"A Gallery of Brilliant Quotes"

 Some Important Definitions

 Involuntary servitude: jury duty.  (D.Z.)

 Impartial: not being in parts (M.Z.)

 To Bear Arms: to do a crime with your hands (L.V.)

 "Human rights are the basic rights of a citizen that are undefined in the Constitution such as the right to have clothes."  (V.B. - partial credit)

 Q: Define "checks and balances":

 A: To see how many checks you have and balance the total.

 A: They will balance the economy and money by writing checks.

 Basic Governmental  Principles

 Q: When was September 11th? (Question asked 9/11, 2003)

 A: September 9, 2002  (Chasen S.)

 A: September 9, 2001 (Uchenna O.)

 "Many forms of government have failed, and some have stood strong throughout the riggers of time."  (D.C.)

 "A Constitutional monarchy is a best form of government while anarchy is a worst form of government.  One works while the other is chaos." (Student essay on comparative government)

 "In a democracy minorities are destroyed."  (G.A.)

 "A totalitarian government promotes black male." 

 B: We will not be studying world geography in this class.

 Student: Yay!  'Cause the world sucks.  America rules!!

 A History of Democracy

 Q: What was unusual about the crowning of William and Mary?

 A: It was under strange circumstances.

 Q: Name the king of Britain at the beginning of the American Revolution.

 A: King Arthur the 3rd

 Q: Why is Rhode Island mentioned in Federalist Paper #51?

 A: Because it's the first colony ever.  (Capri B.)

 Q: Name what you feel is the most debilitating weakness of the Articles of Confederation.

 A: They use really big words.

 A: It was written in English.

 "Federalist #10 was addressed to the students to help them understand and bann federalism."  (on a quiz)

 "He's very smart for a person who's been elected democratically." (C.S.Y.)

 Constitutional Issues

 "When the President is being impeached, the Chief Justice will try the trail."

 "In the US you can only have one life."  O.V.

 "The State of Nevada built that damn with federal funds."  (J.M.)

 (The process by which a bill becomes law - ) "If the president does not sing it, it goes back to the House."  O.V.

 Q: What was Marbury vs. Madison?

 A: A court thing where one person was arguing about something while the other about something else.

 Q: What US citizens are automatically excluded from being electors in the elector college?

 A: Native Americans (J.P.)

 (In reference to whether or not homosexual marriages would be accepted in other states)  "They do not have any rights because they are no longer an organ."  (T.D.)