Monday, September 30, 2013

C2

Jobs that interest me:

  1. Online Guru- I would like this job because I am online often, so any ads or campaign content would definitely be posted.
  2. Print Media- This job would also suit me because I could showcase my creativity in writing to attract readers to the campaign.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

B9

Review question: What are two examples of an elastic clause?

Monday, September 16, 2013

B7

A. Types of Government

  1.      The advantages to a federal government are that it still allows state to to have power, and it allows for a system of checks and balances so there is no tyranny.
  2.      A unitary government would be better than a confederate government because a country would feel more united. The whole country would have to follow the same laws and there wouldn't be different laws in every state like in a confederate government. Overall, a unitary government would make a country more stable than a confederate government because there is only one central government controlling everything.
B. Distribution of Powers
  1.      An enumerated power of the national government is to coin and regulate the value of money. This should be left to the national government so that all states can have a common currency without being confused by different currency from every state.
  2.      The states have the power to give licenses so that they are easier to manage than having the national government regulate all of the licenses for people when they need them. It's easier to have the state deal with just the people in that state.
  3.      A concurrent power would be the power to tax. Both the state and national government have the power to do this so that they can raise money at both the national and local level.
C. McCulloch v. Maryland
  1.      "Supremacy of national government over the states." 
  2.      "National government has certain implied powers that go beyond its enumerated powers." The part of the Constitution important to this would be when it talks about congress having the power to make laws that are necessary, thus giving it implied powers. 
D. Constitutional Clauses
  1.     The full faith and credit clause is what allows public acts, records, and judicial proceedings to be valid in all states. An exemption to this would same-gender marriages; states are allowed to ignore them even if the couple was married in a state where it is legal.
  2.      The privileges and immunities clause is what allows citizens of one state to be allowed the same privileges and immunities as the citizens in the state they are visiting. One exception to this would be college tuition. If  student from one state goes to college in another state, they have to pay a higher tuition.



Sunday, September 15, 2013

B6

1.) In order for an amendment to be ratified, it must first be proposed. This can be done by Congress  having a 2/3 vote on it. After it is proposed it can then be ratified by  the State Legislatures where 3/4 of the states must vote on it.
2.) One informal method of changing the Constitution is judicial review. This gives the Supreme Court the power to interpret the Constitution anyway they want. Another method is through technology, over the years the use of more advanced technology has increased and has changed the constitution. Things like atomic warfare have increased the power that the executive branch can hold.
3.) Informal methods are used more often than formal amendment processes simply because it's quicker. It's easier to change with society than it is to go through the whole ratifying process, and the informal methods are not real amendments, just different interpretations.

Monday, September 9, 2013

B3

My amendment: The right for any man or woman coming from a foreign country to be granted full citizenship if they have lived in the country for more than ten years regardless of their background, unless said background involves criminal charges.

B2

1.) This is saying that if when the people want to break free of their ties to another country, they should state the reason or reasons why they want to be separate.

2.) The intended audience of this document is the king of England because T.J is talking about all the ways he has wronged the colonists. He wrote an entire document about wanting to separate to truly show the king that he didn't want to take anymore of his oppression, if he didn't write this document the king may not have paid him any attention.

3.) "He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands."  This is pretty much saying that the king would not allow or the population of the colonies to grow because naturalization was not allowed of foreigners, so migration was not encouraged.