Ms. Kovacs
 Seating Chart
 Learning Target Sheet
 Warm up: How does a person become a supreme
court justice? Use what you know to explain.
 Vocabulary
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Federal court
State court
Petite Jury/Grand Jury
Article I Courts
Supreme Court
 Name Card
 Syllabus
 CNN Student News
 Refresher Part A
 Chapter 11 overview outline
 Front side (blank) your name +
a piece of artwork
 Back side (lines)
 Name [printed legibly]
 Parents Names
 1 thing you learned from life thus
far (academic, social, other)
 Something you learned from
government Part A
 Something your proud of
 Something your are looking
forward to
 A joke
 Learning Target Sheet
 Using your chapter 11 outline define
 Federal court, State court, Petite Jury/Grand
Jury,
 Article I Courts, Supreme Court
 1 student turned in weebly
homework…
 Signed syllabus due Friday
 Introductions
 Vocabulary:
 Original jurisdiction
 Appellate jurisdiction
 Concurrent jurisdiction
 Litigant
 Due process clause
 CNN Student News
 Chapter 11 outline
 Chapter 11 notes
 Grand jury
 Syllabus due
 Indictment
 Weebly visit due
 Petit jury
 CNN Student News
 Judicial circuit
 McConnell form of government
 Senatorial curtesy
 Citizenship test (final exam)
 Chapter 11 notes
 Grand jury
 CNN Student News
 Indictment
 Chapter 11.1 review
 Petit jury
 Chapter 11.2 notes
 Judicial circuit
 Senatorial curtesy
 Conferences March 11 + 12 until 5:45
 Good Luck on the ACT
 If you are not a junior bring
something tomorrow to keep you
occupied.
 Grand jury
 CNN Student News
 Indictment
 Hamilton
 Petit jury
 Chapter 11.2 notes
 Judicial circuit
 Senatorial curtesy
 Conferences March 11 + 12 until 5:45
 Judicial circuit
 CNN Student News
 Senatorial curtesy
 11.2 due have on your desk
 Opinion
 Partner quiz
 11.3 intro
 See you at Valley tonight for the
basketball REGIONAL game
 Wear white
 Vocab quiz tomorrow
Planning:
 Supreme ct cases project 17th/18th
 Chapter 11 +12 test 19th
 Presentations 20
 Which court would handle the
following cases?
 A man challenges an IRS ruling
disallowing a deduction on his tax
return
 The man above loses his case and
appeals to who?
 A woman is arrested for robbery in
Washington DC. Who hears here
case?
 A man challenges the denial of a
patent
 A. legislative court-tax
 Constitutional court- court of appeals
 Legislative court- District of
Columbia
 Constitutional court-court of appeals
 CNN Student News
 Review vocabulary- Mike Vocab quiz
 Chapter 12.1 intro
 Group supreme court judge
biography
 CNN Student News
 Supreme Court Justices
Posters/Presentations
 Current justices biography
 What did you learn yesterday about
nomination process/qualifications that
apply to your Justice? Use your outline
and biography to classify them. Make
your poster “pretty” these people
interpret our Constitution for LIFE!
 Warm up: What are the 3 jobs of supreme court
 CNN Student News
 Supreme Ct Justices presentations
 Citizenship test practice! Happy Friday
 Chapter 12 introduction
 Vocab:
 Writ of certiorari
 Per curiam opinion
 Brief
justices?
 how do bills come to pass in the legislative
branch?
 (HINT focus for today is to learn how Supreme
Court choosing a case to hear to further your
knowledge of government functions)
 Presentations
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/14/su
preme-court-justices-wealth_n_3438107.html
 Current (2014) salary for the Chief Justice is
$255,500 per year, while the Associate Justices
each make $244,400.
 Majority opinion
 Dissenting opinion
 HW find someone who has had jury duty or
been through the process and report back to
class their experience (last resort: Mrs.
Canale)
 CNN Student News
 Jury duty experience?
 Writ of certiorari
 Ch 12 notes
 Per curiam opinion
 Brief
 Tomorrow project
 Majority opinion
 Thursday test
 Dissenting opinion
 Friday presentations
 Vocabulary: swing vote, bloc vote, judicial review, precedent
 CNN Student News
 How cases get to the Supreme Court flow chart
 12.2.+12.3
 Presentations start tomorrow
 Ch 11+ 12 test Monday
 Academic advising Monday
 9.am Hubbard/Nelson/Stites
(summons example)
 9:10 Anderson
 Warm up: What questions do you
have for our speakers? Participation
will be highly encouraged as well as
good listening skills
 9:20 Robinson
 9:30 Lowery
 Vocab: Summons
 9:40 Marrillia
 Foreman
 9:50 Gordon & Scott Horan
 Civic duty
 Contempt order
 To whom it may concern,
 I am writing this letter to request my jury
duty be moved to later in the year. I am a
High School teacher. I have several
circumstances that make it important for me
to be in the classroom during the assigned
jury days. I have already taken 10 weeks of
FMLA leave this year to give birth to my
daughter. Also, our state assessment test
window is during this assigned jury time. I
am the only person in the building who has
the training and knowledge to administer
these tests. Lastly, with the number of snow
days that we have had this year in Jefferson
County, my principal has placed priority on
teacher attendance. I fear that my good
standing in the building might be
jeopardized.
 I would like to fulfill my civic duty but I ask
that due to my current situation my name be
thrown back into the jury pool for a date
later in the year.
 Sincerely,
 http://supremecourtreview.com/defa
ult/docket/
 Cnn student news
 Women in government/voting trends
 Presentations
 Friday- citizenship test practice (2)
 Appoint
 Senatorial courtesy
 Supreme Court justice
 Writ of certiorari
 Judicial review
 Per curiam opinion
 Appellant jurisdiction
 Amicus curiae
 Original jurisdiction
 Brief
 Jurisdiction
 Majority opinion
 Grand jury
 Dissenting opinion
 Petit jury
 Voting bloc
 Indictment
 Swing vote
 Academic advising sheets
 Cnn Student News
 Ch 11/12 test
 Supreme court justice letter (30 pts)
 Signed Academic Advising Sheets
turned in
 CNN student News
 Supreme court letter
 Presentations
 What you did to prepare for the Ch
11 + 12 test written on the test
 Test corrections
 Short answer format
Presentation on Credit Abuse
tomorrow
 Guest Speaker Evaluations
 Budget #realLife
 CNNStudentNews
 How to write a short answer
 Test corrections due
 Supreme court peer edit
 Presentations
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 http://www.house.gov/represe
ntatives/#state_ks
 https://www.govtrack.us/cong
ress/members/KY
 CNN Student News
 Citizenship
 Supreme Ct Justice Letter
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Return address
 Presentations
 Al Capone Trial assignments
 http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-
know/237023-boehner-pelosi-readmean-tweets-in-video
 Presentations finished
 Warm up: CNN Student news
 Academic Advising sheets turned in
 Justice Letters late/test corrections
late
 Vocab: dramatic reading
 Whole group -Readers theatre rubric
 1) Assign roles
 2) Review Rubric
 3) Sample
 Narrator 1- Mike
 Michael Ahern-AAron
 Narrator 2- Steven
 Jacob Grossman-Nick B
 NON SPEAKING ROLES
 Eliot Ness- LJ
 Leslie Shumway- Trinity
 Director- Terry
 Emma Ness- Elmedina
 Fred Ries-Jonathan
 Videographer- Taya
 Al Capone- Gregg
 Albert Fink-Cody
 Photographer-Alexus C
 Jack-McGurn- Dakota
 Milton Held-Ravin
 Stage Manager-Ethan
 Fred “Killer” Burke-
 Budd Gentry-Jarrod
 Court Reporter-Reece
Hunter M
 Claude Maddox- Lashae
 Mae Capone- Keyanna
 James Herbert Wilkerson-
Hunter S
 Dwight Green- Courtney
 Chester Bragg- Donald
 George E Q Johnson-
Hannah
 Foreman- Jorge
 CNN Student News
 Picts/video examples
 Rubric review
 Play rehearsal-
 CNN student news
 Silent conversation
 Play + Rubric Filled out
 CNN Student News
 Al Capone Case Wrap-up
 Chapter 13 outline due
 13.1
 Welcome back!
 CNNstudentnews
 Chose 1 story from the news and give
commentary- what do you think about
it? Write this in your ? Of the day spot
on your LT sheets.
 Ch 13 section 1 introduction Bill of
Rights
 Vocabulary: Gitlow vs. New York
 Human rights
 incorporated
 Grade Sheet (tomorrow)
 Learning Target Sheets due
 Ch 13 overview outline
 13.1 +13.2
 CNNstudentnews
 Chose 1 story from the news and give commentary- what do
you think about it? Write this in your ? Of the day spot on your
LT sheets.
 Discussion:
 Warm up: use the word incorporated to explain who
 http://www.teachersdiscovery.com/current-
Constitutional rights were originally meant for and who
that extended to after the Supreme Court ruling.
 Vocabulary: establishment clause
 Free exercise clause
 Parochial school
 Secular
 abridge
 Precedent
 Vocabulary quiz Thursday!
 http://www.whas11.com/story/news/local/2014/12/10/state-
denies-tax-incentives-to-ark-encounter-park/20230237/
event?___store=ss
 Example Case: Gitlow v. New York
 Assigned cases: Near v. Minnesota
 Dejonge v Oregon
 Wolf v Colorado
 Pointer v. Texas
 Benton v. Maryland
What precedent did these cases set?
 Resource
 https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/512/687/case.
html
 CNNstudentnews
 Chose 1 story from the news and give
commentary- what do you think about it?
Write this in your ? Of the day spot on
your LT sheets.
 Pure speech
 Symbolic speech
 Seditious speech
 Defamatory speech
 Slander
 libel
 Vocab review- draw pictures
representing each type of
speech
 Section 2 wrap up
 Quiz Thursday section 1-3
 Ch 13 test Bill of Rights –
Monday 4/20/15
 CNNstudentnews
 Chose 1 story from the news and give
commentary- what do you think about it? Write
this in your ? Of the day spot on your LT sheets.
 Vocab practice
 Prior restraint
 Sequester
 Gag order
 Shield laws
 Quiz
 Ch 13 section 4
 Ch 13 test monday
 CNN Student News
 Picketing + Heckler’s veto
 Citizenship test
 CNNstudentnews
 Chose 1 story from the news and give
commentary- what do you think about
it? Write this in your ? Of the day spot
on your LT sheets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba
pzjxDfXBU
 No tutoring today I have a meeting
 See you Thursday for KUNA
 CNNstudentnews
 Chose 1 story from the news and give
commentary- what do you think about
it? Write this in your ? Of the day spot
on your LT sheets.
 Academic advising sheets missing
 Midterm grade sheets
 Ch 13 tests returned
 Test corrections
Vocab: alien, resident alien, illegal
alien, amnesty, private law, non
resident alien
CNN student news
Silent conversation
Test corrections (10-15 min)
student teacher prep
Ch 14 introduction
 We know rights are guaranteed to us
in the Constitution, but does that
apply to immigrants?
Former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell, who asked a judge
Tuesday for mercy for his wife and himself, was sentenced to two years
in federal prison for public corruption.
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McDonnell was convicted Sept. 4 of trading access to the power of
the governor’s office for more than $165,000 in loans and high-end
gifts. Prosecutors had wanted him to spend more than 10 years in
prison, but early in the hearing Judge James Spencer said federal
officials misinterpreted the guidelines, contending the range was
more like 6 1 ⁄ 2 to eight years.
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Then Spencer discarded the recommendations but rejected 6,000
hours of community service that McDonnell’s lawyers wanted. “It
breaks my heart, but I have a duty I can’t avoid,” Spencer said in
handing down the punishment. He ordered McDonnell to report to
prison by Feb. 9.
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“I want to thank the court and Judge Spencer for the mercy he
dispensed to me today,” McDonnell said. “But I have never, ever
betrayed my sacred oath of office in any way while I served this
great commonwealth.”
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He said he would appeal.
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The day before, his lawyers filed a motion asking Spencer to allow
the former governor to remain out of prison on bond, pending the
outcome of his appeal. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could
decide to delay the incarceration.
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“Anytime an elected official is sent to prison, it sends a message,”
said the FBI’s lead agent in the investigation, Adam Lee. “There’s no
celebration.”
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McDonnell is the first Virginia governor and the 12th nationally to
be convicted of corruption.
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The judge received almost 450 letters attesting to McDonnell’s
integrity. McDonnell supporters packed the courtroom.
McDonnell’s wife, tried at the same time, will be sentenced Feb. 20.
 Have Chapter 14 section 1 out on
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your desk
Oil/H20 in Texas issues
Terrorist attack in Paris
CNN student news
Citizenship test
Ch 14 notes
 Cnn student news
 Outline citizenship review
 Chapter 14 section 3
 CNN Student News
 Immigration stories
 Rights of the accused overview
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q
8vqMFaE3XM
 Ch 14. Section 4
 Quiz tomorrow
 Review tomorrow & 14.5
 Test Thursday/Friday.
 Cnn
 14.4
 quiz
 Warm up: What is Title IX?
 CNN
 Quiz Review
 14.5
 Chapter 14 review
 Chapter 14 test tomorrow.
 See you Tuesday!
 CNN Student news
 Officer Reichardt
 Edward Snowden (article +
interview)
 CNN Student News
 Snowden wrap up
 Writing assignment
 CNN student news
 Academic Advising sheet signed due
wednesday
 Snowden writing + peer edit
 Chapter 18 overview outline
 15 days left in the trimester
 Chapter 14 test corrections due
 Edward Snowden essays were due
yesterday. Thank you to those who
turned them in
 Public Attorneys
 Bi-Partisan Presidency
 CNN Student news
 Chapter 18 outline
 18.1
Thursday.
 Yayra- Supreme Court Justice letter? I
need as example
 Chapter 14 test corrections due
 Edward Snowden essay examples
 CNN Student news
 Chapter 18 outline Protocol
 18.1
 ACTION example
 18.2
TOMORROW!
 Yayra- Supreme Court Justice letter? I
need as example
 CNN Student News
 AA Sheet signed
 18.1
 Yayra- Supreme Court Justice letter? I
 ACTION example
need as example
 18.2
 Interest group list
http://votesmart.org/interestgroups#.VMp7CqMo7vJ
 CNN Student News
 AA Sheet signed
 Interest group ideas to research-
 Yayra- Supreme Court Justice letter? I
assign for Monday/Wednesday
Library (Affiliated or Independent?)
 turn in 18.1
 http://www.opensecrets.org/industries
/
 http://www.opensecrets.org/industries
/mems.php
 18.2
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o
DeBuhIQdYk
need as example
 Interest group list
http://votesmart.org/interestgroups#.VMp7CqMo7vJ
 Choose topic
 Wednesday- library
 Quiz
 Thursday 18.4
 Onedrive instructions
 Friday chapter 18 test +
 CNN Student News
 18.3
presentations
 Monday: Presentations + DBQ 2
 CNN Student News
 Ch 18 test
 Presentations
 DBQ2
 CNN student news
 Presentations
 DBQ2