Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Exam Review Chat Wrap 2/21

me: ONE MINUTE. ROLL CALL PLEASE.....
 mills242: here
 phinguyenper.8: here
 Lisa: here
 jennylamx93: here
 anirajones: here
 samaralcancel: Here
 stephanie.tania94: here
 tieraclark: here
 ahoye95: present
 maamarbousseloub: here
7:30 PM me: LET'S BEGIN.
7:31 PM THE EXAM WILL CONSIST OF 31 MC QUESTIONS AND AN FRQ.
  WHERE SHALL WE BEGIN?
7:32 PM mills242: for the civil rights section we just need to know court cases?
 ahoye95: Are there any specific court dates that we should know.?
  court cases*
 me: YOU NEED TO KNOW THE AMENDMENTS (1-10)
  YOU NEED TO KNOW AMENDMENT 14 INSIDE AND OUT.
 mills242: okay
7:33 PM me: YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW THE 14TH AMENDMENT CAUSED SELECTIVE INCORPORATION
  AND YOU NEED TO KNOW SOME RELATIVE COURT CASES.
  SHALL WE TAKE IT AMENDMENT BY AMENDMENT?
7:34 PM mills242: yes
 ahoye95: yes
 Lisa: sure
 mills242: and how did it cause it?
7:35 PM me: AMENDMENT 1: R.A.P.P.S: FREEDOM OF RELIGION, ASSEMBLY, PRESS, PETITION AND SPEECH.
 abell2012@gmail.com has joined
 me: CAN ANYONE GIVE A RELATIVE COURT CASE?
7:36 PM anirajones: sullivan v. NYT
 Lisa: tinker
 me: GOOD.
 tieraclark: TLO v. Ohio
 me: @ TIERA... TLO V. NJ IS A 4TH AMENDMENT CASE.
  LETS SKIP 2 AND 3 (GUNS AND QUARTERING)
7:37 PM AMENDMENT 4: NO ILLEGAL SEARCHES AND SEIZURES.
  RELEVANT CASES?
 anirajones: would veronia v acton count ?
 tieraclark: TLO?
 me: BOTH, YES.
7:38 PM Lisa: mapp v. ohio
 me: MAPP V. OHIO AS WELL. YUP.
7:39 PM ahoye95: fourth amendement is not double jeopardy as well.?
 mills242: thats 5th i think
 Lisa: that's the fifth
 me: 5TH AMENDMENT DOES A FEW THINGS: SELF INCRIMINATION, DOUBLE JEOPARDY, DUE PROCESS, EMINENT DOMAIN.
 ahoye95: okay. thanks
7:40 PM me: WHAT ARE THOSE?
 mills242: double jeopardy cant get trialed for the same crime
 me: TRUE.
7:41 PM ahoye95: eminent domain is the houses being sold to government for propertty?
 me: ALIYAH, YEAH.
 anirajones: ur miranda rights
 mills242: slef incrimation must be read your rights?
  slef
  self
 me: EMINENT DOMAIN IS WHEN THE GOVT BUYS PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC USE (HIGHWAYS, ETC.)
7:42 PM tran.seph@gmail.com has joined
 me: SELF INCRIMINATION: YOU CANNOT BE FORCED TO TESTIFY AGAINST YOURSELF.
  ALSO, YES, MIRANDA RIGHTS.
7:43 PM HOW ABOUT DUE PROCESS?
 mills242: not sure
7:44 PM me: NO ONE CAN BE DEPRIVED RIGHTS WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF THE LAW... MEANING EVERYONE GETS THEIR DAY IN COURT.
  6TH AMENDMENT ALSO HAS A FEW THINGS:
7:45 PM 6TH: RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL, IMPARTIAL JURY, RIGHT TO FACE ACCUSER AND RIGHT TO A LAWYER.
 jennylamx93: what about amendments that are incorporated and not
 me: JENNY, WE'LL GET THERE.
 jennylamx93: ok
7:46 PM me: WHAT ABOUT THE 7TH AMENDMENT?
 jennylamx93: trial
  by jury?
 me: YES, TRIAL BY JURY.
 phinguyenper.8: i thought that was 6
7:47 PM oh nevermind
 jennylamx93: was there cases of that
 me: 6 IS A PUBLIC AND SPEEDY TRIAL.
  7 IS "BY JURY"
 abell2012: ohh, yeahq that one will get cha
7:48 PM phinguyenper.8: ok cool, got it now.
 me: ASHLEY. TAKE OFF YOUR OVEN MITTS.
  8TH AMENDMENT?
 abell2012: hey! just a little mishap
 stephanie.tania94: bail; no "cruel and unusual" punishments
 tran.seph: cruel and unusal uynishment
 me: GOOD, GOOD.
7:49 PM REMEMBER 8TH AMEND. ONLY APPLIES TO CRIMINALS BEING PUNISHED BY THEIR GOVT.
 jennylamx93: wait is ex post facto part of this ?
 me: EX POST FACTO IS ACTUALLY IN THE CONSTITUTION PROPER...NOT THE AMENDMENTS.
 jennylamx93: ok
 me: WHO KNOWS WHAT EX POST FACTO IS?
7:50 PM tieraclark: does this have anything to do w/ punishment in school?
  8th amend
 me: TIERA....YES.
  EX POST FACTO?
 stephanie.tania94: a law that makes an act criminal although the act was legal when it was committed
 Lisa: what step said
 ahoye95: you can't have evidence after teh trial
 me: TRUE STEF.
7:51 PM PERFECT EXAMPLE...LAST WEEK I PARKED ON 11TH STREET AND WENT INTO SCHOOL.
  WHEN I CAME OUT, THERE WAS A 2 HOUR PARKING SIGN ON THE BLOCK.
7:52 PM I DID NOT GET A TICKET.
  EX POST FACTO!
  THE SIGN WAS POSTED AFTER I PARKED.
 jennylamx93: mmmhmmmm
 abell2012: you got lucky!
 me: TRUE STORY.
7:53 PM OK OK. 8TH AMEND. NO EXCESSIVE BAIL.
 mills242: any sample ?'s
 me: TERRELL. MAYBE LATER.
  ALSO, 8TH AMENDMENT.....NO "GROSS DISCREPANCY". MEANING THAT THE CRIME AND THE PUNISHMENT MUST BE NEARLY EQUAL.
7:54 PM jennylamx93: ohhh
  ok
 me: LETS TALK 9TH AND 10TH:
 stephanie.tania94: unenumerated rights protected for 9th?
 tran.seph: anything not in the constitution goes the to state?
 me: 9TH: THE RIGHTS INCLUDED IN 1-8 ARE NOT THE ONLY RIGHTS WE HAVE AS PEOPLE.
 abell2012: 9: rights in the 8th does not qualify to everyone?
7:55 PM phinguyenper.8: is 10 anything not mentioned in the constitution is handled by the states?
 me: 10TH: THANKS PHI.
  NOW WE NEED TO JUMP TO THE MOST IMPORTANT AMENDMENT.
  NUMBER 14!
 jennylamx93: citizenshipp
7:56 PM tran.seph: Every american citizen is protected equally?
 phinguyenper.8: due process and equal protection
  clauses
 me: CITIZENSHIP CLAUSE: BORN HERE = CITIZENSHIP
7:57 PM DUE PROCESS CLAUSE: STATES CANNOT DEPRIVE RIGHTS WITHOUT DUE PROCESS (BASIS FOR INCORPORATION).
7:58 PM EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE: EACH PERSON GETS THE SAME PROTECTION.
  ....
  THIS IS A BLOCKBUSTER GAME CHANGING AMENDMENT.
  WHAT IS SELECTIVE INCORPORATION?
7:59 PM jennylamx93: what the constitution decides ....
  of
  rights?
 Lisa: bill of rights protected under the 14th amendment
 abell2012: isnt that rights in the constitution has to be in the states constitution??
 tieraclark: is it anything to do w/ enforcement
 Lisa: the states have to follow the U.S. constitution
8:00 PM me: YALL ARE CLOSE....JUST NAIL IT DOWN.
 tieraclark: states have to enforce
 me: ENFORCE WHAT?
 tran.seph: bill of rights
 tieraclark: states enforce amendments
 abell2012: the inclusion of certain rights guaranteed by the constitution into state constitution
 me: THANKS ASH.
8:01 PM BECAUSE OF THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE, STATES HAVE TO UPHOLD THE BILL OF RIGHTS.
8:02 PM WHY WAS THIS INCLUDED IN THE 14TH AMENDMENT??
 tieraclark: bc states went enforcing certain amendments into their state constitutions?
8:03 PM me: WHAT WAS HAPPENING WHEN THE 14TH AMEND WAS RATIFIED?
 abell2012: because after the slavery states werent giving blacks their equal rights??
 phinguyenper.8: recreating the country
 abell2012: sorry typos
 me: YUP. POST SLAVERY, THE SOUTHERN STATES WERE VIOLATING THE BILL OF RIGHTS.
  GOOD GOOD.
8:04 PM WE COMFORTABLE WITH THE 14TH AMENDMENT AND SELECTIVE INC?
 abell2012: yupp
 ahoye95: selective inc is always aganist the state right.?
 tieraclark: i think
 ahoye95: like Aliyah V PA?
8:05 PM me: ALIYAH....ANY CASE WHERE A PERSON SUES A STATE FOR VIOLATING RIGHTS PROVIDES EVIDENCE OF SELECTIVE INC.
 ahoye95: okay
 mills242@gmail.com has left
8:06 PM me: ALSO WORTH MENTIONING THAT THE 14TH AMENDMENT VOIDED THE DRED SCOTT RULING.
8:07 PM SHALL WE TALK BUDGETARY PROCESS?
 ahoye95: yes
 abell2012: yes
 tieraclark: yup
8:08 PM Lisa: yes
 me: OK..WHO WRITES IT?
 tran.seph: president
 abell2012: prez
 me: PRES...WITH HELP.
  WHO HELPS?
 tran.seph: cabinets
 ahoye95: congress?
 tran.seph: buracrats
8:09 PM abell2012: the bureaucratic
 me: BUREAUCRATS AND CABINET SECS.
  PRES AND BUREAUCRATS WRITE IT.
8:10 PM WHO APPROVES IT?
 tran.seph: chouse of rep
 jennylamx93: i thought they rarely have any
 me: YES, HOUSE OF REPS AND SENATE.
 jennylamx93: oh
  nvm
 me: HOW ARE POLITICS INVOLVED IN BUDGET FORMATION?
8:11 PM abell2012: democrats can buy votes by spending money??
 me: DEMOCRATS?
8:12 PM abell2012: sorry ready it wrong politicans
 tran.seph: buraucrats argue and debate what gets cut and what gets funded?
 me: YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT SPENDING MONEY.
  SPENDING MONEY = VOTES.
8:13 PM THE PRES WILL TRY TO BUDGET MONEY TO HELP VOTERS THEY ARE TRYING TO WOO.
  CONGRESS WILL TRY TO SHOEHORN PORKBARREL LEGISLATION INTO THE BUDGET TO MAKE THEIR CONSTITUENTS HAPPY.
8:14 PM abell2012: wait in my notes i have politicians spend money to get votes, but then i have politicians compete by trying not to spend money. im confused. which one is better??
 me: WHAT IS AN ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM?
  ASH....
  NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE NOTES MEAN.
 abell2012: i'll come see ya tomorrow
 me: COOL.
 Lisa: logrolling?
8:15 PM tieraclark: i have no clue
 abell2012: Social security and entitlement program?
 phinguyenper.8: is the entitlement program when your entitled to benefits the government provides under their standards?
8:16 PM me: ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS: PROGRAMS WHERE WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GIVING, BUT NOT HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'RE GIVING IT TO: (SOCIAL SEC, MEDICARE, MEDICAID)
  THESE MAKE UP THE BIGGEST EXPENDITURE IN THE BUDGET.
  WHAT IS THE BIGGEST SOURCE OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS?
8:17 PM maamarbousseloub: income tax
 jennylamx93: in the text, it talks about client poltiics, entrepenur, etc. but we didnt discuess those? so dont worry about them?
 tieraclark: welfare?
 abell2012: umm..taxes?
 me: INCOME TAX.
 tieraclark: oh no i meant income tax, read it wrong
 me: JENNY.....NEVER SAW AN AP QUESTION ON THAT.
8:18 PM jennylamx93: ok
 me: WHAT IS DISCRETIONARY SPENDING?
8:19 PM ....
 tieraclark: spending done by congress?
 me: NOT QUITE.
8:20 PM DISCRETIONARY SPENDING IS SPENDING THAT IS UP TO THE PRES AND CONGRESS.
 phinguyenper.8: is that money the president have to spend?
  oh..
 me: MANDATORY SPENDING (REPAYING LOANS, ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS) ARE NOT.
8:21 PM jennylamx93: hmm.. test samples ?
 me: OK HOLD PLEASE.....
  IN MCCULLOCH V. MARYLAND, THE SUPREME COURT ESTABLISHED WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLES?
8:22 PM ...
 Lisa: that a state cannot tax a federal institution
  because the power to tax is the power to destroy
 me: WELL THANKS LISA....I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO GIVE THE CHOICES.
  !
8:23 PM tieraclark_
 Lisa: soorrrrry
 jennylamx93: lol
 Lisa: i thought you were asking us
 me: THE ANSWER WOULD BE A. STATES CANNOT INTERFERE WITH OR TAX THE LEGITIMATE ACTIVITIES OF THE FEDERAL GOVT.
8:24 PM tieraclark@gmail.com has left
 me: WE'RE AT FIVE MINUTES......
  OTHER MATERIAL TO REVIEW? ANYTHING?
 abell2012: should be know the reforms that were made?
8:25 PM jennylamx93: so questions that we will see about supreme court cases would be asked what the general case was about right?
 me: YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THE IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT...
  LIMITED THE PRESIDENT'S ABILITY TO IMPOUND FUNDS.
8:26 PM Lisa: any hints for the FRQ?
 me: HINT!: CHART.
 ahoye95: i hate charts :/
 abell2012: :(
 me: I HEART CHARTS.
  YOU WILL DO FINE.
 abell2012: booooo!!
 Lisa: ew
8:27 PM me: HA.
 Lisa: charts have cooties
 me: JEN...ONLY GENERAL SC CASES.
 jennylamx93: ok
8:28 PM me: ANYTHING ELSE? SAMARA? PHI? POPTARTS?
 tran.seph: what time will you be in school tmrw?
8:29 PM phinguyenper.8: im fine
 samaralcancel: Lol yeah I'm okay
 me: 7:00AM AS USUAL. IF NOT IN RM. 305, CHECK CONFERENCE ROOM ON 1ST FLOOR.
8:30 PM OK, WELL I'M GOING TO BE SIGNING OFF.

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