Call to OrderDr. Alonso would like representatives from 6 different schools to give him advice on a

few things. He only has room for

20 people in his office (plus himself).

How many representatives from each school should be allowed to go?

Grab the ½ Sheet for Dr. Alanso’s Big

MeetingSchool

Student Populatio

n

Reps

Frederick Douglass 1,006City College 1,208Talent Development 395Baltimore Freedom Academy

198

W.E.B. DuBois 600Augusta Fells Savage 593

U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Porteous, of Louisiana, has been videotaped accepting money and other gift from attorneys who appear before him in court. He has also lied to the Senate and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The citizens no longer believe that it is acceptable for him to judge from the bench in court.

Which Branch of Gov’t needs to be CHECKED?

How could the Executive Branch

Respond?

How could the Legislative

Branch Respond?

Justice John Paul Stevens retired from the Supreme Court in 2010. In response to the open seat in the court, the President nominated Elena Kagen as the fourth female Justice in the Court’s history. Some Republicans in Congress disagree with the appointment and do not believe that Kagen will be a good Supreme Court Justice.

How long can Justice Stevens or Kagen

serve on the Court?

What power is the Executive

Branch exercising?

How can the Legislative Branch

Respond?

The U.S. Senate has passed a law making flag burning illegal and punishable by a $2000 fine and 3 months in prison. The Supreme Court believes that this is an expression of free speech. Similarly, President Obama does not agree with this.

How could the Judicial Branch

Respond?

How could the Executive Branch

Respond?

How could the Legislative Branch

respond to the Executive’s action?

And last but not least…

Power Which Branch Has the Power?

Power Which Branch Has the Power?

Approve Appoint-ments

Impeach Officials

Create Laws

Override Vetoes

Serves in Office for Life

Declare Laws Unconst-itutional

Appoint Judges

Veto BillsEXECUTIVE

EXECUTIVE

LEGISLATIVELEGISLATIVE

LEGISLATIVE

LEGISLATIVE

JUDICIAL JUDICIAL

The House of Representatives

How many members are there in the House of Representatives?

How do we decide how many representatives come from each state?

How do we find out the population in each state?

Proportionally by

Population

435

Well… let’s look at what the

rulebook says…

The Constitution says…

“Representatives shall be apportioned among the several states…according to their respective numbers. The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term of ten years…”

Counting Everybody

So, the Constitution says that every ten years we have to count everybody. This process is called the…

We just completed a Census in 2010. The next will be in 2020 (if the world doesn’t flood in 2012…)

The government sends out surveys for everyone to fill out, and then pays people to go and talk to those who don’t fill mail back the forms.

CensusGet this

down in

your notes!

An official count of everyone in the nation, done every 10 years

Reapportionment

Re – something you have to do again (retry, redo)

Apportion – to divide proportionally (big states get more, smaller states get fewer)

the process of dividing seats in the House of Representatives between the states every ten years based on population information (the census).

Get this

down in

your notes!

Reapportionment –

This Pie Chart represents the population of each state

The bigger slices get more representatives. When population changes they and the pie slices change shape, those representatives also have to start moving around

Percentage Distribution of Seats in the House of Representatives by Region: 1960 to 2000

16 17 20 21 23

31 3133 34 35

29 2826 24 23

25 24 22 20 19

1960 1970 1980 1990 2000

Year

% o

f 10

0%

West South Midwest Northeast