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Play Counties Work to be introduced to local government: www.icivics.org/games/counties-work About State Government: das.ohio.gov/for-State-Employees/Orientation-and-Onboarding/Understanding-State-Government
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Movie about the Gideon v. Wainwright court case If absent from class watch the movie at this sight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOnsB2S5nJc Gideon's Trumpet Summary & Study Guide:www.bookrags.com/studyguide-gideons-trumpet/#gsc.tab=0
Click on the following link to watch the State of the Union Address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb1xHhGJjJk
Amendments 11 - 27
(pgs.773-779) 1. Place Amendments 11 - 27 in the following categories: - Reconstruction Amendments (Civil War Amendments) 3 - Presidential Amendments 5 - Progressive Amendments 5 - Suffrage Amendments 6 2. Write a brief explanation of each Amendment * Some Amendments will be in multiple categories ** Some Amendments will not be in a category Getting ready to pick a candidate in Ohio. Important dates for Ohio: 2/17/20 Last day to register to vote in Ohio Primary 3/17/20 Ohio Primary 10/3/20 Last day to register to vote in National Election 11/3/20 Presidential Election Day In class we watched part of the Democratic Debate from Iowa to get to know some of the candidates. Click on the following link to watch the debate: www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/01/14/cnn-des-moines-register-democratic-presidential-debate-iowa-part-1.cnn/video/playlists/cnn-des-moines-register-iowa-debate-full/ ![]() Identify the four different ways by which the Constitution may by formally changed. Explain how the formal amendment process illustrates the principles of federalism and popular sovereignty. There are essentially two ways spelled out in the Constitution for how to propose an amendment. One has never been used. The first method is for a bill to pass both houses of the legislature, by a two-thirds majority in each. Once the bill has passed both houses, it goes on to the states. This is the route taken by all current amendments. Because of some long outstandingamendments, such as the 27th, Congress will normally put a time limit (typically seven years) for the bill to be approved as anamendment (for example, see the 21st and 22nd). The second method prescribed is for a Constitutional Convention to be called by two-thirds of the legislatures of the States, and for that Convention to propose one or more amendments. These amendments are then sent to the states to be approved by three-fourths of the legislatures or conventions. This route has never been taken, and there is discussion in political sciencecircles about just how such a convention would be convened, and what kind of changes it would bring about. Regardless of which of the two proposal routes is taken, the amendment must be ratified, or approved, by three-fourths of states. There are two ways to do this, too. The text of the amendment may specify whether the bill must be passed by the state legislatures or by a state convention. See the Ratification Convention Page for a discussion of the make up of a convention.Amendments are sent to the legislatures of the states by default. Only one amendment, the 21st, specified a convention. In any case, passage by the legislature or convention is by simple majority. The Constitution, then, spells out four paths for an amendment:
It is interesting to note that at no point does the President have a role in the formal amendment process (though he would be free to make his opinion known). He cannot veto an amendment proposal, nor a ratification. This point is clear in Article 5, and was reaffirmed by the Supreme Court in Hollingsworth v Virginia (3 US 378 [1798]): Click on the following site to see video explanation: http://www.howcast.com/videos/262766-How-to-Amend-the-US-Constitution Article V
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate. Link for explanation: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/articleV.htm ![]() Summary of Article IV of the Constitution: Section 1: Each state is required to honor all other states and shall respect and honor "public Acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state." Section 2: Citizens of one state are entitled to the privileges and protection of other states. Any criminal fleeing one state is required to return the criminal to the proper state of jurisdiction. The final clause of section 2 deals with the return of runaway slaves and was nullified by the 13th amendment to the Constitution. Section 3: New states may be admitted to the Union. States cannot be created from parts of other states, nor can two states join together to form one state without the consent of the involved states' legislatures and Congress. Congress has authority over U.S. territories and U.S. property. The Constitution does not in any way give preference to one state over another.Section 4: Each state is guaranteed a republican form of government; that is, each state is guaranteed elected officials. Each state will be protected against invasion from foreigh powers or from another state. Analysis of the United States Constitution, Article IV: The Constitution sought to unify the individual states without destroying their power. The Founding Fathers had discovered that many of the state governments had been abusing their power and abridging citizens' rights. They sought to curtail these abuses and limit government through article IV of the Constitution. The issue of slavery rears its ugly head once again. Although the Founding Fathers found slavery irreconcilable with the ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, they understood the need to "look the other way" in order to ensure ratification by southern states. A Conversation on the Constitution with Justices Stephen Breyer, Anthony Kennedy and Sandra Day O’Connor: Judicial Independence: www.annenbergclassroom.org/resource/conversation-constitution-judicial-independence/
Practice Test (click the link to take):quizlet.com/63977297/mr-smith-goes-to-washington-flash-cards/ Practice Test: quizlet.com/15765635/test
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