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| +++ The Legislative Branch |
+++ The Legislative Branch |
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| The Congress represents the Legislative. What the congress does or does not depends on the Bill of Rights and the so called 10 amendments. |
The Congress represents the Legislative. What the congress does or does not depends on the Bill of Rights and the so called 10 amendments. |
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| You can find the Congress in Capitol Hill, Washington DC. |
You can find the Congress in Capitol Hill, Washington DC. |
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| Vietnam to a degree because of France. (Sidenote: Sophie, the girl giving this presentation, is actually a ERASMUS student from France. So all eyes were on her after that remark :-)) |
Vietnam to a degree because of France. (Sidenote: Sophie, the girl giving this presentation, is actually a ERASMUS student from France. So all eyes were on her after that remark :-)) |
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| There was the Domino theory: If Vietnam falls, everything else would get communistic. |
There was the Domino theory: If Vietnam falls, everything else would get communistic. |
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The question remains: Have the US ships really been attacked by north-vietnamese? The congress didn't start the war. But the congress gave the president the power to start it. |
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Since then, the president doesn't have as much power. |
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+++ The thing about Iraq |
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Here, the congress actually wanted to support Kuwait. The congress gave the president power but didn't want (?). |
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Carry voted against helping Kuwait, but for war against Iraq before. That was seen as doubletalk, and so the population lost confidence in Carry. |
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+++ Who is the most powerful? |
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Well, the Court makes laws and declars laws for unconstitutional. |
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The Civil Rights (as driven by Martin Luther King, etc.) were sucessful because of the courts. The "separate but equal" story wasn't believed by the courts and seen as unconstitutional. |
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There were separate schools for blacks and whites. Earlier, there even were separated bathrooms, drinking fountains, restaurants, and so on. |
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In 1954, the Supreme Court decided for the first time: Separate is //not// equal. Until at least 1964, they had decided that again and again. |
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In 1965, the Civil Right laws passed the Congress at last. |
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Moral: The American process is taking a //long// time. If you need support of at least 30 states, that is. So: No chance for Schwarzenegger becoming president! :-) |
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+++ How is the president elected? |
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1) there are the //primaries//. (Note: need more info on that) |
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There's the Bush vs. !McCane story, for example. To become elected, you need to win primaries. |
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While Austria does not see its politicans, the US might see them a bit too often. |
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2) the //national convention// |
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Here, the official naming of candidates takes place. |
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In July 2004, the republicans national convention took place. In August 2004, the democrats national convention took place. |
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3) the //general election// |
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Here, not the popular vote, but the //electoral// vote counts. |
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The next election takes place in 2008. And there are already (it is 2005 now) plans about the talk to New Hampshire! |
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the first primary creates a certain image. Once you start winning in the smaller states, you start getting more votes. It is a snowball effect. |
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In former days, when the constitution was made, there was no television. And thus, the president was not as powerful as today. |
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+++ Clintons Problem |
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Clintons Problem was: media. Television was full of Monica. |
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Mr. Carey had vietnam-service problems. People said, he got his purple hearts because of self inflicted wounds. |
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