Political Science 3300     
The American Presidency       Monday, August 18, 2008

 

Syllabus

 

Survey

 

 

 

I. An executive for the new Iraqi Constitution

 

Imagine you have been hired as an advisor to the authors of a new Iraqi constitution?,
 

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    What would you tell them to remember about designing the executive?
 

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    What would they tell you they would worry about in designing the executive?

 

 

 

II. The Presidency in the U.S. Constitution

 

1. James Madison:
  
   

a. What did Madison want? 

   

b.  How a professional political strategist prepares for a constitutional convention

 

  

 c. Madison's blueprint for fixing America's political problems

        - extensive national sovereignty

 

        - a national veto over state laws

 

        - representation in Congress based on population

 

        - the executive: an afterthought