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| is the process of the power of the supreme court to declare a law unconstitutional |
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| gives congress the power to declare war |
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| means the governemnet can’t hold you for a war crime |
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| FULL FAITH AND CREDIT CLAUSE |
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| Marriage certificates, drivers’ licenses and last will and testaments (for example) will be recognized by one another’s states |
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| NECESSARY/PROPER CLAUSE (ELASTIC CLAUSE) |
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| is the clause in the constitution that allows government to carry out all its powers. |
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| GREAT COMPROMISE/CONNECTICUT COMRPOMISE |
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| made it possible to have bicameral legistlature |
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| is the number of congress people in the house over the number of senators in the senate |
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| is the only crime mentioned in the constitution and the highest punishable crime |
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| consists of the popularly elected representatives (electors) who formally elect the President and Vice President of the United States. |
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| is the ability to hold the senate floor for twenty four hours unless sisty people vote to stop you |
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| Moral of Mr. Smith goes to Washington |
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| It reminds us that we have a right to demand higher ethical and moral standards from our elected representatives. With any “every man” name like Jefferson Smith, the Christ-figure allusions, and the innocent coming to a sadder-but-wiser adulthood, Smith voices a public that feels both impotent against and disconnected from a world grown cold and massive; it also illustrates the conundrum of anyone who has felt passion or imagination, and has nowhere to put it, nobody to listen to it. |
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| Meaning of “Empire of Illusion” |
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| A culture that cannot distinguish between reality and illusion dies. And we are dying now. We will either wake from our state of induced childishness, one where trivia and gossip pass for news and information, one where our goal is not justice but an elusive and unattainable happiness, to confront the stark limitations before us, or we will continue our headlong retreat into fantasy. |
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| At some point, though, it seems to me that an effective social critique has to move beyond complaining about what you hate and describing what you love, because, as Hedges made clear in that book, love is a force that gives us meaning, too. The power of positive example -- in generous and engaged writing no less than in the subject of that writing -- can furnish a powerful lesson in its own right. |
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| traditionally revolved around the basic right to be free from unequal treatment based on certain protected characteristics (race, gender, disability, etc.) in settings such as employment and housing. |
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concern basic rights and freedoms that are guaranteed -- either explicitly identified in the Bill of Rights and the Constitution, or interpreted through the years by courts and lawmakers. Civil liberties include:
Freedom of speech
The right to privacy
The right to be free from unreasonable searches of your home
The right to a fair court trial
The right to marry
The right to vote |
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