3 branches review

Religion in schools

I believe that teaching Christianity in our schools is not a bad idea, and in all honesty I think it would help a lot of the corruption in our world. Children need to be taught some kind of morals and values, so why not give them something to believe in. I truly think it would not kill anyone to learn a little bit about Christianity, and they wouldn't have to be forced to believe that way. Everyone could still decide what they think is right and see what kind of religion we want to believe in.

Pros: it would give students morals, open up their eyes to Christianity, help students decide what kind of religion they want to persue, and unite people with the same beliefs.

Cons: other religions could be offended, church and state issues, and problems with non-believers.

Bill of Rights Scenarios

1) The 4th Amendment: They had no search warrant so they were violating the 4th Amendment.
2) The 1st amendment: It violates his right to assembly and petition.
3) The 4th Amendment: No unreasonable seizure. They were forcing her to move and taking her house away from her.
4) It does not violate any amendments.
5) The 6th Amendment: trial by jury and right to know the charges against you.

Articles of Confederation Video

This video is about the failure of the Articles of Confederation; our first attempt at a constitution. Unfortunately it failed, mostly because of too much power granted to the states and not enough power in the government. We needed a bigger government that could support itself and the country as well. The structures within the Articles of Confederation were off causing problems within the country. The government had to borrow money from the states to do anything. This balance of power led to the federalists papers, which requested a new constitution. Thus, the United States Constitution was born and is still in practice today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3wdJghPudk

Three Branches of Government

This political cartoon shows a tree that is split into the branches of government. There is also a log cabin that is made from the wood from the branches that represents the vice president. I feel that this shows that the vice president, since his power is not outlined anywhere, takes pieces of the power from each branch in order to create its own form of power. I feel that this is kind of a factual cartoon that shows the true power that the vice president creates for himself by using the authorities and powers that each branch of government possesses.