Judges and
Justices
Agenda (S.L)
• Homework: Criminal Law
Warmups (1-5 only)
• 12 Angry Men Video
• Notes on Judges and Justices
• If Time:
– Decisions of the Supreme Court
– Justices Web Search
• Review
• Objectives: To analyze tort, family
law, and the criminal process.
Judges and Justice
• Writ of Habeas Corpus:
• Court order to produce
prisoner and explain
why arrested.
• Tort Law:
• Law relating to injuries
to person, reputation, or
property.
• Misdemeanor:
• A minor crime.
• Felony:
• A serious crime.
Structure of Courts
Supreme Court
Courts of Appeal
Reviews Decisions
Superior Court
Small Claims, Criminal, Civil, Juvenile
How Judges are Chosen
• Appointment by the
Governor.
• Election by the
Legislature.
• Popular Election.
• A Modified
appointment plan
known as the
Missouri Plan:
Based on Merit.
Judges,
Justices, and
the President
Agenda
• Check and Review Criminal Law Warmups
• Finish Notes Click Here /Double Jeopardy Case
(read and give answers)
• Supreme Court Web Quest/Review
• Double Jeopardy
• If time: Presidents Notes
• Review
• Homework: Warmups-Next Five
(Distress to Marriage)
• Objectives: To analyze the criminal process
and Presidential characteristics.
Past Decisions
Double Jeopardy
• Main Facts
• Tried in Maryland for
Burglary and larceny. Found
guilty of burglary but not
larceny.
• Jurors had to state belief in
God, did, so sent new trial.
• Benton appealed for Double
Jeopardy in 5th Amendment.
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Double Jeopardy
Amendment:
5th and 14th
Clause:
Double Jeopardy/Due
Process
State Law:
Burglary and Larceny
Issues:
Benton’s conviction of
Larceny was against the
Double Jeopardy Clause.
Double Jeopardy
• What did the Supreme Court
decide?
• The Supreme Court reversed the
defendant’s conviction for larceny
at his second trial.
• Why did the Supreme Court
decide as it did?
• Benton could not be tried for a
second offense after being
convicted of the first.
Supreme Court
Justices
• Using the internet find
the names of current
justices and state a brief
background
(Nom/Party/1
background) about each
Supreme Court Justice.
• Use: http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage
Supreme Court Justices
Review
• What does a writ of Habeas Corpus
state?
• What is a Tort Law?
• What is a Felony?
• What types of trials does a Superior
Court deal with?
• What is Double Jeopardy?
• How are Judges Chosen?
• What is the Most best way to choose
judges?
Double Jeopardy
President’s Powers
• Commander-inChief
• Negotiates Treaties
• Enforces Laws
• Veto
• Party Leader
• National
Spokesperson
Presidential Aspects
• Honesty
• Courageous
• Communicative
Skills
• Leadership
• Intelligence
• Moral-Building
Name the Leader
Would I be a good President?
Who am I?
Worked as a farm hand
 Tried to attain knowledge by whatever
means available
 Served as a Captain in the Black Hawk
War
 Served eight years in the Illinois
Legislature
 Built and formed a new political party
 Unattractive
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Would I be a good President?
Who am I?
Devoted
to Baptist faith
Graduated from the Naval
Academy
Served as a naval officer
Governor of Georgia
Involved in the Habitat for
Humanity
Would I be a good President?
Who am I?
 Graduated
from Harvard
 Served in the Navy
 Fought in World War II
 Received the Marine Corp. Medal
 Served as a Congressman and Senator
 Won the Pulitzer Prize in History for
Profiles in Courage
 Attractive
Would I be a good President?
Who am I?
 Son
of a Tanner
 Graduated in the middle of his
class from West Point
 Fought in the Mexican War
 Served as General-in-Chief
 Honest
 Accused of having a drinking
problem
Review
 What
is tort law?
 What is a felony?
 What court looks at small claims?
 How are judges chosen?
 Who is the Chief Supreme Court
Justice?
The President/Introduction
to Economics
Agenda
• Homework: Warmups-Last Five
• Check Warmups (Middle Five) Review
• If not done:
– Finish Double Jeopardy/Review
– Notes on the President Click Here
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Pearl Harbor/Thirteen Days Video Clips
Pretest
Fighting for Control of America
Review
Objectives: To analyze Presidential
characteristics, and political points of view.
Pearl Harbor/Thirteen
Days Videos
• What aspects of a good President
did F.D.R. show in video clip?
• What aspects of a good President
did J.F.K. show in the video clip?
• In what ways were F.D.R. and
J.F.K different in the way they
handled their crisis’?
Fighting for
Control
http://www.barackobama.com/index
http://www.johnmccai
n.com/
http://www.rnc.org/
http://www.democrats.org/
Review
• What are some
characteristics of a good
President?
• Who was a better President
JFK or FDR and why?
• What point of view do the
Democrats or Republicans
have on an issue?
Agenda
• Finish “Fighting for Control”
– Blog an Issue
• State one issue both sides (Rep/Dem) no opinion of
yourself
• Respond to another person’s issue with you thoughts
• After everyone stated a response to your issue you
respond back to your issue
• Worth 10 pts compete all posting/response
• Introduction to Economics
• Family Feud
– Click Here
• If Time: Time for Project
• Review
• Objectives: To analyze theoretical
economic principles.
Fighting for
Control
http://www.barackobama.com/index
http://www.johnmccai
n.com/
http://www.rnc.org/
http://www.democrats.org/
Economics
• Economics:
• How people allocate resources
to satisfy their unlimited wants!
• Aggregates:
• Total amount of quantities!
• Incentives:
• Rewards for doing an activity!
• Self Interest:
• Empirical:
• Real-world data for models
Macro
VS
Micro
• Macro:
• Study of the Economy
as a whole
• Deal with Aggregates
• Micro:
• Decision made by
individuals
• Deal with a person’s
self-Interest
• Similar:
• Micro used in Macro
analysis
Ceteris Paribus
• “All other things
being equal”
• Nothing
changes except
the factor being
studied
Review
•What is economics?
•What is the
difference between
Micro and Macro
economics?
Agenda
• Homework: work on
Project
• Quiz
• Mock Election
– Finish Policies(will check for 5
pts)-See Template and Notes
from “Fighting for
Control”/Values of Presidents
• Review