BR 4-8-14

The article is saying that Obama is trying to create an Equal Pay towards women.

64%

BR 4-7-14

I believe immigrants should be able to know everything about the country that we have to learn in school. Especially civics and politics related.

1. His face reflects unwelcomeness and a sense of sadness

2. This could happen randomly in any company

3. The man id being turned away from work because of his race

4. Discrimination was occurring with all races

BR 4-2-14

I think that the whole not talking thing is the hardest, but that's the only thing against my group. Everything for the african american group would have to be difficult.

4-1-14

I actually do think that back up cameras do help, especially in bigger vehicles. My dad's Dodge has rear cameras and it makes turning around in our driveway much easier especially when you can't see the lower things that usually wouldn't be visible out of the mirrors or back glass.

Descrimination Notes

Heterogenous - different people, cultures, etc..
immigrant - legal aliens that move to another country
reservations - public land given to Native Americans by the government
refugee - move here for protection purposes
assimilation - adapting to another culture

notes continued (4/2/14)...

• population of the US is mostly white
• Immigrants have arrived in near record numbers every year since 1960
• populations have grown - African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, Native American
• Minority pops exceed white in Texas, California, Hawaii, & New Mexico
• more females than males 

African Americans :

• victims of consistent and deliberate treatment for a longer time
• make up 14% of the population
• most gains have been made by African Americans

Native Americans:

• pop increased to 6 mill by 1900
• Americans brought illnesses that hurt the Native Americans
• Poverty, joblessness, alcoholism - all plague many reservations today
• Indian Education Act - attempted to remedy the lives of Native Americans
• die younger / higher infant mortality rate

Hispanic Americans:

• Spanish speaking backgrounds
• can be any race
• largest minority rate - 50 mil in US
• four main groups - Mexican, Puerto Ricans, Cuban, Central & South Americans

Asian Americans:

• chinese laborers were the 1st to come to America
• often faced with violence b/c white workers were unhappy
• Chinese exclusion Act - illegal for Chinese to migrate here
• WWII- japanese bombed pearl harbor, they were evacuated to the pacific Coast, even native born
• Congress admitted they were wrong and changed their ways 

notes cont.. (4-7-14)

• Those who oppose Civil Rights often believe you cant change morality by passing a law. 
• Dr. King: "Judicial decrees.. may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless
• in the 1870s-1950s no meaningful legislation passed in regards to civil rights
• Civil Rights Act of 1964 made changes in 
•  - public services could no longer deny access based on ***race, religion, national origin, physical disability, etc...*
• funding
• voting provisions
• Civil rights act of 1968 :
• open housing act (cannot refuse selling/renting living space to a person due to ***
• Title IX : forbids discrimination on the basis of gender in any educational program or program regarding financial assistance. Equal funding and opportunities must be given to women athletics
• Affirmative action: 
• requires employers take positive steps to fix the affects of past discrimination
• employers must meet quotas for minority groups/genders
• Reverse discrimination: discrimination against the majority group

CITIZENSHIP 

• an american citizen is one who swears allegiance to the US
• 14th amendment was the first constitutional definition 
• The constitution declares that a person becomes an American citizen one of 2 ways - birth and naturalization.
• BY BIRTH -
• 90% of Americans are citizens by birth
• Citizen if born on US soil
• NATURALIZATION - 
• one who migrates and take the citizenship tests
• en masse - an entire group becomes a citizen because the US gains their territory
• loss of citizenship - expatriation - every citizen has the right to voluntarily abandon their citizenship
• unconstitutional for congress to take away citizenship
• denaturalization - can occur when one has became a citizen through fraud or deception
• Marriage does not make one a citizen it only shortens the time of the naturalization process

BR 3-31-14

I do think that racism is still an issue. It may not be as bad as it used to be, but it is still here. I believe that people are more open towards different races, but there is still a trace of bashing against them from some peers. I think it will always be a problem for some people especially if that's how they were raised but it will never be as bad as it was.

BR 3-27-14

Supreme Court Justices are nominated by the President, then voted on by Congress. The Justices then serve until retirement, resignation, or death (unless the Justice fails to have "good behavior"). Do you think Supreme Court Justices should serve for life? Should the American people vote for Justices, or leave it those who have "experience"?

BR 3-24-14

This article is about a virus outbreak that has already taken the lives of 59 people in Africa..

Court Cases

Religion: Contraception vs. Religious Freedom - On March 25th the supreme court will hear a case that challenges the provision of women's health amendment to the affordable healthcare act. I believe that the Contraception side will eventually win this case based on the information given in the article.

Minority: Hollingsworth vs. Perry - The supreme court ruled that same sex marriage opponents in California did not have standing to appeal the lower court ruling which changed the law on same sex marriage in the state of California.

School System: Safford Unified School District vs. Redding - Savanna Redding, an eighth grader, was strip searched by school officials because she was believed to have had ibuprofen. She is saying that her 4th amendment was violated. The school officials also did not have enough evidence to do the search. It was concluded that it did violate her rights and was not a justified reason to strip search a 13 year old girl.

Notes 3-20-14

Inferior courts:

• created by congress to function beneath the Supreme court
• not required in the constitution

District Courts

• handle more than 350,000 cases a year
• 84 district courts
• 12 judicial districts

multi-judge panels - more than one judge to hear a case

FISA - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Alien Terrorist Removal court - removes alien terrorists

District courts have either civil or criminal cases

Most decisions made here are final (start here, end here)

 Court of appeals - handles all appealed cases - each has 6-28 judges

Court of International Trade - federal trial court - only tries civil cases that arise out of nations customs and other trade related laws. 

BR 3-20-14

I agree with judicial activism.

Assignment 3-19-14

Ground Floor:
1. in the filing room the petitions are stored
2. The press room is located here

1st Floor:
1. Ceremonial robing room where judges put robes on, shake hands, and go in by seniority
2. Four friezes that ring the upper part of the courtroom.

2nd Floor:
1. John Marshall Dining Room is a room for only justices
2. 4 Interior courtyards

3rd Floor:
1. SC library is the only major room on this floor
2. contains all volumes of state and federal laws and other documents

BR 3-19-14

I think it's kind of bizarre that a plane with 250 people on it just disappears, and that it was forced to go off route. I don't really know what to make of it, but I do think it's pretty weird. I also think there should be some way of locating the plane, especially with todays technology.

BR 3-18-14

1. Russia is trying to take Crimea away from Ukraine
2. I think our government should only get involved if necessary.

BR 3-11-14

I believe they should.....

Candidate Ad assignment

2008- Obama v. McCain "Education"
1. McCain is targeting Obama on education
2. negative
3. It does deliver its message
4. It would still portray the same idea today
5. I wouldn't have voted for Obama

1998- Clinton v. Dole "Fool"
1. targeting Clinton
2. negative
3. yes
4. it would still be liked
5. i don't know..

1984- Reagan v. Mondale
1.

BR 1-10-14

I think the most important thing in the budget is anything that has to do with benefiting the citizens of the United States.

Notes 3-6-14

1. Vote is determined by electoral colleges
2. Election tie of 1800 > both Jefferson & Burr got 73 votes
3. 12th amendment separates president & VP elections

Continued 3-7-14
1. national convention - called every 4 years to officially nominate presidential candidates
2. primaries are devices each party uses to select its nomination for president.
3. delegate selection process began as a "winner takes all", now moved to proportional representation.
4. Caucuses are closed meetings of political parties that gather to select delegates to the national convention.
5. convention schedule:

• Day 2: adopt platform, keynote address
• Day 3: select or affirm choice for vice presidential candidate
• Day 4: select & affirm presidential candidate, done by delegates voting, candidate delivers acceptance speech

6. nominee characteristics: current president, long run of political experience, protestants from large states, good speakers, stable family life, healthy appearance.

BR 3-5-14

President, Vice President, .....

BR 2-28-14

I believe that they should be allowed to wear them. We do live in America..

BR 2-26-14

I honestly don't believe that any college athlete should be paid to play. We, as high school athletes, do not get paid so why should they..?

S 101

One Hundred Thirteenth Congress

1st Session

S. 101

To_Do what???  ___Make Physician assisted suicide legal for the state of Washington. _____

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 12, 2014

Ms. Kristyn Jones introduced the following bill; which was read once and referred to the Committee on _____Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________

A BILL

To _Do what?? ___Make the suicide assists of a Physician legal in the state of________ __Washington._____________________________________________________________

 

             Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE

            _____Physician Assisted Suicide __ Act of 2013.

SEC.2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES

            explain why this bill is needed

(a)  Findings – Congress finds the following (research that proves your bill is necessary)

This bill is written to make it legal for a physician to assist in the suicide of an adult over the age of 18 that does not want to suffer, with the requests by three others in the state of Washington.

(b)  Purposes – The purposes of this Act are – (what your goal is, what will happen if your bill is passed)

The main purpose of this bill is to allow any adult that does not wish to continue in life after a life changing medical problem has occurred to end their own life with the help of a physician.

SEC. 3. PROVISIONS

            list parts of the bill (how exactly it will work)

            (a)  The patient requesting assist of suicide must be over the age of 18.

(b) You must reside in the state of which you wish to commit

(c) Must have 6 or less months until expected date of death

(d) Must have at least 3 requests (2 oral, 1 written) to physician.

             

SEC.4. APPROPRIATIONS

            give annual cost/authorization (how much will it cost each year)

            (a)  Physicians will use drug to induce the patients into their death that will cost approximately $75 - $100 which will need to be bought by the physician’s office. Based off of that the office would need approximately $500,000 a year at a starting cost to purchase this drug.

            give funding source (where the money will come from)

(c)  It can come from office based donations and/or a certain percentage of each visit made to the office from the insurance company. We can also raise taxes on prescribed narcotics

(d)  and other prescriptions.

Mr. Grady,

I made you an awesome milkshake. You're welcome.

State Data Sheet

Senator ___Kristyn Jones___________  State_Washington______  Party __Democrat_________

State Data Sheet

Every new Senator makes an introductory speech to the Senate.  In order to speak effectively and identify the state-focused issue on which you will concentrate, you will need to collect some data about your state.  The more you know, the more effective you should be in addressing the real needs of your state.  The information you gather should also help you to create your campaign poster and organize your introductory speech to the Senate.

Consider the following list of items to be “basic.”  The list is NOT intended to be all-inclusive.  Any other pertinent information you find should be included at the end of the list.  Note that “RANK” (see below) means national rank, i.e., out of the 50 states.  Use almanacs, encyclopedias (NOT Wikipedia), the Internet, etc. to find this information.  See the back for suggested sources. 

1. Governor of your state: ________Jay Inslee____________________________________

2. The real United States Senators:         a. ____Patty Murray _________________________

b. ____Maria Cantwell_______________________

3. The state’s number of Representatives in the House of Representatives: _____9________

4. The state’s number of Electoral Votes: _______12______________________________

5. State Nickname(s): ____________The Evergreen State___________________________

6. State’s population: ____________6.897 million_______________  Rank: _13th_______

7. Area in square miles: ______71,300 Sq Miles________________    Rank: ____18th____

8. Population density (People per square miles): ______103/mile___    Rank: _____25th____

9. Urban Population: __________3718__________ / ____76.4____% Rank: ____________

10. Rural Population: __________1,149_________ / _76.4_____%       Rank: ____________

11. Racial makeup:

	Total Number	Percentage	Rank
White		81.6%
Black		3.9%
Hispanic		11.7%
Asian		7.7%
Other		7.7%

12. Number of cities with population of over 100,000: ______6____     Rank: ____________

13. Average annual pay: $ __57,573____­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_____________________      Rank: ____________

14. Per capita income: $ ____22,973_________________________      Rank: ____12______

15. Amount of Federal Aid received: _30 cents more than other states  Rank: ____________

16. Federal tax burden: __Below Average______________________   Rank: ____15th____

17. Unemployment rate: ________________7_________________%   Rank: _____21st____

18. Average number of school years completed: ________________     Rank: ____________

19. % of population who are high school grads: ________________%  Rank: ____________

    College grads: ___________________%   Rank: ____________

20. % of population below the poverty line: ___________________%  Rank: ____________

21. Major products and industries in the state:

22. List notable things about your state (attractions, natural beauty, historical sites, etc.)

23. Other pertinent information that would help you serve your state:

Suggested sites:

http://www.census.gov >>Special Topics>>Statistical Abstract>>State Ranks

http://netstate.com

http://drc.cfed.org >>Measures

Your state website

Almanacs

BR 2-11-14

Physician Assisted Suicide for the state of Washington.
- it is legal
-You have to be 18
..........

BR 2-10-14

I am writing a bill on physician assisted suicide for the state of Washington.

• It is legal in the state of Washington
• You have to be 18 years of age
• You must be a resident
• Must have 6 or less months until expected death date
• You must have 2 oral (at least 15 days apart) and one written request to Physician

BR 2-7-14

My law would be against Greg in every way possible.

***Washington - Democrat -  physician assisted suicide - 704 - Health, Education, Labor & Pensions

2-5-14

I don't even have to read this article to have an opinion about the question. I do think that the government should be able to restrict what you buy with food stamps. If you can't get your own job and get your own money, and you are taking the government's money then you should only be able to buy what the government allows. If my dad gave me money and told me to only use it for a certain thing then I'd only use it for that certain thing.

War against Grafton

1. We can increase the taxes on the citizens in sales.
2. We can first take volunteers and if we don't raise enough of an army then we can create a draft based on physical fitness and age.
3. We can deliver mail the same ways as we have, but we may need to increase the ways to deliver
4. We can create allies as long as we keep them happy.

2-4-14

I personally believe that this goes against the first amendments freedom of speech. Everyone should be entitled to their own opinion.

BR 1-31-14

I would not continue to build the pipeline if it wasn't affecting the environment in a positive way. Why would we continue to break down the environment?

BR 1-30-14

Two inches of snow would not cause near as much trouble here as it would there. I would not want to live in a place not used to snow and honestly, even if there is snow you should still be able to drive. I think it's kind of ridiculous that it shut down.

The Average Congressman

1. Tend to have a substantial amount of money
2. "smart"
3. Politically experienced

BR 1-17-14

I don't really think that suing the player was quite necessary. He chose to be the coach and accidents happen. It was a sport that anyone was likely to get hurt in. The kid was fifteen years old and it was highly outrageous to sue 600,000 dollars to sue him for a mere accident. Just my opinion.

Senate Outline

The Senate
The Upper House of Congress
Intended to not be bound totally by popular opinion

Represent:       entire state.      
A continuous body:     There isn't a time when all seats are open at once.          
Term Length :    6 years   
Term Limit:      none.    
Originally elected by      State Legislature     
17 Amendment changed procedures to election by voters.
Before this amendment the Senate was nicknamed the     Millionaire's Club       due too the purchasing of seats.
Only one senator for each state is elected at any given election
Exceptions:        Death or Retirement         
Formal:
1. 30 years of age
2. Resided in US for 9 years
3. Live in state you're representing

Informal:
Party, Name Familiarity, Gender Race, Political Experience, Fundraising Ability

Other Senators can exclude a member with a majority vote
This has been done on 3    occasions

Senators have the power to punish their colleagues for disorderly conduct
With a 2/3 vote the senate can expel one of its members
This has been done 15     times
14 of which were during the Civil War    

BR 1-16-13

I honestly don't think the show has had any effect on the teenage pregnancy rate around here. It's just a show and it's almost promoting teenage pregnancy. I think the "stats" they said were pretty much just a story to make the show itself look better..

4 things I've learned today..

1. Karla made an IG
2. States get Gerrymandered(?)
3. They do that to guarantee a certain outcome.
4. You can be a representative until you die.

BR 1-15-14

Bill Clinton, because Greg said so, and because he improved the economy from recent devastation.

BR 1-14-14

Barbour County's senators are Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin.
Our representative is Mary Poling.

1-13-14

I personally don't think this even reflects West Virginia in a positive or negative way, and if it did then society is totally screwed. This could have easily happened anywhere else in the United States, and it's sad that so many people are actually criticizing WV over this. I guess people out of state will find any way possible to bash West Virginia, which is honestly ridiculous. A majority of the comments state that "us West Virginians" were against them.. It really irritates me that other states automatically assume that West Virginia is a bunch of uneducated, backwoods, legit rednecks. We have a lot more class than what people put off about us. " And West Virginia is nothing if not poor and white." Seriously? Come on.

BR 1-10-14

1. I believe they will be able to control the fans.
2. No I would not, I don't want to put my life in danger..

BR 1-9-14

1. The parents have the decision on whether or not she should be able to have the tube inserted. She is only thirteen so legally she cannot make the final decision.
2. I would allow the child to tell me what they want before i made the final decision if I were the parents.