We have spent significant time analyzing six democratic principles that are established in our founding documents and how they are at being applied to a present day issue. To reflect on and use what you have learned, please consider other current issues or challenges that our country is facing and discuss how one of the six democratic principles (limited government, popular sovereignty, checks and balances, separation of powers, equal protection, federalism) is being applied to that issue.
In responding to this post, you must (in paragraph form): Explain a present day issue in our country. Reference a specific current event article that you have used to better understand the issue you have chosen (provide a link to your article so others can read it if they want to learn more). Show how one or more of the democratic principles is demonstrated in the example you have chosen (Please pick a principle that is different than the one you focused on in class). This blog response will be worth a five point homework grade for history.
I didn't read this in an article but by watching the news I got some events that show some of these principals. Watching the news helps a lot with this class and looking for things from the 5 principals. I found one that was talking about how on HLN news was talking about how a few football players saved a baby that was left in the car and when people saw them they tried giving them money. This somewhat shows the principle equal protection and popular sovereignty because the baby has his 5 freedoms and one is the freedom to life. This also shows equal protection because all people are the same and no one person is higher power and these football players showed they cared about the baby and saved him.
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ReplyDeleteThe article i read is called "Virginia court rejects two challenges to Obama's healthcare law". The article is about the Federal court rejecting attempts to have to buy medical insurance.
ReplyDeleteThe prinicple showed in this article is Checks and Balances.
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/08/nation/la-na-heathcare-ruling-20110909
In the article I read on CNN "Don't Stereotype Hispanic American" it shows two of our principles. Popular Sovereignty which brings up the issues of limiting rights to "minorities." Our Constitution protects minorities because they are "minorities" which is the smaller social groups or races in America. It also shows "Equal Protection" which protects the citizens from being treated "different." The article explains what the title states, Hispanic American's are being stereotyped and treated improper as if they are not a part in our society.
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I read an article about the Arizona immigration law that was passed in 2010. The article shows Equal Protection because the law that was passed allows police officers to stop anybody and ask for any identification to show that they are legal in this country, and this law singles out the Latino-American community in Arizona. I think that this also means it allows officers to stop people based on their skin-color and their lack of fluency in English, also known as racial profiling.
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I read the article Obama to Propose New Tax Rate for Millionaires. It talks about how people that are earning more than one million a year will be paying atleast the same ammount of taxes as middle class Americans. Obamas plan is also expected to improve the health care system for the less fortunate and the senior citizens. This article shows equal protection because its making sure the millionaires should be paying as much in taxes as the rest of us and maybe even alittle more than us.
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All rright so I live in Marlboro and I forgot I had to do this blog earlier. I was driving around a saw a few "vote for _____" signs around the town and remembered this. The article I just picked out is about Arthur Vigeant, a man running for mayor of Marlboro leading the race. It's an example of Limited Government. People vote for who they want to be the mayor of the city, and the government can't change who the people vote for.
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The article that I read was "Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions, and Domestic Partnerships" from the New York Times. The article talks about the problems homosexuals are having to get the right to get married to the person they want to.
ReplyDeleteI think these problem are taking alway the right of equal protection, because the government is taking away the right of a person to be happy.
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/s/same_sex_marriage/index.html?scp=2&sq=equal%20protection&st=cse