PPT-The Fight for Ratification

Independent Judiciary The independence of the federal judicial branch is based on the insulation of its members once appointed and confirmed in their positions from punitive actions by the legislative and executive branches According to Article 3 of the Constitution federal judges may hold their positions during good Behavior in effect they have lifetime appointments as long as they satisfy the ethical and legal standards of their judicial offices Furthermore Article 3 provides that the legislative and executive branches may not combine to punish federal judges by decreasing payments for their services The intention of these constitutional provisions is to guard the federal judges against undue influence from the legislative and executive branches in the exercise of their judicial power. Used for presidential elections. Framers had concerns that voters wouldn’t make informed decisions. Each state selects electors equal in number to its congressional representation. Electors vote twice: once for president, once for vice president. Ratification. Understand the steps involved in ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol. What is ratification?. Who is involved in ratification?. Factors influencing ratification. What were some major differences between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan introduced at the Constitutional Convention?. Bell Ringer. Copies of the new Constitution were sent to all of the states. . Referendums as the new Normal?. Imelda Maher. Imelda.maher@ucd.ie. 1. UACES Cork . 2014. Topic/Approach/Aim. Treaty ratification in the UK and Ireland. Law and Politics. Explore the role of constitutional law as a (political) opportunity structure . 8 STEPS AT A GLANCE. 1. Read. the Question. 2. Circle Key. Words. 3. Paraphrase the Question. 4. Flip the Question into a Statement. 5. Brain Storm or Solve. 6. Fill. in the Blanks. 7. Write the Response Using A-P-E. Review. Terms. Ratify – to give formal approval. Censure – to express disapproval. Dissent – to disagree or withhold approval. Successor – person or thing that replaces or follows another.. Reviewing Social Studies Skills. Ratification – to make official/put into effect. The . states have to approve the new government. 9 of the 13 states have to . ratify. Thursday November 17. th. 2016. Pick up your spirals/folders, take out a pen/pencil and your . Please turn cell phones off or to silent.. A ringing cell phone is a $5.00 contribution to the NEA Children’s Fund.. Legal Responsibility. Union negotiates the contract for all members of the bargaining unit. What Next. Copies sent to states (1787). Let them debate. Needed 9 of 13 to ratify. Better than 100% needed under Articles. Factions Emerge. Federalists. Favored ratification. James Madison and Alexander Hamilton. Everything You Need To Know To Succeed In APUSH. 1788. Document Analysis Questions. What is the meaning of the cartoon?. The Constitution requires the support of ALL states. Who would support this cartoon?. Lesson 2.5: Ratification and the Bill of Rights. Essential Question. How did the political, economic, and social turning points of the Revolutionary Era shape American ideals of tyranny and revolution?. Study – 3 minutes for Vocab Quiz. Homework. Check your Parts of the Constitution Packet / make changes. Ratification and the . Bill of Rights . Federalists and Antifederalists . By February . of . 1788, . The Articles of Confederation. The Confederation Government. The Critical Period- after ratification during Revolution.. No executive branch to oversee laws.. No power to tax. States had to donate or be willing to give the government money.. Steven Thompson QC, Hugh Miall, and James Fennemore. Improper exercise of powers: the company context. “…. if directors do acts, as they do every day, especially in private companies, which, perhaps because there is no quorum, or because their appointment was defective, or because sometimes there are no directors properly appointed at all, or because they are actuated by improper motives, they go on doing for years, carrying on the business of the company in the way in which, if properly constituted, they should carry it on, and then they find that everything has been so to speak wrongly done because it was not done by a proper board,…”.