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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapters 4 & 5 Chapter 6
Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11
Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16
Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21

N.B.  The Study Guide must be completed for each chapter including the study guide essay questions.

Chapter 1:  Introducing Government in America

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Part One - Constitutional Foundations

Chapter 2: The Constitution                                The Bill of Rights Institute      The Founders Constitution    The National Constitution Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Gangs of D.C: In the Senate Small States Wield Outsize Power. Is This What the Founders Had in Mind? (8/9/09)

The U.S. Constitution Online

   

Supreme Court Cases:    Marbury v. Madison (1803)    

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Chapter 3: Federalism

PA asks U.S. for $28million for high-speed rail (8/25/09)  Editorial (NYT) Republicans and the Constitution (7/20/10)      

Supreme Court Cases:  
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) McCulloch summary) Gibbons v. Ogden (1824 US v Lopez (1995    

 

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Chapter 4: Civil Liberties and Public Policy

The Government and the Web (8/25/09)

First Amendment Issues

The Bill of Rights Institute

ACLU - American Civil Liberties Union

Football, Subways and the Fourth Amendment

         

Supreme Court Cases:  
Barron v Baltimore (1833)  Wikipedia Gitlow v NY (1925)   Wikipedia Lemon v Kurtzman (1971) (Wikipedia)

Engle v. Vitale (1962)  (Wikipedia)

SD Abington Twp. v. Schempp (1963)  (Wikipedia)
W. Va. Bd. of Ed. v. Barnette (1943) (Wikipedi

NYTimes Co. v. US (1971)  (Wikipedia

Near v. Minnesota (1931) (Wikipedia) Schenck v US (1919) (Wikipedia)

LAWRENCE et al. v. TEXAS 2003   

Zurcher v Stanford Daily (1978) Roth v. US (1957) (Wikipedia) Miller v California (1973) (Wikipedia) NY Times v Sullivan (1964) (Wikipedia) Texas v. Johnson (1989) (Wikipedia)
Miami Herald v. Tornillo (1974) (Wikipedia) Red Lion Broadcasting v FCC (1969) Wikipedia NAACP v Alabama (1958) (Wikipedia) Mapp v Ohio (1961)  Wikipedia Miranda v. Arizona (1966) (Wikipedia)
Gideon v.Wainwright (1963)  (Wikipedia) Gregg v Georgia (1976) Wikipedia McCleskey v Kemp (1987) Wikipedia Roe v Wade (1973)   Wikipedia Planned Parenthood v Casey (1992)    Wikipedia
Lawrence v. Texas (2003)        

      

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Chapter 5: Civil Rights and Public Policy

Landmark Cases on Equal Protection

Landmark Cases on Civil Rights

Civil Rights Act (1964)  Wikipedia

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

   

 

         

Supreme Court Decisions

 Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)  Wikipedia

Plessey v. Ferguson (1896) Wikipedia

Korematsu V  US (1944)  Wikipedia

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)  Wikipedia

Reed v Reed )1971)  Wikipedia
Craig v. Boren (1976  Wikipedia Adarand Constructors v. Pena (1995)  Wikipedia      

Affirmative Action Cases:

 Regents of Univ. of California v. Bakke (1978)  Wikipedia

GRUTTER v. BOLLINGER et al 2003 

   GRATZ et al. v. BOLLINGER et al. 2003

   Ricci v. DeStefano, et al 2009

 

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Part Two - People and Politics

Chapter 6: Public Opinion and Political Action

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Chapter 7: The Mass Media and the Political Agenda

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Chapter 8: Political Parties            Links to Political Websites
Sotomayor is sworn in: But the Politics is far from over (8/9/09) The reshaping of the GOP (8/21/09) How Bob Brady Thrives &Survives (8/25/09)    

    Political Party Platform Comparison assignment.

Where do you fit?

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Chapter 9: Nominations and Campaigns

Buckley v. Valeo, 1976    Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)

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Chapter 10: Elections and Voting Behavior
Battle For America 2008 Part 1: A Political Odyssey Part 2: High Risks, High Reward Part 3: Snaring the Lion of the Senate Vote-Smart.org
Republicans reconsider primary schedule (8/09)   A Loss for Voting rights (8/5/09) Supreme Court Affirms Ban on Soft Money (6/30/10)    

"Deadlock: The Inside Story of America's Closest Election"

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Chapter 11: Interest Groups

American Association of Retired Persons. AARP

AFL-CIO

United Farm Workers

National Education Association  NEA

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

NAACP

American Medical Association  AMA

US Chamber of Commerce

National Organization of Women   NOW

Common Cause

Mothers Against Drunk Driving  MADD

National Rifle Association   NRA

The Pennsylvania Catholic Conference

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

National Catholic Education Association NCEA

Lobbyist Says It's About Information, Not Influence (NYT7/2/10)

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)

Catholic bishops use their clout to influence the health-care bill    Three Out of Every Four Oil & Gas  Lobbyists Worked for the Government (7.21.10)

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Part Three - The Policymakers

Chapter 12: Congress    Vote-Smart.org

 (United States Capitol)     [ Project Vote Smart]    Biographical directory of the US Congress (1774-present)    Congress Online Project,
Pay and Perquisites of Members of Congress
Congressional Pay Rates
Reference Resources on Congress - Project Vote Smart

govtrack.gov

Pa. US District 1

Robert Brady

Pa US District 2

Chakka Fattah

Pa. US. District 7

Joe Sestak

Pa. US District 13

Allyson Schwartz

Pa. US District 16

Joseph Pitts

Pa US District 6

Jim Gerlach

Apportionment of the US House of Representatives 108th Congress  through the 114th Congress Congress Link Congress Merge: Online Congressional Directory
How a Bill Becomes a Law (Project Vote Smart)
  Lobbyist get power access via caucuses (7/23/09
Look at what Congress has done so far this  year (8/9/09)
Senator Robert Casey, Jr.
Senator Arlen Specter 
Congress Link (The Dirksen Congressional Center)
The Opinionator: Senate Heal Thyself (18.13.09) Gerrymandering

Issues of Importance:

(Campaign Finance Reform),     (The Brookings Institution's Campaign Finance Reform Home Page),  ,     ( opensecrets.org -your guide to the money in American elections),    (Racial -  Gerrymandering),      ,  (Congress in Action),,   ,   Apportionment of the US House of Representatives 108th Congress.     

Supreme Court Cases:

 

 

 

   

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Chapter 13: The Presidency

The White House

Official US Executive Branch Web Sites

American Presidency.org

Presidents of the United States

The President' House in Philadelphia

USNWR - Best & Worst presidents

USNWR The 10 Worst Presidents

 

The World's Best Health Coverage-Free (8/9/09)   Presidential Libraries IDEA Network Presidential Inaugurations: Menu of all Presidents Historical Tour of the White House The American Presidency - A Glorious Burden
Cuban Missile Crises:, 1962: A Perspective after 40 years. The Great Debate and Beyond: The History of televised Presidential Debates Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency

The Founding Playboys

The 10 Worst Presidents

  Archives: State of the Union Speeches

Supreme Court Decisions:    Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company v. US (1952)     US v. Nixon (1974),    Bush v. Gore (2000),

Issues of Importance:   Polls can effect Presidents hold on Party.     Will Sotoamyor Limit Obama's Next Top Court Pick (7/23/09)

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Chapter 14: The Congress, The President, and the Budget: The Politics of Taxing and Spending

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Chapter 15: The Federal Bureaucracy

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Chapter 16: The Federal Courts    The Supreme Court of the United States

US Supreme Court 
http://ourcourts.org/

Supreme Court Justices
The High Court Rookie (8/9/09)

Landmark Supreme Court Cases

Supreme Court Decisions
Exploring Constitutional Law

Exploring Constitutional Conflicts

Famous Trials of the 20th Century,

Judicial activism influence
(commentary -10/10/03))

Justice Learning

Federal Court Concepts

The Dissenter: Justice John Paul Stevens
Sotomayor In-Depth (WP 8/09

Past Confirmation Votes (8/10/09)

C-Span The Supreme Court

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)
         

 

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Chapter 17: Economic Policymaking

Deficit Expected to Reach $9 Trillion in 10 Years (8/26/09)        

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Chapter 18: Social Welfare Policymaking

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Chapter 19: Policymaking for Health, Energy, and the Environment

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Chapter 20: Foreign and Defense Policymaking

Somalia is Obama's New Afghanistan (8.6.09)

       

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Chapter 21: The New Importance of State and Local Government

Governors Race Exposes Republican Rift in Texas (8.15.09)

Hawaii: Happily a State, Forever an Island (8/21/09)

Postcard from Hawaii on its 50th Birthday (8/23/09)

   

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