...did not know whether it was a delegate from Maryland, South Carolina, Georgia, etc. I would have expected to have found this to help make things more clear on what state they were representing and what their stance on slavery was. Another absence that I found ominous was the non presence of the state of Rhode Island, I wonder why they did not appoint a representative to come, and what did they not want to discuss and why. This source compares with other secondary accounts very similarly that I have learned about whether that be through reading or school lessons. This source however included a lot more information from different people’s perspectives which gave more detail for the entire document and the points on the issue of slavery. The Arguments against Ratification at the Virginia Convention was written in 1788 during the time that the U.S. Constitution was trying to be ratified. During this time the Articles of Confederation were failing because of the weak government and needed to be fixed because rebellions, such as Shay’s Rebellion began to happen. Northern and Southern states had different views on whether slavery and other issues and large states wanting more representation than smaller states. These reasons and the fact that many people feared that some states would leave the union because of the change in law was why this document was created, to discuss all of the issues presented and to find a happy medium for all of the states. An implied meaning that I...
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...Federal Government Exam 1 Review: The first exam will consist of questions generated from the following review sheet. Make sure you understand each of these topics before proceeding to the test. The exam will be timed so you will not have the ability to peruse your notes or retake the exam. The exam itself will consist of 30 multiple choice questions and you will have 35 minutes to complete the exam. Federalism: The Basic elements of a Federal system of government (i.e. how is it structured/how power is shared) • Layers of gov • Equal power • Distinct powers Powers of the federal government: delegated powers, implied powers (necessary and proper clause), and concurrent powers. • Delegated Powers: (expressed/enumerated powers) powers given to the federal government directly by the constitution. Some most important delegated powers are: the authority to tax, regulated interstate commerce, authority to declare war, and grants the president role of commander and chief of the military • Implied Powers: Powers not expressed in the constitution, but that can be inferred. “Necessary and proper clause” • Concurrent powers: powers shared by both levels of government. Ex: Taxes, roads, elections, commerce, establishing courts and a judicial system • Reserved powers: powers not assigned by the constitution to the national government but left to the states or the people. Guaranteed by the 10th amendment. Include “police power”-health and public...
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...[Enter Document Title] Foundations of the U.S. Legal System Prof. William Ewald Contributors Wim De Vlieger Suvitcha Nativivat Alasdair Henderson Ana Carolina Kliemann Alexey Kruglyakov Rafael A. Rosillo Pasquale Siciliani Paul Lanois Gloria M. Gasso Kamel Ait El Hadj Yuanyuan Zheng Ana L. Marquez Pumthan Chaichantipyuth Wenzhen Dai Penn Law Summer 2006 I. Introduction and Historical Background A. What the course will cover? This is not an introductory course. You are all lawyers; I shall assume a good deal of professional expertise, and that many of you already have a body of knowledge about American law. The task: prepare you for the coming year, give you the basic grounding that you will need for the courses you are going to start taking in September. For this, you need two things: ♥ A great deal of basic factual information about how the courts and the legal system function, and about basic legal concepts (and legal vocabulary); ♥ But more importantly: background information about some of the critical ways in which the American legal system is unique, and differs from legal systems elsewhere in the world. This is hard: often you will find that your professors or fellow‐students will make assumptions or presuppose certain ways of doing things that aren’t explained in class. A large goal of this course is to explain those assumptions...
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