1. Monday, October 22nd
Agenda:
Warm up:
Finish 2:2 (p )
Quiz Wed. 10/24
Finish Review ?’s
Who has the Power: legislative, executive or judicial 1. Impeach the president
2. Call emergency session of Congress
3. Determines the constitutionality of laws
4. Veto Bills
5. Can override the President’s veto
6. Can determine if the presidents actions are constitutional
7. Appoint federal and Supreme Court judges
8. Can confirm or deny appointment/Impeach officials.

2. Make your questions challenging!!!
20 Question Review
You will write a 20 question review for your peers
10 questions from 2:1
10 questions from 2:2
For each section you must include:
3 True/False
3 short answer or mini essay (2-3 sentence answer)
3 Multiple choice/Matching (four answer choices)
1 –your choice
Make your questions challenging!!!

3. Sovereignty and Limited Government
US became a sovereign nation when independent from GB
Allowing the US to decide upon its own internal gov and international policies
Power rests with the citizens and they provide the power to govern
Limited Power
Gov’t only has the power and duties granted by the people
Constitution- supreme law of the land
Outlines gov’s power and functions
Bill of Rights
Rule of Law
Abide by the constitutions, not allowing officials to do anything they wish
No one is above the law

4. Federalism
The constitution limits power by dividing power and responsibilities
AKA- Federalism
How the Federal System works
Colonies became states in order to keep their boundaries and identities
The federal system protects the rights for states to carry out laws and regulations to benefit it citizens
States can/do make final decisions regarding some gov’t activities
Citizens live under and must obey the laws of both the U.S. and State government
National law takes priority of state laws
Laws must be constitutional

5. Federalism Continued …..
Powers of the government are divided between the national and state governments
Enumerates Powers are given to the national government
Print money
Declare war
Make treaties
Conduct foreign affairs
Call out militia
Support army and Navy
Establish Post Offices
Reserved Powers are ONLY for the states
Grant charters
Create city and town governments
Issue business license
Operate public schools and colleges
Enact traffic laws on public roads
Conduct elections
Concurrent Powers are shared by state and national governements
Collect taxes
Build roads
Borrow money
Operate a court system

6. Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances
Gov’t is limited and controlled by diving it among diff. branches
Each has a different function
Founders wanted to limit the ability of ONE branch to control or weak the other 2
Separation of Power
Powers limited to their own areas of interst
Must cooperate with other branches
Both national an state are structured the same
Three Branches
Legislative- makes laws
Executive- enforces laws
Judicial- interprets laws

7. Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances
Ways to keep the other 2 branches from becoming too powerful
Congress can pass a law, but president can veto
Congress can override the President’s veto w/ 2/3 vote
Supreme Court can declare a law made by Congress unenforceable if it violates the constitution
U.S. Senate can confirm or reject candidates for judgeships

8. Georgia’s Constitution
Georgia adopted its first constitution in 1789
Structure like federal
Written and adopted 10 different constitution
Latest adopted in 1983
Preamble
Perpetuate the principle of free gov’t, insure justice to all, promote happiness to citizens and future citizens
Georgia’s Constitution
11 articles
Longer than US
40,000 words
Amended dozens of times since 1984
State Constitutions
Longer than the US
More detailed and specific

9. Key Concepts Limited Government Federalism
Government only has the powers that are given by the ______________ as outlined in the _______________.
Rule of law provided the no one ________________________.
Federalism
This system provides TWO governments _________________ and _______________.
People must follow the laws of both.
___________________ government takes precedence
people
Constitution
is above the law
federal
state
national (federal)

10. Electing representatives
Key Concepts
Representative Democracy
People hold the power by ______________________.
They work to elect people who belong to their __________________ because they share a __________________________________.
Government powers are limited and controlled by the use of what system?
Separation of Powers
What system is used to make sure a single branch of government does not become too powerful?
Checks and Balances
Electing representatives
Political party
Political ideology

11. Executive
Legislative
Judicial
Who is included
President/Governor
Vice President/Lt. Governor
Cabinet
Departments (Education/Defense
Congress- National
General Assembly- State
Senate
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Lower Courts
Special Courts
Separation of Power
Enforce Laws
Creates Laws
Interprets Laws
Check and Balance
Can appoint Supreme Court and federal judges
Can veto bills and call emergency sessions of congress
Can confirm or impeach judicial appointments, such as Supreme Court Justices
Can impeach the president, override a veto and confirm executive appointment.
Can decide if presidential acts are constitutional
Can interpret constitutionality of laws

12. Federalism Enumerated Reserved Concurrent Federal State BOTH
Print money
Declare war
Make treaties
Conduct foreign affairs
Call out militia
Support army and Navy
Establish Post Offices
Grant charters
Create city and town governments
Issue business license
Operate public schools and colleges
Enact traffic laws on public roads
Conduct elections
Collect taxes
Build roads
Borrow money
Operate a court system

13. Key Concepts: Georgia’s Constitution
When was Georgia’s current constitution ratified?
1983, but has been amended dozens of times since
How many articles does it have? 11
How is Georgia’s constitution different from the U.S. Constitution?
It is longer and more specific
What does Georgia’s PREAMBLE

14. How long does this process take?
What are the TWO steps to make amendments made to Georgia’s constitution?
General Assembly votes on the proposed change
Voters have to ratify it, so it is put on the ballot in the next general election
How long does this process take?
Could take up to TWO years
Georgia’s preamble: Perpetuate the principles of free government, insure justice to all, preserve peace, promote the interest and happiness of the citizen and of the family, and transmit to posterity the enjoyment of liberty….
What is this explaining?
The purpose of having a constitution