Handouts for the Presidency Class
(Fall Semester 2007)

These are the handouts for the course.  The "schedule" in the syllabus will tell you on which day each handout should be brought to class.  If additional handouts are prepared, they will be inserted here and announced in class.   To view and print a handout, simply click on the description.

Handout Description
1 Votes on the Presidency, by week of the Constitutional Convention
2 Votes on the Presidency at the Constitutional Convention, by content
3 Supreme Court Decision Making
4 Analysis of Youngstown Sheet & Tube v. Sawyer
5 Popular Leadership & The Evolution of the Presidency
6 The Patronage State (1830s-1932)
7 Institutionalizing the Modern Presidential Roles
8 The Dilemmas of the Modern Presidency
9 National Elections & Political Capital
10 Decision Making in the Modern Presidency (2 Pages)
11 The Components of the Bureaucracy
12 The Departments & Employees of the Executive Branch
13 The Electoral Security of House Incumbents
14 Committee System  & Party Leadership, 109th Congress(2005-2006)
15 A Primer on the Federal Budget Process
16 Bipartisan Foreign Policy Voting over time
17 The Congressional Reassertion: Examples
18 The Politics of Prestige
19 Summary of Public Support for Presidents
20 "Going Public:" A Summary 
21 The Impact of Going Public

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