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Question 1

what are the difference between political executives (aka political appointees) versus career civil servants?

Question 2

political executives (aka political appointees)

Question 3

career civil servants

Question 4

what are executive orders?

Question 5

Why would a president issue an executive order?

Question 6

what role does the president play in influencing the judiciary?

Question 7

what role does the president play in influencing the Federal Reserve Board (the Fed)?

Question 8

executive agreements versus treaties?

Question 9

what are models of presidential greatness?

Question 10

modern presidents manage a gigantic administrative state. What powers do presidents have to
manage it? What are the limits on their ability to control the bureaucracy?

Question 11

what are the differences between fiscal and monetary policy?

Question 12

To what extent can the president
influence either fiscal or monetary policy? What are the president’s limitations in each?

Question 13

The Constitution lodges the power to declare war with the Congress. Yet since World War II the
President has been the main actor in US foreign affairs. What advantages do modern presidents
have over Congress that allows them to dominate US foreign policy?