Favorite moment as a high school student

My favorite moment as a high school student is that as a high school student we have more opportunities to spend time with our friends. Especially as a senior, we have many senior activities going on and we get to have fun with our friends. Many are going to be going separate ways when going to college so we get to spend our senior year having many activities to spend it with them before we go to different colleges and not see each other everyday as we are used to.

Favorite moment as a senior at Simon Tech

My Favorite moment as a Simon Tech student is the Pep-rallies because people get to be with their friends. There are also like I guess you can call them shows. For example, when people sing which some are more talented that others. The pie tosses are funny to see the teachers get hit by the pies. The only bad thing is that we all eat together and it is always so crowded and not enough places to sit down.

Favorite Moment in Class

My favorite moment in class was when Gladis and I discussing in class what we were doing for our Christmas Vacation. PS it was the easiest do now we had. We were very excited for the vacations to start and go by fast because we wanted to go see Banda MS already at the concert at Pico Rivera. We did not have much to do in class because we had finished our work and were discussing about how that day was going to be and the details about everything.

The Judicial Branch

The role of the Judicial Branch is to interpret and define laws. Which involves hearing individual cases and deciding how the law should apply. The Court's Jurisdiction (the authority of court to hear a case) comes from the article 3 of the Constitution. Congress creates one supreme court, and such interferer courts. Thus, congress creates the system underneath the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court has 9 justices hold office for life, which are nominated by the president. The senate has to confirm to say they are the right person. The Conservatives, the text of the Constitution and federal laws means exactly what is says. If the text is clear, there is no need to look to legislative intent. The Constitution creates a federal government of limited powers.

The liberals sometimes have to look beyond the text of the Constitution or federal laws to legislative history, congressional committee reports, and public policy to decide what the text means, especially in the context of individual rights. They also have Swing votes sometimes the text will be clear and sometimes you will have to look beyond the text to other resources and decide on the case by case basis.

The Executive Branch

The Executive Branch is responsible for enforcing the laws, and the president is the head of it. President provides leadership by setting goals and developing policy. They have some things to take in consideration and have to meet before though. They do get some privileges though and are able to create cabinets and advisors.

You must be a natural citizen and must be at least 35 years old. You must also be a citizen for at least 14 years in the United States. If elected you would have a term of 4 years and you can only have the term for 2 times. Must give state of union to congress. You will also have to take an oath that says, "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

The president is the one who has the power. He is also the commander and chief of the army and navy. He has the power to grant pardons and veto laws and call congress into session. He may also make treaties, appoint Supreme Court Justice and Ambassadors- Senate approval. On the other side though he can also be impeached for the following reasons: treason, bribery, other high crimes and Mis demeanors.

The Bill of Rights

We have discussed about the ten Bill of Rights, and how every amendment is important. The first amendment guarantees five basic freedoms: speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition. The second amendment gives people the right to bear arms. However, the arm does not have to be loaded, the bullets have to be in the trunk. The third amendment bans the quartering of military troops to go into civilians homes, one of the big issues during the 1700s. The fourth amendment prevents unreasonable search and seizures.

There are more to go though the fifth amendment provides rights of the accused to a double jeopardy. The sixth amendment provide the right to a fair trail by the jury. The seventh amendment guarantees right to jury in civil cases. The eighth amendment bans excessive bail and punishment. The the ninth amendment guarantees rights retained by the people which include gay, abortion, and right to die. The last one, the tenth amendment ensures state's rights. However, federal law always supersedes state law.

Throughout the Bill of Rights lesson we have discussed about the amendments. Which have informed us of right we didn't know we had or even make sure of rights we thought we had. In this lesson we also learned about, "Pleading the Fifth" a term to decline to answer the questions without having to suffer a penalty for resisting.