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US Government (Wednesday, April 12, 4th period)
Josh was in the classroom, a pile of tests on his desk.
And a giant golf umbrella next to his chair. He wasn't taking any chances.
Every now and then, he gave a suspicious glare at the ceiling tiles.
"Okay. This is our last test before our final exam, at which point you can erase your brain from anything you learned in this class, as is traditional. But for now, well, I hope you used the time you had off on Friday productively."
1. How does a bill become a law? Singing aloud will be mocked.
2. Name at least two committees in either the House of Representatives or the Senate. Extra credit will be given if you name more than five.
3.Just how big a jackass is the Senate Majority Leader? Give me an example of the differences between the House and the Senate.
4. Where does the Supreme Court fit into the balance of power thing?
5. Marbury v. Madison, Dred Scott, Brown v. Board of Education, Roe v. Wade. Prove to me you know what you're talking about regarding one of these cases.
Extra credit: Name the 9 Supreme Court Justices in this reality.
[OOC: handwaving the answers is fine--give me an idea of how your character did. Answering the questions is fun, too :)]
And a giant golf umbrella next to his chair. He wasn't taking any chances.
Every now and then, he gave a suspicious glare at the ceiling tiles.
"Okay. This is our last test before our final exam, at which point you can erase your brain from anything you learned in this class, as is traditional. But for now, well, I hope you used the time you had off on Friday productively."
1. How does a bill become a law? Singing aloud will be mocked.
2. Name at least two committees in either the House of Representatives or the Senate. Extra credit will be given if you name more than five.
3.
4. Where does the Supreme Court fit into the balance of power thing?
5. Marbury v. Madison, Dred Scott, Brown v. Board of Education, Roe v. Wade. Prove to me you know what you're talking about regarding one of these cases.
Extra credit: Name the 9 Supreme Court Justices in this reality.
[OOC: handwaving the answers is fine--give me an idea of how your character did. Answering the questions is fun, too :)]
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1. A member of Congress has to introduce the bill and then propose the bill, becoming the bill's sponsor. A bill is introduced next by being placed in the hopper. The bill is assigned a number and then referred to a committee. If the committee agrees the bill is ready, the bill is reported favorably on. The bill is then considered on the House floor. A vote is taken on the bill. If the bill passes, it goes to the Senate for a similar process. The bill is enrolled once it passes both chambers and goes to the president. If the president approves, the bill becomes a law!
2. Committee on the Budget, Committee on Armed Services, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Committee on Foreign Relations, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Committee on Appropriations
3. The Supreme Court can declare laws and presidential acts unconstitutional.
4. The House initiates the impeachment process and the Senate tries the impeached individual. There are two Senate officials per state and the number of House officials per state depends on population.
5. Brown versus the Board Education, a ruling occurring in 1954, ruled that segregation in schools was unconstitutional due to violating the fourteenth amendment of equal rights protection.
EC: Samuel Alito, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, John Roberts Jr, Stephen Breyer, Clarence Thomas, David Souter, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, John Paul Stevens
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unless it's a stupid ass law designed to keep a dead woman alivesometimes legislation is so important it must be voted on immediatelylike at midnight when only a few people are around. If it's approved it's sent to the Senate where it goes through a similar process. If it passes the senate, it's sent to the Preznut for signing.2. House - Appropriations, Judiciary, Vetran's Affairs. Senate - Finance, Foreign Relations, Energy and Natural Resources
3. Representation in the Senate is fixed at two senators per state. Representation in the House is based on population.
4. The Supreme Court can exercise the power of judicial review and declare state and federal laws, as well as the actions of state and federal executives unconstitutional.
5. Roe v. Wade determined that a right of privacy, whether it be founded in the Fourteenth Amendment's concept of personal liberty and restrictions upon state action, or, as the District Court determined, in the Ninth Amendment's reservation of rights to the people, is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.
EC. Stephen G. Breyer, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel A. Alito aka Scalito, Anthony M. Kennedy, John Paul Stevens, John G. Roberts, Antonin G. Scalia, and David H. Souter.
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As much as his mun wants to take the test, brain breaky day!Kawalsky took the test. He'd studied for it and had actually taken notes in this class, so he managed to answer most of the questions properly. The work was somewhere in the realm of a mid to low B.Re: Take the test
The committee may decide the bill is unwise or unnecessary and table it, thus killing it at once. Or it may decide the bill is worthwhile and hold hearings to listen to facts and opinions presented by experts and other interested persons. After members of the committee have debated the bill and perhaps offered amendments, a vote is taken; and if the vote is favorable, the bill is sent back to the floor of the house.
The clerk reads the bill sentence by sentence to the house, and this is known as the second reading. Members may then debate the bill and offer amendments. In the House of Representatives, the time for debate is limited by a cloture rule, but there is no such restriction in the Senate for cloture, where 60 votes are required. This makes possible a filibuster, in which one or more opponents hold the floor to defeat the bill.
The third reading is by title only, and the bill is put to a vote, which may be by voice or roll call, depending on the circumstances and parliamentary rules. A member who must be absent at the time of a vote may contract (or "pair") with a member of the opposition to abstain, balancing each other out.
The bill then goes to the other house of Congress, where it may be defeated, or passed with or without amendments. If the bill is defeated, it dies. If it is passed with amendments, a joint congressional committee must be appointed by both houses to iron out the differences.
After its final passage by both houses, the bill is sent to the president. If he approves, he signs it, and the bill becomes a law. However, if he disapproves, he vetoes the bill by refusing to sign it and sending it back to the house of origin with his reasons for the veto. The objections are read and debated, and a roll-call vote is taken. If the bill receives less than a two-thirds vote, it is defeated and goes no further. But if it receives a two-thirds vote or greater, it is sent to the other house for a vote. If that house also passes it by a two-thirds vote, the president's veto is overridden, and the bill becomes a law.
Should the president desire neither to sign nor to veto the bill, he may retain it for ten days, Sundays excepted, after which time it automatically becomes a law without signature. However, if Congress has adjourned within those ten days, the bill is automatically killed, that process of indirect rejection being known as a pocket veto.
2. Senate Standing Committees: Appropriations, Armed Services, Foreign Relations, Judiciary
Senate Select Committees: Ethics, Intelligence
House of Representatives: Appropriations, Government Reform, House Administration, International Relations
3. Members of the House have a two year term, whereas Senators retain their seat for six years.
4. The Supreme Court holds both original and appellate jurisdiction. Members are nominated by the President (the executive branch) and have to be confirmed by the Senate (the legislative branch). The Supreme Court may exercise the power of judicial review, or the power to declare federal or state laws, as well as the actions of federal and state executives, unconstitutional. The decisions of the Supreme Court may not be appealed to any other body
5. This 1803 decision marked the first time the United States Supreme Court declared a federal law unconstitutional. Chief Justice John Marshall wrote the opinion for the court. He held that it was the duty of the judicial branch to determine what the law is. His opinion established the power of judicial review.
EC: John G. Roberts, John Paul Stevens, Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer.
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's mun still wasn't feeling great, so handwavey yay!studied a lot because he's a nerd like that, so he did well. No extra credit, though, so he probably just barely pulled an A-.Re: Take the test
2. Veterans Affairs, Appropriations
3. The Senate has the power to approve or disapprove of Presidential appointments, including Supreme Court Justices. The House doesn't.
4. The Supreme Court has the power to declare laws and presidential actions unconstitutional, but the President has the power of appointment and Congress has the power of approval over the Justices. The President and Congress also have the power to impeach the Justices.
5. Brown v. Board of Education did away with the doctrine of "Separate But Equal" with the quote "Separate but Equal is inherently unequal," thereby making segregation illegal. Of course, it took many years, protests, the National Guard, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make it a reality, but it started with Brown.
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Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Sleepy.Samuel Alito, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, John Roberts Jr, Stephen Breyer, Clarence Thomas, David Souter, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, John Paul Stevens.Thomas and Scalia are two different people? Huh.Re: Take the test
2. Appropriations, Armed Services
3.
Words cannot describe his jackassitudeHouse has shorter terms, and more members, with states getting more reps if they have larger populations.4. They can declare laws to be unconstitutional.
5.
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Angela scowled at the paper, did not mutter "I don't know," and did ... like this:
1. It has to be approved by a committee, then by the House, then by the Senate, then the two versions have to be reconciled, then the president has to sign it.
2. Judiciary and Foreign Affairs
3. The Senate has two representatives for each state, the House has representation based on population.
4. It can declare laws unconstitutional, thus overriding Congress and the executive branch.
5. Brown v. Board of Education desegregated public schools by saying separate but equal education wasn't acceptable.
Extra credit: Scalia, Thomas, Ginsburg, Rehnquist, Stevens, Kennedy, and ... three other guys.
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handwavy-like, and ends up with somewhere in the range of a B- or B. He totally screws up the differences between the House and the Senate because this whole, "more than one group of old dudes making the rules" thing is still hard for him to grasp. He does, however, completely ace the part that there was a song about. He may be humming the tune. Maybe.After the test
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