3. "Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and
independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and
right, which is not by this Confederation
expressly delegated to the United States, in
Congress assembled.“
Articles of Confederation
4. Federalism
“The powers not delegated to the
United States by the Constitution,
nor prohibited by it to the States,
are reserved to the States
respectively, or to the people.”
10th Amendment
5. Separated and Overlapping Powers
• Make treaties • License professionals
• Collect import taxes • Regulate sale of alcohol
• Regulate interstate trade • Regulate trade within a state
• Declare war • Regulate marriage and
• Coin money divorce
• Punish counterfeiters • Regulate gambling
• Fix standard weights • Make traffic regulations
• Naturalize citizens • Organize and supervise
• Raise army elections
• Grant copyrights
• Collect taxes
• Fund/regulate education
• Enforce laws
6. Religious affilliation and diversity
"Congress shall make no law respecting
an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof…”
First Amendment
7. Religious affiliation
“Experts say the growth of religious minorities,
American mobility and intermarriage are key
factors in the churn documented in the Religious
Landscape Survey”
Washington Post, 2008
Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, 2008
9. Interracial Marriage
“…minorities, younger adults, the college-educated, those
who say they're "liberal" and those who live in the
Northeast and the West are more likely to view
intermarriage positively”
Pew Institute 2010
14. To be eligible to vote in To be eligible to vote in To be eligible to vote in To be eligible to vote in
California, you must be: Georgia you must be: New York you must be: Texas you must be:
•A U.S. citizen •A U.S. citizen •A U.S. citizen •A U.S. citizen
•A resident of California •Registered 30 days before •Registered 25 days before •Registered 30 days before
•Registered 15 days before an election an election an election
an election •A legal resident of Georgia •18 years old by the date of •A resident of the county in
•At least 18 years of age (or and of the county in which the general election which you intend to vote
will be by the date of the you wish to vote •A resident of your present •At least 18 years old (you
next election) •At least 18 years of age by address for at least 30 days may register at 17 years and
•Not in prison or on parole Election Day before the election 10 months)
for conviction of a felony •Not serving any sentence •Not in jail or on parole for •Not convicted of a felony
•Not have been judged by a imposed by the conviction a felony conviction (unless your sentence is
court to be mentally of a felony •Not claiming the right to completed, including any
incompetent to register and •Not judicially determined vote elsewhere probation or parole)
vote to be mentally incompetent •Not declared mentally
•You will need to re-register incompetent by a court of
to vote when: law
◦You move
◦You change your name
◦You change your political
party affiliation
22. "This is about Congress’s ability to regulate activity that is at the core of
interstate commerce. Seventeen percent of the economy is in the health
sector.“
“Well, if requiring people to buy health insurance is
unconstitutional, guess auto insurance, helmet laws, food inspections, etc.
will also be unconstitutional? Personally I'm tired of paying gigantic
health insurance bills while millions of people get treated for free.”
“You may like Obamacare but requiring everyone to buy health insurance
is unconstitutional and sets up a dangerous precedent. Can't compare it to
auto insurance. Not everyone owns a car or wants to. Driving is
optional, breathing is not.“
