POLSCI 101 Lecture Notes - Tea Party Movement, Supermajority

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11 Apr 2014
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Much of the tea party movement is opposition to contemporary actions of the government. Focus (in discussion section): 4 c"s and democratic document. Articles of confederation - problems that those writing articles of confederation faced: Each state thought of itself first as virginian or. Colonists believed/wanted any new government needed to be limited in its ability to hamper individual liberty. A system of government in which the state reserve sovereign authority except for powers delegated explicitly to the national government. A firm league of friendship where each state retains its sovereignty, freedom . No president, no courts, only a congress. Congress could coin money, but so could states. No interstate regulation of commerce, congress had no control over interstate commerce. Members of congress elected by state legislators - equal. Supermajority for all actions (66% of congress had to come to a consensus) God given rights (natural rights) to men* Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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