The federal bureacracy is set up in a "pyramid" style with a Presidential cabinet member representing 15 executive branches (i.e. Department of Justice). Each secretary/cabinet member is appointed by the President and approved by the Senate. Underneath each cabinet member is the undersecretary of the department who is not confirmed by the Senate.
Underneath each undersecretary is the personnel of the Senior Executive Service consisting of appointees and non-appointees that implement White House policy goals.
Finally, each department is broken down into smaller bureaus or offices like the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI; in the Department of Justice) or the Internal Revenue Service (IRS; in the Department of the Treasury).
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Explain the importance of two of the following court cases:
- Bush v. Gore
- Engel v. Vitale
- Schenck v. U.S.
- U.C. Regents v. Bakke