Kitchen Cabinet

Andrew Jackson was known throughout his presidency and modern day as a down to earth person who listened to the grievances of the common man because he defied the elitist norms in the White House and trusted the word of a common man over the word of his ineffective advisors, however, his opponents claimed that he acted more like a king than a president because he disregarded the democratic process and opted to instead put friends of his into positions of power. One trait of Jackson that was…

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…

The president’s cabinet is made up of many different departments all dedicated to a specific area of government. The department of state’s job is to create the nation’s foreign policy. This department is in charge of keeping a nice and stable environment for American citizens…

The cabinet departments are the national offices with the highest status and visibility. The cabinet is not in the Constitution and it was a creation of President Washington (CITE). These are the fifteen cabinet level departments: • The Department of State provided safe keeping of the Acts, Records, and Seal of the United States. This developed a foreign policy, advance freedom, and create a secure and beneficial world for American people. The head person of the Department of State is Secretary…

The emoluments clause, borrowed from a "17th century Dutch statute…was chiefly aimed at the practice among European royalty of lavishing gifts on foreign diplomats, but it was written to cover all officers." (McLaughlin, 2017). The emoluments clause applies to all federal officers, including congress, U.S. federal judges, vice president, and the president. The constitution defines emoluments under the compensation clause, which prohibits the president from receiving emoluments from a state of…

All the branches of government have protocols to follow. In order, for the government to work efficiently they uses certain rules to help give them structure and organization. The committee hearings are ways the government and government officials partake in to help the economy. The legislators are the main audience of the committee hearings and would revert to the meeting to be well equipped with important information, regarding societal issues and gives methods to solve problems. There are…

need foreign aid to develop will suffer funding shortages. If other developed countries follow suit, the poor countries will not have money to invest in their development activities. If Trump's rhetoric remains recalcitrant and unapologetic, his cabinet picks do not leave much room for the hope that they will moderate their boss's position on anything. Most of them are rich and out of touch with average American like Trump himself, nationalist like himself and collectively bring the scantiest…

public life in Germany. This paper discusses the qualities that define three classical German Expressionist films, including Friedrich Wilhem Murnau’s film Nosferatu- A Symphony of Terror, Fritz Lang’s film Metropolis, and Robert Wiene’s film The Cabinet of Dr. Cligari, as “Expressionist films”, how director Tim Burton’s films compare and contrast from the classical German Expressionist films, and, finally, how Tim Burton’s films are a new form of “Expressionist films”. Ian Roberts, author of…

In the fall of 2016, the American Broadcasting Company debuted the first season of Designated Survivor, a political based television series exploring the potential need of having a designated successor during important political gatherings. The popular drama portrays Tom Kirkman as an unexpected and unprepared leader who humbly takes the presidential position, serving his nation as effectively as possible. Driven by the influences of others and desire to help his people, Kirkman uses his…

President Barack Obama is the President of the United States. As the President has many duties he has to perform. One of the duties he has to perform is appointing staff members, the cabinet, and several other officials. In Article Two, Section Two of the Constitution it states that the President of the United States has a right to appoint officials. The Chief of Staff is Denis McDonough. As the Chief of Staff McDonough has to supervise the staff of the White House, control who is near the…