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Baker Center Journal of Applied Public Policy, Vol. III No. I University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Baker Center: Publications and Other Works Baker Center for Public Policy Summer 2010 Baker Center Journal of Applied Public Policy, Vol. III No. I Howard H. Baker Jr. Jesse O. Hale Jr. Bruce Tonn Amy Gibson Stephanie Smith See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_bakecentpubs Recommended Citation Baker, Howard H. Jr.; Hale, Jesse O. Jr.; Tonn, Bruce; Gibson, Amy; Smith, Stephanie; Tuck, Rachel; Mirvis, David M.; Manayeva, Natalie; Yuran, Dzmitry; Fitzgerald, Michael R.; and Reynolds, Glenn Harlan, "Baker Center Journal of Applied Public Policy, Vol. III No. I" (2010). Baker Center: Publications and Other Works. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_bakecentpubs/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Baker Center for Public Policy at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Baker Center: Publications and Other Works by an authorized administrator of TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Authors Howard H. Baker Jr., Jesse O. Hale Jr., Bruce Tonn, Amy Gibson, Stephanie Smith, Rachel Tuck, David M. Mirvis, Natalie Manayeva, Dzmitry Yuran, Michael R. Fitzgerald, and Glenn Harlan Reynolds This article is available at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange: https://trace.tennessee.edu/ utk_bakecentpubs/3 vol. 1ii no. 1 1ii no. vol. BAKER CENTER JOURNAL OF APPLIED BAKER CENTER JOURNAL OF APPLIED PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC APPLIED OF JOURNAL CENTER BAKER PUBLIC POLICY Published by Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee Knoxville SELECTED ARTICLES Introduction ...................................................................................................................1 Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr. Reining in Renegade Presidential Electors: A Uniform State Approach ....................................................................................................2 Jesse O. Hale Jr. U.S. Attitudes and Perspectives on National Energy Policy ..................................................................................... 11 Br u c e To n n Amy Gibson Stephanie Smith Rachel Tuck Health as an Economic Engine: Public Policy Implications .................................................................................................... 30 David M. Mirvis Research Note: A Comparative Study of Images Created by Press Coverage of the United States and the Republic of Belarus ................................................................ 46 Natalie Manayeva Dzmitry Yuran Michael R. Fitzgerald Book Review: The Terrorized Presidency ..................................................................... 55 Glenn Harlan Reynolds Fall 2010 Fall STUDENT SYMPOSIUM on National Security ...................................................... 59 POLICY CONFERENCE-WORKSHOP REPORTS Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy Formulation of a Bipartisan Energy and Climate Policy: Toward an Open and Transparent Process ....................................................................... 168 The University of Tennessee • 1640 Cumberland Avenue • Knoxville, TN 37996-3340 865-974-0931 • 865-974-8777 (fax) • www.bakercenter.utk.edu • e-mail: [email protected] Five Public Policy Ideas for Building Obama’s New Economy .............. 192 BAKER CENTER JOURNAL OF APPLIED pu Blic policY vol. 1ii no. 1 | Summer 2010 Journal Advisory Board Hon. Howard H. Baker, Jr. Formerly of the United States Senate Hon. Bob Clement Formerly of United States House of Representatives Dr. Joseph Cooper Department of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University Hon. Emily Reynolds Formerly the Secretary of the United States Senate Glenn Harlan Reynolds College of Law, University of Tennessee, Knoxville John Seigenthaler First Amendment Center, Vanderbilt University Editorial Board Research Editors Elizabeth Wilson Vaughan Sarah Bounse Editor-in-Chief Christian Cooper Bradford Vaughan Michael Lumley Managing Editor Amit Patel Grant Lewallen Jennifer Miller Eric Seifert Tom Whitworth Staff Editors Anne Buckle Jason Hinson Emily Shultz Michael Beehan Christopher Horner Benjamin Signer Sabrina Carlson Alan Jackson Todd Skelton Matthew Carrier Eric Mauldin Noah Soltau Ryan Connor Craig Meredith Steven Stuart Michelle Consiglio Jennifer Milam Ashley Sudberry Stephen Esposito Thomas Mmbaga Scott Wofford John Evans Maria Rahman Apri l You ng Andrew Gossett Kevin Rayburn i TheBaker Center Journal of Applied Public Policy is published semiannually by the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Manuscript submission, books for review, and any correspondence regarding this journal should be addressed to Editorial Office, Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, 1640 Cumbreland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996-3340 (telephone: 865-974-0931, fax: 865-974-8777, e-mail: [email protected], web site: www. bakercenter.utk.edu). The vision of the Baker Center Journal of Applied Public Policy is to provide public officials, policymakers, political activists, scholars, and citizens with forward-looking commentary and research on matters of public policy. The journal will focus on pragmatic, rather than theoretical, analysis of issues that are regional, national, and international in scope. The Baker Center Journal of Applied Public Policy will publish articles, essays, and book reviews semiannually with direction provided by a national advisory board made up of distinguished scholars and public-policy leaders. The journal’s editorial board comprises preeminent faculty members, practitioners, and graduate students in law and political science as well as from selected undergraduate members of the university’s Baker Scholars honor society. Submission Requirements The Baker Center Journal of Applied Public Policy seeks manuscripts that explore topics across the policy spectrum. We generally seek manuscripts that are between 10 and 30 double-spaced typewritten pages, including endnotes. The Baker Center Journal of Applied Public Policy accepts articles electronically or in hard-copy format with a diskette or CD-ROM included. Manuscripts may be mailed to the Baker Center or they may be e-mailed to the editorial staff ta [email protected] with “Journal Article” in the subject line. All submitted manuscripts should be double spaced in a 12-point font with 1-inch margins and saved in MS Word or a text format. The journal will publish articles that contain endnotes in accordance with either APA style or with the 18th edition of The Bluebook. However, all articles that focus primarily on legal issues should contain endnotes in accordance with The Bluebook. Thank you for your interest. Please direct any questions to Dr. Nissa Dahlin-Brown, Associate Director, at [email protected]. Baker Center Journal of Applied Public Policy Published by the UNIVERsiTY of TENNESSEE Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy vol. 1ii no. 1 fall 2010 Copyright © 2010 by the UNIversITY OF TENNessee The UNIVERSITY OF TENENSSEE is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA institution in the provision of its education and employment programs and services. PA #R01-0130-010-001-09. ii University Administration Dr. Jan F. Simek Interim President Dr. Jimmy G. Cheek Chancellor Dr. Susan D. Martin Provost Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy Carl A. Pierce Director Journal Advisor Dr. Nissa Dahlin-Brown Associate Director Journal Production Manager Dr. Michael R. Fitzgerald Fellow and Director of Governance Studies Journal Editor Betsy Rhea Harrell Journal Production Assistant iii Introduction to the BAKER CENTER JOURNAL FOR APPLIED PUBLic POLicY, VOLUME 3 elcome to the third issue of the Baker Center Journal for Applied Public WPolicy. I am pleased that this issue, as its predecessors, evidences the vibrancy of the Baker Center’s governance and public policy programs and makes a contribution to our collective understanding about a variety of policy issues currently being discussed in America. Relating to our system of governance, Jess Hale Jr. examines a proposal for a uniform state approach to reining in renegade presidential electors and Professor Glenn Reynolds reviews Jack Goldsmith’s book The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration. Relating to media and foreign affairs and the role of the media in political life, Dr. Mike Fitzgerald and two of his students provide us with “A Compara- tive Study of Images Created by Press Coverage of the United States and the Republic of Belarus.” Relating to health policy, Dr. David Mirvis, recently appointed as a Senior Fellow for Health Policy at the Center, explores the public policy implications of viewing health as an engine of economic growth. Relating to energy and environmental policy, Drs. Bruce Tonn and Amy Gibson and Baker Scholars Stephanie Smith and Rachel Tuck explore U.S. Attitudes and Perspectives on National Energy Policy. I am also very pleased that this issue includes a report of an excellent conference – “Formulation of a Bipartisan Energy and Climate Policy: Toward and Open and Transparent Process “- that was co-sponsored by the Baker Center and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. This issue also includes the result of another successful collaboration between the Baker and Wilson Centers that focused on “Five Public Policy Ideas for Building Obama’s
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