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Ch. 1: The Constitution - Take home FRQPlease answer the following questions to the best of your ability.“On July 20, 2016, the US Senate, broke the record set 100 years ago for the gap between nomination and confirmation of a U.S. Supreme Court nominee by President Obama….As of now, the nominee has been waiting…., for more than 170 days, well over the century-old, 125-day record. Senate Leadership announced that there would be no hearings, no votes, no action whatsoever, on any Supreme Court nomination until the American people got to vote on a new president in November 2016.”-National Public Radio, NPR - 2016After reading the scenario, respond to A,B,C below:Describe the power of Congress that is outlined in the scenario.In the context of the scenario, explain how presidential power is affected by the power of Congress described in Part A. In the context of the scenario, explain how partisanship can affect the original intention of checks and balances.A.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________B.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________C.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The Twenty-Seventh Amendment is the most recent amendment to the Constitution. Its existence today can be traced to a college student who proposed the idea in a term paper and was given a C by his professor for the idea.In 1982, a college student, Gregory Watson, discovered that an amendment to the Constitution had been ratified by six states by 1792 and could still be added to the Constitution because Congress had never stipulated a time limit for states to consider it for ratification. Watson started a self-financed, grassroots campaign to get the amendment ratified. He wrote letters to state officials, urging them to pass the amendment.Maine was the first state to respond to Watson’s campaign, ratifying the amendment in 1983. In 1992, Michigan became the 38th state to ratify the amendment, casting the final vote needed to make the proposed amendment an actual part of the United States Constitution.The amendment that Watson lobbied for states the following: “No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.”In short, the Twenty-Seventh Amendment states that a sitting Congress cannot give itself a raise or cut its pay during its current session. Any pay raise or cut would take effect for the next Congress.A. Describe the process of passing a constitutional amendment in Congress.B. Explain how the states affect the process described in Part (A).C. The Equal Rights Amendment was passed by Congress but never ratified by the states. Many other proposed amendments have shared the same fate. Explain how the high bar in passing amendments, as illustrated in these examples, reflects the Framers’ ideas about government.A.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________B.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________C.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Use the information in the chart to answer the questions.Identify the trend in the chart above.Describe a similarity or difference in democracy in the United States from 2008 to 2016, and draw a conclusion about the similarity or difference (use your knowledge of the meaning of the term “democracy” to answer.)Explain how one specific provision in the Constitution (Articles or Amendments) can be used to change the trend described in part A. 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