" to be run like a business, thats why Post office is failing.

 mills242: septa?

 Michael: Septa is only in PA

 Lisa: what kind of bureaucracy is the school district?

 me: CAN ANYONE IDENTIFY THE FIVE LARGEST BUREAUCRATIC DEPARTMENTS?

  LISA. THAT IS A LOCAL BUREAUCRACY.

8:20 PM Lisa: oh okay

 me: HOWEVER, THEY INTERACT WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS A CABINET SECRETARY AGENCY (HEADED BY ARNE DUNCAN)

  NO GUESSES?

 phinguyenper.8: the Army

 me: GOOD

  ANY OTHERS?

8:21 PM maamarbousseloub: treasury?

 phinguyenper.8: navy?

 me: THEY ARE: ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, MARINES, POST OFFICE

  ...NOT ON THE EXAM, JUST INTERESTING...

8:22 PM I WILL NOW GIVE YOU AN AGENCY AND YOU WILL TELL ME WHAT TYPE.

 Michael: Yeah, interesting that most are military....

 me: READY?

 Michael: go for it.

 me: THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS)

 phinguyenper.8: multi issue

 mills242: ira

 Michael: IRA

8:23 PM Lisa: IRA

 me: YES. HOWEVER, STAY AWAY FROM THE ACRONYM "IRA"

 Michael: too long to type.. :P

 me: WHICH CAN MEAN "IRISH NATIONAL ARMY"

 Michael: @_@

 mills242: lol

 me: WHICH IS A DANGEROUS GROUP...

8:24 PM HOW ABOUT......

  DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 Michael: Independent Executive Agencies

 jennylamx93: independet executive

 mills242: cabinet department

 Michael: OH CRAP

  Thats what i meant.

  ITS DEPARTMENT

  _

 me: YEAH, ITS A CABINET DEPARTMENT.

 Lisa: cabinet

8:25 PM jennylamx93: why? its not a big agency?

  oh nvm i see

 me: ONE MORE..... ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)

 Michael: Corp

 Lisa: IEA

 mills242: independent executive agency

 Michael: Nvm

8:26 PM apkenner: independent executive agency

 me: YEAH, THAT IS AN IEA.

  GOOD. LETS MOVE ON.

 Michael: Please no FRQ on Iron triangles.

 me: PLEASE NO BEGGING ABOUT FRQ TOPICS

 Lisa: I'd do a cartwheel over your desks if you give us an FRQ on iron triangles

8:27 PM tran.seph: ^^

 me: LETS TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WITH BUREAUCRACY

  THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS: TOO MANY BOSSES.

8:28 PM Lisa: duplication

 me: BOTH CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE HAVE POWER OVER THE BUREAUCRACY AND OFTEN PULL IT IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS.

 chowhuiyanangel: red tape

 Michael: Red tape?

 me: YOU GUYS CERTAINLY HAVE SOME OTHERS...YES RED TAPE AND DUPLICATION OF WORK ARE OTHER PROBLEMS.

8:29 PM LETS TALK ABOUT WHY THE BUREAUCRACY IS A GOOD THING...

  IDEAS?

 Michael: SLOW!

 Lisa: waste!

  oh whoops

 tran.seph: employees are experts on their specific jobs?

 Lisa: I thought we were on the previous topic

 phinguyenper.8: Specialized in certain skills

 me: GOOD....AND?

 Lisa: diverse and equal!

8:30 PM Michael: Stability.

 chowhuiyanangel: congress and president cant handle everything in the nation

 me: NICE, YES....EXPERIENCE, STABILITY AND EXPERTISE

  100% ELECTION PROOF.

 tran.seph: jobs are based on merits and qualification not loooks?

 me: HA. SHOULD NEVER BE LOOKS.

8:31 PM phinguyenper.8: ha!

 me: MOST ARE ON MERIT.

 jennylamx93: lol

 tran.seph: na uh.. modeling is based off looks

 me: SOME ARE "PATRONAGE JOBS" GIVEN TO TOP LEVEL PARTY MEMBERS

  JOE: THERE ARE NO MODELS IN THE BUREAUCRACY.

8:32 PM Michael: ^Joke

 me: HOKAY.....ANY MORE BUREAUCRACY QUESTIONS?

 mills242: no

 me: TRIANGLES AND ISSUE NETWORKS?

 phinguyenper.8: yah

 mills242: yes

 me: OK.....

 chowhuiyanangel: why it is hard to fire them?

8:33 PM me: IRON TRIANGLES ARE ALSO CALLED SUBGOVERNMENTS.

  FROM NOW ON, IRON TRIANGLE = IRNT

  IRNTS ARE MADE OF THREE COMPONENTS.

8:34 PM A CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE, A BUREAUCRATIC AGENCY AND AN INTEREST GROUP

 phinguyenper.8: Interest groups, federal agencies and congress

 me: THEY ARE GREAT AT SOLVING VERY SPECIFIC AND VERY COMPLEX POLICY MAKING ISSUES.

 tran.seph: congressional committee = house, senate or both?

 me: JOE: EITHER OR BOTH.

8:35 PM MOST LIKELY THE HOUSE WHERE THE BILL ORIGINATED.

 hong.thi.nguyen.17: Aren't the issues normally very low interest and the public would support the opposite?

 me: EACH ELEMENT OF THE IRNT GIVES SOMETHING AND GETS SOMETHING.

8:36 PM HONG....USUALLY, YES.

  INTEREST GROUPS GIVE MONEY TO CONGRESS AND GETS FAVORABLE LEGISLATION IN RETURN.

8:37 PM INTEREST GROUPS GIVE EXPERTISE AND ADVICE TO BUREAUCRATIC AGENCIES AND GET FAVORABLE REGULATION IN RETURN.

  CONGRESS FUNDS THE BUREAUCRACY IN EXCHANGE FOR FAITHFUL EXECUTION OF THE LAWS.

 chowhuiyanangel: regulation=legislation?

8:38 PM me: ...AND EVERYONE IS RICH AND HAPPY.

  ANGEL....NO.

  LEGISLATION IS A LAW.

 chowhuiyanangel: example?

 me: REGULATION IS A RULE CREATED BY THE BUREAUCRACY.

 chowhuiyanangel: got it

8:39 PM me: SO A LAW MAY SAY: PUNISH PEOPLE WHO POLLUTE RIVERS.

  REGULATION WOULD SAY: HOW MUCH THE FINES WOULD BE, ETC.

8:40 PM LIKE HONG SAID: THESE ARE GREAT FOR LOW VISIBILITY ISSUES THAT REQUIRE EXPERTISE TO PROCESS.

  THE AVERAGE AMERICAN DOES NOT KNOW / CARE ABOUT MOST OF THE THINGS HANDLED BY IRNTS.

  ..................

  HOWEVER....

  IF THE PUBLIC DOES CARE....

8:41 PM AN ISSUE NETWORK MAY DEVELOP.

  AN ISSUE NETWORK IS A COMPLEX WEB OF INTEREST GROUPS, LEGISLATORS, THE MEDIA AND COURTS THAT ATTEMPT TO STEER LEGISLATION AND REGULATION.

  ........

8:42 PM A PERFECT EXAMPLE IS THE CURRENT FIASCO SURROUNDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE KEYSTONE OIL PIPELINE.

  EVERYONE HAS AN OPINION AND IT IS A HOT TOPIC.

  MAKES SENSE?

 phinguyenper.8: yes

8:43 PM me: SHALL WE MOVE ON TO JUDICIARY?

 mills242: yes

 me: K.

  THREE LEVELS OF FEDERAL COURT.

  WHAT ARE THEY?

 phinguyenper.8: District

 Michael: Supreme

 Lisa: district

 phinguyenper.8: Appellate

 Michael: Appellate

 Lisa: appelate

  and supreme

8:44 PM me: DISTRICT, APPELLATE, SUPREME

  GOOD.

  WHICH IS THE ONLY LEVEL TO HAVE A JURY?

 Lisa: district?

 apkenner: appellate?

 me: DISTRICT.

 phinguyenper.8: district

8:45 PM me: IF YOU DO NOT LIKE THE RULING IN THE DISTRICT COURT, YOU CAN APPEAL TO THE APPELLATE COURT.

  APPELLATE COURTS HAVE A PANEL OF 3 JUDGES.

  ......

8:46 PM IF YOU DO NOT LIKE THE RULING OF THE APPELLATE COURT, YOU CAN APPEAL TO THE SUPREME COURT.

  .....

  HOWEVER.....

  THE SUPREME COURT HEARS LESS THAN 5% OF THE CASES APPEALED TO THE SUPREME COURT.

 Michael: They can choose whether or not to hear it.

 me: YUP.

  HOW DOES THE SCOTUS CHOOSE?

8:47 PM tran.seph: they need 4/9 judges to decide they want to hear the case?

 me: YES.

  WHEN THEY HAVE AT LEAST 4 OF 9 AGREE, THEY ISSUE A.......

  ?

 Lisa: WRIT OF CERT

8:48 PM me: GOOD LISA.

 mills242: ^

 me: THAT MEANS THE APPEAL WILL BE HEARD.

8:49 PM THE COURT SYSTEM RELIES HEAVILY ON PRECEDENT TO MAKE THEIR DECISIONS.

  IN OTHER WORDS, TO DETERMINE THE CURRENT CASE, THE JUDGES MAY LOOK BACK TO OLD CASES SIMILAR AND COPY THE RULING.

8:50 PM WE CALL THIS "STARE DECISIS" OR "LET THE DECISION STAND".

  ............

  LETS TALK ABOUT SUPREME COURT JUSTICES....

  WHO ARE THEY?

 tran.seph: old people

 Lisa: roberts

  sotomayor

8:51 PM breyer

  thompson

 me: HA.....

  I MEANT...

 Lisa: and others

  >_____>

 me: WHAT TYPE OF PEOPLE ARE THEY?

 Lisa: powerful?

 Michael: OLD OLD OLD

 me: LET ME REWIND......

 mills242: wealthy

 tran.seph: unbiased judges who's job is to interpret the constituion?

 me: WHAT I REEEEEALLLLY MEANT WAS....

8:52 PM WHAT DOES A PRESIDENT LOOK FOR IN A JUDGE?

 Lisa: OH

  qualifications!

 me: YES.

 mills242: experience

 me: AND?

 tran.seph: similiar point of views?

 me: JOE, YES.

 Lisa: ^

 chowhuiyanangel: accountable?

8:53 PM me: HERE IS HOW IT SHAKES OUT: AGE, RACE, GENDER, JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE AND POLITICAL EXPERIENCE ARE IMPORTANT

  PRESIDENTS LIKE

  THEIR JUDGES TO HAVE SOME POLITICAL EXPERIENCE SO THAT THEY HAVE A GOOD GUESS AS TO THEIR POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

8:54 PM THEY LIKE THEIR JUDGES TO BE YOUNG IF POSSIBLE SO THAT THEIR IMPACT IS LONG LASTING...

  SOME PRESIDENTS PREFER MINORITY JUDGES (OBAMA) SOME DON'T. (BUSH)

8:55 PM tran.seph@gmail.com has left

 me: ......

  WE'VE GOT 5 MINS....

  TOPICS TO COVER?

 chowhuiyanangel: sample question?

 me: KK

  HOLD PLZ

 mills242: interest networks

8:56 PM issue

 me: S. The power of the Rules Committee in the House of Representatives rests on its authority to:

(a) Choose the chairs of other standing
committees and issue rules for the
selection of subcommittee chairs.
(b) Initiate all spending legislation and hold
budget hearings
(c) Place a bill on the legislative calendar,
limit time for debate and determine the
type of amendments allowed.
(d) Determine the procedures by which
nominations by the president will be
approved by the house.
(e) Choose the president if no candidate
wins a majority in the electoral college

  OK.........GO

8:57 PM Michael: C

 apkenner: c

 jennylamx93: c

 chowhuiyanangel: c

 me: YEAH....CLEARLY THE ANSWER TO THIS ONE IS C.

8:58 PM THIS IS THE REASON WHY THE RULES COMMITTEE IS MOST POWERFUL IN THE HOUSE.

 Michael: That one was tricky though.

 me: HOW SO?

8:59 PM Michael: A,C,D all have at least a certain line in the answer that resembles the job of a rules committee.

 me: WHILE I HAVE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION, REMEMBER TO BRING ME $15 FOR TSHIRTS TOMORROW.

  ...REMEMBER THAT THE HOUSE DOES NOT APPROVE APPOINTMENTS.

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 Michael: Oh I know.

 me: AND THAT THE SPEAKER CHOOSES CHAIRS.

9:00 PM Michael: Im just saying there are a few tricky parts in each of those answers.

 me: OK......WE'RE AT 9PM

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 me: LISA, STANDYBY FOR VOTER EMAIL.

 Michael: Okie Dokie, Night everyone... Get some sleep!

 me: POSTING TO BLOG.