Weaknesses of the US Constitution Flashcards
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Loopholes
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Executive Directives, Orders, Agreements
Recess appointments
2
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Failures of Checks and Balances
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- Merrick Garland 2016
- Federal Government shutdown in 1995 and 1996 under Clinton over medicare
- 2013 Government shutdown under Obama over Obamacare
3
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-1st and 2nd Amendments as straitjackets
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- Schnider v. Phelps (2010)
- 33,000 deaths/annum by gun violence
- Columbine massacre, Charlestown massacre, San Bernadino
4
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Distortion of Democracy
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Electoral College AL Gore and Clinton
5
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Failure to protect Civil Liberties
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- Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (1978)
- “Enhanced Torture Techniques”
- Trump’s “They’re bringing crime…drugs, they’re rapists” in 2016
- 52% of Hispanics have a high school diploma while 84% of whites do