BR 4-14-14

1. I would like to be in the CIA. Salary= 74,000- 120,000

BR 4-10-14

1. $250 Food- Because you need food to survive

2.  $50Water- To also survive

BR 4-8-14

1. Basically Obama is raising the minimum wage to 10.50. He is signing the bills next week in hopes they will pass. If it passes then people will be able to make an honest living.

Citizenship Test

You got 20 of 25 possible points.

Your score: 80 %

BR 4-7-14

1. They should live in the United States for a number of years.

2. They need to get a high grade on the citizenship test.

3. They need to have worked a job for a number of years.

Discrimination Picture and Questions

1.That they hate Japanese people during this time.

2. That a guy with a pearl harbor relative wont serve Japanese people.

3. White people are refusing to serve Japanese people at their restaurant

4. World War 2 was going on at this time and pearl harbor just happened.

Br 4-2-14

1. Learning how to live like your race had to live back in the day.

BR 3-31

1. Do I still think that that racism is a problem in 2014? Yes racism still exist till this day but isnt that bad as it was. Back in the day racism was all over the states. Today it is only in a few states but not as bad. It is still a problem because racism is not acceptable.

BR 4-1-14

1. I think that should be mandatory for all cars. Yes because then drivers would be more safe on the roads.

BR 3-24-14

This article is about how 59 people died in Africa. They died to a disease called Ebola. The symptoms are vomiting diarrhea and fever. It was observed last month by a health administrator and is trying to be fixed. That is what the article is about and how it is a bad disease.

3 Cases

1. Santa Fe Independent School Dist. Vs. Doe- a case heard before the United States Supreme Court. It ruled that a policy permitting student-led, student-initiated prayer at high school football games. He violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. Oral arguments were heard March 29, 2000. The court announced its decision on June 19, holding the policy unconstitutional in a 6–3 decision. The Court held that the policy allowing the student led prayer at the football games was unconstitutional.2. Van Orden Vs. Perry- a united states supreme court case involving whether a display of the ten commandments on a monument given to the government at the Texas State capitol in Austin violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. In a suit brought by Thomas Van Orden of Austin, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in November 2003 that the displays were constitutional, on the grounds that the monument conveyed both a religious and secular message.3. Clark vs. Martinez-  a United States Supreme Court case about the detention of inadmissible immigrants during the deportation process. The case attempted to resolve the conflicting rulings made by the 9th and 11th circuits on whether Zadvydas v. Davis (2001) was applicable to inadmissible immigrants, Sergio Martinez and Daniel Benitez. The cases of Martinez and Benitez were later consolidated by the Supreme Court.

Notes

1. Alien means you are from a foreign country.

2. Difference between criminal and civil case is civil has to do with money and criminal is a crime committed against you.

3.Many decisions in the federal district courts are final.

4. The court of appeals for the federal circuit hear nation-wide cases

5. 9 Judges- Chief justice appointed by the president and senate

BR 3-20-14

1. Judicial Restraint because judges were elected to make sure they can decide cases.

Two things about each floor

1. Ground Floor- Filing room has all the files of the cases waiting to be heard. Press room- Its where the Justices come to talk to the press.

2. 1st Floor- Courtroom is where all of the cases take place and where fates are decided. Great Hall- It is used as a memorial service for justices who have died.

3. 2nd Floor- John Marshall dining room is a private room in which justices come to discuss.  Justices dining room is where the justices come to eat.

4. 3rd Floor- Sc library is where the volumes are all included. It is for the supreme court bar and the justices.

BR 3-19

1. My thoughts are how could they let this airplane just disappear out of thin air.

2.It should be a concern for american because what if it happens again.

BR 3-12-14

1. Because their communications were messed up.

2. The radars messed up and they lost control of the map

Ad Questions

Firms

1. Targeting how bad Mitt Romney is .

2.Negative message to Romney

3. Yes because it shows how Romney is not the solution.

4.  Romney is not president

5. No

Country I love

1.How Obama loves the country

2.Positive message to Obama

3.Yes because it shows what Obama will do for the country

4.The quality would be better and the numbers different

5. Yes

Successful Leader 

1. How bush is the answer for president

2.Positive message for Bush

3.Yes because shows what bush has done as governor and what he will do as president

4.The numbers would be different today

5.Yes

3-10-14

1. Getting people health care is important in the budget.

2. The government would benefit more.

BR 3-11-14

1.  They need to manage it first money then provide medical care.

2. No because that is not their responsibility

Notes On Slides

1. Electors chosen in each state by the manner of the state's choosing.

2. The matter of the election was sent to the house which eventually chose Thomas Jefferson

3. Separate the elections of president and vice president

4. National Convention- Called every four years to nominate candidates

5. Party Primary- The device each party uses to select its nomination for president

6. New Hampshire is always the first primary

7. Delegate Selection process- Began as winner take all

8. Caucuses- A closed meeting of a political party which gather to select delegates to the national convention

9. Convention Schedule- Day 2- Adopt Platform, Day 3- Select or affirm choice for vice presidential candidate, Day 4- Select and affirm Presidential Candidate.

10. Nominee Characteristics- Typically the current president is nominated.

BR 3-5-2014

1. It is the vice President and then John Baeoner.

BR 2-28-14

1. Yes because they can't express themselves.

2.No because it shouldnt matter what people have on their shirts.

3.Yes because violence is bad in the schools

BR 2-27-14

1.Yes they are because they gave them a scholarship which is basically a job.

2. No because they are getting a free education basically.

BR 2-11-14

1. Im going to make it where everyone has to learn more in school

BR 2-10-14

1.North Dakota passed a bill in 1987 making English the official state language

2. Milk is the official state beverage.

3.Dakota Gasification Company in Beulah is the nation's only synthetic natural gas producer.

North Dakota

BR 2-7-14

1. That if you're dating someone you can't have feeling for another person till you break up.

BR 2-5-14

1. Yes they have a right because they are the one who issues the food stamps.

War

1.We will tax our citizens more to get money and use bonds.

2.We will pay for mercenaries to help and pay them better than minimum wage. If they don't obey we can kill them.

3. We will use the ups system to give them mail

4.Well we will give them money but we wont give them the land that we get.

BR 2-4-14

1.Yes it is a breach in the first amendment rights.

2. They can make laws to solve this from happening.

BR 1-31-14

1.No I wouldn't because it would hurt the environment.

BR 1-30-14

1.No I don't think that it would do that here.

2.No I cant because I grew up around the snow

3.I find them funny because people can't deal with snow.

3 things about congressmen

1.Male

2.Rich

3.Liar

Senate Outline

The Senate
The Upper House of Congress
Intended to not be bound totally by popular opinion
Represent entire state,
A continuous body: There is never a time in which all seats are up for election at once.
Term Length: 6 years.
Term Limit: There isn't one,

Originally elected by State legislature.

17 Amendment changed procedures to election by voters.

Before this amendment the Senate was nicknamed the Millionaires Club due too the purchasing of seats.

Only one senator for each state is elected at any given election

Exceptions Death and retirement.

Formal

1. 30 years old.
2. Lived in United States for 9 years.
3. Inhabitant of state.

Informal

1. Party, name familiarity, gender, race, political experience, fundraising ability.  

Other Senators can exclude a member with a majority vote

This has been done on 3 occasions

Senators  have the power to punish their colleagues for disorderly conduct

With a 2/3 vote the senate can expel one of its members

This has been done 15 times

14 of which were during the Civil War.

BR 1-17-14

1.Yes he is justified because he had significant injuries .

BR 1-16-14

1. This study does not surprise me at all.

2. A little bit but nothing ever changes in this nation.

4 things I learned today

1.Gerrymandering

2.435 Districts

3.435 members

4.Representative can rerun for life

BR 1-15-14

1.Abraham Lincoln because he did a lot of things for slaves and helped unite a nation.

BR 1-14-14

1.Joe Manchin , Jay Rockefeller are our senators

2. David McKinley is our representative.

BR 1-13-14

1. I am OK with how West Virginia was represented so I am happy.

BR 1-10-2014

1. Yes I do because they are trained and have the technology to keep people safe.

2.I wouldnt but that is how I feel about the issue.

BR 1-9-14

1. The doctors and her mother have the right to choose whether or not the tube is used.

2. I wouldnt want to keep my kid brain dead when they are probably suffering and im suffering from watching her lay there and die.