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| | *Immigration | | *Immigration |
| | *Free speech and campaign finance | | *Free speech and campaign finance |
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| | Let's discuss each of these issues in connection with the Constitution. | | Let's discuss each of these issues in connection with the Constitution. |
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| | ===Free speech and campaign finance=== | | ===Free speech and campaign finance=== |
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| | + | == Additional Amendments == |
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| | + | In less than eight years -- from 1913 to 1920 -- four major amendments were added to the Constitution: the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th amendments. We have already discussed the 16th and 17th Amendments (do you recall what they were?), so now we review the 18th and 19th Amendments. |
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| | + | The numerous amendments to the Constitution |
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| | ==James Madison's rejected amendments for the Bill of Rights== | | ==James Madison's rejected amendments for the Bill of Rights== |
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| | 2. "No State shall violate the equal rights of conscience, or the freedom of the press, or the trial by jury in criminal cases." [Madison called this guarantee, extending protections of the First Amendment and the jury trial right of the Sixth Amendment to the states, "the most valuable amendment in the whole lot." It passed the House, but was rejected by the Senate.] | | 2. "No State shall violate the equal rights of conscience, or the freedom of the press, or the trial by jury in criminal cases." [Madison called this guarantee, extending protections of the First Amendment and the jury trial right of the Sixth Amendment to the states, "the most valuable amendment in the whole lot." It passed the House, but was rejected by the Senate.] |
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| − | == Additional Amendments == | + | == Homework == |
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| | + | Answer four of the following five questions, '''''and begin studying for the final exam''''': |
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| − | In less than eight years -- from 1913 to 1920 -- four major amendments were added to the Constitution: the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th amendments. We have already discussed the 16th and 17th Amendments (do you recall what they were?), so now we review the 18th and 19th Amendments.
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| − | The numerous amendments to the Constitution
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| − | == A 27th Amendment?? ==
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| − | <explain political parties>
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| − | <explain polling>
| + | ===Honors=== |
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| − | <explain the media>
| + | Answer two of the following three questions: |
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| − | <explain cases concerning constitutional rights in campaigns>
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| − | == Homework ==
| + | 8. |
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| | [[Category:American Government lectures]] | | [[Category:American Government lectures]] |