Weaknesses of the US Constitution Flashcards

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Loopholes

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Executive Directives, Orders, Agreements

Recess appointments

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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
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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
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Distortion of Democracy

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Electoral College AL Gore and Clinton

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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
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