The Constitution

Here are your Resources

• Full Text of the Constitution (from the National Constitution Center)
• US Constitution (version handed out in class)
• IL Constitution (version handed out in class)
• Your Elected Officials - we used this as a matching game in class, but you can use it as a flashcard quiz
• Use this Checks and Balances presentation to review

What is the difference between a Congressional recess and adjournment? Depends on how it is used. (see first pages of this report)

Presentation on Contemporary Issues related to the Constitution (some outdated - we used the Death Penalty case as a sample in class)

• You can also find a lot of commentary in newspapers about constitutional issues. Here is one from May 17, 2017, in which chief White House ethics lawyers for Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama discuss the current controversies over President Trump's actions.

Supreme Court's 5-4 decisions: An interesting and sometimes surprising set of cases illustrating the interpretability of the Constitution and the significance of each member of this nine-person court.