Objective:
Warm-up:
- Of the tools at his disposal, what is the most effective check the President has on the bureaucracy? Explain. Congress? The Judiciary?
- How does the federal bureaucracy fit with our class definition of “bureaucracy?”
- What generalizations can you make about the federal bureaucracy?
- Why is the federal bureaucracy often referred to as “the fourth branch?”
- Some critics believe that the real power in the federal government lies with the federal bureaucracy. To what extent do you believe this is true?