Tocqueville
The federal system was created with the intention of combining the different advantages which result from the . . .
What is magnitude and littleness of nations
Also accepted: what are small nations and large nations
Dr. Moran describes this as the most dangerous job in the world.
The Harvard professor inteviewed in the first video you watched this semester.
Who is Harvey Mansfield, the author of Democracy in America
The Supreme Court case that stated the Gun Free School Zones Act was unconstitutional.
Double Points: explain the facts of the case.
What is US v. Lopez
The number of Constitutions the state has had in its history.
Double Points: The number of times the current Constitution has been amended.
What is 10.
Double Points: 70 times.
American institution that Tocqueville states is a holdover of an aristocratic, or less equal, society.
What is the bail/jail system
The number of Congressmen and women at the national level.
What is 535.
Eva Brann has a photo with this president.
Who is George W. Bush.
The Supreme Court case that overturned the "seperate but equal" doctrine and forced schools across the country to desegregate.
What is Brown v. The Board of Education
Tocqueville believed this was the most egregious institution that went against American values.
What is Slavery.
This primary [generative] fact...gives a certain direction to public spirit, a certain turn to the laws, new maxims to those who govern, and particular habits to the governed.
What is Equality of Conditions
The number of Georgia Supreme Court justices and their term length.
What is 9 (justices) and 6 years.
Harvey Mansfield said that Tocqueville found this type of person to be weak.
Who is a person who went along with the people too much.
The court cases that deal with lgbt+ rights discussed in class.
What are Bowers v. Hardwick (1986) and Christensen v. The State Supreme Court of Georgia (1996)
The number of different Georgia state flags.
What is 8.
Tocqueville's definitions of Administrative Centralization and Governmental Administration
What are:
Administrative Centralization: interests are special to certain parts of the nation.
Governmental Administration: interests are common to all parts of the nation, such as the formation of general laws and the relations of the people with
foreigners.
Define recalls, referenda, and initiatives.
What are:
Recall is a special election initiated by petition that gives citizens the power to remove an unpopular official from office.
Referendum is when citizens vote directly on issues written as propositions.
Initiatives are when voters propose issues to be decided by the legislatures or directly determined by the voters.
In his Interview with C-Span, Harvey Mansfield stated that he was a follower of this Philosopher who believed that a virtuous citizenry is much more important than equality.
Who is Leo Strauss.
List all the trial courts in the state of Georgia.
Double points: what cases do these courts handle?
What are Superior(General Jurisdiction: broad range of serious cases), Probate (Wills, estates, marriage licenses, appointment of guardians, etc.), Magistrate (Bail, misdemeanors, small civil complaints, search/arrest warrants), Juvenile (Deals with all cases involving allegations of deprivation of children under the age of eighteen, or unruly conduct, delinquency, or traffic violations concerning children under the age of seventeen found within its jurisdictions), State Court Administration (The State Court of Cobb County conducts jury trials on misdemeanor and civil cases that request a trial by jury. All criminal jury trials in this court are tried before a six-person jury.)
The Declaration of Independence declares that Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness are unalienable rights. The Constitution however changes . . .
What is Pursuit of Happiness to Property.
Why Tocqueville believes that American estate laws (ending primogeniture) greatly contributed to equality becoming a main factor of American society.
I will take one of two answers.
What are:
a) Laws equally separating estates lead to smaller and smaller estates as generations passed, reducing the power of “great families” who gained social, political, and economic power from their lands, as their power was being split up and weakened.
b) When the share of land and property was divided, individuals of passing generations grew poorer, and were encouraged to sell their land and take up trades or commerce, leveling them to the same rank as common people.
The six aspects/components of John Locke's ideas of Classical Liberalism.
What are Equality, Individualism, Liberty, Private Property, Popular Sovereignty, and Limited Government.
The reason why Eva Brann reads Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey first in her Freshman Year curriculum.
What is the fact that they’re the first written stories/poems from Ancient Greece, so they are the foundation for ancient Greek classics and her class.
The US Supreme Court case in which the majority ruling states Congress has power to incorporate a bank under the “necessary and proper” clause.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
These two parts of the Constitution determine the balance in federal power.
What are the Elastic Clause and the Tenth Amendment.