38
Popular Sovereignty Liberty Equality

Popular Sovereignty Liberty Equality

Embed Size (px)

Citation preview

BUREAUCRATIC VIEW

Consent of the governed

(Delegates)

Conspiracy

Republic

Charles Beard

Constitutional Convention

Large States

Based on population

3 Branches

2 House legislature

Small States

One House

Equal representation

Each State one vote

Restraints between the branches

Is a law, presidential action, etc. constitutional?

1. INFORMALLY

Easier, takes less time(Defining what the Constitution means)

Judiciary Act of 1789

Plessy v. FergusonBrown v. Board

Executive Agreements—WWII agreementsExecutive Orders—Internment of Japanese

1. 2/3 vote from both houses of Congress.

2. Const. Convention called by 2/3 of the States.

1. Ratifying Conventions in ¾ of the states.

2. ¾ of all state legislatures approve.

ProposalRatified

Informal changes allow document to

adapt with times

Constitutional division of power between national and state governments.

Unity, not uniformity

State’s ResponsibilitiesFull faith and credit

Extradition Run Elections

COMMERCE CLAUSE

U.S. v. Lopez

Gibbons v. Ogden

Gun Free School Zones Act 1995

U.S. v Morrison Printz v. United States

Landmark case: Interstate trade exclusive to Fed.

Violence against Women Act

Brady Act Background checks

Devolution?

Specific programs