Issues facing the U.S.

•Current Issues

Examples of Current Issues

•Economy•Healthcare•Education•Energy •EnvironmentSource: http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues

•Public Law

Constitutional LawConstitutional law deals with the formation, construction, and interpretation of constitutions.

- This is concerned primarily with the limits on government’s power and rights to the individual.

•Administrative LawAdministrative law is the rules and regulations that the executive branch must make to carry out its job.

-An example of this would be the FCC issuing an order for makers of cellular devices to place a safety device to block radiation waves emitted from the device.

Statutory Law

Statutory law is something that we do not often think about but follow everyday.

-Statutes are passed by the legislative branchs of government to regulate our behavior. (Example: traffic laws)

•Two Party System

•Our two political parties often times have very different views on issues. •As a result when making laws two things occur either the bill dies because there is no compromise made or there is a compromise.•Compromise takes the best ideas from both parties point of view and melds them together.

•How a Bill Becomes a LawIn your notebook write the steps of turning a bill into a law.

-Why is the process of creating a law so difficult?-In the idea of prudence do you think laws should be this hard to make or should they be harder to make?

And now our feature presentation!

How a Bill Becomes a Law

•Bill Becomes A Law

1)Bill is Drafted2)Introduced in the

House3)Sent to

Committee 4)Committee Action5)Rules Committee6)Floor Action

7) Introduced in the Senate8)Committee Action9)Bill Called Up10)Floor Action11)Conference Committee12)Vote on Compromise 13)Presidential Action14)Vote to Override (only if

president vetoes)