2. In the Constitution, the bureaucracy is hardy mention in Article II, where the president has the power to appoint officials.
a. In Article II, the president “shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States,” where he can appoint officials on his own terms.
b. The bureaucrats never attempted to reestablish the federalism during the antebellum era. They noticed that “true” federalism would never be recreated as the one they had in the era. In the spoils it used to be family and …show more content…
The judicial branch has the power to call something out unconstitutional because at times an agency can overstep their jurisdiction making it a problem of the court because they would be violating a law.
4. The bureaucracies have a huge amount of power under the discretionary authority because they are able to check what the other three branches are doing considering the fact that most agencies are involved in one branch more than the other. When that happens they meet up and make sure that neither branch is overpowering one another because it could affect that they plan to do in the future.
5. The scope of the federal bureaucracies is between 16.2 million state and federal works.
a. Civil Service: there are about 2.8 million civilian personnel, which means that 25% at least work for the postal and 1.6 million in the military, which makes it the largest group to employ people. Even though some of the numbers have increased there has still been a decrease over the past years.
b. Non-civil service (90%):
i. Presidential appointees at least 3500 require confirmation by the Senate. Cabinet secretaries and high level officials have to approve by the Senate and if they are not then they cannot be in the committee because the Senate only allows those who they think are capable of doing the work and having the …show more content…
Baby boomers are retiring because they must be tired since they be working for a long and feel like the deserve to enjoy the rest of their lives because they have made enough money by working for the government to never work in a long time and especially since they can able to Social Security, which will give them benefits for working for such a long time.
7. There are five types of organizations:
a. Cabin department: This department is in charged for establishing departments policies and how they operate, they guide the president, and most of their departments are split into smaller units where most of the work gets done.
b. Independent Executive Agencies: They have a more narrow structure than the cabinet, they are mostly likely to perform services but they are also appointed by the president to ensure his commands are being done.
c. Independent Regulatory Commissions: This organization has to deal with taking care of the money. Each board group is run by at least 5-7 members, who are picked by the president but have to be approved by the Senate. These people cannot be fired by the snap of the finger of the president.
d. Government Corporations: This organization is basically the newest member to bureaucracy. They are established by the Congress to carry out the orders that are provided by the private for business