Chapter 14 final blog

I would like to first say I hope everyone has a great Christmas and is doing well in this class.

Read online bio’s of the U.S Supreme Court Justice. What do you find interesting about their backgrounds? Pick one of the Justices, read about cases this Justice has written (majority or dissent) and explain whether you agree or disagree with his/her judicial philosophy.

Reading some of the back grounds and seeing where some of them was from and knowing that some of them did really work hard to get where they are is really awesome. I read about Sonia Maria Sotomayor she had a lot of cases against some government officials and like football corporations. I think she did make some good choices in them and being a woman on the bench I think there is more pressure on her then there would be on the others.

Is Judicial Review a power that should be exercised regularly or sparingly? Why?

I think it should be regularly. I do think that some of the pass judgments doesn’t always fit for what someone else is getting punished for and like I have said before with the way the world is changing there has to be new laws punishments, and updates on old ones for us to keep the peace.

Is it the job of the High Court to apply the Constitution in light of the intent of the framers of the Constitution (strict construction) or should they interpret the Constitution in light of changes in society/ technology (living Constitution)? Why?

I think that they should interpret it in times all depends on what for. There is some laws in the Constitution that we no longer go by in there because they do not apply to us with the way our world is now compare to back then.

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Chapter 13

1.      Research federal agencies and explain which one you feel is the most important one and why?

I think that the most important federal agency is the U.S. Census Bureau because it provides data about the nation's people and economy. It has showed the changes in the population from when it was started in 1790 to today. It is taken every ten years. In the past years not just to get a count of people living in the houses there has been different questions asked. It keeps up with the changes and how we are growing.

2.      Which federal agency could be terminated with the least impact (if any) and why?

After looking at over a 1000 different agencies, I think that there may be some you could terminate and we would be just fine without them, but it is hard to pick one of them out. I pick out one, then after reading it I think different. So I really can’t answer this question.

3.      Are any new agencies needed?  In other words, if you were president would you create new agencies?  If so, in what area(s)?

I don’t think that there is any need for anymore of them. After reading all I have it seems like there is one for just about everything.

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