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Constitution Scrapbook 3 [|Senate panel approves Butler for federal court] - The Judiciary Committee of the Senate agreed to approve Louis Butler as a federal district judge. Butler, who was nominated by President Obama, is a former Wisconsin State Supreme Court Justice. He will have to be confirmed by the full Senate. This is an example of the Senate using its nonlegislative powers, and it is a perfect example of checks and balance in our federal government, as Congress is checking both the executive and judicial branch. ** Chuck T ** media type="custom" key="10694012"This video is Obama talking to Congress and asking why they haven't passed the jobs bill. He is telling stories that were given to him about peoples' lives and how they they think the government can't maintain a basic infrastructure and how some people are hanging on by a shoe-string. This applies to class because we talked about how a bill becomes a law and how long it takes, and if a political party has the majority and doesn't want a bill to become a law, the law won't pass because the majority of both the Senate and the House of Representatives have to like the bill. In this case, the political party that doesn't want the jobs bill is the Republican party, and they have the majority in the House of Representatives. -Marshall L

Credit Problem- In Section 8 of The Constitution of the United States, it tells what powers are granted to Congress. One of thoese powere are credit, or borrow money for the United States. A few weeks ago, when our credit rating wnt from AAA to AA, a lot of people got mad. It would mean higher intrest rates for the American citizens. It applies to what we learned because we studied the power of Congress, to manage our credit. In this case, Congress has failed us, because the credit rating went down. -Aaron Petzold [|Justices bring constitutional road show to the Senate]- This article is about how Congress is in a gridlock because the Senate is mostly Democrats and the House of Representatives are mostly Republicans. It is very hard to pass a law because each side has a counter-argument to every bill proposed. This is also the same with the Justices in Supreme Court. No case will ever be 9-0 because all the justices will have different opinions on the matter. People should start to get suspicious if the case is decided 9-0. This is how the framers wanted Congress and the Supreme Court to be. ~Vinay Jain