Bellringer April 14

I would like to either be a Pediatric Nurse or a Pediatrician.
Pediatric Nurse- $63,000
Pediatrician- $200,000

Bellringer April 10

$100.00 for food, because I like to eat and it's important.
$300.00 for clothes and shoes, because you need to stay clothed and protect yourself.
$100.00 for whatever I feel like, because I don't know.

Bellringer April 8

     Obama is going to sign two actions that equally pay laws. They will only apply to companies who have federal contracts. This executive order won't impact everyone, but it is all he can do without legislative action. The administration of his still wants to see Congress pass the Paycheck Fairness Act. This is so that these laws are applied to all employers, not just federal contracts.

Test Results

You got 16 of 25 possible points.

Your score: 64 %

Bellringer April 7

-They should have to sing the national anthem.
-They should have to know who our President and Vice President are.
-Then they should have to take some kind of finalization test.

Discriminatory Picture

1. They think it's funny that he is trying to vote and is about to be hit. The Native American looks mad and upset.
2. A racist may not like Native Americans and may not allow them to vote.
3. People are voting and laughing around while the Native is getting told to leave and threatened to be beaten if he does not listen.
4. They are having elections for something.

Bellringer April 2

I think it will be not being able to talk without permission, although it's not a big deal that I am not able to.

Notes Chapter 21

March 1 Notes 

• Heterogeneous Society- different people, cultures, etc.

Immigrants:

• Legal aliens that move to another country
• Reservation- public land given to Native Americans by the government
• Refugee- lived here for protection purposes
• Assimilation- adapting to another culture

March 2 Notes

• U.S. population made up of mostly whites. 
• Immigrants have arrived in near record numbers every year since the 1960s.
• African American, Hispanic American, Asian American have grown several times higher than the white population. 
• Minority populations exceed white populations in California, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Texas. 
• More females than males in the U.S. 

African Americans:

• They have been discriminated against longer. 
• They have a huge minority group in the U.S. which is 14%.
• Most of the gains as far as civil rights go have been made by the African Americans. 

Native Americans:

• Approximately 6 million today 
• 1900 there were 250,000
• American settlers brought diseases that hurt the Indian people. 
• Poverty, jobless, and alcoholism still plague Indian tribes
• Indian Education Act- attempted to remedy lives, but not successful and die younger with higher mortality rate.  

Hispanic Americans:

• Can be any race
• 50 million in U.S. 
• Four main groups: Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, Central and South Americans. 

Asian Americans:

• They work for less 
• Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 (80 years)
• WWII-all Japanese were evacuated to the Pacific Coast 
• Congress admitted that they had been wrong and changed their ways

March 7 Notes

• Those who oppose Civil Rights often believe you can't change morality by passing a law. 
• Dr. King: "Judicial decrees...may not change the heart, but they can restraint the heartless."
• 1870s-1950s: no meaningful legislation passed in regards to civil rights. 
• The Civil Rights Act 1964: longest debate in civil history. 
• Changed: 
• voting provisions
• public services could no longer deny access based on race, religion, national origin , physical disability, etc. 
• Federal funding programs could not discriminate for the reasons listed above. 
• Civil Rights Acts of 1968: "Open Housing Act" cannot refuse selling or renting living space to a person due to race, religion, national origin, physical disability, etc. 
• Title IX: forbids discrimination on the basis of gender in any educational program or program regarding financial assistance. 

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION:

• Requires employees take positive steps to fix that affects of past discrimination. 
• Employers must meet quotas for minority groups/genders 
• Reverse discrimination- discrimination against majority group 
• Color Blind- see the person for what they are good at not what they look like
• California, Washington, Michigan, and Nebraska voters passed measures to eliminate all affirmative action plans 
• The Bakke Case
• Allan Bakke sued the University of California because he was denied access to their medical school due to Affirmative Action (16/100 seats were reserved for minority students)
• Bakke won the case
• Since then the Court has made decisions regarding similar cases: quotas can be used when needed. 
• Justice Sandra Day O'Connor predicts in 25 years, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary. 

Bellringer April 1

1. I think that it is a good idea, but should not have to be mandatory.

2. It depends, because some people prefer mirrors.

Bellringer March 31

       Racism was a major problem a long time ago. Personally, I do not think that it is near as big of a problem as it was in the past. There are some people out there who are racist, but it does not cause a major outrage or riot. Most people now know or are friends with different types of people. Some, even marry others of different color or religion.

Bellringer March 27

      I believe that they should serve for life if they are doing their job and are not having any problems. As far as the nominations and voting goes, I think they should leave to the experienced ones. The people may not know what their job is and may just vote for them, because they like them. Also, I believe that if they are there for their entire life, Congress should take a survey about each one and see if they are fulfilling their job. This should be done each year after 5 years.

Bellringer March 24

     There was a disease started in Guinea. This disease resulted in 59 out of 80 people dying. It is said that some of them were children. UNICEF ruled the illness or disease as Ebola. Health Officials have said they are offering free treatments for the sick ones with Ebola.

Supreme Court Cases

Religious

Cutter v. Wilkinson (2005)
     This case is about prisoners practicing their own religious beliefs. There is an act known as the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act. This act prohibited the federal government from imposing a substantial burden on prisoners' freedom of religion. Five prisoners in Ohio filed this suit. They stated that the officials of the prison violated the RLUIPA. Of course, they denied about doing so. The case resulted in the district court siding with the inmates.

School System

Grutter v. Bollinger
     Barbara Grutter alleged that her Equal Protection rights were violated when the University of Michigan Law School's attempted to gain a diverse student body resulted in the denial of her admission's application. The Supreme Court disagreed and held that institutions of higher education have a legitimate interest in promoting diversity.

Minority 

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
     The Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot restrict the spending of corporations for political campaigns, maintaining that it's their First Amendment right to support candidates as they choose. This decision upsets two previous precedents on the free-speech rights of corporations. President Obama expressed disapproval of the decision. He called it a win for Wall Street and Big Business.

Notes for March 20

-Inferior Courts were created by Congress and there are many different kinds.
-There are 677 judges and they handle more than 350,000 a year.
-There is 12 Judicial Districts in the United States.
-There is a total of 94 district courts.
-There are two little-known about multi-judge panels that play a key role in ongoing effects to combat terrorism.
-The district courts do not hear cases within original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
-A civil case has to do with money.
-Most decisions in the federal courts are final meaning they start and end there.
-Courts of Appeals were created to relieve the Supreme Court from hearing all appealed cases.
-Each one of the courts have 6-28 judges and one Supreme Court Justice.
-Court of International Trade only tries civil cases that arise out of the nation's customs and other trade related laws.

Bellringer March 20

I agree with Judicial Restraint.

Supreme Court Floors

Ground Floor 

Filing Room
- Each year, over 8000 petitions are sent in with the hopes that their cases are granted by the members of the Supreme Court.

Press Room 
-They visit this room on a day when the Supreme Court releases opinions.

First Floor

Robing Room
- Justices gather here approximately 10 minutes before entering the Courtroom.
- Here they also put on their robes and shake hands before proceeding to the Courtroom.

Courtroom
- There are four friezes reasons that ring the upper part of the Supreme Court Chamber.
- The four friezes are North, South, East, and West.

East and West Conference Rooms
- They are located just off the Supreme Court Chamber.
- The private rooms are utilized for the events of the Court as well as occasional television appearances.

Bellringer March 19

1. I believe it was some type of terrorist attack.

2. Yes.

Bellringer March 10

1. It's about the cut they are making.

2. Business people is who it benefits the most.

Bellringer March 12

1. They lost communication with them.

2. Lost control, didn't know how it worked, went the wrong direction.

Campaign Ad Analysis

Ice Cream
1. It is targeting Goldwater.
2. It sends a negative message.
3. Yes
4. It is in black and white.
5. Yes, because he is wanting to test nuclear bombs that is harmful to us.

Housewife
1. It's targeting the people to vote for Eisenhower.
2. It send a positive message.
3. Not really.
4. It is in black and white, there aren't many housewives anymore.
5. No, because it doesn't have much detail.

Signed
1. It is targeting Dole.
2. It sends a positive message about Clinton, but negative about Dole.
3. Yes
4. Nothing really.
5. Yes, because it tells all the good things Clinton has done and the bad Dole has done.

Bellringer March 11

1. Yes, I believe they should.

2. Yes they should.

Notes March 7

National Conventions
-Meetings called every 4 years to officially nominate presidential candidates
-Each state send delegates based on their electoral votes

Party Primary
-Began in early 1900s as a reaction to party boss dominated by politics
-The device of each party uses to decide its nominee for president
-Two different types: Delegate selection primary, Candidate Preference Primary
-Typically frontloaded

Caucuses
-A closed meeting of a political party which gather to select delegates to the national convention

Convention Schedule
-First day get ready with speeches
-Second day adopt platform and keynote address, very good speaker with pump up message
-Third day select affirm choice for vice presidential candidate
-Fourth day select and affirm vice presidential candidate which is done by delegates voting and candidate delivers acceptance speech

Nominee Characteristics
-Current President is always nominated
-Typically has long run of political experience, governorship and senate
-Typically protestants from large states
-Good speakers who seem to have a stable family life and also have a pleasant and healthy appearance

Bellringer March 5

It is the Vice President, Speaker of the House, Pro Tempor of Senate, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of Defense.

Bellringer February 28

I believe it does.

No we should not.

In a way.

Bellringer February 27

1. No.

2. They should be paid, because they chose to go there and play. Also, they probably were given a scholarship to go there so their school is being partially paid for anyways.

Bellringer February 10

California

1. California is ranked number one in population.

2. The nickname is The Golden State.

3. They are ranked eleventh in population density.

Bellringer February 7

Second-hand smoke

Bellringer February 5

I think they should be able to restrict certain things, because they may not need something they are buying.

Bellringer February 4

1. They shouldn't be able to sue for a bad review.

2. I am not sure, but they should be able to do something.

Bellringer January 17

I don't believe so, because it was an accident and they were all celebrating together.

I think we should draw the line by making sure there is a good enough reason to sue someone.

Bellringer January 16

No, because it shows how rough it is to take care of a child at such a young age.

I haven't really payed that much attention.

Bellringer January 15

Abraham Lincoln, because he was a great speaker and was against slavery.

Bellringer January 31

No I would not.

Bellringer January 14

Joe Manchin and Jay Rockefeller

David McKinley

Bellringer January 30

1. No

2. I could not.

3. I find them funny, but sad.

Bellringer January 10

1. No, because someone will find a way to outsmart them.

2. Yes, because I have always wanted to attend the Olympics.

Bellringer January 9

1. I believe her parents have the right to decide.

2. I probably would handle it very roughly.