Monday: Go over central America, Political quiz-90% Hillary Clinton
Tuesday: Central America class quiz
Electoral College-the official system we use to elect the President of the U.S.
Winner take all-if you win the popular vote, you get all the state’s electoral votes
We don’t go with the popular vote
There’s more power to smaller states
Faithless Electors-Electors meet to cast their vote, they don’t have to vote for the person who won the popular vote-it’s illegal and you’d be fined
What if the people chose someone terrible?
Not a lot of educated people when electoral was founded
They wanted to make sure the right person was elected
Why go against the will of the people? This is what the constitution says, I don’t feel this person is fit to become president
A group of people who formally meet to vote on the president
You need 270 electoral votes-taking 538 (100 senators, 435 people in the House, 3 electors from D.C)
What if no one gets 270 votes? The House of Representatives vote
Wednesday: Look over Caribbean countries, rape in nursing homes, new hate symbols, anti-semitism, People fear Trump will massively deport immigrants, DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) Young people can temporarily suspend deportation and give work permits-not citizenship or amnesty
Trump Administration working on new transgender bathroom directive
They want to change Obama’s directive-transgender students can use what bathroom they feel like they are. Trump wants to make transgender students use their biological gender bathrooms. Iowa has no legislation, you can use the bathroom of your choice. Having a separate bathroom for transgender people is segregation. Letting states decide will be compared to the Jim Crow law-segregation.
Planned Parenthood
Largest reproductive care clinic
Screen, test, and treat STDs
Only 3% was abortions
Thy conduct cancer screenings-mammograms, etc.
No money from government goes to abortions-the government has to take their word for it, there's no evidence
Thursday: Caribbean Islands Class quiz, finish hate crime article, transgender can play in the sport they identify with-which gender they identify with, by forcing someone to use a certain bathroom creates segregation, Is softball sexist?
Friday: No school
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