Assignments
Remember the assignments given in class
Next two chapters in Carson for reading.
Presentation — Brogan-Griffin first chapter for the week
Presentation — Becca and Carter second chapter for the week
Vocabulary
pulchritudinous
abstemious
abstruse
aesthetic
bumptious
bohemian
circumlocution
debonair
cupidity
coquettish
Notes from Lecture
I.) Elecotral College
A.) How number of elecotral votes for each state is reckoned
B.) Presidential election night = 50 elections… not 1
Unity in diversity
Illustration — Baseball Season … 1960 World Series (Yankees vs. Pirates)
C.) Challenges to the electoral College
Pure democracy
D.) Founders opinion on pure democracy
E.) 17th amendment and pure democracy
How the election of Senators worked prior to 17th amendment
F.) Who gets to be President if there is an Elecotral college tie or no one gets a majority?
1.) Historical examples
1800 — Jefferson vs. Burr
1824 — Jackson vs. John Q. Adams vs. Henry Clay vs. Crawford
2.) House’s role
3.) Senate’s role
G.) Who gets to be President if the President elect dies before the Electors meet?
H.) Who gets to be President if the President elect dies after the Electors meet?
I.) Popular vote Win… Electoral college loss
- Five times a candidate has won the popular vote and lost the election. Andrew Jackson in 1824 (to John Quincy Adams); Samuel Tilden in 1876 (to Rutherford B. Hayes); Grover Cleveland in 1888 (to Benjamin Harrison); Al Gore in 2000 (to George W. Bush); Hillary Clinton in 2016 (to Donald J. Trump)Looking at Tilden vs. Hayes — 1876
“Old 13-12”
Rutherfraud
The deal
J.) Why Electoral College review
II.) Turning the ins out
A.) Economic downturn
B.) Major foreign policy blunder
C.) Division in the party
D.) Major corruption of party in power
Hi Pastor, here is the condensed note from last class.
Different Kinds of Government:
Head of Decision Power Rule Political
state Maker source length Freedom
Military Dictator: Dictator Dictator Military Indefinite determined
by dictator
Full Monarchy: Monarch Monarch Hereditary Death Determined by monarch
Oligarchy: Small Small
Group Group $$$$ Death Small group
Republic: President Checks + Constit- Term Bill of Rights
Balances ution limit
Full Democracy: n/a Majority Majority n/a Determined by Majority
Anarchy: n/a n/a n/a When gov. Determined by everyone
est.
Communism: Dictator Dictator Seizing Indefinite Determined by Dictator
power
Corporatism: Corp. heads Corp. heads $$$$ ”
Confederacy= many states who want to make a general gov. for a few enumerated and delegated powers
Constitutional Monarchy= When monarch is limited by law
Theocracy is an INESCAPABLE category
Socialism= Takeover by evolution, when the economy is planned by the government, gov. is God
How A Bill Becomes Law:
1. The bill begins as an idea
2. It gains a sponsor, usually a sen. and a rep.
3. Bill is introduced, starts in house
4. Goes to committee
5. Bill is reported in the House (for impeachment, 2/3 vote is required for conviction. Senate becomes jury, tried by president. some of House of Representatives as attorneys.)
6. Bill is debated in the House, can be amended
7. The Senate repeats steps 4-6, sometimes put in a drawer
8. Debated again, goes back to House (sometimes with amendments)
9. If the House does not like amendments, the bill goes to a conference committee of both Sen. and Reps., decide on compromise, if approved goes to president
10. Goes to president, either signs it, veto, or pocket veto. Both the Senate and the House together can override a veto with 2/3 vote.
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Locate these elements in the US Gov’t and briefly explain how they function as such
Monarchy
Aristocracy
Democracy
2.) Total # of Electoral Votes in College
3.) Total # Electoral Votes need by a Presidential candidate to win
4.) Total # of Representatives in US House
5.) Total # of Senators in US Senate
6.) Total # of SCOTUS
7.) Senate has the responsibility to advise and consent on Presidential appointments to SCOTUS
8.) Turning the ins out (4)
9.) Briefly define the purpose of the Electoral College
10.) Briefly explain why theocracy is an inescapable category
11.) T F — It is possible to win the Presidency while losing the nation wide vote total.
12.) If this is possible name one example
