This video was a funny one! This is how poll taxes were advertised, with a sweet old lady, presumably talking to an invisible elf, reading off a newspaper advert for the same thing. They didn't even try to convince the working-classes that it was for their own good - "trickle-down economics" being an American invention - nor did they aim at anyone other than the softest of targets: easily confused elderly people. I hope you enjoy!
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
24th Amendment Video
"Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
- 24th Amendment of United States
The 24th amendment to guarantees that no person can be denied the right to vote due to an inability to pay a tax prior to voting. The "poll tax" (the tax paid in order to vote) is now considered unconstitutional. I find this to be important because as a broke College student I rather not have to pay a fee to have my voice be heard.
The video I chose for this amendment is a mash up of clips recorded at different riots. These poll tax riots were mass disturbances that occurred in the UK because citizens had to pay a fee to vote, which is no unconstitutional in the United States.
23rd Amendment Video
Another Schoolhouse Rock video!
E-L-E-C-T-O-R-A-L C-O-L-L-E-G-E
This video explains what the Electoral College is. It is done in a very fun way, as Schoolhouse Rock usually does! I found it to be a very enjoyable and informational video.
E-L-E-C-T-O-R-A-L C-O-L-L-E-G-E
This video explains what the Electoral College is. It is done in a very fun way, as Schoolhouse Rock usually does! I found it to be a very enjoyable and informational video.
23rd Amendment Interactive Map
"Section 1. The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct:
A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment.
Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article using appropriate legislation."
- 23rd Amendment of United States Constitution
It is important to note that Article 2 Section 2 of the Constitution gave Washington D.C. votes in the electoral college. It allowed as many electors as the smallest state which was Rhode Island.
The following is the first media segment, it is a screen shot of an Interactive Map. This is the 2012 Presidential Election Interactive Map and History of the Electoral College. It traces the Electoral view from what they were in 2008 and what they are projected to be after 2010 Census. Also the years go all the way back to 1789, so the Electoral view can be traced very far back.
2012 Presidential Election Interactive Map and History of the Electoral College
22nd Amendment Video
I decided to do another video for the second blog. This video was made for a school project and explained the importance of the 22nd amendment. It explains why it was adopted, its purpose, and some other interesting facts that are relevant to the 22nd amendment. It is a short and sweet video that really does get the significance of the amendment across to the viewer.
22nd Amendment Video
"Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
Section 2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress."
- 22nd Amendment of the United States Constitution
The 22nd amendment was primarily designed to establish that no President of the United States can be elected to more than two terms. It also limits the maximum time a President may serve to 10 years, if one should succeed to the office. Since the presidency of George Washington, only one thing could be said to be totally consistent, that no President had the job for more than two full terms. Washington had been asked to run for a third term in 1796, but he made it quite clear that he had no intention of doing so; that an orderly transition of power was needed to set the Constitution in stone. And so it was for almost 150 years. This amendment does not really relate to me but I think it is important to understand them all.
The video I chose for this amendment is a brief excerpt from an interview with Barrack Obama. Obama admits in the interview that he plans to be in office from "8-10 years." I think it is interesting that Obama plans to re-run for the presidential position. It will be interesting to see if he makes the office or not.
21st Amendment Video
The next piece of media that I have is another video. It is from atom.com and it is I Love the 30's: The End of Prohibition. I Love the 30's is an online mini-series, that follows different actors and actresses that re-enact the topic of the episode. In this case it it the repeal of prohibition, the 21st amendment. There are a couple of funny lines here and there that gave me a good laugh. In short, I found the video to be epic, it is a really good video for young adults because it's so spunky. Hopefully, you will find this video as enjoyable as I do.
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