1. Unit 2 Day 6
TLW: Develop an understanding of federalism, judicial review, and the amendment process.

10. What is Federalism?
Federalism
Definition
Visual Representation
Political Cartoon Explained
State vs. National Powers
Thousands of governments (Explain issues)
Conflicts between the governments
The division of power between the national government and the State governments. (National government is supreme—supremacy clause)

11. DIVISION of
POWER

12. Federal Benefits
Federal Authority
States’ Rights

16. What is Judicial Review?
Supreme Court can declare acts of government unconstitutional (making the laws illegal—null and void)
This is a check on the other branches of government.

18. Marbury v. Madison
You will be reading and paraphrasing the court case and the impact of the decision.

19. TLW: Understand the amendment process and the topic of each amendment.
Day 6….Continued
TLW: Understand the amendment process and the topic of each amendment.

20. What is the Amendment Process?
Amendment = a change to the Constitution
Example: 2nd Amendment: A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

21. The Process 2/3 of Congress to Propose an Amendment
¾ of the state to Ratify the amendment
Becomes an Amendment
If the process is so basic why have there only been 27 amendments?
Last amendment was in It is about Congressional pay.

22. What are the Amendments?
27 total
Last one in 1992
First 10 called the Bill of Rights
We will learn them all by drawing a picture of 2 of them.
Then we will go through the pictures.

23. What did we learn? F E D R A L I S M J U C V W N T