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U.S. GOVERNMENT/POLITICS

U.S. GOVERNMENT/POLITICS. EXECUTIVE BRANCH ____________ THE LAW. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH __________ THE LAW. THE JUDICIAL BRANCH ___________’s THE LAW. POLITICAL AFFILIATION TENDENCIES WHO TENDS TO BE LIBERAL / CONSERVATIVE ?. Race Gender Age Economic Status Education

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U.S. GOVERNMENT/POLITICS

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  1. U.S. GOVERNMENT/POLITICS EXECUTIVE BRANCH ____________ THE LAW LEGISLATIVE BRANCH __________ THE LAW

  2. THE JUDICIAL BRANCH ___________’s THE LAW

  3. POLITICAL AFFILIATION TENDENCIESWHO TENDS TO BE LIBERAL / CONSERVATIVE? • Race • Gender • Age • Economic Status • Education • Urban / Suburban • Religious / Non religious • Protestant, Catholic, Jewish • Geographical Region (Northeast, South, West, Midwest, Southwest) • Profession (Blue Collar / White Collar) How did you base your reasoning for determining the tendencies?

  4. Political “HANDPRINT” • Trace your hand on a piece card stock • Identify the 5 biggest factors in your ‘political socialization.’ One for each finger. • In the palm of your hand, identify your label on the political spectrum (i.e. – liberal – statist) • Cut out your hand print • 3 Awards for EC – Most Informative, Most Attractive, Most Creative

  5. What are the expressed powers of the Legislative Branch?Article 1, Section 8 – U.S. CONSTITUTION • 1. • 2. • 3. • 4. • 5. • 6. • 7. • 8. • 9. • 10. • 11. • 12. • 13. • 14. • 15. • 16. • 17. • 18.

  6. Step #1 - PROPOSED BY EITHER HOUSE Step # 2 – 2/3 VOTE FROM EACH HOUSE TO PASS Step #3 - MAJORITY VOTE IN ¾ OF STATES(38 / 50) Step #4 - AMENDMENT IS RATIFIED FORMAL AMENDMENT PROCESS**Changing the Constitution is a different process than making a bill into law**The amendment process is a great example of what principle of the Constitution?

  7. FORMAL AMENDMENTSThe Bill of RightsWhy are the Bill of Rights ‘additions’ to the Constitution? • 1. • 2. • 3. • 4. • 5. • 6. • 7. • 8. • 9. • 10.

  8. 11 – Federal cases in State Courts 12 – 13 – 15 CIVIL WAR Abolish slavery 14 15 All males 21 over vote 16 – 19 PROGRESSIVE ERA 16 17. 18. Prohibition 19. 20 – 22 FDR AMENDMENTS 20 21 Repeal Prohibition 22 23 – 26 CIVIL RIGHTS/VIETNAM 23 24 25 Pres. Succession 26 27 – Congressional Pay FORMAL AMENDMENTS1 – 10 – The Bill of Rights

  9. 112TH CONGRESSRECENTLY PROPOSED AMENDMENTS • Repeal of the following amendments: • Amendment 16 – Federal Income Tax • Amendment 22 – Presidential Term Limits • Addition to Amendment 26 – Right to register to vote ON Election Day • Right to health care of equal and high quality • Right to public education of equal and high value • Definition of parental rights

  10. INFORMAL AMENDMENTSChanges / Additions to the Constitution that are NOT ____________ Necessary and Proper Clause (Elastic Clause)ARTICLE 1, SECTION 8, CLAUSE 18 • Current issues regulated by Congress because of the Elastic Clause: • Universal Health Care • Education (No Child Left Behind) • Same Sex Marriage (DOMA)

  11. Article II, Section 1 – “The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America”

  12. What are the expressed powers of the Executive Branch? • 1. • 2. • 3. • 4. • 5. • 6. • 7. • 8. • 9. • 10. What are some powers of the Executive Branch that might be ‘implied’/ informal

  13. What are the expressed powers of the Executive Branch? • “Command in Chief of the Army and Navy…” • “…May acquire the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in each of the Executive Departments…” • “Power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in…” • “With consent of the Senate…to make treaties” • “Shall nominate… with consent of Senate…” • “to fill up all vacancies during recess of the Senate” • “time to time give Congress…the State of the Union” • “on extraordinary occasions convene both houses” • “receive ambassadors” • “take care that laws be faithfully executed” • “commission officers” List some powers of the Executive Branch that might be ‘implied’/ informal

  14. “The Executive Branch is the federal government’s LARGEST functioning bureaucracy”

  15. EXECUTIVE POWER 3 types of expanded presidential power not expressed in the Constitution; therefore are _______ AMENDMENTS • Executive Order – Using the military to enforce lawwithin your country OR creating law by enforcing the law • EXECUTIVE ACTION – President’s power to authorize military action without declaration of war (War Powers Act – Vietnam) • Every military conflict since ______________ • Executive Agreement – President’s power to make diplomacy (treaties) without _______ approval

  16. NON – EXECUTIVE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT Legislative Powers 1. 2. Judicial Powers 1. 2.

  17. Top row (l to r) –Sotomayor(Obama), Breyer (Clinton), Alito (Bush), Kagan (Obama) Bottom (l to r) – Thomas (H.W Bush), Scalia (H.W.), Roberts **(Bush), Kennedy (Reagan), Ginsburg (Clinton)

  18. SUPREMACY CLAUSE • Can a state government give you MORE rights than your federal government? Can they give you LESS? The Supremacy Clause states that the Constitution is the _______________ law of the land • _______ law can NOT violate _______ law • States can give you ______ rights but not ______ rights, as long as it does not violate the __________. Ex. – School Drug Testing, Equal Rights, Clean Air Act

  19. “Strict Interpretations” “Judicial Restraint” – only judge based on what the law says a previous court’s judgment holds a heavy influence “UMPIRE / REF” “Loose Interpretations” “Romantic Judges” – judge with incorporating feelings, public opinion, and possible consequence of the law Legislating from the Bench – a loose inter. can make a change in the law “COMMISSIONER” TYPES OF JUDGMENTS

  20. Dred Scott v. Sanford “In the opinion of the court, the legislation and histories of the times, and the language used in the Declaration of Independence, show that neither the class of persons who had been imported as slaves nor their descendants…were then acknowledged as a part of the people, nor intended to be included in the general words used in that memorable instrument.” Roe v. Wade The Court held that a woman's right to an abortion fell within the right to privacy protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision gave a woman total autonomy over the pregnancy during the first trimester and defined different levels of state interest for the second and third trimesters. As a result, the laws of 46 states were affected by the Court's ruling. TYPES OF JUDGES

  21. TICKET OUT… • DO ONE 5 LINE RESPONSE: • #1 - Identify one connection b/w the issue and the formal amendment process. Explain. • #2 – Identify one connection b/w the issue and informal amendment process. Explain • #3 – Use the Constitution to explain how an issue in the article could be considered unconstitutional. Have textual evidence! • #4 – Give two reasons why the issue is an example of the success or failure of the principle of FEDERALISM.

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