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38 Cards in this Set
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Roles of governor
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PRESIDENT OF STATE
Administrator Legislator Party Leader Ceremonial Head Negotiator Opinion Leader |
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Roles of the governor - Legislator types
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Caretaker – passive
Initiator – active Conserver – guardian –veto power |
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Stepping stones to governor
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Money
Famous, Well liked Political Stepping stones |
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Influences of governor elections (5)
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Competitive majority (R)
Coattails effect w/ president Candidate centerd campaigns $$$ Incumbency 80% success |
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Gubernatorial Powers (3)
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Managerial
Fiscal/budget making Legislative |
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Gubernatorial Powers - Managerial
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Governors feel this is important but feel like st. constitutions restrict them
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Gubernatorial Powers - Fiscal/budget making
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Important if governor has the responsibility of creating the budget /allocating funds
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Gubernatorial Powers - Legislative
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Veto, Line item veto
Call special sessions executive orders |
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Gubernatorial Powers - Judicial
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Nominate judges, pardons, suspend habeus corpus
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Schlesinger Index of gubernatorial powers - scale based upon:
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Terms of Office
Appointive Powers Influence on Budget Veto Powers |
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Lt Governor
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"Vice Governor" Dosen't do much
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Attorney General
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chief legal counsel
elected in 42 states has power of LAW and Law enforcement powers |
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Auditor/Comptroller General
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Approves expenses
Audits at end of the year Like a treasurer |
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Treasurer
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Authorizes state funds
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Florida CFO
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Chief Financial Officer - Combination of Auditor/Comptroller & Treasurer
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You can do this Mark, keep going
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Lets do this.
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You can do this Mark, keep going
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Lets do this.
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Secretary of State
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In charge of all state documents
Handels Elections |
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Common Law
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after the fact justice (england)
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Equity Law
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preventative justice (restraining order)
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Natural Law
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do your own thing law, people will do what is right (doesn't work)
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Statutory Law
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Made by body and subordinate to the constitution
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Constitution
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Basic operation and structure of government
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How are courts political institutions?
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they resolve differences/conflicts
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How are court decisions different form Exec and Legislative
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passive - do not initiate
have special rules of access/participation, the FACTS RULE |
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Two types of court activity
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Norm Enforcement
Policy Making |
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Norm Enforcement
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Applying the law to specific situations
"normal court stuff" takes up most time and resources |
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Policy Making
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Where laws are challenged, laws are rewritten *usually done by appellate courts
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Structure of state courts (4)
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4. Court of Last Resort
3. Intermediate Courts of Appeal* not in small states 2. District, County, Circuit Courts 1. Magistrate & Justice-of-Peace Courts (JP) |
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Methods of Selecting State Judges (5)
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Partisan Elections (10)
Non-Partisan Elections + most popular (16) Elected by Legislature - Least popular (4) Appointed by Governor (federal model) (11) Missouri or Merit Plan - (5) Governor chooses from a list of candidates chosen by the people |
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Factors on Judicial Decision making
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political party affiliation
Ethnicity - (D) with minorities Ideology - (D) favor Civil Rights/Liberties Role Perception - (D) favor Tenate, Unions/Workers (R) favor Landlord, Big Business |
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Sherriff
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elected state official, trumps city police
maintains jails maintains order in court |
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Mapp v Ohio
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no illegial search and seizures
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Gideon v Wranwright = Right to attorney
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Right to attorney
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Miranda v Arizona
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"Miranda Rights" right to know your rights
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Atkins & Glick on political party affiliation on State Supreme Court Level
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no party connection
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Largest proportion of State Supreme court decision making is on
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economic differences
(rural) wills, trusts, estates, contracts (urban) corporate law, large economic interests |
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State Prosecutors decide
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whether or not to charge
whether or not to prosecute |
