partial repeat of friday....
upper house/lower house unequal in power, upper house is not directly elected
german is the first federal system that we're looking at
the constitutional court is called the Federal Constitutional Court
articles 9 (deals with anti-system individuals and associations) and 21 (targets anti-system political parties) are important, none of the previous that seek to abolish or impair the democratic order/system
knocked out communists and reformed nazi party
FCC is only entity that can ban political parties
also called on to decide reproductive rights

main parties:
	greens
	new left (includes pds) - socialists repackaged to be acceptable
	SPD - socialist party
	CDU/CSU - christian democratic
	FDP

constitution called "basic law"
often get temporary unions of parties for win (grand coalition)
leaders in postwar germany - issues of finding people, most were killed or converted
	conrad adenauer, 1949
		big city politician during interwar period
		considered untainted by nazi rule - spent nazi period in seclusion
		center right agenda, christian democrats
		big about welfare state
		reestablish relations, within europe, and transatlantic, reestablish trust with europe and US
		allowed to start rebuilding army
		berlin wall being built toward the end of his tenure
	Erhard, 1963
	Kiesinger, 1966
	Brandt, 1969
		with socialists, center right
		considered untainted by nazis, because lived in norway and had norwegian citizenship
		supported ostpolitik, open politics
		signs agreements with USSR to resolve issues peacefully
		win nobel peace prize in 1971
		openness toward east was his downfall, spy in his office, security breach
	Schmidt, 1974
		son of a half-jewish school teacher, fought on german side in WWII
		was also a POW under british
		considered OK as far as nazi ties
		aggressive with defense policy
		militaristic
		escalates with soviets
	Kohl, 1982, 1990
		marks end of nazi question in german leadership, no longer have to worry
		lots of enthusiasm for reunification, but very costly
		speeds toward end of cold war
		serious economic issues, employment, no rebuilding occurred in the east
		lots of people lose jobs, significant unemployment in east
		corruption scandals
	Schroder, 1998
		socialist
		refers to socialism as new center "third way"
		centrists
		continued challenges of reunification
	Merkel, 2005