Friday 1/16 RAP

• Why do you get Monday off from school?

Today:• Review “The Six Basic Principles of the Constitution”

Pages 64-70.

• Ch. 3: Please include in your notes. Know vocabulary, formal and informal amendment process, and amendments #1-27

• Universal Human Rights w/ partner

MLK Jr. Day

• Former Arizona governor Bruce Babitt, a Democrat, created the holiday in Arizona by executive order just before he left office in 1986, but his Republican successor Evan Mecham, armed with an attorney general's opinion that Babbitt's order was illegal, rescinded it days after he took office. • In 1989, the Arizona state legislature replaced Columbus Day with the King holiday.

• In 1990, Arizonans were given the opportunity to vote to observe an MLK holiday.

• In 1990 the National Football League threatened to move the Super Bowl that was planned to be in Arizona in 1993 if the MLK holiday was voted down.

• The state legislature passed a measure to keep both Columbus Day and Martin Luther King Day, but 76% of voters rejected the King holiday. Consequently, the state "lost $500 million and the Super Bowl" which moved to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. In a referendum in 1992, the voters approved recognition of the holiday.

Clip for Civil Rights Day

XC State of the Union Address

Tuesday – usually 6pm Take notes on address—key words Create word bubble Turn in notes and word bubble on

Wednesday. Requirements /guideline will be online if

you change your mind.

The Six Basic Principles of The American Constitutional

System

Popular Sovereignty (self governing)

Government can govern only with the consent of the governed• Contrast to “the will of the majority”

• The people are in charge of their own communities, religions, and social interactions

Limited Government The government can only intrude with

the people’s consent Government must obey the law --

Constitutionalism –government must be conducted according to the constitutional principles.

The government and its officials are always subject to the law: rule of law

First amendment—shows limits of government

Separation of Powers Powers are distributed among the three

branches• Legislative (Congress)

• Executive (President)

• Judicial (the courts)

The separation was created to prevent too much power in the hands of one person, or a few people

Checks and Balances Each branch is subject to constitutional restraints

by the other branches“You must first enable the government to control the

governed, and next oblige it to control itself.” –James Madison

In general, the branches of government restrain themselves as they attempt to achieve their goals

Look at the diagram on page 68 – create your own diagram on the back of your handout.

Judicial Review

The power of courts to determine whether what government does is in accord with what the Constitution provides.

The landmark case Marbury v. Madison (1803) established the power of the judicial branch to determine the constitutionality of an action of government

The Supreme Court is the ultimate authority of the Constitution

Unconstitutional—to declare illegal, null and void; power is held by all federal courts and by most state courts.

Federalism

The division of power among the central government and several regional governments

Framers found Federalism to be a compromise between a strict central government and a loose confederation, such as the Articles of Confederation

National government holds some powers and others belong to the 50 states.

For the rest of class• Articles of the Constitution

• Look at chart on page 65—copy it in your notes leaving space between each one for additional notes.

• Turn to page 760:

• As a class review articles.

• please add a few notes on each article of the Constitution.

• Ex. Article I and II: Qualifications, term

• Article III, and others: term, summary, etc.

• Human rights / amendments with partner if time permits.

Tuesday 1/20 RAP

Today:• Vocabulary for Ch. 3

• Work on the 27 amendments from Monday.

Quiz

Title Ch. 2 QuizName –first and last

Period

Turn in to “inbox”

Work on amendments