BR- 4/7/14

1. Should have a job
2. Should be drug-free
3. Should be able to pass drug screenings if necessary

BR-3/27/14

   I think that Justices do not need to serve life terms because it could be stressful to them and they could not perform to their full potential. I also think that the American people should vote on Justices so that way they can voice their opinion on that  particular body of our nations government. If the people get to vote on Supreme Court Justices, they will voice their votes and get their opinion across on the situation at hand. On another note, the Justices in the Supreme Court shouldn't have to serve life terms because they also have their retirement to look ahead to. I mean sure they can retire when they want, but it would be helpful to them to not have to do life at one job.

Notes

Dr. King: "Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless."
1870s to 1950s no meaningful legislation passed on civil rights
Civil rights Act of 1964: 1. Voting provisions
                                        2. public services could no longer deny access
                                        3. Federal funding could not discriminate
                                        4. employers or labor unions
Civil rights act of 1968: "open housing act"
Title IX: forbids discrimination on the basis of gender
Affirmative action:
 Requires employers to take positive steps to fix the affects of past discrimination
 Employers must meet quotas for minority groups/genders

Many argue this results in reverse discrimination: Discrimination against the majority

"Color Blind"
The Bakke Case: Sued University of California
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor predicts in 25 years the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary

Sec. 4: Citizenship and Immigration
An American citizen is a person that swears allegiance to the U.S.
Citizenship not important in 1860's
14th Amendment (1868)
Citizenship by birth

Naturalization: Legal process when someone can become a citizen to another country
Congress wrote laws on citizenship
Collective naturalization: when an entire group is granted citizenship through en masse.

Expatriation: abandoning your citizenship
Illegal for Congress to take away citizenship
denaturalization: when someone loses their citizenship
Marriage doesn't make you a citizen, just shortens the naturalization process

Immigration: 270,000 immigrants allowed into the US every year
Immigration act of 1990 allows 675,000 immigrants into the US each year and is similar to the old immigration act.
Some people are denied access to the country
Deportation: legal process by which aliens are required to leave the country
Biggest reason for deportation: Conviction of a serious crime

BR-4/8/14

This article is about how President Obama is trying to strengthen the equal pay protection. Although it will only protect federal jobs, it is a good thing for the nation.

citizenship test

Your score: 96 %

Discrimination picture

1. What's going on in the picture?  Japanese Americans are being held in internment camps during WWII after the Pearl Harbor bombing.
2. What is happening in America at the time? WWII
3. What do the people's faces reflect? They are scared and angry.
4. Give an example of how this might happen today. If America was attacked by another Asian country.

BR-4/2/14

I think the hardest part will be not talking for two of the groups and asking for permission for the other. I also think that doing everything together is going to be hard for the other group

BR-4/1/14

1. No
2. No I don't think it will make a difference

BR-3/31/14

I don't think that racism is a big issue anymore in 2014. Racism is an issue that needs to stay in the past and not be brought up ever again. Racism is an issue that doesn't need publicized or brought back to media attention.

Supreme Court cases

1.Religion: Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (2012):

This case was brought up due to federal discrimination. This organization thought it was being discriminated against because they weren't able to hire religious leaders due to some of their backgrounds. The Supreme Court heard this case and gave the church and school the right to be an equal opportunity employer.

2. Minority: Shelby County v. Holder (2013):

In a 5-4 decision authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that determines which jurisdictions have to preclear any voting changes with the federal government. The decision in Shelby County v. Holder effectively ended the use of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act which requires any changes to voting rules in covered states and jurisdictions to be approved by the U.S. Justice Department before they can go into effect.

3. School System: Safford Unified School District v. Redding (2008):

Savana Redding, an eighth grader at Safford Middle School, was strip-searched by school officials on the basis of a tip by another student that Ms. Redding might have ibuprofen on her person in violation of school policy. Ms. Redding subsequently filed suit against the school district and the school officials responsible for the search in the District Court for the District of Arizona. She alleged her Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable search and seizure was violated. The district court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment and dismissed the case. On the initial appeal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed. However, on rehearing before the entire court, the court of appeals held that Ms. Redding's Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable search and seizure was violated. It reasoned that the strip search was not justified nor was the scope of intrusion reasonably related to the circumstances.

notes-3/20/14

Inferior Courts:

• District Court is a federal trial court
• 94 district courts
• FISA deals with terrorism
• Alien Terrorist Remove Court
• District hears civil and criminal cases
• Most decisions in district courts are final
• a few go to higher courts
• Court of Appeals deals with all cases that have been appealed to the Supreme Court
• Court of International Trade deals with civil cases with customs
• 9 judges

BR-3/20/14

I agree with Judicial Activism

BR-3/19/14

1. My opinion is that is was a very suspicious disappearance.
2. I think it should be

BR-3/18/14

1. Russia is trying to annex Crimea and make it part of the country
2. Yes I do

Campaign Ads

Clinton vs. Bush vs. Perot

1. The people.
2. Positive
3. Yes
4. No one else would use this method
5. No

Bush vs. Kerry

1. The people
2. Positive
3. Yes
4. Possibly
5. Maybe


Obama vs. Romney
1. Mitt Romney
2. Negative
3. No
4. Possibly
5. Yes

BR-3/11/14

1. Yes they should
2. Yes

BR-3/10/14

1. I believe that the budget is important
2. The wealthy

War Powers

1. Start raising taxes on alcohol and tobacco products and pay from T-notes to repay the population.
2.  Raise a draft for the armed forces if necessary and also hire a mercenary force.
3. We will use carrier pigeons to deliver mail to the soldiers.
4. We will propose a new treaty with Buckhannon to keep up funds and military support.

Notes for 3/6/14

1.  President is selected by electoral college
2. First tie for presidential election
3. 12th amendment separated elections



Notes for 3/7/14

1. National conventions are when each party reveal their candidate for the presidency
2. Party primaries select the nominee for president
3. Delegate selection is winner take all
4. Caucuses gather delegates for the national convention
5. National convention schedule is tight and precise
6. Senate used to be springboard to presidency

BR-3/5/14

Chain of Succession:
1. Vice President
2. Speaker of the House
3. President pro tempore
4. Secretary of State
5. Secretary of the Treasury
6. Secretary of Defense
7. Attorney General
8. Secretary of Agriculture

BR-2/28/14

1. Yes it does
2. No
3. It might

BR-2/27/14

1. Yes they are
2. Yes they should because the university makes money from them so the players should get a cut of that as pay

BR-2/10/14

I will be representing the state of Texas on the issue of immigrant education and naturalization. Naturalization is when an immigrant becomes a citizen to another country.

BR-2/7/14

Im not sure what I would write it about

BR-2/5/14

Yes because they set the mandates for everything that people can buy

BR-2/4/14

1. Yes it is
2. They could bring to someone attention

BR-1/31/14

No I wouldn't because it would not go over well with many people

BR-1/30/14

1. No it wouldn't
2. No honestly I couldn't
3. I find these stories kind of sad because they aren't used to snow

Outline

The Senate
The Upper House of Congress
Intended to not be bound totally by popular opinion
Represent  entire state                              
A continuous body:      never a time in which all seats are up for election at once                                                                       
Term Length:   6 years                                
Term Limit:     none                                 

Originally elected by      state legislatures                                      

17 Amendment changed procedures to election by voters.

Before this amendment the Senate was nicknamed the   millionaire's club                                  due too the purchasing of seats.

Only one senator for each state is elected at any given election

Exceptions    death and retirement                                    

Formal

1.  30 years of age
2.  U.S. citizen for 9 years
3.  inhabitant of state

Informal

1. fundraising ability

Other Senators can exclude a member with a majority vote

This has been done on   3       occasions

Senators  have the power to punish their colleagues for disorderly conduct

With a             2/3 majority        vote the senate can expel one of its members

This has been done   15           times

1. Gerrymandering
2. how to draw districts
3. why districts are gerrymandered
4. how the independents work
5. how the off-year elections work

BR-1/15/14

won jeopardy

BR-1/14/14

1. Rockefeller and Manchin
2. Mary Poling

BR-1/13/14

No, I think West Virginia should be represented positively instead of being bashed all the time. I think it's sickening how people bash on West Virginia because we're a poor state.

BR-1/9/14

1. The doctors, family and lawyers
2. I'd handle it by letting them stay on the machines to keep them alive