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| Subject/Title | 1.19.10 - Health Care and Separation of Powers | | Synopsis/Intro text |
Synopsis: This Current Events and the Constitution focuses on the federal health care reform bill, and meetings being held by the President with members of the Senate and House on the pending legislation. It focuses on what the law-making roles of the President and Congress are, and if White House meetings between the President and lawmakers on pending legislation violate the Constitution’s separation of powers. Constitutional principles covered are the powers of the President, how a Bill becomes a Law, and separation of powers.
| | Last Edited on | 1/19/2010 12:38:00 PM | | | Details |
| Subject/Title | 11.19.09 - ACORN and Bills of Attainder | | Synopsis/Intro text | This Current Events and the Constitution focuses on the September, 2009 Congressional vote to cut off funding for the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN). No one from ACORN has been tried and found guilty and ACORN filed suit against Congress. ACORN argues that cutting off its federal housing, transportation and education funds was unconstitutional because it was a bill of attainder (a piece of legislation targeting one person or group for punishment without a trial). This eLesson looks at Article 1, Section 9 of the Constitution, posing the question as to whether the defunding of ACORN was in fact an unconstitutional bill of attainder. | | Last Edited on | 11/19/2009 5:32:00 PM | | | Details |
| Subject/Title | 10.13.09 - Czars and the Constitution | | Synopsis/Intro text | This Current Events and the Constitution focuses on the appointment of so-called "czars" by Presidents including Barack Obama. Can the President appoint individuals to serve as "czars" in his administration without the advice of consent of the Senate? This eLesson looks at this and other constitutional questions surrounding this issue. | | Last Edited on | 10/9/2009 11:39:00 AM | | | Details |
| Subject/Title | 9.14.09 - The Healthcare Reform Debate | | Synopsis/Intro text | Our first Current Events and the Constitution eLesson for the school year focuses on the many constitutional issues surrounding proposals to reform the healthcare system in the United States. For more information about any of the constitutional principles, follow the links in the resources section of each activity to the Bill of Rights Institute’s Study Guide on the Constitution. | | Last Edited on | 9/16/2009 8:29:00 AM | | | Details |
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