http://www.bubbabrain.com/bbsr.php

http://www.cbs2chicago.com/school

http://usgovteducatorsblog.blogspot.com/

Josh, here is the article on the Poway teacher. http://www.northcountytimes.com/articles/2008/09/09/news/inland/poway/zf11ce138687746c8882574bf005cab2c.txt

This was posted from a reader and I thought I would share with everyone just how important it is to respond to the question.

After a few years of reading the alternate exams, I returned to the “regular” reading this year as the Question Leader (with Cathy Griffin) on the “fiscal/monetary policy” question. Some of the best responses we read were 1/2 page long. We also read some long (multi-page) and sophisticated descriptions of what “the Fed” does, but the question never asked for that. It called for an explanation of why the Fed would be made independent. In short, if the student does not address what the question asks, there is no chance of scoring any points. If they address the question, they may score point(s) regardless of form. (I still recall awarding 1 point to a response which was in the form of a haiku.)

Parties use convention to sell their presidential hopeful

Please read this CNN news article are the political conventions.  http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/20/explainer.conventions/index.html

Hello AP GoPo students.  Welcome back to school.  I hope that you have been enjoying your week back.  I’m so excited and really looking forward to working with you all this year.  We should have a great year together.

If you need the power point from today’s class discussion, please click here.  Remember that I will only be posting power points for a short amount of time until you can learn how to take notes from our class discussions. http://ebackpack.guhsd.net/cadj59/Sites/chapter1.ppt.htm

About The Competition

WHAT IS “C-SPAN StudentCam”?
C-SPAN StudentCam is an annual documentary competition that encourages students to think seriously about issues that affect our communities and our nation.

StudentCam is open to all middle school students (grades 6-8) and high school students (grades 9-12) as individuals, or teams of students. Teams are limited to 3 students. Videos must be the original work of students, however, teachers may provide guidance and critiques.

This Year’s StudentCam Topic:

A message to the new President:

What is the most urgent issue for the new president to address after taking office, and why?

Students are asked to create a short (between 5 and 8 minutes) video documentary that explores an issue of national significance that they believe is in need of urgent attention from the new president of the United States.

Your documentary should include more than one point of view. YOU MUST USE C-SPAN PROGRAMMING TO ENHANCE YOUR DOCUMENTARY. Videos that do not use C-SPAN programming will be disqualified.

Hello all.  I hope everyone is having a great summer.  If anyone is still checking the site.  I would appreciate it if you would send me your AP score.

The AP Test is just around the corner.  It is the first test during the two week schedule.  It is imperative that you come to Tuesday and Thursday’s review session.  I will score you and will help determine where you might score come time for the real test.  It is very important that you start reviewing the information by using the resources linked here like your textbook resource and hippocampus.  If you have not read on the institutions, I would highly recommend that you do so.  The Congress, Presidency, and Court compose of 45% of the AP test.  I would also review the chapter on American political behavior.  I would not reread all of the textbook but those chapters should be reread again.

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SENATE ASKS JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO PROBE FLORIDA HIGHWAY EARMARK
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service.
April 17, 2008
http://m1e.net/c?73024525-sHxtscGvrhXTo%403267809-Ru7ofifZO1uQ%2e

WASHINGTON – The Senate on Thursday took the rare move of asking the Justice Department to investigate an Alaska congressman’s earmark for a Florida highway project, a matter that threatens to become the “bridge to nowhere” of 2008 and could endanger the veteran Rep. Don Young’s political future.

FEDERAL COURT DENIES NYPD SECRET HEARINGS,  TELLS POLICE TO CHANGE RALLY POLICY
Newsday, Melville, N.Y.
April 16, 2008
http://m1e.net/c?73024525-wy02UckZbhaIQ%403267811-kn05r7nQBHui2

Apr. 16–In two key federal court rulings, a judge refused a request by the New York Police Department to hold a secret hearing, and another says police have to change how they deal with rallies.

NRA TO SEEK INJUNCTION AGAINST PHILADELPHIA GUN-CONTROL LAWS
The Philadelphia Inquirer
April 17, 2008
http://m1e.net/c?73024525-7GaM9uZDswzkA%403264743-yK6ky.KZn6w8w

Apr. 17–The National Rifle Association was scheduled to go before a Philadelphia judge this morning, seeking an order to block enforcement of a package of gun-control laws that City Council passed last week and that Mayor Nutter signed.

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FINDS FBI IN GROSS VIOLATION OF PRIVACY RIGHTS
United Press International
April 16, 2008
http://m1e.net/c?73024525-xV/r3Gkcx2ztk%403264744-pNwgPLanrS3xU

WASHINGTON, Apr 16, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) — The U.S. Justice Department
inspector general said the FBI committed more than 6,000 violations of
intelligence laws in its use of national security letters.

SUPREME COURT ALLOWS LETHAL INJECTION IN EXECUTIONS
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service.
April 16, 2008
http://m1e.net/c?73024525-RzbqNE8Tacd3Q%403264745-7K2is16IO5olk

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Kentucky’s use of lethal injection as a means of executing prisoners, although the justices’ splintered reasoning ensures legal challenges to the death penalty will continue.

D.A. SAYS PHILADELPHIA GUN LAWS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, WON’T PROSECUTE THEM
Philadelphia Daily News
April 16, 2008
http://m1e.net/c?73024525-dM9AQ4SCHbWTE%403260985-3bxHkJlB7hpSc

Apr. 16–District Attorney Lynne Abraham yesterday told City Council that local gun legislation signed into law last week by Mayor Nutter is unconstitutional.

TEXAS TO ARGUE FOR RIGHT TO EXECUTE CHILD RAPISTS AT SUPREME COURT
The Dallas Morning News
April 16, 2008
http://m1e.net/c?73024525-2MlDQAGAfv6KM%403260986-4dJCGOHoKbAm6

Apr. 16–WASHINGTON — Texas says sometimes the sexual assault of a child can be so violent or obscene that the only appropriate punishment is to execute the offender.

GROUP OF OWNERS CHALLENGES NEW CONVENIENCE-STORE LAW IN OHIO
The Blade, Toledo, Ohio
April 5, 2008
http://m1e.net/c?73024525-ET7JBefxUE6lI%403236339-2q5TOO9XcqAv6

Apr. 5–An alliance of Toledo convenience-store owners is challenging the city’s law requiring those businesses to be licensed at a cost of $250 a year, install security cameras, and turn over surveillance video to police.

LACKING SIGNATURES, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BAN IS OFF THE BALLOT IN OKLAHOMA
Tulsa World, Okla.
April 5, 2008
http://m1e.net/c?73024525-PRP73CtlSJVAY%403236340-4yO50BzHhQXRA

Apr. 5–OKLAHOMA CITY — Backers of a proposed state question to end race and gender preferences have asked to withdraw the measure from consideration.

ACLU TAPPING TOP LEGAL TALENT TO DEFEND ACCUSED 9-11 CONSPIRATORS
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service.
April 4, 2008
http://m1e.net/c?73024525-7Jjc3idVdjrao%403236342-lIWTKiVE3CutI

The American Civil Liberties Union, which for years has scorned Pentagon military commissions as “kangaroo courts,” announced Friday that it will try to provide top civilian defense attorneys for alleged terrorists facing trial at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba – including the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

FLORIDA HOUSE VOTES TO REQUIRE ULTRASOUND BEFORE ALL ABORTIONS
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
April 3, 2008
http://m1e.net/c?73024525-4iJfDv8p95GCw%403232657-kr7.7jGJcPWZU

Apr. 3–TALLAHASSEE — The Florida House on Wednesday mounted what critics called a two-pronged assault on abortion rights, passing legislation that would require pregnant women to undergo ultrasound exams before getting abortions and effectively defining life at conception for criminal prosecutions.

PENTAGON EXPECTED TO SHUT CRITICIZED INTELLIGENCE UNIT
International Herald Tribune
April 3, 2008
http://m1e.net/c?73024525-VkOtzRrzSMfEY%403232658-nP6N1VU4wf1ok

The Pentagon is expected to close a controversial intelligence
office that has drawn fire from lawmakers and civil liberties groups
who charge that it was part of an effort by the U.S. Defense
Department to expand into domestic spying.

SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY TOLD RANDOM DRUG TESTS OF ALL ITS EMPLOYEES IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
April 2, 2008
http://m1e.net/c?73024525-q91q0mF7LWyAs%403232660-pmoMOBRgy2N8c

Apr. 2–A notion to begin randomly drug testing all Aiken County employees has been struck down as the move would violate the U.S. Constitution’s fourth amendment, according to Aiken County’s attorney.

_{SUPREME COURT TO CONSIDER RULES ON RELIGIOUS DISPLAYS USA TODAY}

April 1, 2008 http://m1e.net/c?73024525-Nvd9N7WC8/VUg%403223101-hteWt1C/BsrBg

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to look at when cities can keep certain religious displays off public grounds, revisiting an enduring free speech issue in a case brought by the unconventional Summum faith.

HIGH COURT SIDES WITH DELAWARE IN NJ DISPUTE OVER BUILDING ON RIVER

The Philadelphia Inquirer April 1, 2008 http://m1e.net/c?73024525-3zcQhtRLBH9UU%403223102-6xXKjyIFK0ZQw

Apr. 1–The U.S. Supreme Court came down on Delaware’s side yesterday in a border dispute with New Jersey over a proposed liquefied natural gas plant.

CALIFORNIA PANEL HOLDS FINAL HEARING ON DEATH PENALTY
San Jose Mercury News, Calif.
March 29, 2008
http://m1e.net/c?73024525-8DWbj5TJmrWqU%403220097-AYiBSv9aXjPHI

Mar. 29–A key state justice commission Friday completed its investigation into California’s death penalty, as it heads toward a mid-summer report that is expected to recommend reforms to the country’s most prolific capital punishment system.

CALIFORNIA COURT TO RECONSIDER HOME-SCHOOLING BAN
The Washington Times
March 28, 2008
http://m1e.net/c?73024525-L0vkviFIazl/Q%403220099-Glrzh3SZfctQs

Mar. 28–The California appellate court that recently appeared to outlaw
home-schooling in California has now agreed to rehear the case, raising hopes
among home-schooling supporters that the court will revise its ruling.

SUPREME COURT WEIGHS SELF-REPRESENTATION AT TRIAL
USA TODAY
March 27, 2008
http://m1e.net/c?73024525-uffiR/eMN1vJY%403213973-HVwf6hzxX35EY

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices appeared open Wednesday to arguments that a mentally ill defendant who is sufficiently competent to stand trial could be denied his right to represent himself so the trial does not become a spectacle.

SUPREME COURT REJECTS HILLARY CLINTON MOVIE CASE
United Press International
March 24, 2008
http://m1e.net/c?73024525-N32w7EGjRbdMc%403207042-fo4YIreBn.EQU

WASHINGTON, Mar 24, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) — The U.S. Supreme Court Monday
rejected an appeal from a group trying to promote an anti-Hillary Clinton movie
without campaign finance law restrictions.

FOX CALLS FCC FINE UNCONSTITUTIONAL, REFUSES TO PAY
AFX News Limited
March 24, 2008
http://m1e.net/c?73024525-9vfmN2maRGCdw%403207043-U8m5SAdkBhk0k

WASHINGTON (AP) – Fox Broadcasting Co. on Monday said it will not pay fines
totaling $91,000 for airing a reality show episode that included graphic sexual
scenes at a bachelor party.

SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN DUE TO EXCLUSION OF BLACK JUROR
Chicago Tribune
March 20, 2008
http://m1e.net/c?73024525-XefrtMdshFwKY%403198344-gFvvYPuDUmc4E

Mar. 20–The justices also are currently considering whether the lethal injection method used to execute prisoners in more than 30 states is unconstitutional. “It’s a sign the court is acknowledging the problems with the death penalty in this country,” Denno said.