Chapter 5 Blog

I think the government does too little to reduce the instances of racial discrimination. Sure, the government has made laws regarding racial discrimination, but it still happens. People are still discriminated when it comes to jobs; although people may get an interview, they may not get the job, because of racial issues. I also think the government does too little for reduce the instances of gender discrimination, even though they have made laws. You can tell, because some jobs have a more dominance of male employees and other jobs have a more dominance of female employees. This could be because some workplaces think one gender could do the job better, but women can do the same work as men and men can do the same work as women. For sexual orientation, I do not think there is too much of an issue on workplace discrimination, but I do think the government could do more to let gays have the same rights as everyone else. I am a Christian, but I believe they should have the right to marriage.  It is their life, what they do in their life will not affect anyone else’s life.




I commented on the blogs of Robert Johnson, Mathew Cooper, and Katelyn Dozier.

Chapter 4 Blog

Freedom of speech is very important, and it does not go too far. All areas of freedom of speech should be protected. People should be able to say whatever they want whenever they want. People should not be disciplined for speaking their opinions. They know what they say and should be willing and probably are willing to accept the outcomes, negative or positive.

Separation of church and state is necessary. Government is government, and church is church; the two should not have to be combined. Government has a main job, protect the rights of the people and do not infringe their rights with laws. Church has a main job, worship a higher being. Neither of those is similar in any way.

Defendant’s rights should be crucial to our system of government, and I disagree that defendants have too many rights. Defendant’s right should be crucial, because even though they have commit a crime, not matter how bad the crime, they are still entitled to the same rights as everyone else. Saying that a defendant has “too many rights” is like saying the citizens of the United States have too many rights. Just because they have committed a crime does not mean they are any less of a person.

I commented on the blogs of Robert Johnson, Mathew Cooper, and Donna Fox.

Chapter 3 Blog

The national government and state governments should have somewhat equal power. Federalism is all about balancing power and decreasing the chance of tyranny, so the national government should have just enough power to mandate the states. Although, the issues that concern the nation as a whole, like health care and minimum wage, should be left to the national government to solve, but other issues that differentiate among the states or only concern only a few states, like education and poverty, should be left to the states to manage.

National power increased during the Great Depression because the entire nation’s economy was deteriorating, mostly because up until then, the economy was never really a priority. The shift in power happened because voters in the 1960s began to display wariness about powers of the national government. The shift was necessary, because the national government had finished the job of stimulating the economy. Therefore the power of the national government could lessen and give states more authority.

Education is a matter better left to the states, because states can get a better understanding of how students are preforming. States are able to see what needs to change for the better of their students. If the national government regulated education it would set standards that some state’s students might not be able to meet.

 

I commented on the blogs of Robert Johnson, Nikki Stair, and Katelyn Dozier.

Blogs I Commented on Chapter 2

Mathew Cooper
Donna Fox
Robert Johnson

Chapter 2

The United States Constitution is stronger than the Articles of Confederation, because the Constitution creates and imposes new rules that the Articles of Confederation did not. Under the Articles of Confederation: Congress could request states to pay taxes, there were no federal courts, there was no regulation of trade, there was no executive branch, and Congress could not raise an army. Whereas under the United States Constitution: Congress has the right to levy taxes, there is a federal court system, Congress can regulate trade between states, there is an executive branch, and Congress can raise an army. If the country still operated under the Articles of Confederation, the United States would have had no national security, therefore other countries could have invaded the U.S and ceased the existence of the world we know today.

From reading the first three articles of the Constitution, something I learn that I did not already know is that the Vice- President is the leader of the senate.

The Supreme Court ruling in Marbury v. Madison is very important, because it established judicial review, which gave the Supreme Court power to eliminate Congress’s actions that conflicted with the Constitution.

The United States government today is more like what the Federalists envisioned. When the Constitution was written, the Bill of Rights was the only thing the Antifederalists wanted that was included in the Constitution, and the Federalists only included the Bill of Rights to try and get the Antifederalists to agree to ratify the Constitution. The government today is still how the Federalists wanted it to be set up, and their Constitution is still the supreme law of the land.