Search Results - Search Results civil liberties - The Learning Network Blog Todd Heisler/The New York TimesThe Obama administration issued talking points for commemorations of the 9/11 attacks at home and around the world.Go to related article » Sept. 8, 2011 | Updated Since this post first went up, more teachers have written – and, the case of a former colleague, called – in to share more ideas. As teachers are making plans for the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11, many are concerned about how to make it meaningful because, they note, today’s K-12 and college students very likely have only dim memories, if that, of the events of that day. But today’s students did not experience other crucibles in our nation’s and world’s history: slavery, the Holocaust, the Vietnam War. And if you are still feeling reluctant, consider the comment from a student named Rachel on a guest post about why 9/11 should be taught: I am a student, and to be honest I really thought history was boring because all of the dates you had to remember for tests.
Parham Blog Hi, and welcome to the first edition of our family E-Newsletter. This is the April 2013 edition and we will be sending these out monthly around the middle of each month. This is a newsletter to keep you informed of our progress in bringing together the Parham Family records of the descendants of Edmund Parham and Sarah Copis. Sarah Parham arrived in Adelaide as a widow with 7 of her 9 children on 11 November 1839. Her daughter Sarah, with husband James Sparshott, had previously arrived in the colony in 1837. A Parham Family Gathering is being planned for the weekend 28-30 November, 2014, in Adelaide (and beyond). Your help in forwarding this email to siblings, cousins, children, parents, granchildren, aunts, uncles and others will be much appreciated as we attempt to reach all descendants and garner support for this great Family Project.
Winners and losers at the Supreme Court this week | Texas on the Potomac The scene outside the Supreme Court Francis Rivera / The Houston Chronicle healthcare-scotus_fr01 Advocates for an expansion of Medicare demonstrate silently as opponents of the Affordable Care Act and self-described Tea Party supporters chant "repeal and replace" behind them. It is often said, but it is rarely true. President Barack Obama signs his health-care bill into law in March of 2010 (AP Photo) 1. No politician had more at stake this week than Barack Obama, and no politician was as big a winner. Nancy Pelosi after the Supreme Court upholds the Democratic health-care law. 2. Ah, revenge is sweet. How happy was she? Pelosi to Rep. Miller: “You bet your ass.” Pelosi: “I did.” Chief Justice John Roberts (Official photo) 3. At least for a week, John Roberts is a hero of the left. And even the most partisan Republican has to be pleased that Roberts convinced those four Democratic justices on the Supreme Court to call ObamaCare’s individual mandate a tax. 4. Roger Clemens (Getty Images) 5. 1.
History Witch The Adarand Case - Constitutional Rights Foundation The Adarand Case: Affirmative Action and Equal Protection In 1989, the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded a contract for a Colorado highway construction project to Mountain Gravel & Construction Company. This general contractor then called for bids from subcontractors for parts of the project, including construction of highway guardrails. Adarand Constructors submitted the lowest bid for the guardrails. Mountain Gravel ordinarily would have accepted this bid. Adarand Constructors filed a lawsuit against the Department of Transportation. Does affirmative action violate the 14th Amendment's requirement of equal protection? How Did Affirmative Action Begin? The United States was a highly segregated society until the 1950s. The drive for equality took hold in the 1950s. By the 1960s, the civil rights movement was pressing Congress to do something about racial discrimination in employment. Despite Title VII, equal opportunity in employment for African Americans did not improve.
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Notes Back Limits can be: substantive- what government cannot do procedural- how government is supposed to act Civil rights- action to guarantee equal citizenship and to protect citizens from discrimination by other private citizens and other government agencies (Began with the 14th amendment in 1868/ “Equal protection of the law”) (Can these rights clash? Civil Liberties Barron vs. - clear violation of the 5th amendment – but the federal bill of rights does not protect against state actions Civil war answers question of whether states can secede (no) but not how much states must follow the constitution 14th amendment- appears to directly impose the Bill of Rights of the states “Section. 1. 1873- Slaughterhouse cases -Purpose of the 14th was to protect African Americans as a class -Framers of the 14th did not intend to extend entire Bill of Rights The court only slowly begins to “incorporate” or nationalize the bill of rights to apply to state actions . . . 1897- Chicago vs. 1925- Gitlow vs. Brown vs.
AP US Government Lecture Notes Lecture Notes: **Disclaimer: The following are just lecture notes. They have been neither proofread nor edited for grammar, spelling, or style. They are only provided so that students may clarify their existing notes or may catch up on material that they missed because of absences. DO NOT rely on this material as your only source of information, the assigned readings and in-class discussions remain crucial. Existing notes: Aristotle Plato Thomas Hobbes John Locke Adam Smith John Stuart Mill Government -- General Test Review for first quiz American Revolution and the Articles of Confederation Constitutional Convention The Constitution as an Economic, racial, or pragmatic document Centinel, the Anti-Federalist Federalist #14, 15 Amending the Constitution Federalism Federalist #51 Test Review for Federalism, Federalists, Anti-federalists, and the Constitutional Convention Separation of Powers Judicial Review Federalist#78 Granting Certiorari Judicial Philosophy Supreme Court Test Review Sheet for Judiciary Test