Marbury VS Madison

The Marbury Vs Madison is a case that took place in the 1800's. It was Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. Thomas was a republican, and won the election against John Adams, who was the outgoing president. While it was Thomas Jefferson who was elected for president, John Adams had 58 members that were part of his own party, he was appointing these members to Thomas. The reason he did this was because he believed that Thomas was not strong enough and was afraid that something awful might happen with him in charge. John Marshall, he was the secretary of state and his job was to deliver the commissions, finish paper work, and to give it to new appointed judges. Marshall did complete and sign all of the commissions but I guess he supposivley "forgot" to deliver 17 and thought that they would get delivered by his successor. So when Thomas Jefferson became president he told his secretary of state, which was James Madison, to not deliver some of the commissions. He did this because he didnt want any of the members of the opposing political party to be in office, so that was his way of preventing them because without their commissions they could not take charge in office. John Adams had appointed William Marbury at last minute without a commission, as justice of the peace of the District of Columbia. Because of this Marbury sued James Madison. Marbury then asked the supreme court of United States to issue an, "writ of mandamus",it is when a court order that requires another court to take action of an act. In this case it meant that the court would have ordered Madison to deliver the commission. Marbury then argued saying that he was allowed to his commission and that the Judiciary Act of 1789 gave the Supreme Court of the United States original jurisdiction to issue a "writ of mandamus", Madison dissagred with Marbury.When this case came to court John Marshall was the new chief Justice. If this case were to take place today, Marshall the Chief Justice, would disqualify him self due to conflict of interest.

Blogicon Refelection

What are you most proud of on your blog? Why?

I am most proud of my writting. I feel like I was very descriptive in my blogs. I also give the readers eveidence to support what I am stating. I would use quotes to refer to the text. I am also proud of my connections to the news. I use interesting articles to write my blogs, and I think that by using interesting articles it will keep my readers wanting to know more, and comming back to read my blogs.

What would you like to improve on your blog? Why? How?

One way that I think I can improve on my blogs is by, trying more to connect my blogs more to the world not just America. Beacause I notice in my blogs they are mostly about problems that are occuring in the United States. So maybe if I can change that my looking at worldwide news. This will help by showing readers different problems that are occuring all around the world and that will keep them more interested.Another way I believe will help improve is by showing the both positve and negative side of what I am talking about, Or writting In different views people have of the topic I am writting about. I think by doing this it will give readers different views so they will get to decide what they believe is true or not.

How can we better connect our class' blogs?

I think that we can talk as a class into what our blogs are going to be about. Maybe decide as a class what the topic's of the week are going to be about. So that way we all can talk about our own opinions when we are done blogging.Also by commenting to other students blogs, and writeabout what they thought about the blog. We can also create blog entries that respond to other students blogs.

Is Ethanol The Right Choice For The Enviorment?

The article that I read talk's about the production of ethanol, specifically E85 and the use of E85 as an alternative fuel. E85 is a combination of 85% ethonal and15% gasoline.The different views E85 are from senators Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton, formal senator John Edwards.Both John Edwards and Obama share very similar ideas on how they would make it possible for a majority of cars to run on ethanol. They both said that since some cars are already capablie of running on ethanol, that the goverment would have to step in and actully make these changes by, replacing current gasoline tanks of those cars who are not capable, with new ones. This would cost the government about $100 for every car. Obama proposed this idea the year,2006 and Edwards proposed his the year, 2007. In this article I also read about the cost of this alternative fuel and it states that, yes E85 can be cheaper but in other cases it is not. It varies depending on what type of car you have also depending on where you live.Switching to E85, can also increase energy security. Obama believes that if major oil companies were to help with this, by just donating 1% of their first quarter profits, they would use that money to install more than 7,000 service stations with E835 compatible pumps. There has already been more than 900 stations that offer to serve alternative fuel. Some states that have none are Maine, Rhode Island, New Jersey, New Hampshire and Vermont. States that do offer to less than 10 are E85 compatible stations are California, Massachusetts and New York. In New York there are E85 compatible stations but only allowed at the use on private government, or stations that are planning but have not yet been operational. There are between 300 to 400 E85 compatible stations in the state of Minnesota. Which brings me to a current article were I read about Indiana's ethanol growth. In this article they talk about how the RFA,(Renewable Fuels Association) is so happy with the Cardinal Ethanol and the Randolph County community for there continues growth of Ethanol. It talks about how the Indiana ethanol plant is conducting 100 million gallons of ethanol per year, and also says that this plant will create a market for about 36 million bushels of local corn, produce about 340,000 tons of distillers dried grains, and will create 45 new well-paying jobs.

My Thoughts on ethanol as in alternative fuel is that there are better ways to get alternative fuels. Offshore Drilling would be at the top of my list and then maybe E85. I say this because I have done previous research on Ethanol and I have found out the cons on producing ethonal I have found that alot of sweets and candy will be made with corn syrup, prices of various items will raise, and Non- ethanol producing crop prices will rise.
Sources

* List E85 compatible cars

*Pros and Cons of Ethanol use

*My 10th Grade Ethanol Project

Foreclosed Home Affecting The Market

I choose to focus my advise to the federal government on Foreclosed homes, which are bank owned homes because I think that foreclosed homes has alot to do with the market. I believe the Thesis of this article is that Foreclosed homes are happening more and more now, and they are affecting the market. My Class Connection is that I think that foreclosing homes has a lot to do with the downfall of the market these days and that the banks are at fault for the foreclosing homes. My advise to the federal government would be for them to pass a law to the banks which only allows banks to lend out loans to people, companies, etc, who are able to put at least 25% down, and they have to be able to show that they can pay off the loan. I believe that the banks lack in the rules on giving money out to people carelessly to this financial mess.

My personal responce to this is that I still do believe that the market will get worse in time but it will also get better, it will be like a rollercoaster. I believe that the banks lack in the rules on giving money out to people, carelessly to this financial mess. The foreclosed homes are happening all over across America and it's at the banks fault, they are the ones who caused this problem.

Sources

* Article

Finding You'r Inspiration

http://blogs.oreilly.com/lightroom/2008/07/finding-inspiration.html

Original Title: Finding Inspiration

Author: Michael Clark

Date & Source: July, 7th, 2008, Digital Media

Thesis: The best way to find your inspiration is to focus on your passions in life.

Class Connection: I connect this to the American Icon project we did in class because the project was suppose to be an American Icon you look up to so basically you're Inspiration. Reading this article it tells you how to find your inspiration and in the project we did have to find a person who inspired us.

Personal Response: Personal Response: I do find this article helpful but at the same time it is kind of obvious because you are going to look for an inspiration that has something to do with your Passion and your dream. I think the author telling his story helps the people who are looking for inspiration because it tells an actual story that is true. 

Anti Federalist VS Federalist

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/11/20071115-14.html

Original Title: Bush Delivers Remarks at Federalist Society's 25th Annual Gala

Author: Not Stated                                               

Date & Source: 9.08.08, The White House

Thesis: The Federalist needs to be more respected, and that the government should be more organized.

Class Connection: I think that this article is focusing on the Federalist side, because

in the article they are saying that the constitution is a good thing, there aren't putting Negatives on the constitution.

Personal Response: I think that the article has a lot to prove about being Federalist.

What I see from this article is that they are talking about how the government needs to be separated into three equal branches and that each of those branches are very important and no matter what we must take the responsibilities. I do agree with what they are saying in this article, they said that the governments do not appreciate the nominees.

Challenge:  In the article I found online I read, "Their solution was to separate the government's powers into three co-equal branches: the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary. Each of these branches plays a vital role in our free society. Each serves as a check on the others. And to preserve our liberty, each must meet its responsibilities -- and resist the temptation to encroach on the powers the Constitution accords to others." I made a connection with the article The Federalist NO.51 because in this article they talk about the three co equal branches which are executive, Legislative, and Judiciary. They both talk about how important they are and that there maybe some difficulties with them but we have to take responsibility.

 

 

 

  

Enlightenment connected to past history

www.cruise-charter.net/history-of-sailing/christopher-columbus.aspx

Original Title: The Most Famous Mistake in History

Author: Not Stated

Date and Source: past History, cruise charter.net

Thesis: Christopher Columbus found thought the world was much smaller than it actually is, and him gaining different ideas on how the earth is shaped.

Class Connection: I feel like this connects with the enlightenment's beliefs of theory's being supported by evidence, actual proof, personal experience, and empiricism.

Personal Response: My personal response to this article would be that I think it's good that Christopher Columbus actually decided to actually prove the theory's on the world being another shape

Human Rights taken away during WTO Protest? ( Edited Blog Post)

The WTO protest took place in Downtown, Seattle on November 30th 1999. The reason for this protest was of many different beliefs. The WTO stands for World Trade Organization they make rules on how trade works and make rules about how much you can tax corporations, and what kind of limits can be put on free trade, they basically try to make trade as free as possible. They were holding a meeting in Seattle, it was their first ever meeting that ever took place in the United States. Many people participated who had various points of view. Some protesters believed that the World Trade Organization should not be getting rid of but that it should change the way it works.Others were protesting about what they believe in. This protest did cause great damage, many arrest and injuries through out Downtown, Seattle area. This Protest got so out of control that the mayor of seattle, Paul Schell declared a state of emergency. The National Guard and Washington State Patrol participated in controlling this major protest. There were many different ways these protesters decided to protest. Many would roll up, kind of into a kneeling position and just lay there in the middle of the streets which didnt allow certain vehicles to pass. So the way these people were removed is with pepper spray and tear gas which forced them to move. Another way that they got people to move is by shooting them, not with real bullets, they were rubber bullets.

But were there human rights really taken away? I am kind of stuck in the middle to believe if they were or were not. In this article that I read they said yes there human right were taken away. They state the following reason to how there human rights were taken away,

"On Wednesday December 1 the city of Seattle awoke to discover their rights had been cancelled overnight. The center of Seattle around the WTO meeting had been declared a "no-protest zone" where anyone who exercised their right to free speech or peaceful assembly was subject to immediate arrest. Undaunted by the "state of emergency" (aka martial law) demonstrators traveled to early morning assembly points but were met by police check points where signs, banners, cell phones and communications equipment was illegally confiscated. Still demonstrators refused to give in and marched into the "no-protest zone" where hundreds were arrested, many after being pepper sprayed or teargassed numerous times."

I do believe there is more to the story that is not stated in this article. During a project I had done in the 10th grade we all as a class got the chance to interview out teacher about the WTO protest because she took place in it. She said the following,

"Windows got smashed like Starbucks and Gap and I remember seeing the guys climb up they had big like Nike store and taking the three dimensional letters and like taking them off and like throwing them on the streets".

Since this was a protest that did get out of control I only think it is fair that the police step in and take charge, I don't believe they took charge of the situation the right way but at least they did get a majority of it under control.