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- name the 4 formal powers of the governor (constitutional and legal powers)
- budgetary power, veto power, judicial power, appointment power
- name 2 informal powers of the governor, traditional/cultural powers
- threat of veto, legislature leadership
- why did edwin have a strong term
- he was the popular good times gov. era of reform, strong economy: oil boom, consensus politics
- treen: weak or strong and why?
- difficult term: weak economy, oil bust. not politically adept
- edwards third term. weak or strong and why?
- difficult term: no economic turn around, legal scandal
- roemer weak why
- weakened mandate (eddy quits election), failed fiscal reform, legislative revolt
- edwards 92-96 difficult term why
- elected as lesser of 2 evils
- foster popular gov why
- 1st gov reelected to consecutive terms in 24 years
- foster agenda
- anti affirmative action (early win), tort reform (win), education (win), tax/economic reform (win), teacher pay (fail)
- foster evaluations: supporters said this...
- bipartisan, successful
- foster critcs say this...
- did not court business outside state, tax and spend, environment
- how many in the house?
- 105
- how many in the senate?
- 39
- legislative terms?
- 4 years, 3 terms
- "one man, one vote" rule
- population based on districts, reapportionment
- what are 3 things a resolution does?
- congratulates, changes a rule, sends message
- a bill can be amended in comittee to:
- make more powerful, kill a bill, high jack (add something unrelated0, gutting a bill(erasing and rewriting)
- if the bill doesnt come out of both chambers in same form where does it go
- conference comittee
- governer can veto a bill and kill it unless what
- legislature passes with 2/3 vote
- little practical change in legislature... why?
- unintended consequences, no political organization
- unintended consequences of no political change:
- favors governor: return to alternating sessions, term limits
- reason for no political org in legislature
- weak parties in gov, no org balance against govs power, change in 2005?-rep opposition to cig tax
- legal traditions: common law-history, source of law, and legal authority
- history: britain, source of law: jurisprudence, legal authority: judges
- civil law: history, source of law, and legal authority
- rome/france, written law, legislature
- louisiana has civil law because of its french history but it is NOT what
- the napoleonic code
- implications of civil law:
- insulates LA legal culture, more attorneys per-capita, more litigous
- basic structure of courts:
- top: la supreme court, intermediate: circiut court of appeal, bottom: district courts
- state district courts: how many? size? judges?
- 42 judicial district courts, varies, varies
- whats the trial level?
- where cases start and most cases end
- state circuit courts of appeal: how many circuits, how many districts in each circuit, what do they do1
- 5, at least 3, hear appeals from district courts
- LA supreme court: how many justices
- 7
- LA supreme court: dual role: what is the adjucative function?
- hear cases, hear appeals at discretion of court, disciplinary action for attorneys
- La supreme court: dual role: what is administrative function?
- govern courts
- double does of ___
- democracy
- Bureaucratic org: traditional model-rules and routines?
- professional: expertise and specialization, fair-w/o bias or favoritism,effective-successful implementation,efficient-minimize waste and cost
- bureaucratic org is non-___
- political
- bureaucratic org before 1970s:
- disorganized fiefdoms
- bureacratic org: 1974 constitution did what
- organized into 20 departments
- bureaucratic org today:
- political football
- 3 major sources in the budget:
- federal funds, self generated & dedicated funds, state and general fund
- revenue estimating conference
- meets in december, sets capital by unanimous decision
- composition of budget:
- governor, speaker of house, president of senate, faculty member
- gov submits executive budget to whom prior to session?
- the joint legislative comm on budget (JLCB)
- waht does the JLCB do
- investigates, makes recommendations for budget
- governor has what powers for budget
- veto power, line item veto power
- bill goes to the house appropriations committee and then to the..
- committee of the whole, then house votes
- during the fiscal year, REC meets again to do what
- adjust estimates
- parishes are weak for 2 reasons
- subject to state rule, fragmentation of offices
- parish gov traditional system is ____
- police jury
- the police jury is describes as
- administrative, not legislative, limited policy making power, default
- PJ structure
- jurors elected from districts, juror is caretaker of district
- some parishes get rid of PJ, which ones change?
- larger populations, south LA