ate: art I: The Leg islative Branch Congressional Leadership, 113 th Congress Senate-Up per House VP Joe Biden (President of the senate) Majority Leader - Harry Reid (D-NV) Minority Leader: Mitch McConnell (R-KY) President Pro Tempore: Patrick Leahy (D) House-Lower House Speaker: John A. Boehner (R-OH) Majority Leader: Eric Cantor (R-VA) Minority Leader: Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) HouseofRepresentatives # of members: Requirements: How they are chosen: Leader: Length of terms: # per state: Constituency: Special duties/ unique characteristics: Job of the legislative branch: Whatdoesitmeanthatwehavea bicamerallegislature? Whydoesitmatterifapartyhasthe majorityinthehouseorsenateor both?whatifthereisadifferent partyinthepresidency? Senate # of Senators: Requirements: How they are chosen: Leader: Length of terms: # per state: Constituency: Special duties/ unique characteristics:
Election timeline Reap portionment: Chang ing the seats in Congress States to get a new Representative for every 10,000 people they added to their state We ran out of room We now stick with Each state gets the percent of seats that equals the percent of the population they have We use the census to decide how many people (and seats) each state has Look at the map. Who is gaining? Who is losing? Redistr icting: Redrawing Congressional distr icts after the census Once states find out what portion of the House they get, they have to These districts are supposed to have roughly numbers of people These districts (says the Supreme Court) should or other voting blocks These districts should be connected (no islands that count as a part of another district) Gerrymandering There are a total of reps in the US House of Representatives. Each state is guaranteed at least one representative. Slide show Define gerrymandering: Why does a majority party in Congress do this? Draw a picture of what gerrymandering looks like: Why is gerrymandering a problem? Is it legal?
List as many of the powers of Congress as you can remember below: (Hint: look at your Constitution packet) aw a diagram below that shows how a bill is started, the process it goes through in the House and Senate (including the role of adership), where it might be filibustered and where it ends up. Include the process for what should happen should the bill be vetoed. ges 334-340 will help you.
Part II: the Executive Branch and bureaucracy Article I Article II Article III 1. Powers of the President: List and describe the power of the president below. J O E L C A R T E R 2. What are some ways that the President s powers are limited? 3. Look at the president s daily schedule. What do you notice? Which powers are being used? 4.What are the Constitutional requirements to be president? Informal? 5.What is the situation room? Why is it important?
6.What is the bureaucracy? Why are they important? White House Office: President Other appointments: Chief of Staff Executive Office: Independent Agencies: Executive Agencies: Examples: About the Cabinet- Who they are: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
wer. 90 1800 1860 1900 1950 2000 art III: Fore ign Policy Use chapter 17 section 3 (pages 481-489) to complete the following assignment. 1. Define foreign policy. (glossary) Event or Era Description of Policy Why is it important to understanding our foreign policy? ndependence George Washington Isolationism! Very little political connection Monroe Doctrine Beginnings through Lincoln, Continental Expansion Our Manifest Destiny to take land!
Policy Open Door Policy The US wanted trade access to China (who had been controlled by Europe) WWI Led to isolationism again, as totalitarian governments rose to power WWII (Presidents FDR and Truman) Isolationism OVER!...continue to fight the Axis powers, genocide (Cold War) Collective Security UN created (1945) (Cold War) Deterrence Strategy of maintaining the military might of the US at so great a level that its very strength will deter (keep away) any attack (Cold War) Truman Doctrine Support free people who are resisting communism Cuban Missile Crisis Korean War Truman and Eisenhower. Forgotten War US tried to stop communism from spreading to S. Korea Vietnam War Johnson, Nixon, Ford. Vietnam wanted freedom from France, US wanted to stop communism from spreading US lost, many died, US started doubting its government
Cold War policies ended with the fall of the Berlin wall in1989, starting a new, undefined era of foreign policy Use section 4 to help you answer the following question. What is NATO? The UN? Should the US base its foreign policy more on these two groups? Why or why not? On the timeline below, label the top five most important turning points (in your opinion!!) in US foreign policy history. 80 2010
art IV: The Judicial Branch What does the judicial branch do? Why is the role of a judicial branch particularly important to a democracy? Complete the following chart as we talk in class. National Courts State Courts
CurrentSupremeCourt ChiefJusticeoftheUnitedStates:JOHNG.ROBERTS,JR. AssociateJustices: ANTONIN ANTHONYM.KENNEDY CLARENCETHOMAS BADERGINSBURG STEPHENG.BREYER SAMUELA.,JR. SONIASOTOMAYOR ELENA RetiredJustices: SANDRADAYO'CONNOR DAVIDH.SOUTER JOHNPAULSTEVENS WhydowehaveaSupremeCourt? How do you get to be on the Supreme Court? Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: Step 4: What power does the court have? Judicial Review: Appellate Jurisdiction: 1
Why are the court s rulings so important? What is the difference between a liberal and conservative judge? What process does a case go through to get to and through the Supreme Court? (Fill in the flow chart) 000 cases are appealed to the SC each year. hey usually accept around. The court issues a. Oral Arguments are heard. justices must agree to hear a case. are written and sent to the court. he court meets in closed sessions to Opinions are they written. They are the Majority opinion: Concurring opinion: Dissenting opinion: 1
Part V: Connections In the space below create a flow chart that includes all three branches. Using arrows, indicate as many relationships or interactions between branches that you can think of. Use different colors for the different branches or types of nteractions. Vocab Define the following words as we complete the packet. Legislative Branch Reapportionment Gerrymandering Off year election Single member district Continuous body Filibuster and cloture Proportional representation Winner take all Party whips Speaker of the House 1
Executive Branch, bureaucracy and foreign policy Reprieve Pardon Clemency Bureaucracy Amnesty Foreign policy Domestic vs. foreign affairs UN NATO Judicial Branch Civil cases Criminal cases Appellate jurisdiction Exclusive jurisdiction Concurrent jurisdiction Majority opinion Concurring opinion Dissenting opinion Judicial review 1