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HSS-PoAD.12.4 Students analyze the unique roles and responsibilities of the three branches of government as established by the U.S. Constitution.

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Explain the processes of selection and confirmation of Supreme Court justices.

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Students summarize landmark U.S. Supreme Court interpretations of the Constitution and its amendments.

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HSS-PoAD.12.5 Students summarize landmark U.S. Supreme Court interpretations of the Constitution and its amendments.

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Understand the changing interpretations of the Bill of Rights over time, including interpretations of the basic freedoms (religion, speech, press, petition, and assembly) articulated in the First Amendment and the due process and equal-protection-of-the-law clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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HSS-PoAD.12.5 Students summarize landmark U.S. Supreme Court interpretations of the Constitution and its amendments.

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Analyze judicial activism and judicial restraint and the effects of each policy over the decades (e.g., the Warren and Rehnquist courts).

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HSS-PoAD.12.5 Students summarize landmark U.S. Supreme Court interpretations of the Constitution and its amendments.

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Evaluate the effects of the Court’s interpretations of the Constitution in Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, and United States v. Nixon, with emphasis on the arguments espoused by each side in these cases.

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HSS-PoAD.12.5 Students summarize landmark U.S. Supreme Court interpretations of the Constitution and its amendments.

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Explain the controversies that have resulted over changing interpretations of civil rights, including those in Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, Miranda v. Arizona, Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena, and United States v. Virginia (VMI).

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Students evaluate issues regarding campaigns for national, state, and local elective offices.

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HSS-PoAD.12.6 Students evaluate issues regarding campaigns for national, state, and local elective offices.

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Analyze the origin, development, and role of political parties, noting those occasional periods in which there was only one major party or were more than two major parties.

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HSS-PoAD.12.6 Students evaluate issues regarding campaigns for national, state, and local elective offices.

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Discuss the history of the nomination process for presidential candidates and the increasing importance of primaries in general elections.

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HSS-PoAD.12.6 Students evaluate issues regarding campaigns for national, state, and local elective offices.

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Evaluate the roles of polls, campaign advertising, and the controversies over campaign funding.