two papers connecting POSC lecture outlines to the summary + news notes to be included in a separate paper

THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

MANAGING OVER 350 MILLION PEOPLE

I. Political Systems & the Social Contract

a. Monarchy

b. Oligarchy

c. Theocracy

d. Democracy

II. Federal & State Government

A. Representative Democracy

B. Direct Democracy

1. California

2. The Initiative Process

a. Initiatives, Referendums, Recalls

3. Constitutional v. Statute Initiative

a. Propositions 22, 8 & the CA Supreme Court

4. U.S. Supreme Court decisions

a. Hollingsworth v. Perry (2013)

b. Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)

III. Fundamental Principals of a Democracy

A. Popular Sovereignty

B. Political Equality

C. Political Liberty

IV. Majority Tyranny

A. What is it?

B. Authors Position

THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

I. Articles of Confederation

A. Shay’s Rebellion

B. The Struggle to Ratify

1. Selection of a president

2. Representation

3. Slavery

4. A bill of rights

C. Article VII (The Loophole)

II. The Constitution

A. Articles I-VII

B. Bill of Rights

C. First, Ninth, & Tenth Amendments

THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

III. Selective Incorporation & Fourteenth Amendment

IV. How Democratic?

A. Framers perspective

B. Electoral College

C. Original Selection