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extreme partisan voting

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ACA: O republicans in the senate

Dodd Frank: only 3 Republicans in the House

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Partisan gerrymandering case

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Vieth v. Jubelirer 2004
split decision, no majority option
court decided not to intervene as no appropriate judicial solution could be found

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Area of cases SC don’t like to hear

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partisan gerrymandering

Scalia said these cases were non-judiciable

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Judge holding original meaning theory

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Scalia

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Nuclear option used

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2013- democratic senate use it for all exec branch nominations and federal judge appointments
2017
extended to SC nominees to get Neil Gorsuch through

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amendment passed to counter a SC decision

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16th amendment

(allows Congress to levy income tax) after SC decision that federal income tax not allowed

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President criticising a SC decision

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Obama in state of union address 2010 criticised decision in Citizens United

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War powers clause

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congress has the power to declare war

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last use of congressional power to declare war

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1942: against Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania

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PATRIOT act

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2001

expanded Bush’s foreign policy power after 9/11

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Trump airstrike

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Jan 2020
drone strike to kill Iranian Major General
didn’t consult congress beforehand

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Obama defying the war powers resolution in Libya

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2011 no-fly zone

said it didn’t count as ‘hostilities’ so WPR didn’t apply

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Obama defying the war powers resolution in Syria

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made each bombing raid in Syria an independent mission: never met the 60 day limit

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War Powers Resolution: date and x3 provisions

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1973

  • deployment of troops needs congressional approval after 60 days
  • president must consult congress
  • any action must be reported to congress
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Shutdown 1: date and reason

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October 2013
deadlock between house (R) and Senate (D)
D senate trying to preserve ACA funding and R House kept adding de-funding

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Shutdown 2: date and reason

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Jan 2018
stemmed from disputes over DACA
only ended with Rs agreeing to a debate on the issue

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Shutdown 3: date and reason

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Dec 2018- Jan 2019
longest ever gov shutdown
Trump refused to sign money bill without the $5.7 billion for his wall

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Trump firing examples x4

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  • Sally Yates (attorney General) within ten days of his inauguration
  • James Comey
  • Reince Priebus
  • Antony Scaramucci (only lasted 10 days)
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All of Mick Mulvaney’s roles (3) under T

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was already director of the OMB

T made him Director of the CFPB and briefly Chief of Staff all at once

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National emergencies act: date etc

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1976
in theory, must be renewed annually but congress never vote on them
30 in effect today

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how was ACA adapted by congress

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no single payer option added

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how was Dodd-Frank adapted by congress

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regulations reduced/ softened

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Bush EO

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post 9/11: set up Guantanamo Bay

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Obama EOs

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  • DACA
  • DAPA
  • post Sandy Hook: mandatory background checks, ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines
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Gang of eight immigration bill: | title and date and passage
2013 Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act passed senate 68-32 (all dems, 14 republicans) House: Boehner (speaker) refused to introduce
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Record for party voting
House of Reps 2011 75.8% of votes were maj against maj
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Record congressional inactivity | congress, date, no. of bills and make up.
112th congress 2011-2013 284 bills passed Senate was Democrat and House was Republican
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Vacancies Reform Act | date and provision
1998 | allows position to be filled temporarily (for 210 days) in cases of death or resignation without congressional approval
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Whitaker Appointment
2018 Trump asked Jeff sessions to resign after he recused himself from the Mueller investigation Filled spot (using Vacancies Reform Act) with Matthew Whitaker who now had control over the investigation which he had previously been critical of
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Benghazi eg
2012 Ambassador for Libya killed in Benghazi Hillary C as secretary of state investigated by Gowdy and the House Select committee under suspicions she knew stuff led to investigation into her use of personal server for confidential info
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Nunes Memo
2018 Devin Nunes was chair of the House intelligence committee used position to criticise Mueller investigation and claim it was politically motivated
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RBG appointment vote
98:2
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Kavanaugh appointment vote
50:48
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Gorsuch appointment vote
54:45
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Harriet Miers nomination
Nominated by Bush in 2005 | insufficient knowledge and no prior experience as a judge: withdrew after hearing
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John Tower nomination
1989 nominated for Secretary for Defence by Bush (Sr.) rejected 53:47 due to claims of drunkenness, womanizing and ties with defence contractors
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popular failed amendment
Flag desecration has come up 6 times in the House since 1996 Clinton era: once only 4 votes short
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amendments process: most common way | + used how many times
super maj in both houses ratified by 3/4 of state legislatures used 26 times
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Area of specificity in the constitution
Presidential candidates must be - US citizen - at least 35 - resident for at least 14 years
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Obama veto of legislation x2
2015: JASTA (Justice against sponsors of Terrorism Act) 2016: attempt to repeal parts of ACA
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Merrick Garland nomination
``` 2016 Mitch McConnell (Senate Majority leader and spawn of Satan) didn't schedule time for hearing ```
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Republican senator who said nice thing about Merrick Garland
Lindsey Graham | a 'fine judge'
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SC declaring a law unconstitutional
2013 united states v. Windsor declared the Defence of Marriage Act (1996) unconstitutional
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impeachment of a justice
2010 Thomas Porteous (federal judge) for corrpution
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treaties not ratified by congress | x3
- 1995 convention on the rights of a child - 1996 Comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty - 2012 UN disability rights treaty
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Congress amending a law to counter a SC decision
Mobile v Bolden 1980 narrowed meaning of Voting Rights act 1965 so Congress amended the law and changed the meaning so that the ruling did not apply
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Clinton pardons
140 on last day
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Obama Pardons
142 in last 3 weeks
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Senator reflecting interests of their state
Joni Ernst senator for Iowa on senate committee on agriculture chairs subcommittee on rural development
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revolving door restrictions: act and provision
Honest Leadership and Open Government Act 2007: | cooling off period before Senators can lobby congress lengthened from one year to two
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Ex- congressman lobbyist eg
Joe Crowley (since 2018 loss)
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NRA influencing elections
1998- 2017: $144 million on online and TV ads attacking candidates who promote gun control
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PG hiring a relevant lobbyist
2014 Aircraft owners and pilot association hired Jim Loon who had previously been the majority staff director for the Avian sub committee in the House
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Large membership PG gaining media attention: membership and event
AARP (American Association of Retired persons) has over 40 million members opposed ACA in 2017
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Mitch McConnell donors
financial/ investment firms | UBS, Bank of New York, Merrill Lynch
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Mitch McConnell is senator for which state
Kentucky
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Mitch McConnell approval rating stats x2
2017: highest disapproval of any senator 2019: 50% negative
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PG aiding an underdog candidate
Justice Democrats recruited and endorsed AOC who managed to beat Joe Crowley in the 2018 democratic primaries
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PG voter mobilisation campaign
Health Care voter got 750,000 people to register on the issue of healthcare in 2017
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amicus brief eg
NRA submitted opinion to DC v. Heller in 2008 which was brought up by Justice Antony Kennedy
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Trump's SC list provided by who
Heritage foundation
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Congress passing legislation to counter a SC decision
Lilly Ledbetter Act of 2009 | directly addressed and countered the decision made in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber co. in 2007
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legislation which was drafted by PG
Dodd-Frank 2010
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Divided Gov. stats
1969-2016: | 35.5/48 years saw divided gov
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years where president has had neither house
1969-2016 | 24 years
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22nd amendment
limits president to two terms in the office
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average presidential support score for first year vs. last year
83% | 48%
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Bush approval rating high and low
reached 90% after 9/11 | barely above 40% in his last three years
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eg of president's power of persuasion
1993 | Clinton persuaded House member Majorie Margolies- Mezvinsky to cast the deciding vote to pass his budget
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president with a strong electoral mandate in his second term
Reagan came in after winning 49/50 states and with 59% of the vote
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president as weak at the start of his first term | x3
Clinton only got 43% of the vote Bush had just lost the popular vote to Gore Trump had received over 3 million less votes than Clinton
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Presidential foreign power in second term
Bush: 2007: increased number of troops in Iraq even though he claimed the war was over in 2004

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