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Constitution
Your Name:
Dani Barnhill

Father of the
Constitution:
James madison

Parts of the Constitution:

Preamble, 7 articles, 27
amendments
 6 Principles in the US Constitution

Principle Picture Definition

All power is held

by the people.
The power to
Popular govern is given
Sovereignty through the
constitution,
which people
ratified.

Government can
Limited only do what the
Government people give it the
power to do

Ensures one
Checks and branch doesn’t
Balances have all of the
power.

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 6 Principles in the US Constitution

Principle Picture Definition

Separation 3 branches of
of Powers government

Some powers are

delegated to the
national
government and
some are reserved
Federalism for the states.
Delegated- national
gov’t
Reserved- equal
states

Power to the
court to
Judicial determine the
Review constitutionality
of the
government

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The Preamble
Form a more perfect union
What?
The US people
Who?
For the benefit of our future

Why? government

1.
Form a more perfect union

Establish justice
2.

3.
Insure domestic tranquility

Provide for the common

4. defense

5. Promote general welfare

Secure the blessings of liberty

6. to ourselves and our posterity
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Article 1
● Branch? Legislative branch
● Role? make/create laws
● Who? Two houses
House of Representatives ( 435 members)
● Created by: Virginia plan
● Represents the: The people
● Term: 2 years
● Requirements: 25 years old, and a citizen
● Leader: Nancy pelosi
● Powers:
○ Raise taxes
Investigates and presents
the chardes for
impeachment 10
Senate ( members)
0
● Created by: New jersey plan
● Represents the: State
● Term: 6 years
● Requirements: 30years old, 9 year citizen
● Leaders: 2
○ Vice President Mike pence
○ President Pro Tempore Chuck grassley
● Powers
○ Must approve:
ambassado
1) r 2) Cabinet 3) Judges
Try all impeachments
Ratifies treaties
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Article 1
● Congress House of representatives

● Created by: The great compramise

Powers:
● Make laws
● Declare wars
● Override veto
● Propse amendments

Types of Law - Statutory Law (Make Laws)

Statutory Law:
Laws created and passed by lawmakers of
all levels
Statutes:
Laws that apply to the entire country or
state

Ordinances:
Laws that apply to the city or county

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Bill to Law
● Step 1 - The Idea
___________________________________________
● Step 2 - Introduced to Congress by a
Congressman
Bills can be introduced in either the house or
the senate

● Step 3 - Sent to Standing Committee

(Example:
) Type Here
Type Here
1)____________________________________
Type Here
2)____________________________________
3)____________________________________
Type Here
*** Most Bills Die in ________________***
● Step 4 – Debated by WHOLE House/Senate
Filibuster:
Type Here

● Step 5 - Vote by WHOLE House/Senate

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Bill to Law
● Step 6 – Goes to the other house (Repeat steps
1 – 5)
● *Step 7 – Conference Committee
Works out the differences in a bill if two
versions are approved by the house and the
senate

● Step 8 - The President

Sign it- law
Veto- dead

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Gerrymandering and
Reapportionment
Determining Representation
________________________________
Census- population count, taken
________________________________
every 10 years. Adjusts number of
________________________________
representatives, some states lose or
________________________________
gain members In the house-
________________________________
reappointed
________________________________
Congressional
Congressional Districts
districts - each state
________________________________
is divided into one or more
________________________________
congressional districts, for example
________________________________
NC has 13. State legislators must
________________________________
draw boundaries (redistricting)
________________________________
districts must have same number
________________________________
of constitutions
Gerrymandering
________________________________
Gerrymandering- oddly shaped
________________________________
districts designed to increase
________________________________
voting strength of a particular
________________________________
party. Majority of the general
________________________________
assembly has the power to redraw
________________________________
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 Gerrymandering and Reapportionment
Redistricting Plan
Directions: Create six EQUAL Congressional districts for the state and
gerrymander the lines to benefit one political party over another. Each
district must have 5 voters and must be contiguous (uninterrupted). If
you have 5 voters, you only need a majority (3) to win the district. Each
district must be a different color.

Before Gerrymandering:
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1. How many unicorns are there? ____________
2. Mermaids? ____________
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tie
3. Who won before the gerrymandering?_______

After Gerrymandering:
unicorn
4. Who won the pink district?____________
unicorn
5. Who won the blue district?____________
unicorn
6. Who won the yellow district?____________
unicorn
7. Who won the green district?____________
unicorn
8. Who won the purple district?____________
Mermaid
9. Who won the white district?____________
Unicorns
10. Who won the election?____________
No bc there is
11. Is this fair? Explain!!!!! ____________
an
Explain here! overwhelming
amount of
unicorns

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 Gerrymandering and Reapportionment
#1 Help the Republicans (elephants) win as many districts as possible

Create six EQUAL Congressional districts for the state and

gerrymander the lines to benefit one political party over another. Each
district must have 5 voters and must be contiguous (uninterrupted). If
you have 5 voters, you only need a majority (3) to win the district. Each
district must be a different color.

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 Gerrymandering and Reapportionment
#2 Help the Democrats (donkey) win as many districts as possible

Create six EQUAL Congressional districts for the state and

gerrymander the lines to benefit one political party over another. Each
district must have 5 voters and must be contiguous (uninterrupted). If
you have 5 voters, you only need a majority (3) to win the district. Each
district must be a different color.

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 Gerrymandering and Reapportionment
#3 Try to make 6 districts that do not intentionally benefit one party
over another (3 Rs and 3 Ds)

Create six EQUAL Congressional districts for the state and gerrymander
the lines to benefit one political party over another. Each district must
have 5 voters and must be contiguous (uninterrupted). If you have 5
voters, you only need a majority (3) to win the district. Each district
must be a different color.

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Gerrymandering and Reapportionment -
Gerrymandering Political Cartoon Analysis

1. What shape do you see in the cartoon?

I see a dragon surrounding some of the countries.
Because this dragon is there it adds depth to the
surrounding countries, making them seem higher up
2. What seems to be happening to the counties on the
inside?
They seem to be lower than, or atleast separated from the
other countries. The outside countries are towering over
the other ones.
3. What is the cartoon telling us about gerrymandering?
I think this cartoon is telling us that the political side that
is favored during the gerrymandering is higher. Has
higher power during thsr selection.

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Gerrymandering and Reapportionment -
Gerrymandering Political Cartoon Analysis

1. What state is shown on the map?

illinois

2. Why does the donkey say “works for me”?

The donkey says “works for me” because alll of the
districts are in his favor.

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Article 2
● Branch - Executive
● Who? Singular president
● Role? Chief executive, chief of state, legislative leader,
commander in chief, chief diplomat, economic leade
party leader
Qualifications:
● Must be native born us citizen
● Must be at least 35 years of age
● Have been a resident for 14 years
within the united states
Election:
●
● Electoral College
○ _________________________________
Consists of 538 electors. To win the
_________________________________
presidency, a candidate must win
_________________________________
270, (majority of these votes).

○ _________________________________
Win the electoral college
_________________________________
_________________________________

Term:
●
● 22nd Amendment

● 25th Amendment
Set up a line of succession

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Article 2
Organization of the Executive Branch:
●
● President -
● Vice President -
● Cabinet -

Federal
President Bureaucracy:
Executive ● the unelected,
administrative body
office of the
in the Executive
president
Branch. It is the back
bone of the US
Cabinet Government
department
sIndependen
t agencies

Types of Law - Administrative Law

_______________________________________
Type Here
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
● FDA __________________________________
The United States Food and Drug Administration is a Federal
agency of the Department of Health and Human Services
______________________________________
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent
● FCC __________________________________
agency of the United States government that regulates
communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable
______________________________________
across the United States.
● CDC The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a national
______________________________________
public health institute in the United States
The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent
___________________________________
executive agency of the United States federal government
● EPA __________________________________
tasked with environmental protection matters 17
______________________________________
Article 2
Powers of the President:
● Enforce ______
Type Here
● Type Here
● Head of the _________
Type Here
● Make Type Here
__________
● Appoint: Type Here
● Reduce: Type Here

War Powers Resolution

● President consults ___________
Type Here before
sending troops
● Report on _____________________________
Type Here
● 60 Day Rule
○ Troops ____________
Type Here
○ Congress _____________
Type Here
○ Congress ______________________
Type Here

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Article 2 - Roles (Hats) of the President

Head of State/Chief Citizen:

● Attending political functions
● Exercising political powers
● Legitimizing the state

Commander in Chief:
● Defend the US

Chief Party Leader:

● Managing the party’s relationship
with the general public

Chief Executive:
● Making major corporate decisions
● Managing overall operations and
● resources of a company
Acting as the main point of
communication between the board of
directors
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Article 2 - Roles (Hats) of the President

Economic Leader:
● Help the economy and the federal
government with costs

Judicial Leader:
● Presides over the courts public
● sessions
Presides over the courts private
conferences

Chief Legislator:
● Executes the laws
● Appoints key federal officials
● Grants pardons and reprieves

Chief Diplomat:
● Negotiates treaties with foreign
governments

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Article 3
● Branch? Type Here
● Who? Type Here
● Who can create more courts? Type Here

● Role? Type Here

Origin: Type Here
● Which court is specifically described in the
Constitution? Type Here

● Who creates federal courts? Type Here

Supreme Court Makeup: Type Here

● Who is the Chief Justice? Type Here

● How many women? Type Here
● How many men? Type Here
● How many minorities? Type Here
● How many liberals? Type Here
● How many conservatives? Type Here

Selecting Justices
Type Here

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Article 3
Procedures:
● ________
8,000+ of cases are appealed each year
● Judges choose
______the cases they want to hear
○ 4 ____ out of the 9 Justices to accept
○ 70-110
__________ heard cases per year
● Final authority

Supreme Court Powers:

● Judicial Review - _______________________
process under which executive or
______________________________________
legislative actions are subject to review by the judiciary
______________________________________
● If the Court decides it is
___________________ they have the power to
Unconstitutional
___________________ Void the law/action

Marbury v. Madison:
● ___________
1803 Supreme Court case
● Established _______________________
Judicial review
● Established that the Us
____________________
constitution is
the ___________________________________
Supreme law of the land
● Check on the Executive
____________ and ___________
legislative
branches

Types of Law:
_______________________________________
Administrative, constitutional, criminal
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
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Dual Courts
Jurisdiction: -First court to hear case
● Original _______________________________
-Appealed from a alower co
● Appellatealready been heard by a court before
______________________________
-Only federal courts can hear a
______________________________________
● Exclusivedecode these cases
______________________________
● Concurrent - both federal and state courts h
jurisdiction
_____________________________
______________________________________

Supreme court

Appellate courts

Trial courts

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US District Court
Jurisdiction - US District Court: Federal Crimes
1 2 3 4
Murder Carjackin Kidnappin Lynching
g g

5 6 7 8
Bank Child Animal Mail fraud
robbery pornagrap cruelty
hy

9 10 11 12
Identity Arson Domestic Child
theft violence abuse

US District Court

the general trial courts of the United States federal judiciary.

Both civil and criminal cases are filed in district courts, each
of which is a court of law, equity, and admiralty. There is a
United States bankruptcy court associated with each United
States district court

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US COURTS OF APPEALS
Appellate Courts Options:
● uphold
● Reverse
Remand
● Issue a ____________(& send back
______________
Tried again
to be __________________)

US Court of Appeals

The United States courts of appeals or circuit courts are the

intermediate appellate courts of the United States federal
judiciary

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US SUPREME COURT
US SUPREME COURT: Opinions
Majority -
_______________________________________
5 or more justices
_______________________________________
Dissenting -
_______________________________________
1 or more justices
_______________________________________
Unanimous -
_______________________________________
Everyone signs on
_______________________________________

9 justices

US SUPREME COURT
Vocab Steps
Writ of certiorari- 1. Briefs
request that the Supreme 2. Verbal Arguments
Court order a lower court to
Docket-
send up the record of the case 3. Justice Conference
for review 4. Opinions
Docket-
a calendar or list of cases for
trial or people having cases
pending.
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Dual Courts - NC Courts
State Crimes

Supreme court

Courts of appeals

North carolina North carolina trial

superior court court (district court)

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NC District and Superior Court
NC District Court: State Crimes
1. Divorce child support 5.
2. Child support set bail 6.
3. Issue warrants for arrest misdemeters
7.
Juvenile cases neglect
NC Superior Court: State Crimes
4. Claims of error oral arguments
5.
5. Disputes between states 6.
6. disputes arising among ambassadors 7.
disputes in high ranking ministers
7. 8.

NC Superior Court NC District Court

the superior courts are

District courts hear cases
North Carolina's oldest
involving civil, criminal,
courts. Superior courts
juvenile, and magistrate
hear civil and criminal
matters.
cases

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NC COURTS OF APPEALS
and NC SUPREME COURT

NC Supreme
Court

9 justices

Reviews cases of lower NC courts &

interprets the NC Constitution

NC Court of Appeals
The North Carolina Court of Appeals is the only
intermediate appellate court in the state of North
Carolina. The court has 15 judges who rotate, hearing
cases in panels of three.

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Article 4
● What? How states should treat other states
Full Faith and Credit Clause:
● As it is Written: Any public acts, records,
and judicial proceedings of any one state
should be given “full faith and credit” in any
other state.
● What it Means:
Type Here

● Example:
Type Here

Privileges and Immunities Clause:

● As it is Written: Citizens of each state
shall be entitled to all of the same
“privileges and immunities” of any other
state
● WhatType Here
it Means:

● Type Here
Example:

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Article 5
● What? Type Here

● Propose (introduce) – Type Here

● Ratify (approve) – Type Here

Article 6
● What? Type Here
● Supremacy Clause [2.]: “This Constitution,
and the Laws of the United States… and all
treaties made, or which shall be made,
under the authority of the United States,
shall be the Supreme Law of the Land…”
● What does this mean?
Type Here

Article 7
● Ratification – Type Here
● Type Here

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Articles 1 - 7
1. Type Here
2.Type Here
3.Type Here
4.Type Here
5.Type Here
6.Type Here
7.Type Here

Mnemonic Device
Little Elves Jam Food At Santa’s Reindeer

Create your Own:

Type Here

Amendments
● Type Here
● Bill of Rights
● Type Here

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 Checks and Balances

Type Here
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Type Here
Executive
Branch Type Here
Type Here Legislative
Type Here Branch
Type Here

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 Checks and Balances

Type Here
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Legislative Type Here Judicial

Branch Branch

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 Checks and Balances

Type Here
Type Here
Executive
Branch Type Here
Judicial
Branch

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Federalism

Type Here

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 Federalism
Implied Powers
● AKA Type Here

● AKA Type Here

●Type Here

Type Here

Examples:
- Type Here
- Type Here
- Type Here
- Type Here

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Federalism - Powers Denied
No Ex Post Facto
Type Here

No Bills of Attainder
Type Here

Writ of Habeas Corpus

Type Here

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