constitution+day+cjf09+joef09

=While attempting to become the Republican candidate for President in 2008, Fred Thompson said, "//I do not believe the Constitution is a **living, breathing document**.//= =I am committed to appointing strict constructionist judges to the bench if I am elected President, strict constructionists who believe the Constitution has a fixed meaning that can be applied to cases that come before the courts today. They do NOT believe the Constitution is a living, breathing document, whose meaning, constantly changing with the sifting sands of our culture, can be determined and applied by unelected judges." Al Gore made the following statement while running for President in 2000: //"I would look for justices of the Supreme Court who understand that our Constitution is a **living and breathing document**, that it was intended by our founders to be interpreted in the light of the constantly evolving experience of the American people.//" Who was right? Prove that the Constitution is a "living and breathing" document or Prove that the Constitution is not a "living and breathing" document Your answer and evidence is due on Friday. It will be a phone call to Thompson or Gore that will be bewteen :55 and 1:05 minutes long. You can work in a group or by yourself. Jot down you notes for each section below-[|cite sources!]= =__**0:00-0:10**__=


 * Say hello and make small talk about things going on in the person's life. List four things you could talk about with your person.

1 largest signiture

2** Graduated Harvard College


 * 3** birthday January 12, 1737


 * 4** President of, the Provincial Congress

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 * Give a summary of what the "signer signed" -- what is the US Constitution

1** the official document that is the basis of government and law in the United States.


 * 2** It was written in 1787, and ratified in 1789. Many amendments have been added since then


 * 3** over one hundred countries around the world have used it as a model for their own.

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 * Why do we have Constitution day-law

1 The Constitution is very important to learn about because it gave us more freedom

2 Our Constitution is an American tradition and we should be proud of it

3 John Hancock and the rest of the signers of the constitution worked so hard on it and we should honor and respect there work**

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=__//Write your complete script below!! Do not call unless you have your script completely written..//__**=
 * Be creative!!**
 * http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/hancock.htm**