POL 101 - Mod 2, Lec 2

POL 101 – Developing the U.S. Constitution  Virginia plan o Bicameral legislature, representation based on state population o Lower chamber of legislature elected by citizenry; upper chamber, executive, and courts elected by lower house o Executive elected by lower chamber, size undetermined o Judiciary able to veto state legislation, life tenure  New Jersey Plan o Unicameral legislature, equal representation o Legislature still limited powers; added power to tax and regulate commerce; supremacy over state legislature o Plural executive removed by legislature, courts appointed by executive o Judiciary no power over states, Supreme Court hears appeals in limited number of cases  Quick quiz 1 o All of the following are differences between the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan EXCEPT that the:  Virginia Plan strengthened the national government, whereas the New Jersey Plan weakened the national government  Great compromise o Bicameral legislature  House of Representatives; representation based on population  Senate; representation equal for every state  Lower chamber authority to levy taxes o President chosen via Electoral College o Judiciary jurisdiction over inter-state conflicts  Quick quiz 2 o The Great Compromise  Established a legislature with equal representation for each state in the Senate and representation by state population in the House  Fight for Ratification o Federalists o Antifederalists o Series of pamphlets  Federalist No. 10  Federalist No. 51 o Federalists win, but Bill of Rights  Quick quiz 3 o The Federalists believed that human tendencies toward ambition and corruption should be dealt with by ______________.  Creating institutions that made use of those characteristics to produce good outcomes and protect against bad outcomes  Quick quiz 4 o In Federalist No. 51, what government structure did James Madison recommend to ensure “ambition … be made to counteract ambition”?  Separation of powers among the branches of federal government  Quick quiz 5 o One argument made in The Federalist Papers that was clearly rejected was that __________.  There was no need for a Bill of Rights in The Constitution