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09/11/2012

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"where liberty is, there is my country"
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Ben Franklin
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Where liberty is not, there is my country
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Thomas Paine
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"As a nation of free men, we must live through all time, or die by suicide"
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Abe Lincoln
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Public Education IS democracy
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Mark Twain
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What is Government?
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Legitimate use of force within specific geographic boundaries to control human behavior
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"I would not give half a penny to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual"
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Samuel Johnson
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"government never furthered any enterprise
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Henry David Thoreau
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Goals of Government are:
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1. Law and Order
2. Protect against foreign enemies
3. Promote the "common good"
4. Enforce the "Soc
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Goals of Government
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A. Maintain order and protect liberty
B. Promote equality
C. Provide Public goods
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what are the latin roots of democracy?
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Demos=People
Kratia=Power or rule
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"The political activity the pervades the United States must be seen in order to be understood. No sooner do you set foot on American ground than you are stunned by a kind of Tumult"
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Alexis de tocqueville (1833)
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"As I would not be a slave, so i would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent there is a difference, is no democracy"
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Abe Lincoln
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"Those who would sacrifice liberty for a little temporary security deserve neither liberty nor security"
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Ben Franklin
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Conflicts of Democracy:
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1. Liberty vs. Equality
2. Liberty vs. Democracy
3. Liberty vs. Security
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"Democracy is the worst political system, except for all the others"
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Winston Churchill
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"I do not know what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
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Patrick henry, 1775
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Major event in 1639:
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Fundamental orders of connecticut
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Who had the idea of Social Contract theory?
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John Locke
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What were the key principles:
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1. State are sovereign.2. One state, one vote in Congress. 3. States retain power to tax. 4. Unanimous consent to change in Aricles. 5. Power to regulate commerce reserved to states.
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Key Problems of Confederation:
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1. No national policy or foreign policy
2. No coordination of domestic policy (Shays's rebellion) 1786
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"Little rebellion now and then is a good thing. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government. God forbid that we should ever be twenty years without such rebellion"
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Thomas Jefferson, 1787
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Key problems of confederation (part 2)
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3. Large states oppress small ones
4. Some states "cheat."
5. Congres had no means to enforce its own laws
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"A nation without government...is an awful sepctacle"
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Alexander Hamilton, 1788
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Ideology of the founders
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1. Human nature and natural rights
2. limited human wisdom 3 Property 4 republic, not a democracy 5 federalism 6 separation of powers 7 the people, not the states are sovereign
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"Liberty is equally exposed to danger whether the government has too much or too little power"
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James Madison
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Compromises in the constitution
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1. Representation (Virginia and New Jersey plan led to great compromise (Connecticut plan))
2. electoral college 3. slavery/3/5 compromise
(added later) 4. Bill of rights
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Goals of Constituion:
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1. Control "Faction" 2. Control or limit ambition 3. separation of powers 4. federalism and representation
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Anti Federalist criticism of the Constitution (1787-1789)
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1. States not "the people." 2. Too much federal power (especially president) 3: No bill of rights 4. US too big to be a republic
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Modern Criticism of the Constitution:
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1. Class 2. Old fashioned 3. "Gridlock" 4. Too hard to change (2/3 of congress and 3/4)
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Key points in the constituion:
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1.Supremacy clause (article VI) 2. Elastic clause (article I, section 8) 3: "commerece clause" (McColloch v. Maryland (1819) 4: Judicial review Key case: Marbury v. Madison (1803)
5. bill of rights
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"Constituions should be short and vague"
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Charles De Gauelle
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"If me were angels, no government would be necessary"
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James Madison
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"Soverign immunity" (Barron V. Baltimore (1833))
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Bill of rights only applied to federal govt.
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