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WGU C963 - Objective Assessment Solved 100% 2022
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WGU C963 - Objective AssessmentSolved 100% 2022
Major contributors to social contract theory - -Hobbes, Locke, Reasseau
-Social Contract Theory - -We need food, clothing and shelter to survive and
nothing should interfere with our ability to obtain them. We may also choose
to believe in a god. The belief gives definition to our existance. Therefore it is
important we define ourselves as individuals.
-Enlightenment Influence on Constitution - -Bill of Rights and the Second
Amendment, Ninth Amendment
-Bill of Rights (Enlightenment) - -The first eight Bill of Rights
-Declaration of Independence (Enlightenment) - -people have rights of life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
-Articles of Confederation weaknesses - -No executive, no judicial, no power
to tax, no power to regulate trade
-Articles of Confederation - Strengths - -Provided direction for the
Revolution, the ability to conduct diplomacy with Europe, and deal with
territorial issues and Native American relations.
-New Jersey Plan - -The proposal at the Constitutional Convention that
called for equal representation of each state in Congress regardless of the
state's population.
-Virginia Plan - -Proposal to create a strong national government
-Constitutional Convention - -A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that
produced a new constitution
-Three-Fifths compromise - -Agreement that each slave counted as three-
fifths of a person in determining representation in the House for
representation and taxation purposes (negated by the 13th amendment).
Bicameral congress.
-Checks and Balances - -A system that allows each branch of government to
limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
-Separation of Powers - -Constitutional division of powers among the
legislative, executive, and judicial branches, with the legislative branch
,making law, the executive applying and enforcing the law, and the judiciary
interpreting the law
-Federalists - -A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during
ratification debates in state legislatures.
-Anti-Federalists - -Opponents of the American Constitution at the time
when the states were contemplating its adoption.
-Ratifying the Constitution - -Article VII, 9 out of 13 states had to agree, it
was ratified at state conventions
-Federalist #10 (factions) - -Elites can never take over rule of the
government due to too many factions.
-Federalist #51 (Madison) - -Separation of powers, checks and balances
-Separations of Powers - -The division of the federal government into three
branches each with its own powers
-Government Branches - -Three sections of the US government: legislative,
executive, and judicial. Each branch has powers that restrict the other
branches powers.
-How are laws made and enforced using the separation of powers - -
Congress originates laws
Judicial branch reviews laws for constitutionality
Executive branch enforces laws
-system of checks and balances - -Constitutional system in which each
branch of government places limits on the power of other branches
-Several checks the judicial branch has on the legislative and executive
branches - -Executive:
Can overturn actions of the president with judicial review if the actions
violate the Constitution
Serve during good behavior to maintain independence of judiciary
Legislative:
Can overturn acts of Congress as unconstitutional if they violate the law
Can influence laws by interpretation
, Serve during good behavior to maintain independence of judiciary
-Several checks the legislative branch has on the judicial and executive
branches - -Judicial:
Senate must approve judges and justices
Controls jurisdiction of the courts
Determines size of Supreme Court
House can impeach judges and Senate can remove them by two-thirds vote
Executive:
Can override a presidential veto by a two-thirds vote in both chambers
Must approve treaties by a two-thirds vote in the Senate
Control of funding activities of the executive branch
Presidential nominees must be approved by the Senate
Only Congress can declare war
House can impeach the president or vice president and the Senate can
remove them by a two-thirds vote
-Several checks the executive branch has on the legislative and judicial
branches - -Legislative:
Can veto legislation
Can use executive agreements
Can use executive orders
Negotiates treaties (not Congress)
Judicial:
Nominates judges
Power of pardon
-Several advantages and disadvantages of a federalist system - -
Advantages:
States can innovate when dealing with problems
States better designed to deal with needs of citizens
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