Chapter 13 Gov
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- why did reagan fire over 10,000 striking aircraft controllers
- they were violating a rule that government unions couldn\'t go on strike
- What was whitewater all about?
- a controversy that dealt with the real estate investments of the clintons
- Whats the idea behind a line item veto?
- makes the president more fiscally responsible
- What was Hamdan vs. Rumsfeld?
- Supreme Curt case which held that military commissions set up by Bush Administration to try detainees of Guantanomo Bay lack the power to proceed because its structures and procedures violate both Uniform Code of Military Justice and Geneva Conventions. The case considered whether the United States Congress may pass legislation preventing the Supreme Court from hearing the case of an accused combatant before his military commission takes place, whether the special military commissions that had been set up violated federal law (including the Uniform Code of Military Justice and treaty obligations), and whether courts can enforce the articles of the 1949 Geneva Convention.
- Why was the Bush Doctrine important?
- builds on the monroe doctrine and gives more power to the president
- What were signing statements?
- Bush trying to do whatever he wanted regardless of the law.