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| | 3. Suppose Congress passed a law prohibiting homeschooling, and you were asked to challenge the constitutionality of that law. What arguments would you use? Which provision of the Constitution do you think Congress would cite in order to try to justify its law? | | 3. Suppose Congress passed a law prohibiting homeschooling, and you were asked to challenge the constitutionality of that law. What arguments would you use? Which provision of the Constitution do you think Congress would cite in order to try to justify its law? |
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| − | 4. ObamaCare, as passed by Congress and signed into law by the President in 2010, requires large employers to share some of the costs of health insurance along with individuals. In 2013, however, the Department of Treasury said that large employers did not have to bear any costs of ObamaCare in 2014, but individuals still did have to comply and pay the costs. Which branch of government is the Department of Treasury in, and do you think it was constitutional for it do shift the costs of ObamaCare entirely onto individuals? Explain. | + | 4. In the long quotation in the "Enumerated" Powers section above from Chief Justice John Roberts, who was for the Supreme Court in the ObamaCare case, he explained why the Framers did not originally include the Bill of Rights. Why was that, and were the Framers right to omit the Bill of Rights? Please discuss your view. |
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| | 5. Do you agree with the "not a democracy" quote by James Madison above? Explain. | | 5. Do you agree with the "not a democracy" quote by James Madison above? Explain. |
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| − | 6. Discuss one of the clauses explained above in this lecture (such as the Origination Clause, Commerce Clause or War Powers Clause). | + | 6. Discuss one of the clauses explained above in this lecture (such as the Origination Clause, Commerce Clause or War Powers Clause), including how broadly you would interpret it. |
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| − | 7. Do you think the president has the authority under the Constitution to send troops into battle without approval by Congress> Discuss. | + | 7. ObamaCare, as passed by Congress and signed into law by the President in 2010, requires large employers to share some of the costs of health insurance along with individuals. In 2013, however, the Department of Treasury said that large employers did not have to bear any costs of ObamaCare in 2014, but individuals still did have to comply and pay the costs. Which branch of government is the Department of Treasury in, and do you think it was constitutional for it to shift the costs of ObamaCare entirely onto individuals? Explain. |
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| | == Honors == | | == Honors == |