Thursday, November 20, 2008

Finish the required amendments from the Bill of Rights for your Study Guide.

Words from today:

Warrant
Probable Cause
Eminent Domain
Plead the fifth
Double Jeopardy
Miranda Rights

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Add the following words:
5 Freedoms: Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition
Establishment Clause
Free Exercise Clause
Limits on Free Speech: Obscenity, Defamation (Slander, Libel), Fighting Words (Hate Speech), Speech that incites illegal action

Writ of Certiorari


Monday, November 17, 2008

Read from page 127 to 150 in Words We Live By.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Finish the article packets over the weekend and continue working on your Study Guide. We will review the articles on Monday and begin work on the amendments.

Click on this link for another good resource for Constitution quizzes.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Words from Article II:

Electoral College

Maine and Nebraska

Presidential Term

Number of electoral votes

Qualifications for President

Cabinet

Commander in Chief

Advice and Consent

Take Care Clause

State of the Union

You should be finishing Article II for your Study Guide. You can begin working on Article III questions I handed out in class today.
Continue to make flashcards if this seems to be the best way for you to remember the vocabulary and ideas we have reviewed in class. You can also use the links on the right to review material for the Constitution test.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

More words from yesterday and today:

Enumerated Powers
Commerce Clause
Copyright
Patent
Naturalization
Necessary and Proper Clause (Elastic Clause)
Habeas Corpus
Bill of Attainder
Ex Post Facto Law
Appropriations
Electoral College
Presidential term Qualifications for office
Cabinet
Commander in Chief
Advice and Consent
Take Care Clause
State of the Union
Number of Electoral College Votes
Maine and Nebraska

You should be finished with Article I and beginning Article II by tomorrow for your Study Guide.

Monday, November 10, 2008

And more words...

Filibuster
Cloture
Conference Committee
Veto
Pocket Veto

Understand how a bill becomes a law.

Monday, November 03, 2008


Words we added today relating to Article I:

2 year terms for a Representative in the House of Representatives
qualifications for a Representative: 25 years old, 7 years a citizen, live in the state from which you are running

Three Fifths Compromise
Census
Reapportionment
Redistricting
Speaker of the House
435- maximum number of Representatives in the House
Gerrymandering
Impeachment

Senate: 2 senators per state= 100
Term for senator: 6years
Qualifications for Senator: 30 years old, 9 years a citizen, live in state from which you are running

Vice-president
President Pro Tempore
Chief Justice
Number needed to find official guilty in impeachment trial: 2/3
Quorum
Incumbent

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