1. The six Principles of the United States Constitution
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The six Principles of the United States Constitution
Government
Pineda

2. Learning Objective Language Objective
Given the six principles of the Constitution, TSW compare and contrast four (4) principles by charting and explaining two differences and two similarities of each.
Language Objective
TSW compare using words such as (and, but, or)

3. I. Popular Sovereignty The people hold the ultimate authority.
A representative democracy lets the people elect leaders to make decisions for them.
Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein are CA’s elected officials in Congress (Senate)

4. II. Limited Government Framers wanted to guard against tyranny.
Government is limited to the power given them in the Constitution, (Magna Carta).
The Constitution tells how leaders who overstep their power can be removed

5. Clinton Acknowledges Affair!
Issue 1: Did the president commit perjury?
the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation
Issue 2: Did the president sin?
Issue 3: Why did he cover up his affair?

6. III. Federalism
The division of power between State and National Governments
Some powers are shared
The National (Federal) Government has the “supreme power”

7. IV. Separation of Powers
No one holds “too much” power
Legislative branch makes the laws
Executive branch carries out the laws
Judicial branch interprets the laws

8. Legislative Branch Senate and House of Representatives
Make our nation’s laws
Appropriate Money
Regulate Immigration
Establish Post Offices and Roads
Regulate Interstate Commerce and Transportation
Declare War

9. Legislative Checks Override president’s veto Ratify treaties
Confirm executive appointments
Impeach federal officers and judges
Create and dissolve lower federal courts

10. Executive Branch The President of the United States
Chief Executive, Chief of State, Chief Legislator
Commander in Chief of the Arm Forces

11. Executive Checks Propose laws to Congress Veto laws made by Congress
Negotiate foreign treaties
Appoint federal judges
Grant pardons to federal offenders
i.e. Ford pardoned Nixon

12. Judicial Branch Supreme Court and other Federal Courts
Preserve and protect the rights guaranteed by the Constitution
Considers cases involving national laws
Declares laws and acts “unconstitutional”

13. The Supreme Court, 2016 Back: Sotomayor, Breyer, Alito, Kagan
Front: Thomas, Scalia, Roberts (Chief), Kennedy, Ginsburg

15. Judicial Checks Declare executive acts unconstitutional
Declare laws unconstitutional
Declare acts of Congress unconstitutional
The Supreme Court holds the final check

16. Troy Davis Georgia law: death to those who practice death.
Charged with killing a police officer, despite questionable evidence
Sentenced to death in 1989, insisted on his innocence
Appealed to Georgia Supreme Court, denied
Appealed to U.S. Supreme Court
Brief & outrage
Democracy Now! Post-death
Issue before SC: constitutionality of the death penalty. Does the Constitution forbid the death penalty?
Troy Davis Georgia law: death to those who practice death.

17. Scalia wrote, "This Court has never held that the Constitution forbids the execution of a convicted defendant who has had a full and fair trial but is later able to convince a habeas court that he is 'actually' innocent. Quite to the contrary, we have repeatedly left that question unresolved."
Habeas Corpus – the legal procedure that PREVENTS the government from “locking you up and throwing away the key.”

18. V. Checks and Balances Prevents the abuse of power in government
Each branch can check each other branch

19. VI. Judicial Review
This principle consists of the power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action.

20. Amending the Constitution
The Constitution provides for its own amendment—that is, for changes in its written words.
Article V sets out two methods for the proposal and two methods for the ratification of constitutional amendments, creating four possible methods of formal amendment.

21. Articles of the Constitution

22. Formal Amendment Process

23. Informal Amendment Processes
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Informal Amendment Processes
the process by which over time many changes have been made in the Constitution which have not involved any changes in its written word.
(1) the passage of basic legislation by Congress;
(2) actions taken by the President;
(3) key decisions of the Supreme Court;
(4) the activities of political parties; and
(5) custom.
LAST SLIDE, STOP WRITING AFTER 23! ☺ ☺

24. Amendments to the Constitution

25. Amendments to the Constitution

26. Learning Objective Language Objective
Given one amendment, TSWBAT present and justify the creation of the amendment by writing a brief and providing an example of the amendment’s application, with 90% accuracy.
Language Objective
TSW orally explain the justification of his/her amendment by speaking in complete sentences.

27. Constitution Activity Directions
Each person will work two Amendments in the Constitution and present the following:
# and Name of amendment (5 points)
Date Amendment was ratified (5)
Background Justification for each amendment? (15)
What right does the amendment provide? (10)
Real court case involving the amendment (15)
Write two Level 3A or 3B questions to ask an assigned presenter (10), one per amendment.
All of the above MUST be typed on one page (10)
DUE: Per /06/16; Per /07/16
TOTAL: 70 points + 30 for presentation = 100

28. Constitution Activity
Please DO:
Type, 12 size font, Times New Roman
1 page per amendment
MUST USE FORMAT PROVIDED
USE YOUR OWN LANGUAGE
Go to page 789 – 799 to read on your amendments or simply do research
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WARNING: DO NOT COPY AND PASTE OR YOU WILL EARN AN F!