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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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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.