Tuesday, October 26, 2010
H.W. #2, Marking Period 2
The Electoral College is the organization that has the final say in the Presidential Election. The vote is divided into the popular vote and electoral vote. The Popular is the vote that citizens make. The electoral vote is the vote that is given by electors. The number of electors for each state is decided by the number of Senators plus the number of Representatives for that state. Washington D.C. also recieves three electors. In all but two states, all the electoral votes for that state go to the candidate that recieves the most votes. A candidate needs to get the majority of the electoral votes (270 or more) in order to win the presidency. Generally, the electoral votes mirror the popular vote, though there have been some cases where this hasn't happened. I don't think that this is fair because it means that the voting system really isn't democratic. The people aren't really voting for the President in this system.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Marking Period 2: HW #1
To become a law, a bill must first be proposed. A commitee made up of a few Congressmen must review, edit, and approve the proposed bill before it can move on. If it is approved by the commitee, then the bill moves to the House of Representatives to be edited and voted on. If the House approves the bill, then it moves to the Senate to be edited and approved.
If the Senate approves the bill, then another commitee has to edit and approve the bill. After that, both the HOuse and Senate must come together and vote on the bill. If they approve the bill, then it goes to the President to be approved. If approved, then the bill becomes a law.
If the Senate approves the bill, then another commitee has to edit and approve the bill. After that, both the HOuse and Senate must come together and vote on the bill. If they approve the bill, then it goes to the President to be approved. If approved, then the bill becomes a law.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Homework #13
Why is bag searching ACCORDING to the US Supreme Court legal, even though it seems to go against the 4th amendment? Do you agree or disagree with police stopping you and recording your name to a date base? DO you think this stops crime? Post your answers to your blog and write in complete sentences, no less then 8 sentences.
According to the Supreme Court, the bag searching is legal as long as there is a "clear and present danger". I agree with this decision. The Police are trying to keep the people safe by searching bags of people on the subway to prevent any potentially dangerous situations on the subways. The bag searches are quick and random, so they don't waste anybody's time and can hardly be considered unreasonable. I don't believe that the Police should be stopping people and recording their information. Recording the personal information of people that are randomly stopped on the streets will not help to prevent crimes from happening. Doing so should really be considered an invasion of privacy and unreasonable. Also, there is nothing stopping someone from exploiting that information that has been wrongly taken.
According to the Supreme Court, the bag searching is legal as long as there is a "clear and present danger". I agree with this decision. The Police are trying to keep the people safe by searching bags of people on the subway to prevent any potentially dangerous situations on the subways. The bag searches are quick and random, so they don't waste anybody's time and can hardly be considered unreasonable. I don't believe that the Police should be stopping people and recording their information. Recording the personal information of people that are randomly stopped on the streets will not help to prevent crimes from happening. Doing so should really be considered an invasion of privacy and unreasonable. Also, there is nothing stopping someone from exploiting that information that has been wrongly taken.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Homework #12
The Federal Government can declare war, coin money, regulate foreign and interstate commerce, make peace, provide for the common defense, maintain armed services, and pass immigration and naturalization laws. The State governments can provide public education, conduct elections, and create local governments. Both the state and federal governments can collect taxes, make and enforce laws, and establish courts
Monday, October 4, 2010
Current Events #2
Topic: U.S. Politics
Article: Scary Monsters
Source: http://reason.com/archives/2010/10/04/scary-monsters
Summary: The article is trying to tell us about how government growth is affecting the people and the society. It says that many government officials are focusing their attention on minor problems and details, such as the Ground Zero Mosque. Many officials talk about how the Obama Administration is messing up and doing things wrong. Yet they either can't or refuse to specifically state what they will do to solve the problems. Finally, the article says that they should be focusing on how the government is hurting the economy and obstructing freedom, instead of focusing on the popularity contest that is the midterm elections.
Reaction: I found it interesting that the government is focusing on the minor problems instead of the major ones. I also found it interesting that, although many people aren't happy with the Obama Administration, they also arent very enthusiastic about Republican ideals either. What really grabbed my attention were the last two sentences- "Some day that transition will come to government. But only after we insist on it." It makes me think that the people as a whole aren't really trying to make a change either. It seems to me that both the government and the people are at fault here.
World Impact: The decisions of the U.S. Government are vital to the economy. Every little action has an effect on people in the longrun. The fact that the government is not focusing on recovering the economy and protecting freedoms is causing many more problems for people. Not only that, but it is causing support for the government to decrease as well. As this problem persists, more and more people will ecome disillusioned with the government, which will cause more political trouble in the longrun.
Article: Scary Monsters
Source: http://reason.com/archives/2010/10/04/scary-monsters
Summary: The article is trying to tell us about how government growth is affecting the people and the society. It says that many government officials are focusing their attention on minor problems and details, such as the Ground Zero Mosque. Many officials talk about how the Obama Administration is messing up and doing things wrong. Yet they either can't or refuse to specifically state what they will do to solve the problems. Finally, the article says that they should be focusing on how the government is hurting the economy and obstructing freedom, instead of focusing on the popularity contest that is the midterm elections.
Reaction: I found it interesting that the government is focusing on the minor problems instead of the major ones. I also found it interesting that, although many people aren't happy with the Obama Administration, they also arent very enthusiastic about Republican ideals either. What really grabbed my attention were the last two sentences- "Some day that transition will come to government. But only after we insist on it." It makes me think that the people as a whole aren't really trying to make a change either. It seems to me that both the government and the people are at fault here.
World Impact: The decisions of the U.S. Government are vital to the economy. Every little action has an effect on people in the longrun. The fact that the government is not focusing on recovering the economy and protecting freedoms is causing many more problems for people. Not only that, but it is causing support for the government to decrease as well. As this problem persists, more and more people will ecome disillusioned with the government, which will cause more political trouble in the longrun.
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