Describe the merit system?
Describe the various types of courts?
Trail court appellate court supreme court plea bargains uniform commercial code jurisdiction plea bargains uniform commercial code jurisdiction due process
How are federal judges appointed?
Senatorial courtesy
How do cases reach the supreme court?
Rules of access standing mootness writ of certiorari writ of habeas corpus
Provide an overview of supreme court procedures?
The preparation briefs oral argument the conference opinion writing opinion dissent dissenting opinion
Provide an overview of the goals of economic policy?
manage the economy
protect welfare & property
regulate competition
provide public courts
how are fiscal and monetary tools of economic policy?
Describe the foundation of the welfare state?
contributory programs
social security
medicare
indexing
cost of living adjustments
noncontribuotory programs
aid to families with dep children
temporary assistance to needy families
means testing
medicaid
supplemental security income
food stamps
inkind benefits
entitlement
What led up to welfare reform and what does it mean?
Who makes foreign policy?
the president>bush doctrine
the bureaucracy
congress
executive agreements
Who makes foreign policy?
How is economic aid an instrument of American foreign policy?
How is military deterrence an instrument of American foreign policy?