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Session 12

__ **12.1: Respond to the statement below** __ Copy and paste the following in your virtual notebook. //“You have been elected the new Mayor of Malden. Before leaving office, the old mayor gave jobs to several of his political friends but the paperwork hasn’t made it to the personnel office yet.// Share your answers with a partner. Add these to your notebook in a different color/font
 * A.** Should you 1) honor the jobs promised by the old mayor, or 2) cancel the jobs since they aren’t “officially” in the system yet?
 * B.** What are the possible negatives to denying these people their jobs? What are the possible positives to allowing them to take these jobs?
 * C.** Would it make a difference if the perspective employees had worked against you in the mayoral elections?

A. I wouldn't cancel the jobs right away, I would want to see if they had the experience and the people for the jobs before I would let actually get the job. I don't know " the people" therefore they could be a really good suit for the job, or they would be the worse decession. I would let them take a shot at it, just because you know people doesn't mean you quailfy for the position he got you, when there could be better candidates for the position. I can find them a different job, if it doesn't work out.

B. If I deny giving them the job, I could have just made my enemies, and god knows what could start. The fact of me being such an important figure they could take anything and run with it, and cause a debate and they could try to get rid of me or loose their vote for re-run.

C. It depends on many things if they work against me. They could go back to the original Mayor and start things which could lead to a bigger problem because he was in the office before me he might have leeway with the city board verses what I could do or say.

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o ** Predict ** how the government would be different today if the Supreme Court had not given itself the power of judicial review in //Marbury v. Madison//. post your responses on to your virtual notebook.

I think that the Supreme Court would favor Madison. One because it wasn't his responsibility to deliver and the previous president promised hima new job, and screwed it up when he had the chance to get him one and he didn't.