Directions: Access the following link http://www.vox.com/world/2016/12/6/13860054/obama-final-speech-military
Watch the closing remarks of President Obama’s last speech to active duty troops. The President mentions numerous constitutional principles and protections during this brief video clip.
Your assignment is broken into three sections:
(a) List as many constitutional principles and protections that President Barack Obama mentions during this video. Examples include constitutional protections that appear in the Bill of Rights. Include as many as possible, I listed 19 during my first listen to the video.
(b) Discuss at least four actions that President-elect Trump proposed while running for president that could cause a constitutional crisis (the linked article identifies some of these). Identify the proposed action and what constitutional principle and/or protection is implicated.
(c) Discuss how checks and balances, separation of powers, and federalism should help temper constitutional overreaches if President-elect Trump were to pursue some of his more controversial proposals. What institutions play crucial roles in the United States that counter-act each other?