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Celebrate the Constitution
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Dr. Yvonne Marie Andres
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Oct 26, 2009 14:18 PST
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Reply-To: ckoe-@dirksencenter.org
From: "Cindy Koeppel"
Organization: The Dirksen Congressional Center
INTRODUCTION TO THE CONSTITUTION & TRIVIA
This section of Congress for Kids covers the history of the Constitution
of the United States. It includes information about the writing the
Constitution, the Great Compromise, the Constitution?s signers, the Bill
of Rights, the Amendments to the Constitution and what they mean to
Americans, and much more. Let's get started...click on Learn About The
Constitution at: http://www.congressforkids.net/Constitution_index.htm
* Celebrate the Constitution *
Do you know your rights? After starting the game, drag each statement
that appears on your screen to the document where it belongs. Place one
correct statement in each of the four documents. Get all four right and
you?re a Constitution Whiz Kid! If you don?t want to play, click on any
of the links on the page to learn more about the Constitution.
Find Celebrate the Constitution at:
http://www.congressforkids.net/games/signingconstitution/2_signingconstitution.htm
* Trivia *
Thanks to a legal "fiction" developed by courts in response to the
breadth of the state sovereign immunity doctrine, many suits which might
otherwise be barred by the Eleventh Amendment are allowed in federal
court. Generally, what feature do these cases share that allows them to
avoid the immunity problem?
A) They are based entirely on state law
B) They only ask for injunctive relief
C) They seek more than $75,000 in damages
D) They are filed by corporations
*Find the answer in next month's issue of Communicator --
http://www.webcommunicator.org
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