THE CONSTITUTION

R U SERIOUS?????? (Hyperbole and Irony or Ironic Hyperbole)

THE CONST AS CULTURE

THE CONST & THE CULTURAL Realm

1-Constitution as Cultural Literacy:• Among these three Supreme Court decisions, the most important one with the

greatest impact would clearly be:Marbury v. MadisonBrown v. Board of EducationMarquette National Bank v. Omaha Service Corp

• The Constitution Embodies the Principle of Separation of Powers: True False _____

• James Madison can be called the “Father” of the Constitution:True False _____

• The Vice-President Runs the Senate:True False _____

2a-The Constitution as a:

2b-The Constitution as a:

3a-The Constitutional FRAME as if HARD-WIRED

Every state has two votes in the U.S. Senate

The President must be at least 35, 14 years a resident of the U.S., and a natural born citizen

The President is chosen by Electoral College rather than Popular Vote

The Senate has the sole power to try impeachments

3b-The Constitutional Frame as if Soft-Wared

• The President shall be Commander in Chief• Congress shall have the Power . . . To declare

War . . . .• Congress shall have the Power . . . To make all

Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested in this Const in the Government of the U.S., or in any Department or Officer thereof.

3c-The Constitution That Isn’t There

THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE: The Heisenberg Principle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIi7YOVA5o4

4a-The Structure of THE Constitution: The Narrow, Straight Line View

4b-Expanding the Frame in the 1790s

Constitutional Text

Hamiltonian Financial Plans

Presidential Cabinet

Life with FatherGeorge

Political Party System

4c-Structure of the Constitution: The Not-So Straight, Extended View

1787 Document

12th Amendment

New Deal “Amendments”

Civil War Amendments

19th Amendment

Bill of Rights

CONST MOMENTS

5a-The Founders/Framers as Static Objects of Veneration

5b-The FOUNDERS

5c-The FRAMERS

5d-Founders/Framers as Seducers

Alexander Hamiltonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=FrU1djj2N84Ben Franklin & George Washingtonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=E6caJv__WSM&feature=related

5d-Founders as Performing Characters

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L2o9mx5SCs

• DRAMATURGICAL VIEW of History

• Gordon Wood, REVOLUTIONARY CHARACTERS

5e-Founders as Political Players: Washington’s Cabinet

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=notJuFGXQ9w

5e-Founders & The Knight’s Move

5-f: The Arrival of SINCERITY

MR. [JEFFERSON] SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZFRP67sX8o