1. What are the different types of court cases? What are some examples? How do you know if you have a case? When a court case is decided, how do you know why they made a decision?
2. Who is directly/indirectly involved in court cases? In what ways?
3.How is the court system i the US set up? How does federalism help us understand the structure and appeals process?
4. Who is on the SC? What are the prerequisites for becoming a justice? How are they selected? What dot hey typically have in common?
5. What does it mean to be a conservative justice? liberal justice? What is meant by judicial independence?
6. Why would the SC look at a case? What has to happen for a case to be put on the SC docket? Who represents the government in a case?
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Judicial branch - Q and A
Post responses/diagrams/questions below!
1. What are the different types of court cases? What are some examples? How do you know if you have a case? When a court case is decided, how do you know why they made a decision?
2. Who is directly/indirectly involved in court cases? In what ways?
3.How is the court system i the US set up? How does federalism help us understand the structure and appeals process?
4. Who is on the SC? What are the prerequisites for becoming a justice? How are they selected? What dot hey typically have in common?
5. What does it mean to be a conservative justice? liberal justice? What is meant by judicial independence?
6. Why would the SC look at a case? What has to happen for a case to be put on the SC docket? Who represents the government in a case?
1. What are the different types of court cases? What are some examples? How do you know if you have a case? When a court case is decided, how do you know why they made a decision?
2. Who is directly/indirectly involved in court cases? In what ways?
3.How is the court system i the US set up? How does federalism help us understand the structure and appeals process?
4. Who is on the SC? What are the prerequisites for becoming a justice? How are they selected? What dot hey typically have in common?
5. What does it mean to be a conservative justice? liberal justice? What is meant by judicial independence?
6. Why would the SC look at a case? What has to happen for a case to be put on the SC docket? Who represents the government in a case?
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Wealth and inequality in America
After watching the viral video we watched in class respond to the following questions:
1. Is this level of inequality good or bad for America? How so? Explain.
2. Should the government do anything about it? Why or why not?
3. Does the government have the right to do anything about it? Why or why not?
4. How do you think wealth should be distributed in America or is it good as it is? Why?
5. Is this distribution of wealth "fair" for hardworking middle-class Americans? Is this "unfairness" what drives people to achieve wealth?
1. Is this level of inequality good or bad for America? How so? Explain.
2. Should the government do anything about it? Why or why not?
3. Does the government have the right to do anything about it? Why or why not?
4. How do you think wealth should be distributed in America or is it good as it is? Why?
5. Is this distribution of wealth "fair" for hardworking middle-class Americans? Is this "unfairness" what drives people to achieve wealth?
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