1. US GOVERNMENT CURRENT ISSUES IN THE JUDICIAL BRANCH

2. REVIEW National Judiciary- consisting of a Supreme Court and inferior courts created by congress Federal judges are appointed by the President, subject to confirmation by the Senate Supreme Court and inferior court judges serve for life, removal only by impeachment. Congress sets the salaries for federal judges.

3. CHOOSING FEDERAL JUDGES, PG. 516 What did George Mason mean by a “dangerous prerogative” in the reading on choosing federal judges? Do you think the President of the United States has too much influence over selecting judges. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Before being nominated by the Senate, should soon to be Supreme Court justices be required to give his or her opinions on Constitutional issues to the Senate?

4. EXECUTIVE AGREEMENT ON IMMIGRATION AND THE U.S. COURT SYSTEM What is this an example of??? All federal and most State courts have the power of judicial review, deciding the constitutionality of an act of government. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo- way/2015/02/17/386905806/federal-judge-blocks-obama- s-executive-actions-on-immigration http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/28/us/fast-facts- immigration-in-the-united-states/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/28/us/fast-facts- immigration-in-the-united-states/index.html Illegal immigration stats- http://immigration.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourc eID=000845 http://immigration.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourc eID=000845 Video clip- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OghguPcvyOU

5. ISSUE IN THE COURTS: THE DEATH PENALTY, PG. 523 The United States is the only Western democracy that continues to allow the death penalty. How do you feel about this? More than 1,000 persons have been executed in this country since the Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976. Where do you stand on the death penalty? http://www.statisticbrain.com/death- penalty-statistics/ http://www.statisticbrain.com/death- penalty-statistics/ http://deathpenaltycurriculum.org/stud ent/c/about/arguments/arguments.PDF http://deathpenaltycurriculum.org/stud ent/c/about/arguments/arguments.PDF

6. RECENT SUPREME COURT CASE (2015) http://www.scotusblog.com/case- files/cases/equal-employment-opportunity- commission-v-abercrombie-fitch-stores-inc/ http://www.scotusblog.com/case- files/cases/equal-employment-opportunity- commission-v-abercrombie-fitch-stores-inc/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsEj0 CRWOFo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsEj0 CRWOFo Article below http://www.worldreligionnews.com/religion -news/islam/abercrombie-fitch-faces- muslim-woman-supreme-court http://www.worldreligionnews.com/religion -news/islam/abercrombie-fitch-faces- muslim-woman-supreme-court