BR- 4/14/14

I would like to be a PTA (Physical Therapist Assistant), they make $58,720 per year.

BR- 4/10/14

$250 for food because I like to eat
$50 for hygiene products because I want to be clean
$40 for my dog because he is spoiled
$100 for new clothes because I like to get new stuff
$60 for extra money for emergencies

Civilization Test

You got 23 of 25 possible points.

Your score: 92 %

BR- 4/8/14

President Obama signed 2 executive actions aimed at strengthening equal pay laws. These actions will make it easier for workers to find out how much their colleagues are making. This was Obama's push to ensure that women earn equal pay for equal work.

BR- 4/7/14

1. Drug test
2. Background test
3. Pass a history test about the United States

Discrimination Homework

1. What is happening?
This is in a bar, I am assuming, and Indians are not allowed to have any beer.

2. What is going on in America at that time?
This is in 1941, WWII is taking place.

3. What do the people's faces reflect?
There are no faces in this picture but if they were, I'm sure that the Indians would be upset but the Americans would not.

4. Give an example of how this might happen today.
Racism is still and issue today, this could happen in any bar, especially is the bar owner is a racist.

BR- 4/2/14

I like to talk a lot so the most difficult part of the project for me is not talking for 45mins.

Notes-Vocab 4/1/14

1. Heterogeneous: society is composed of different people or cultures.
2. Immigrant: LEGAL alien from a different country.
3. Reservation: public land given to the Native Americans by the U.S. Government.
4. Refugee: go to a new land seeking protection.
5. Assimilation: adapting to the majority's culture.

-The population of the US prominently white-today and has been historically as well.
-Populations that have grown

• African American
• Hispanic American
• Asian American

-These groups have grown at rates several times higher than the white
-More females than males

African Americans

• have been victims of consistent and deliberate unjust treatment for a longer time
• constitute a big majority of the US 14% of all American people
• most of the gains have been made by African Americans

Native Americans

• 1600s nearly 6million is the states
• American settlers brought diseases that hurt the Indian population 
• poverty, joblessness, and alcoholism
• Indian Education Act attempted to fix and help the lives of the Native Americans

Hispanic Americans

• spanish-speaking
• largest in the states
• Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, Central and South Americans

Asian Americans

• Chinese laborers were the 1st Asians to come to America
• WWII-all Japanese were evacuated to the Pacific Coast
• even native born
• Congress admitted this was wrong and changed its ways

Section 3.

-Those who oppose Civil Rights often believe you can't change morality by passing a law

-Dr. King: "Judicial decrees...may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless."

-1870s-1905s: no meaningful legislation passed in regards to civil rights

-The Civil Rights Act of 1964: passes after the longest debate in Senate history (83 days)

1. Voting provisions
2. Public services (restaurants, hotels, theatres, etc.) could no longer deny access based on race, religions, etc.
3. Federal funding program could not discriminate for the reasons above
4. Employers and labor unions also could not discriminate for the above reasons

-Civil Rights Act of 1968 aka Open Housing Act

• cannot refuse selling/rent living space to a person due to race, religion, national origin, physical disability, etc.
• housing is still one of the most segregated areas in American life today

Title IX

• forbids discrimination on the basis of gender in any educational program or program regarding financial assistance.
• equal funding and opportunities must be given to women athletics

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION:

• requires employers take positive steps to fix the affects of past discrimination
• employers must meet quotas for minority groups/genders
• many argue this results in reverse discrimination: discrimination against the majority group; they are denied opportunities so minority groups have more opportunities
• "color blind"
• California, Washington, Michigan, and Nebraska voters passed measures to eliminate all affirmative action plans
• The Bakke Case
• Allan Bakke sued the University of California because he was denied access to their medical school due to Affirmative Action (16/100 seats were reserved for minority students)
• Bakke won
• Since then, the Court has made decisions regarding similar cases; quotas can be used when needed
• Justice Sandra Day O'Connor predicts in 25 years, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary

Section 4.
-An American citizen is a person that swears allegiance to the U.S. and is entitled to its protection and privileges of its law.
-The 14th amendment was the 1st constitutional definition: "All persons born or naturalized in the U.S. and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the U.S. and of the state wherein they reside."
-The constitution declares that a person becomes an American citizen one of two way

Citizenship by birth:

-90% of Americans were citizen born

Citizenship by naturalization:

-legal process by which a person can become a citizen of another country at some time after birth

-collective naturalization: entire group can be granted citizenship through en masse

Loss of citizenship:

-every American citizen has the right to voluntarily abandon his/her citizenship..this is called Expatriation.

-Congress cannot take away your citizenship

-naturalized citizens CAN lose their citizenship through denationalization-only occurs by a court order and only after it has been shown that the person became an American citizen through fraud or deception.

-marriage does not make a person a "citizen"-only shortens the time of the naturalization process

Immigration:

-Congress has exclusive power to regulate the crossing of this nation's borders: inward and outward

-Immigration Act of 1965 did away with our quota system

-We are currently under the Immigration Act of 1990

-Some people can be denied entrance to the U.S. based on their criminals, mentally ill who might be a harm, etc.

-Deportation: legal process by which aliens are required to leave the country

-Biggest reasons for deportation: illegal immigrant, conviction of a serious crime

BR- 4/1/14

I personally think that these cameras would make a difference. They would help people see better backing up and could make things safer.

BR- 3/31/14

I do think that racism will be an issue in 2014. People do not have much respect for others anymore it seems and don't care how they make others feel. Anytime someone sees somebody from a different race, they have to say something rude.

BR- 3/27/14

I do not think that they should serve for free. I also think that they should give other people the chance to serve as well. I don't think that they should have a life long term.

BR- 3/24/14

This article is about an Ebola outbreak that killed around 59 people in Guinea. It spread from other communities in the West African Nation. This was a disease in which many people were infected with. Not only did it spread through living people, it also spread through the belongings of the ill and the dead.

Supreme Court Cases

1. Religion:

A religious school teacher got sick and had to go on leave and replaced her with a sub. When she was able to return the school fired her. This case went to the supreme court and the decision was made that the government must decide the hiring and firing of religious organizations.

2. Minority:

A white woman applied for the University of Texas and did not get accepted because she believed in the color of her skin. She went around saying that she was higher than everyone else there and was involved more. Texas wanted diversity.

3. School System:

A kid was searched for ibuprofen by the school which made the mother very unhappy. The mom stated that the 4th amendment was violated when the school searched the child for no reason.

Chapter 18 Section 2

Inferior Courts

• District courts
• 677 judges
• 94 different courts
• 12 judicial districts

Secret Courts

• Alien Terrorist Remove Court
• FISA

District Court Jurisdiction

• district courts do not hear cases within original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
• hear both criminal and civil cases
• in a criminal case the US is always the prosecutor.
• most decisions on the federal district courts

Court of Appeals

• 3 judge panels
• 6-28 judges and 1 Supreme Court Justice for each district
• most cases come from within the court of appeals district

Court of International Trade

• federal trial court only tries civil cases that arise out of the nation's customs and other trade related laws
• 9 judges-chief justice appointed by the President and Senate

BR- 3/20/14

I agree. I think that is makes more sense.

Chapter 18 Section 1

Souter, David Hackett (Nominated by George H. W. Bush)

BR- 3/19/14

I think that it is very weird how a plane just magically disappears. I think that America should get involved and try to find the plane because there were some Americans on board.

BR- 3/18/14

1. Overthrow President Putin

2. Yes, the US should be involved

BR- 3/12/14

1. Radar was turned off

2. Terrorist attack
    Pilot error

Campaign Ads

1. Who is the ad targeting

• Viewers and Voters
• People who drive
• Voters

2. Does it send a positive or negative message

• positive
• positive
• negative

3. Do you think the ad is effective at delivering its message

• yes
• yes
• yes

4. How is the ad different that it would be portrayed in 2014

• negatively now
• in black and white
• not be shown

5. Would your vote be affected by their campaign ad

• no
• yes
• yes

BR- 3/11/14

1. Yes

2. Yes, the government should be able to give people the medicine they need.

BR- 3/10/14

1. I think there are a few things important about the budget.

2. Tax players benefit the most.

Important Notes

Section 4.

• president must go through the national convention
• national convention = where both parties choose who they want
• platforms = basic principles

Important Notes

Section 3.

• Candidate with the most votes becomes president
• Candidate with the 2nd most most becomes vice president

Notes

Executive Branch
     -Includes president, vice president, and his cabinet

Chief of State
     -Acts as the ceremonial head of government
Chief of Executive
     -Has power both domestically and abroad
Chief of Administrator
     -Takes care of the executive branch
Chief Diplomat
     -Head of foreign policy

Commander in Chief
     -Head of the military
Chief Legislator
     -Main person behind public policy
Chief of Party
     -Leader
Chief Citizen
     -represents will of the people

To be a president
  -natural born citizen
  -at least 35
  -lived in the United States for at least 14 years

(President Pro Temp person of the majority party with the most years of seniority)

Presidential Term
     -4 year term
     -George Washington set the precedent
     -FDR broke this precedent by seeking and winning 4 straight terms in office
     -22nd amendment prevents this from happening again
                      -2 terms/10 years

In Case of Disability
     -Rules set by the 25th amendment
     -In event of a disability the Vice President assumes the role of the President

Vice President
     -Known as the president in waiting
     -Very little actual power
     -Used to balance this ticket in presidential elections
     -Only office tat cannot be fired by the president

Presidential Election
     -Electors chosen in each state by the manner of the state's choosing
     -Originally cast 2 electoral votes
     -Same number of senators and house of representatives

Election of 1800
     -First tie for presidential election
     -Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson each got 73 votes
     -The matter was sent to the house which eventually chose Thomas Jefferson

12th Amendment
     -law so this does not happen again

National Convention
     -called every 4 years to officially nominate presidential candidates
     -each state sends delegates based on their electoral votes
     -differences in choices of delegates between Republican and Democrat Parties

Primaries
     -most popular device to select nominations for president
     -began in the early 1900s as a reaction to party boss dominated politics
     -typically front-loaded

Delegate Selection
     -Began as winner take all

Caucuses
     -meetings of a political party which gather to select delegates o the national convention

Convention Schedule
     -Day 2: adopt platform
     -Day 3: select or affirm choice for vice presidential candidate
     -Day 4: select and affirm presidential candidate
                      -done by delegates voting
                      -candidate delivers acceptance speech

Nominee Characteristics
     -typically the current president is nominated
     -good speakers who seem to have a stable family life and also have a pleasant and healthy appearance
     -typically protestants from large states
     -has long run of political experience

Important Facts

Section 1.

•  the president is the chief of state
• the president is the leader of the nation's armed forces
• the president is the acknowledged leader of the political party
• term limits didn't become a law until Franklin Roosevelt served too long

BR- 3/5/14

Vice President
Speaker of the House
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
Secretary of State
Secretary of Treasury

BR- 2/27/14

I don't think that they are employees of the university and I don't think they should be paid.

BR- 2/11/14

My provisions of the bill is for every child that comes from a family of low income, they are required to have tutoring  for an hour, three days a week. This will be paid by having 5% of an average annual pay taken away to those who are working.

BR- 2/10/14

Colorado
     1. The United States federal government owns more than 1/3 of the land in Colorado.
     2. The United States Air Force Academy is located in Colorado Springs.
     3. Colorado has 222 state wildlife areas.

BR- 2/4/14

1. I would tax people because then you wouldn't have to pay anything back or owe any country money. I would tax for school classes and also for school lunch.
2. I would only draft guys starting at the age of 18.
3. Horses.
4. Buckhannon has offered to send their own troops in return for a piece of Taylor County once we have won the war.

BR- 2/5/14

Yes because if someone has a job and gets food stamps just to get whatever they want for free, it's not fair to those who really need it.

BR- 1/31/14

No because we should find ways to help the environment, not harm it.

4 things we learned

1. Congress
2. Regulating Trade
3. Difference between direct and indirect taxes
4. Something dealing with marriage

BR- 1/30/14

1. I don't think that would happen here.

2. I think it would be weird to live in a place where there is no snow or where people are not used to snow.

3. I think this story is shocking.

BR- 1/17/14

My team won Jeopardy!

The Senate

                                The Senate
The Upper House of Congress
Intended to not be bound totally by popular opinion
Represent              entire state                        
A continuous body:        never a time when all seats are up for election at once.     
Term Length:    6 years                               
Term Limit:           no                           

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.  state residence
3. citizen of the US for 9 years

Informal

1. money

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- 1/16/14

I won Jeopardy!!

BR- 1/15/14

I WON JEOPARDY!!

BR- 1/14/14

1. Joe Manchin and Jay Rockefeller

2. Mary Poling

BR- 1/13/14

1. Yes, I am ok with it.

BR- 1/10/14

1. Yes, I think that the fans and athletes will be save.

2. With the security forces, yes it would.

BR- 1/9/14

1. Her parents should have the right to decide.

2. Personally, I would probably act how her parents acted.