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Obama's presidency 2008-2016 
The Affordable Care Act
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2012 National federation v Sebelius- Allowed Congress to carry out laws for Obamacare provisions as it was a 'tax' not a penalty so fell under article 1 section 8 'to lay and collect taxes'
(5-4 decision) 2015 Hobby Lobby v Sebelius restricted the ACA, removing the 'contraceptive mandate' and allowing companies to not include contraceptives in health insurance (owners of Hobby Lobby Evangelical Christians)
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Acts as chief executive- Obama installed new FBI director James Comey 2013-2017 who was then fired by Trump after he supervised the investigation into Russia's involvement in the 2016 election
In 2016 Obama's vetoed JASTA- the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act which allowed those affected by 9/11 to sue Saudi Arabia.
This was overridden 99-1 in the Senate and 348-77 in the House.
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Specific cabinet councils to avoid calling whole meeting- Obama had the National Economic Council, Domestic Policy council and NSC
Reduced the size of the federal bureacuracy- in the 20th century it grew to include 15 offices but Obama reduced it to 10 in his first term (still 10 now)
When asked if his daughters should benefit from AA, Obama said "They should probably be treated by any admissions officer as folks who are pretty advantaged"
Immigration
Obama opened national campaign to galvanise legal residents to apply for naturalisation, also $10m in grants to groups guiding immigrants through naturalisation process
DACA AND DAPA
DACA is Deferred action for childhood arrivals, a federal government program allowing people brought to the US illegally as children the temporary right to live, study and work in America.
1.2 million were eligible, but DACA only temporarily removed the threat of deportation
In 2014 Obama expanded DACA and added DAPA (deferred action for the parents of minors) which had 3.6ml eligible (3x as many as dapa)
Immediately challenged in United States v Texas where 24 states holding 46% of eligible opposed, blocking DAPA
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Obama tried to show he could be trusted with immigration to gain votes, however he deported more than Bush and increased border control/spending by 15 million (coining the nickname 'deporter in chief')
DREAM act
The DREAM Act (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act) was a bill in Congress that would have granted legal status to certain undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children and went to school here
June 2012, President Barack Obama announced that his administration would stop deporting undocumented immigrants who match certain criteria included in the proposed DREAM Act
Because DACA was designed in large measure to address the immigration status of the same people as the DREAM Act, the two programs are often debated together, with some making little distinction between them- mostly executive action vs legislative approach
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Healthcare
Medicaid
Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that helps with medical costs for some people with limited income and resources- the largest source of funding for medical and health-related services for people with low income in the United States, providing free health insurance to 74 million low-income and disabled people
ACA would have revised and expanded Medicaid eligibility starting in 2014 so states that wished to participate in the Medicaid program would be required to allow people with income up to 133% of the poverty line to qualify for coverage
Supreme Court ruled in NFIB v. Sebelius that this provision of the ACA was coercive, and that the federal government must allow states to continue at pre-ACA levels of funding and eligibility if they chose. Several states have opted to reject the expanded Medicaid coverage provided for by the act; over half of the nation's uninsured live in those states. These include Texas and Florida
Some poor enough to qualify for Medicaid, paid for by state and federal governments. Those who are older than 65 receive Medicare.
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Outsider president- name recognition was built by Obama in 2008 with his books 'The audacity of hope' and 'Dreams of my father', helped by Biden around pitfalls of Washington politics
The invisible primary polls do not always predict winners- 2008 Hillary was predicted 40% and Barack Obama 38% for the democratic nomination.
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2008 primary turnout 30% as USA engaged in 2 wars, a recession, and rising unemployment and contest was between first female president and first black president
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Amplification is intensifying feelings through specified media coverage, like in 2008 with FOX's obsession over Obama's birth country being Kenya not America
Sound bites- Mitt Romney to Obama in 2012 debate "Mr President, you're entitled to your own airplane and your own house, but not your own facts"
Obama nominated Merrick Garland to replace Antonin Scalia after his death in Feb 2016, Republican controlled Senate refused to vote
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Check on judiciary of publicly disapproving of actions- 2010 Obama disapproved of the ruling on Citizens United v Federal election commission
2010 NewSTART was a treaty negotiated between Obama and Medvedev, reducing missile launchers by half for both (Strategic arms reduction treaty)