THE CONSTITUTION

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THE CONSTITUTION

• R U SERIOUS?????? (Hyperbole and Irony or Ironic
  Hyperbole)
• THE CONST AS CULTURE
• THE CONST THE CULTURAL Realm

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1-Constitution as Cultural Literacy

• Among these three Supreme Court decisions, the
  most important one with the greatest impact would
  clearly be
• Marbury v. Madison
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Marquette National Bank v. Omaha Service Corp
• The Constitution Embodies the Principle of
  Separation
• of Powers True False _____
• James Madison can be called the Father of the
  Constitution True False _____
• The Vice-President Runs the Senate
• True False _____

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2a-The Constitution as a
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2b-The Constitution as a
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3a-The Constitutional FRAME as if HARD-WIRED

• Every state has two votes in the U.S. Senate
• The President must be at least 35, 14 years a
  resident of the U.S., and a natural born citizen
• The President is chosen by Electoral College
  rather than Popular Vote
• The Senate has the sole power to try impeachments

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3b-The Constitutional Frame as if Soft-Wared

• The President shall be Commander in Chief
• Congress shall have the Power . . . To declare
  War . . . .
• Congress shall have the Power . . . To make all
  Laws which shall be necessary and proper for
  carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and
  all other Powers vested in this Const in the
  Government of the U.S., or in any Department or
  Officer thereof.

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3c-The Constitution That Isnt There

• THE MAN WHO WASNT THERE The Heisenberg
  Principle
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vjIi7YOVA5o4

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4a-The Structure of THE Constitution The Narrow,
Straight Line View
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4b-Expanding the Frame in the 1790s
Presidential Cabinet
Hamiltonian Financial Plans
Life with Father George
Constitutional Text
Political Party System
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4c-Structure of the Constitution The Not-So
Straight, Extended View
19th Amendment
Civil War Amendments
Bill of Rights
12th Amendment
New Deal Amendments
1787 Document
CONST MOMENTS
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5a-The Founders/Framers as Static Objects of
Veneration
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5b-The FOUNDERS
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5c-The FRAMERS
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5d-Founders/Framers as Seducers

• Alexander Hamilton
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vFrU1djj2N84
• Ben Franklin George Washington
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vE6caJv__WSMfeature
  related

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5d-Founders as Performing Characters

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v-L2o9mx5SCs
• DRAMATURGICAL VIEW of History
• Gordon Wood, REVOLUTIONARY CHARACTERS

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5e-Founders as Political Players Washingtons
Cabinet

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vnotJuFGXQ9w

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5e-Founders The Knights Move
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5-f The Arrival of SINCERITY

• MR. JEFFERSON SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vBZFRP67sX8o