This is an opinion article from the Washington Post. Yesterday, the Senate killed a bill requiring universal background checks for the purchase of fire arms. Many Americans were disappointed in the Senate's decision, read about how different people exercised their right to freedom of speech.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-on-gun-control-courage-in-short-supply/2013/04/17/d1dee8c2-a7ae-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html?wpmk=MK0000200
1. What are two examples of rights guaranteed in the first amendment either demonstrated or described by this article
2. What is one case in this article where a person or people did exercise their right to free speech and then was punish for it? Do you think that law enforcement has the power to do what they did?
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Sunday, March 17, 2013
H6
a) Judicial Review is the ability to review the actions by the executive and legislative branch and decide whether or not they are constitutional. This includes laws.
b) Judicial Review gives the SC the power to overturn actions or laws, and therefore creates a check over the other two branches. The president cannot do whatever he likes because there is a court who will review his actions (i.e. executive orders). The same applies to Congress, they could not join up with the president and create a crazy law because the Supreme Court could overturn it.
c) Four justices must agree to hear the case and they issue a writ of certorari.
b) Judicial Review gives the SC the power to overturn actions or laws, and therefore creates a check over the other two branches. The president cannot do whatever he likes because there is a court who will review his actions (i.e. executive orders). The same applies to Congress, they could not join up with the president and create a crazy law because the Supreme Court could overturn it.
c) Four justices must agree to hear the case and they issue a writ of certorari.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
H3
1
a) Race or Sex, Age, and Political Ideology
b) Race or Sex provides diversity for the Supreme Court. The Court, in order to be representative of the people of America, need to be an accurate mirror of the citizens. Age is important for two reasons: the first is that with age comes experience, and with the experience one can predict how a judge may vote in the future. The second is that you do not want a very very old judge who is about to die. Political Ideology is taken into account for nomination because the President wants a judge who will vote in line with his ideology. It also ensures that the president's party will be represented even after the president is gone.
c) Sex is demonstrated in Kagan's nomination because she makes three women on the court, which is the first time that has ever happened. Because this nation is more than 50% female... this nomination is pushing us towards a more accurately representative court.
2
a) Two ways interest groups can take part in the nomination are sending out letters that support or degrade the nominee to their members or constituents and they also help lobbying for a nominee by talking to members of the Senate.
b) The letters have been used to smear potential nominee's reputation, or to bring up a potential error in their background (for example: Thomas' potential sexual harassment?). Lobbying influences the members of the Senate to vote either way for a nominee, and of course it is up to the Senate to confirm.
c) This is an example of an interest group involving themselves in Elena Kagan's confirmation. ""Ensure Elena Kagan gets a fair hearing," blares a headline on the website of NARAL Pro-Choice America. "The future of women's access to abortion hangs in the balance," the group tells visitors to the site, asking them to urge senators to inquire about Kagan's stance on the Roe v. Wade decision that established abortion rights." NARAL Pro-Choice America lobbied members of the Senate to ensure that Kagan got the seat.
a) Race or Sex, Age, and Political Ideology
b) Race or Sex provides diversity for the Supreme Court. The Court, in order to be representative of the people of America, need to be an accurate mirror of the citizens. Age is important for two reasons: the first is that with age comes experience, and with the experience one can predict how a judge may vote in the future. The second is that you do not want a very very old judge who is about to die. Political Ideology is taken into account for nomination because the President wants a judge who will vote in line with his ideology. It also ensures that the president's party will be represented even after the president is gone.
c) Sex is demonstrated in Kagan's nomination because she makes three women on the court, which is the first time that has ever happened. Because this nation is more than 50% female... this nomination is pushing us towards a more accurately representative court.
2
a) Two ways interest groups can take part in the nomination are sending out letters that support or degrade the nominee to their members or constituents and they also help lobbying for a nominee by talking to members of the Senate.
b) The letters have been used to smear potential nominee's reputation, or to bring up a potential error in their background (for example: Thomas' potential sexual harassment?). Lobbying influences the members of the Senate to vote either way for a nominee, and of course it is up to the Senate to confirm.
c) This is an example of an interest group involving themselves in Elena Kagan's confirmation. ""Ensure Elena Kagan gets a fair hearing," blares a headline on the website of NARAL Pro-Choice America. "The future of women's access to abortion hangs in the balance," the group tells visitors to the site, asking them to urge senators to inquire about Kagan's stance on the Roe v. Wade decision that established abortion rights." NARAL Pro-Choice America lobbied members of the Senate to ensure that Kagan got the seat.
Monday, March 4, 2013
H1
My justice is Ruth Bader Ginsburg
This was just my favorite line, "Those who like to believe they have picked themselves up by the bootstraps sometimes forget that they wouldn't even have boots were it not for the women who came before. "
Ginsburg, before she was a justice, found an Exhibit (Exhibit E) that documented various laws that differed between the sexes.
She took many of these laws to the Supreme Court and achieved five victories.
Ginsburg once had to hide her second pregnancy so she could receive tenure. This and a run in with her sons school contributed to her silent fight for women.
This was just my favorite line, "Those who like to believe they have picked themselves up by the bootstraps sometimes forget that they wouldn't even have boots were it not for the women who came before. "
Ginsburg, before she was a justice, found an Exhibit (Exhibit E) that documented various laws that differed between the sexes.
She took many of these laws to the Supreme Court and achieved five victories.
Ginsburg once had to hide her second pregnancy so she could receive tenure. This and a run in with her sons school contributed to her silent fight for women.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
G15
a. A balanced budget exists when what you pay equals what you spend/
b. Federal entitlements are guaranteed benefits for people who meet requirements.
c. Medicaid, a federal health insurance, is a federal entitlement. Entitlements such as Medicaid almost certainly prohibit a balanced budget because the government has to pay for lots of people's Medicaid, while those people aren't paying the government for this service.
d. A consequence of a large budget deficit is that we, as a country, invest less in research. There are so many things that come before research on the priority list that it becomes underfunded, However research leads to our country moving forward in renewable energy, space exploration etc. When we are in lots od debt, our national innovation takes a step back.
e. The projected revenue from 2012 was 5.1 trillion dollars, according to http://www.usgovernmentrevenue.com/total_2012USrt_13rs1n , the total spending in 2012 was 6.2 trillion, according to http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_2012USrn, and finally the national debt was 1,069 billion dollars in 2012, according to http://www.usgovernmentdebt.us/us_deficit.
f. Today's national debt is $16,432,705,914,000 according to http://www.usgovernmentdebt.us/
b. Federal entitlements are guaranteed benefits for people who meet requirements.
c. Medicaid, a federal health insurance, is a federal entitlement. Entitlements such as Medicaid almost certainly prohibit a balanced budget because the government has to pay for lots of people's Medicaid, while those people aren't paying the government for this service.
d. A consequence of a large budget deficit is that we, as a country, invest less in research. There are so many things that come before research on the priority list that it becomes underfunded, However research leads to our country moving forward in renewable energy, space exploration etc. When we are in lots od debt, our national innovation takes a step back.
e. The projected revenue from 2012 was 5.1 trillion dollars, according to http://www.usgovernmentrevenue.com/total_2012USrt_13rs1n , the total spending in 2012 was 6.2 trillion, according to http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/total_spending_2012USrn, and finally the national debt was 1,069 billion dollars in 2012, according to http://www.usgovernmentdebt.us/us_deficit.
f. Today's national debt is $16,432,705,914,000 according to http://www.usgovernmentdebt.us/
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
G12
The State of the Union 2013
- Here comes the president (POTUS)!
- Shaking lots of hands
- Some guy who has been sitting on the aisle for 25 SOTU... wow
- Many guests who have been victims of gun violence or are advocates of gun control
- Michelle blew a kiss! Best couple ever
- Green ribbons for Newtown victims, more gun control
- "Partners for Progress"
- Troops coming
- Economy- focus on creating a thriving middle class
- Government cuts- bad idea, some republicans have an even worse idea.
- Affordable Care Act
- Ask more from the wealthy, change how the government pays for healthcare based on the quality of care, and he is open to additional reform as long as it doesn't interfere with the promise of a secure retirement.
- TAX REFORM
- For small businesses
- Romney joke?
- Benefits for businesses who stay in the U.S.
- They just showed the House Majority Leader, Eric Cantor
- Showed the Apple CEO
- 3D Printing in a small town in Ohio, launching this in three more towns
- More on new technology, science, and innovation.
- Invest in American energy
- "Must do more to combat climate change"
- Calling out John McCain and someone else but in a good way
- Companies say that if we fix our infrastructure companies will hire here
- Public works for repairing infrastructure
- Modern schools worthy of our children!
- Invest in early childhood education
- Make it so that high school diplomas come with an associates degree
- COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM. Woah pulling out the big guns. And everyone stood up! Stronger boarder security, more boots on the southern border, a pathway to citizenship, legal system- kill the waiting period and track entrepreneurs
- WOMEN WOMEN WOMEN
- Senate just passed the violence against women act, House please do the same! (Increased to include Native Americans and LBGT women)
- Raise minimum wage to 9 dollars an hour
- "Being a man is not having the ability to conceive a child but the courage to raise one."
- End of 2014, war in Afghanistan will be over
- Counter terrorism efforts
- train the Afghans
- Showed the attorney general!
- No nuclear weapons for Iran as
- Gun reform- they deserve a vote. The worst story about the little girl who was in the choir. And they deserve a vote!
- Showed the Gabbie Giffords.
- Most of his guests are women... interesting
Republican Response- Senator Marco Rubio
- He likes American, which is good because I do too
- Free-enterprise economy makes the middle class good
- Obama says it is the problem of the middle class, which he says is untrue
- He is stresses little government involvement
Sunday, February 10, 2013
G10
1. Most important to the President seems to be Social Security and Health Services. Combined these two programs are delegated almost 2 trillion dollars. And that is a lot of money.
2. The most drastic and new changes that Obama is proposing include slashing the Department of the Interior's budget by 200 million dollars and also increasing the Federal Highway Administration
3. Congress is most likely to oppose Obama's suggested Social Security and Health Services intense budget because some members of Congress aren't huge supporters of government health benefits. I wish luck to Obama, I'm rooting for him.
2. The most drastic and new changes that Obama is proposing include slashing the Department of the Interior's budget by 200 million dollars and also increasing the Federal Highway Administration
3. Congress is most likely to oppose Obama's suggested Social Security and Health Services intense budget because some members of Congress aren't huge supporters of government health benefits. I wish luck to Obama, I'm rooting for him.
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