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Showing 1 to 20 of 67 for “"Executive Branch"”.
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Judicial deference to the executive branch at the State Court level
… solicitor general on judicial deference to the executive branch at the state court level. There has been significant research done into the development of judicial deference, but it almost always takes place at the Supreme Court. Similarly, the Solicitor General’s success rate has only been …
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Communication processes and United States government policy: the development of communication satellite policy in the executive branch.
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Economics and Social Science, 1964
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Impact of ruling party dominance in the executive and legislature on the human rights and the rule of law : a review of the African presidential - parliamentary systems of government
… an ideal in certain African countries where the executive branch has assumed the name government and has rendered the other two organs, namely, the legislature and the judiciary, subordinate in the governing mandate. This having been achieved by political party dominance and consequent control of …
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The Unitary Executive and Power in the Modern American Presidency
… degree of control, and dominance, over the executive branch. In this dissertation, I examine the relationship between the unitary executive, in practice, and the power of presidents to control administrative policymaking. I begin with a theoretical discussion and practical definition of …
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World War I and Local Change in America: Federal War Production and Class Relations in Portland, Oregon
… federal policing. The new approach relied upon executive branch agencies working in tandem with local authorities and cooperative interest groups, a more regularized and persistent strategy than the sporadic use of the military that preceded the war. I consider the intersection of interest …
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The twenty-fifth amendment to the Constitution of the United States
… three related problems that have plagued the executive branch of our government since the earliest days of the Union.</p>
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A case study of the American public's reaction to the expansion of NAFTA between 1993 - 1998
The president and executive branch of the U.S government has found that it is often subject to other domestic factors influencing its foreign policy in the 21st century and post - Cold War era. This is examined here by studying the case of NAFTA ratification and the proposal to expand NAFTA. While …
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Are Appropriators Actually Authorizers in Sheep's Clothing? A Case Study of the Policymaking Role of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
… that traced appropriators' interactions with the executive branch, focusing on a federal agency and its links with the appropriations subcommittees that have oversight and funding jurisdiction over the agency's programs. Specifically, the study analyzed the relationship between the House and …
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Madison, Hamilton, and Reagan: The Limits of Executive Power in Foreign Policy and the Reagan Intervention in Nicaragua
The distribution of power between the executive branch and the legislative branch in the realm of foreign policy is a delicate balance and one that has been debated since the Founding Fathers met in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787. The debate has gotten no less intense and no less crucial in the …
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The ban on reason: Gays in the military
… for dropping the ban involves bold and decisive executive branch leadership that must take into account anticipated problem areas of implementation.
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Parental Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Outcomes: A Study of Biological Mothers and their Children in Out-of-Home Placement in Allegheny County
… Youth and Families (CYF). CYF handles the executive branch child welfare responsibilities for Allegheny County, which includes the city of Pittsburgh, PA. The sample in this study included children who had been removed from the home for the first time in 2012, and was split by age, creating …
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Competências e amplitudes da atuação profissional do gestor público de carreira no poder executivo
… defined variables such as: skills, acting in the executive branch and the relationship with the Government schools and a descriptive analysis of the historical relevance of the public manager career, considering the skills and range of positions. Currently, the Brazilian society needs, …
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Reconciling the irreconcilable: Democracy and the National security exemption to the right to freedom of information
… the extent of power it affords the unaccountable executive branch of government over the control and dissemination of information in the arena of national security. More specifically, in the power it affords this branch to define national security. And further, in its failure to hold this branch …
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The Canadian Nondelegation Doctrine: An Architectural Imperative
Delegation of legislative authority to the executive branch is a dominant practice in the modern Canadian administrative state. This dissertation argues that such delegation is unconstitutional. The unwritten principles of democracy, the separation of powers, and the rule of law – all defining …
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Summary of Essays on the Constitutional Application of the 1996 CDA Section 230 and Separation of Powers
… to assess improper legislative delegation to the executive branch. Chapter 3 explores the idea of a Congressional response to Section 230 with a proposed new “must carry” statute for large social media platforms that bans all content moderation, uses federal preemption to occupy the regulatory …
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More than a ‘culture of justification': evaluating the content and importance of parliament's accountability and oversight functions in a time of state capture
… to ensure accountability and oversight of the Executive branch of government. As a result, the Executive was able to establish what has been called a culture of authority. The advent of the Constitution, which entrenches the rule of law, a separation of powers doctrine, and the principle of …
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Assessing the balance: Burkean frames and Lil' Bush
… some critiques of George W. Bush and the federal executive branch as a whole, it does not do so with enough gusto to catalyze hard-hitting satire. In fact, the show’s efforts are mostly comedic, in Burkean terms, and lend themselves more toward a happy romp than a scathing criticism. Since the …
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Assessing the balance: Burkean frames and Lil' Bush
… some critiques of George W. Bush and the federal executive branch as a whole, it does not do so with enough gusto to catalyze hard-hitting satire. In fact, the show’s efforts are mostly comedic, in Burkean terms, and lend themselves more toward a happy romp than a scathing criticism. Since the …
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S. John Davis: a thematic history of public education in Virginia as interpreted through the professional career of the sixteenth superintendent of public instruction
… superintendent. A review of the roles of the executive branch, the legislature, the board of education, the department of education, local school divisions, education interest groups, and the Constitution and Code of Virginia make up this aspect of the study. In the third component of analysis …
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