https://padlet.com/s_tamryn_jones/civicsunit3padlet Civics Unit 3 Padlet en-us 2016-12-09 16:27:43 UTC 2023-05-04 00:58:46 UTC hello@padlet.com s_tamryn_jones https://padlet.com/s_tamryn_jones/civicsunit3padlet/wish/144235723 On this side of the board I will examine how the Constitution has created a dynamic government that has the ability change with the times.]]> 2016-12-18 19:03:35 UTC https://padlet.com/s_tamryn_jones/civicsunit3padlet/wish/144235723 s_tamryn_jones https://padlet.com/s_tamryn_jones/civicsunit3padlet/wish/144235788 The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´. The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. This act kept our government dynamic because it decided that people who live in a certain region should determine for themselves the nature of their government, therefore expanding their popular sovereignty.

]]> 2016-12-18 19:04:39 UTC https://padlet.com/s_tamryn_jones/civicsunit3padlet/wish/144235788 s_tamryn_jones https://padlet.com/s_tamryn_jones/civicsunit3padlet/wish/144235925 Arver VS The United States, was a United States Supreme Court decision which upheld the draft. The Supreme Court stated that the Selective Service Act of 1917 did not violate the Thirteenth Amendment, or the First Amendment's protection of freedom of conscience. This meant all males aged 21 to 45 were required to register for military service. This allowed the government to have an excessive amount of power if ever in need of soldiers. The U.S government would be able to draft American men to the military against their own will and they would be forced to serve in the military. This action shows the dynamism of our government because it changed the power of the government to draft men into the military against their own will, in violation of the 14th and 1st amendment.

]]> 2016-12-18 19:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/s_tamryn_jones/civicsunit3padlet/wish/144235925 s_tamryn_jones https://padlet.com/s_tamryn_jones/civicsunit3padlet/wish/144236060 In 1996, Congress and President Bill Clinton passed and signed Public Law 104-199, the Defense of Marriage Act.This act defined marriage as the union of one man and one woman, and allowed states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriage. On June 26, 2015, a change would eventually occur. The United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of Obergefell v. Hodges, claiming that state-level bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional. This decision would allow same-sex marriage to be legal in all 50 states, and demonstrate how the previous law violated the 14th amendment. This action shows the dynamism of our government because it significantly changed the power of the Judicial branch. Originally the Executive and Legislative branch had control over the legalization of gay marriage, yet the Judicial branch used checks and balances to determine that  Public Law 104-199 was unconstitutional. 

]]> 2016-12-18 19:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/s_tamryn_jones/civicsunit3padlet/wish/144236060 s_tamryn_jones https://padlet.com/s_tamryn_jones/civicsunit3padlet/wish/144236190 States have recognized marijuana's medical value and some have passed laws through their legislatures. Even so, the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 claims that marijuana (recreational and medical) is illegal under federal law. Marijuana is treated like every other controlled substance, such as cocaine and heroin. This demonstrates the dynamism of the Constitution as it involves federalism because what is supposed to be a state decision is now being decided by the federal government. ]]> 2016-12-18 19:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/s_tamryn_jones/civicsunit3padlet/wish/144236190 s_tamryn_jones https://padlet.com/s_tamryn_jones/civicsunit3padlet/wish/144236795 On this side of the board I will examine how the Constitution has created a government that remains stable by preventing changes from occurring too quickly.]]> 2016-12-18 19:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/s_tamryn_jones/civicsunit3padlet/wish/144236795 s_tamryn_jones https://padlet.com/s_tamryn_jones/civicsunit3padlet/wish/144651600 The Lodge-Gossett Amendment was an amendment that would abolish the electoral college. The amendment would allow electoral votes to be collected as presidential tickets. It was amended to also require a 40% threshold of electoral votes for a ticket to be elected to the Presidency and Vice Presidency. If neither of candidates receives such a threshold the Senate and the House of Representatives would choose among the top two presidential candidates and their running mates. This amendment, if passed, would take away the popular voting system in which the people decide. This failed amendment kept the Constitution stable because it would have taken away the right of the people to  their elect political leaders, and or their popular sovereignty.

]]> 2016-12-22 03:45:30 UTC https://padlet.com/s_tamryn_jones/civicsunit3padlet/wish/144651600 s_tamryn_jones https://padlet.com/s_tamryn_jones/civicsunit3padlet/wish/144651641 In 1871, Andrew King proposed a constitutional amendment to make interracial marriage illegal nationwide. King proposed this amendment because he predicted that the Fourteenth Amendment, which gave equal rights to freed slaves, would render laws against interracial marriage unconstitutional. The amendment was denied by congress due to its violation of the 14th amendment. This would eventually brought back ties to the Loving v. Virginia case. This kept the government stable by limiting the power of congress and maintain citizen’s individual liberty. to decide the if interracial marriage should be illegal.

]]> 2016-12-22 03:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/s_tamryn_jones/civicsunit3padlet/wish/144651641 s_tamryn_jones https://padlet.com/s_tamryn_jones/civicsunit3padlet/wish/144651683 The “Watergate Scandal” was a major political scandal that took place in the early 1970s. President Nixon failed to protect tapes that could be used to convict him as the leading perpetrator. His lawyers explained how the president’s executive privilege allowed him to keep the tapes to himself, yet in July, the Supreme Court ordered Nixon to turn them over. This insured that the president can not do as he wishes, and kept the government stable by showing how our constitution provides a checks and balances system. 

]]> 2016-12-22 03:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/s_tamryn_jones/civicsunit3padlet/wish/144651683 s_tamryn_jones https://padlet.com/s_tamryn_jones/civicsunit3padlet/wish/144651745 The English Language Amendment was proposed to Congress in 1981, that would make English the official language of the United States. Even so, many states have decided their own local language. For example, In October 2014 Alaska's governor on signed a bill to officially recognize the state's 20 used languages.If passed the federal amendment would have been passed, it would banned virtually all uses of languages other than English by federal, state, and local governments. This amendment has since then, been denied by the Federal Government. This is an example of constitutional stability because it demonstrates how the Federal government were stopped from disrupting laws that state have already passed. 

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