Bureaucrat

1. Bureaucrats implement an execute the laws. The bureaucracy is sometimes called the “fourth branch” because of its separation of powers, skills, size, and desire for security. 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…

The Bureaucracy. Another institution involved in the U.S. policymaking process worth noting would be the bureaucracy. More specifically, the bureaucrats would be the employees within the various governmental agencies. Additionally, the roles played by the bureaucracy in the policymaking process are more likely to be see in the formulation, implementation, and evaluation stages. The advantage for bureaucracy is the specific expertise that it brings forth regarding a specific issue, department…

The main con would be that most of these cabinet members have a specific area of interest that they deal with, unlike the President who wields a much larger area of job responsibilities. They also might not have any experience whatsoever to hold the title Commander in Chief. Since the Secretary of State is the first Bureaucratic position to assume Presidency within the succession line, his previous job deals with foreign policy so he should have a general understand on the importance of…

The topic of this source is that media such as television and film are more than just economic sectors, but rather a major influence upon our worldviews and attitudes. This is evident within the source when the speaker says “...undercut our sense of identity as individuals or as citizens of nations.” This symbolizes how films and television have the ability to change worldviews within a population. The speakers perspective on the source is that film and television are two media outlets that are…

Chapter 9 Summary by Branden Higginson Americas Health Insurance Plans or AHIP. Pluralist theory of American Politics- group action represent the interests of society most effectively Single Issue Politics- any group built around every and any conceivable policy issue Interest Group- “faction” organization that wants to persuade public policy Alexis de Tocqueville wrote principle of association is most apparent in America Americas political structure contribute to group action of citizens…

Term limits are defined as statutory limitations placed on the number of terms that officeholders may serve and are typically specified in a constitution (term limits). In 1947, after president Roosevelt’s death, Congress passed the 22nd amendment establishing presidential term limits and was ratified by the states in 1951 (Ultius). The 22nd amendment to the constitution of the United States declares that the nation’s president cannot be elected to more than two four-year terms (Benjamin). The…

from three small departments, State, Treasury, and War. The executive branch employs today almost three million people. Not only have the numbers of bureaucrats grown, but also the methods and standards for hiring and promoting people have changed dramatically. Given the size of the bureaucracy, it is difficult to imagine a statistically typical bureaucrat. As a whole, however, the permanent bureaucracy is more broadly representative of the American people than are legislators, judges, or…

They are the frontline implementers of the president’s agenda in their executive departments. They observe the actions of lower-level bureaucrats who retain their jobs no matter who the president is and who don’t really care about the president’s priorities. They are chosen for a mixture of loyalty to the president and their expertise. There is also the job of the executive branch of the…

Jocques Roumain is an excellent writer that shows audience the essence of the Haitians activism through his beautiful novel "The preface to the life of a bureaucrat." The atavism which was a typical element that characterized the governmental authorities for decades. This novel was published in 1930 and in this period a lot of relevant events happened in Haiti. Eustache Antoine Francois Joseph Louis Borno was a lawyer who later became president of Haiti during the period of American…

information. Hitler prevented most people from knowing because he thought it would lower the morale of the Germans. In Nazi Germany, the media about the Holocaust was very controlled. Most of the people who knew did nothing because they were the bureaucrats of the Holocaust and they were afraid for their own lives. Many German people ignored what was happening because they thought that if they ignored the Holocaust that it wouldn’t be there. The German people also may have thought they wouldn’t…