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Call to OrderDr. Alonso would like representatives from 6 different schools to give him advice on a
few things. He only has room for
20 people in his office (plus himself).
How many representatives from each school should be allowed to go?
Grab the ½ Sheet for Dr. Alanso’s Big
MeetingSchool
Student Populatio
n
Reps
Frederick Douglass 1,006City College 1,208Talent Development 395Baltimore Freedom Academy
198
W.E.B. DuBois 600Augusta Fells Savage 593
U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Porteous, of Louisiana, has been videotaped accepting money and other gift from attorneys who appear before him in court. He has also lied to the Senate and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The citizens no longer believe that it is acceptable for him to judge from the bench in court.
Which Branch of Gov’t needs to be CHECKED?
How could the Executive Branch
Respond?
How could the Legislative
Branch Respond?
Justice John Paul Stevens retired from the Supreme Court in 2010. In response to the open seat in the court, the President nominated Elena Kagen as the fourth female Justice in the Court’s history. Some Republicans in Congress disagree with the appointment and do not believe that Kagen will be a good Supreme Court Justice.
How long can Justice Stevens or Kagen
serve on the Court?
What power is the Executive
Branch exercising?
How can the Legislative Branch
Respond?
The U.S. Senate has passed a law making flag burning illegal and punishable by a $2000 fine and 3 months in prison. The Supreme Court believes that this is an expression of free speech. Similarly, President Obama does not agree with this.
How could the Judicial Branch
Respond?
How could the Executive Branch
Respond?
How could the Legislative Branch
respond to the Executive’s action?
And last but not least…
Power Which Branch Has the Power?
Power Which Branch Has the Power?
Approve Appoint-ments
Impeach Officials
Create Laws
Override Vetoes
Serves in Office for Life
Declare Laws Unconst-itutional
Appoint Judges
Veto BillsEXECUTIVE
EXECUTIVE
LEGISLATIVELEGISLATIVE
LEGISLATIVE
LEGISLATIVE
JUDICIAL JUDICIAL
The House of Representatives
How many members are there in the House of Representatives?
How do we decide how many representatives come from each state?
How do we find out the population in each state?
Proportionally by
Population
435
Well… let’s look at what the
rulebook says…
The Constitution says…
“Representatives shall be apportioned among the several states…according to their respective numbers. The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term of ten years…”
Counting Everybody
So, the Constitution says that every ten years we have to count everybody. This process is called the…
We just completed a Census in 2010. The next will be in 2020 (if the world doesn’t flood in 2012…)
The government sends out surveys for everyone to fill out, and then pays people to go and talk to those who don’t fill mail back the forms.
CensusGet this
down in
your notes!
An official count of everyone in the nation, done every 10 years
Reapportionment
Re – something you have to do again (retry, redo)
Apportion – to divide proportionally (big states get more, smaller states get fewer)
the process of dividing seats in the House of Representatives between the states every ten years based on population information (the census).
Get this
down in
your notes!
Reapportionment –
This Pie Chart represents the population of each state
The bigger slices get more representatives. When population changes they and the pie slices change shape, those representatives also have to start moving around
Percentage Distribution of Seats in the House of Representatives by Region: 1960 to 2000
16 17 20 21 23
31 3133 34 35
29 2826 24 23
25 24 22 20 19
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Year
% o
f 10
0%
West South Midwest Northeast