Unit 4 Identifies

GOPOR AMSCO Unit 4 Identifies

Unit 4 Case Briefs

United States Term Limits Inc. v. Thornton (1995)

Companion Case: 

Powell v. McCormack (1969)


INS v. Chadha (1983)

Companion Case: 

Clinton v. City of New York (1998)


United States v. Nixon (1974)

Companion Cases: 

Clinton v. Jones (1997)

Unit 4 Power Points

JB GOPO Unit 4A Congress.pptx
JB GOPO Unit 4B Presidency.pptx
JB GOPO Unit 4C Bureaucracy.pptx
JB GOPO Unit 4D Judiciary.pptx

Unit 4 Podcasts


Congress


Civics 101

Term Limits

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Congressional Caucuses

Congressional Investigations

How a Bill Becomes Law

Speaker of the House

Party Whips

Congressional Committees

Senate Rules

Filibuster

Calling Your Congressperson



Presidency


Civics 101

Electoral College (See Unit 2 Elections)

Presidential Transitions

Veto

The State of the Union Address

Approval Ratings

Budget Basics

The National Debt and Deficit

The Debt Ceiling

Government Shutdown

Foreign Aid

Executive Orders

Presidential Pardons

Declare War

NOTE: Congress declares war. President wages war as Commander-in-Chief. Under Presidency to discuss war powers between Congress and President.

Commander-in-Chief

U.S. Allies

Sanctions

Nuclear Weapons

The Nuclear Codes

Security Clearance

The Cabinet

Chief of Staff

White House Staffers

Political Speechwriting

The National Security Council

Office of Scheduling and Advance

White House Press Corps (See Also Unit 3 Media)

The Office of Presidential Correspondence

Impeachment

Vice President

The 25th Amendment

Camp David

First Ladies

Post-Presidency



Bureaucracy


Civics 101

Hatch Act

Department of State and Department of Defense

Ambassadors

Department of Justice

Attorney General

FBI

The IRS

Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)

The CDC

Surgeon General

Secretary of Education

Housing and Urban Development

Department of Homeland Security

The Secret Service

FEMA

Intelligence Agencies

CIA

The Federal Reserve

EPA

Understanding the Public Comment Period

U.S. Postal Service

Inspectors General



National Judiciary


More Perfect

"The Heist"


Civics 101

Federal Courts

How a Case Gets to the Supreme Court

Overturning a Supreme Court Ruling

Judges