3 Branches Review

Principal Lay

Opinion: I think people should be free to practice whatever religion they wish; however, I feel that those who practice certain religions should not bash or hate those who practice a different religion or no religion at all.  Lay, however, should not be punished; they should just exclude all religious activities at school.  This way, those who "don't believe" will not feel uncomfortable in class and events.

Pros:

• The Christians get to practice their faith
• People who want to become a Christian may find it at Lay

Cons:

• Those who are not Christian may find class unconformable
• Those who are not Christian may get bullied or ridiculed

Bill of Rights Scenario

Scenario #1
Amendment Violated: The Fourth Amendment
Why: This scenario violates the Fourth Amendment because the police literally enter her home without a warrant.  The police violated the clause of "unreasonable search and seizure."

Scenario #2
Amendment Violated: The First Amendment
Why: This scenario violates the First Amendment because Sam had all the rights  to hold his protest; however, the police prevented just that, so the clause of "freedom assembly/petition" of the First Amendment was violated.

Scenario #3
Amendment Violated:  The Fifth Amendment
Why: This scenario violates the Fifth Amendment because the police cannot just force Gina out of her own home without just reason.  the clause of "eminent domain" of the Fifth Amendment was violated.

Scenario #4
Amendment Violated: The First Amendment?
Why: This scenario violates the First Amendment because it because it establishes a religous viewpoint in the school.

Scenario #5
Amendment Violated: The Sixth Amendment
Why: This scenario violates the Sixth Amendment because the police arrested Hans without giving him his right to a lawyer.

Articles Failure

The main purpose of this video is to inform the reader of the many aspects of the Articles of the Confederation.  The Articles of the Confederation were not well liked; as a result, Federalism was created.  There are three main points to the Articles of the Confederations: the good, the bad, and the ugly.

The good is the law of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.  Furthermore, there was only the Legislative Branch, and voting power was equal among the states.

Now, for the bad.  The bad side of the Articles described a lack of a President, court system, army, and applicable monetary system.  Also, Congress need 3/4 votes of all the 13 states just to pass laws and all votes to amend the Articles.  In most cases, attaining this amount of votes is impossible.

Finally, the ugly.  The Articles of the Confederation were held responsible for many unfair crimes such as taxation without representation.  One man, in particular, confronted the government regarding these crimes with mobs; his names was Shay, and his revolution would be known as "Shay's Rebellion."  The state governments that Shay confronted tried to call the Federal Government as a form or protection; unfortunately, as a result of Federalism, the Federal Government did not have enough power to do anything.  Shay's Rebellion had some success; his rebellion scared people such as Alexander Hamilton.  Fearful of this change, Hamilton wrote the Federalist Papers; these papers proposed that a new bill be written; one that will replace the Articles of the Confederation.  With these papers, the US Constitution was written.

Branches of Government

URL: http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5813/2006/1600/PN081806.jpg

Interpretation: The nature of this photo is relatively simple to realize: the three branches of government make foolish decisions.  When the man on the right says "There's a difference?" he is referring to the widespread belief the branches of the US government fail to effectively fulfill their duties.