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Describe the Supreme Court's role in determining the constitutionality of laws and acts of the legislative and executive branches.
Explain the process of judicial review established by Marbury v. Madison
Explain the processes of selection and confirmation of Supreme Court justices.
Analyze Article III of the Constitution as it relates to judicial power, including the length of terms and the jurisdiction of the US Supreme Court
Identify and explain legislation and legal precedents that established rights for the underserved,m including Title IX and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Evaluate the Supreme Court's interpretations of freedoms in the 14th Amendment, equal protection, and due process clauses, including:
Plessy v. Ferguson
Gitlow v. New York
Brown v. Board of Education
Roe v. Wade
Obergefell v. Hodges
Evaluate the Supreme Court's interpretations of freedoms in the 4th through 8th Amendments, including
Mapp v. Ohio
Gideon v. Wainwright
Miranda v. Arizona
Explain the 2nd Amendment, and evaluate its various interpretations.
Evaluate the Supreme Court's interpretations of the freedoms articulated in the 1st Amendment, including:
Schenck v. US
Engel v. Vitale
Tinker v. Des Moines
Lemon v. Kurtzman
New York Times v. US
Miller v. California
Texas v. Johnson
Identify the current governor of Tennessee and the representatives in the General Assembly (for a student's respective district)
Explain the differences among the types of local governments in Tennessee, including county, city, and metro governments, as well as the legal, fiscal, and operational relationships between them and the state government.
Identify the functions of departments and agencies of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches in the state of Tennessee.
Explain the requirements to be considered a natural-born US citizen, and describe the process of naturalization, including the knowledge required by the Naturalization Test.
Describe the means that citizens use to participate in the political process, including:
Campaigning
Demonstrating
Lobbying
Petitioning
Running for Office
Voting
Describe the role of media as a means of communicating information and how it influences the importance of issues and public opinion.
Explain the role of political parties in the nomination process for presidential candidates and the importance of and difference between primaries caucuses, and general elections.
Describe what should be reasonable expected from any citizen or resident of the US, and explain why it is important for the well- of the nation, being including:
Being informed on civic issues
Obeying the law
Paying taxes
Respecting the rights of others
Serving as a juror
Serving in the military or alternative service
Volunteering and performing public service
Voting
Explain the Electoral College system, and compare and contrast arguments for and against it.
Arguments against
Arguments for
Identify major departments of the executive branch, including:
Defense
Education
Justice
State
Treasury
Analyze Article II of the Constitution as it relates to the executive branch, including:
Appointments
Commander-in -chief of the military
Eligibility for office
Executive orders
Length of term (22nd Amendment)
Oath of Office
Powers of the president
Succession (25th Amendment)
Treaties
Describe the powers of US Congress, including:
Appropriations
Commerce
Confirmations
Declaration of war
Implied powers
Necessary and proper clause
Necessary and proper clause
Implied powers
Declaration of war
Confirmations
Commerce
Appropriations
Identify the Tennessee representatives and senators to US Congress.
Describe the process of how a bill becomes a law.
Identify leadership positions of the legislative branch, including:
Majority and Minority leaders
President pro tempore
Role of the vice president
Speaker of the House
Minority
Majority
Describe the census and its role in redistricting and reapportionment, including the role of Baker v. Carr.
Baker v. Carr
Role in reapportionment
Role in redistricting
Analyze Article I and the 17th Amendment of the Constitution as they relate to the legislative branch,m including: eligibility of office,
roles, length of terms, and election to office for representatives and senators, respectively.
Election to office
Length of terms
Roles
Eligibility for office
Define the concepts of democracy and republic, and examine the relationship between the two.
Analyze how the Bill of Rights limits the powers of the government and ensures individual rights.
Describe the structure of the Constitution and the process to amend it.
Describe limited government within the Constitution, including:
Checks and balances
Civilian control of the military
Federalism
Judicial Review
Popular sovereignty
Rule of law
Separation of powers
Describe the purposes and functions of government as outlined in the Preamble of the Constitution.
Discuss the Constitutional Convention of 1787, including the Great Compromise and the ensuing debate over ratification between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists.
Anti-Federalists
Federalists
Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
Weaknesses
Strengths
Examine the Declaration of Independence and American grievances against British rule.
Examine the influences of leading European thinkers (eg., John Locke, Charles-Louis Montesquieu, Thomas Hobbes) and other roots of American government (eg., Greek democracy, Roman republic, Magna Carta).
Magna Carta
Roman Republic
Greek Democracy
Thomas Hobbes
Charles-Louis Montesquieu
John Locke
