Dec. 7, 2007

Romney and Religion

Topics: 1. American constitutional government; 2. Individual rights and responsibilities

Standard 8: Understands the central ideas of American constitutional government and how this form of government has shaped the character of American society

Benchmark 5.  Knows opposing positions on current issues involving constitutional protection of individual rights such as limits on speech (e.g., "hate speech," advertising), separation of church and state (e.g., school vouchers, prayer in public schools), cruel and unusual punishment (e.g., death penalty), search and seizure (e.g., warrantless searches), and privacy (e.g., national identification cards, wiretapping)