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Leader for a nation
The president operates within a system of separate institutions that share power. Without congressional authorization and funding, most presidential proposals are nothing but ideas, empty of action. Theodore Roosevelt longed to "be the president and Congress, too" if only for a day, so that he would have the power to adopt as well as propose programs. Whether a president's initiatives are likely to succeed or fail depends on several factors, including the force of circumstance, the stage of the president's...
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Legal precedent
In recent years the judiciary has become an increasingly powerful policymaking body. Although judicial decisions are constrained by applicable constitutional law, statutory law, and precedent, the courts have considerable discretion in the way they interpret these laws, causing some people to question the judiciary's proper role in a democracy. This episode probes contemporary questions regarding the federal judiciary including the debate surrounding originalism, textualism, judicial review, and...
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Pressure politics
Alexis de Tocqueville observed in 1834, "that no country of the world have the principles of association been more successfully used or applied to a greater multitude of objectives than in America." The French traveler was amazed as the degree to which Americans formed groups to solve civic problems, establish social relations, and speak for their economic or political interests. The structure of the American government invites the participation of interests groups. The system has many points of...
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Rights of the accused
The United States has one of the highest violent crime rates in the world. It is not surprising, therefore, that many citizens have extremely strong opinions about the rights of those accused of criminal offenses. When an accused person is set free because of an apparent legal technicality, some people feel that the rights of the accused are being given more weight than the rights of society and victims of crime. The courts and the police must constantly engage in a balancing act of competing rights....
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The federal workplace
Modern government would be impossible without a bureaucracy. The government's enormous administrative capacity makes it possible for the United States to have such ambitious programs as social security, environmental protection, interstate highways, and the postal service. In fact, it's the only practical way of organizing large-scale government programs. Yet the bureaucracy is also a problem. Even those who work in federal agencies bemoan its rigidity and costliness. Today's civil servants, governed...
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Campaign trail
Today, party organizations are alive and well in America, but they are no longer the driving force in contemporary campaigns. Much of what transpires is more accurately described as candidate-centered politics in which office seekers raise their own funds, form their own campaign organizations, and choose the issues on which they will run. This episode looks at organizing and financing campaigns through the eyes of candidates, strategists, managers and critics
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Backflash
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Whipped
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't is bijna kerstfeest
Zeven Disney-animatiefilms met als thema winter en kerstfeest. Vanaf ca. 6 jaar
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The signalman
Een reiziger kan een seinwachter er niet van overtuigen dat er voor de vreemde dingen die hij ziet en hoort een verklaring moet zijn
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A farewell to arms
Verfilming van Hemingway's roman over een uitzichtloze liefdesrelatie in Wereldoorlog I tussen een Amerikaanse soldaat en een Engelse verpleegster
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The picture of Dorian Gray
Een jongeman behoudt een stralend jeugdig uiterlijk terwijl zijn portret steeds meer de sporen van zijn perverse leven gaat vertonen.
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Joseph Leo Mankiewicz Cleopatra
Dramatisering van de lotgevallen van de Egyptische koningin Cleopatra, die zowel Caesar als Marcus Antonius voor zich wist te winnen
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Partners in action
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Doctor Zhivago
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La vie du chateau
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Europa
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