<p>dam… i think i completely failed my FRQs. Honestly, though, I’m pretty sure bringing in connections to supreme court cases and whatnot is superfluous- for most of them I just directly answered the question with maybe one example, and I think that will be enough for full credit in most cases.</p>
<p>^well, I certainly hope so.</p>
<p>My mantra for the past few days has been “not everyone taking these tests is as smart as the people on CC.” </p>
<p>Because otherwise, I would most definitely be screwed.</p>
<p>what did u guys say for the equal citizenship? I said states cannot abridge rights of citizens and mentioned how blacks were disenfranchised etc…</p>
<p>and guarantee of a public trial …the government cannot find people innocent without a trial -is this good enough?</p>
<p>I’m certain I wrote far too much for my FRQs. Poor graders. Shame they don’t have a control + f function to search for keywords.</p>
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<p>The guarantee of a public trial relates to the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th amendments. The fourth being search and seizure (exclusionary), 5th being self incrimination (related: Miranda v Arizona), 6th being a speedy trial, 7th being a grand jury, and 8 being excessive bail. Habeus Corpus, Bill of Attainder, and Ex Post Facto are also applied. (Sadly, I wrote all of that. And then some more.)</p>
<p>Public trial guarantees public scrutiny of how the court operates so that criminals are given their due process rights. Also protects writ of habeus corpus, prevents bill of attainders etc.</p>
<p>so it limits national government by leaving it to the public right? This seemed a little too easy lol.</p>
<p>basically. I was pretty unsure on what to put for that, so i just mentioned the right to counsel, trial by jury, and some other terms (no specific amendments though). Hopefully that’ll be able to squeeze a few points out of the question for me :P</p>
<p>for the graph trend, what did you guys say? I just said that there is a gradual yet noticeable decline in the US House Seats for Southern Democrats</p>
<p>I said the percent of southern seats in the US House held by democrats has decreased by half in the past fifty years. I couldn’t make much sense of the graph (it twisted my assumptions of the south), so I just stuck with something basic.</p>
<p>I put the same as scrivener</p>
<p>^ I feel relieved :D</p>
<p>What would by a constitutional check lobbyists have on the bureaucracy? I didnt specifically say lobbying because I didnt know if it was “constitutional”…because I thought it meatn it had to be in the constitution. And after reading all of these I’m pretty sure I failed 3C…I still dont get what it’s asking. I think it was poorly worded.</p>
<p>*interest groups have on the bureaucracy…not lobbyists, sorry.</p>
<p>Lobbying is protected by freedom of speech. ;)</p>
<p>when do the answers go up on ap central?</p>
<p>EDIT: Nevermind, misread the question. Sorry.</p>
<p>Answers go up in like mid-July…or late June. One of the two.</p>
<p>The graph question was tricky because it said to identify a specific trend. My answer for that was that the percentage of southern state seats in the House of Representatives held by Democrats had been on a steady decline since 1960, with a sharp decline at around what appears to be 1990. I don’t think that saying “the South has been becoming less Democratic” would work.</p>
<p>trend= political realignment in the south, they switched switched from voting Democrat to voting Republican</p>
<p>Wait for 3c, I said the emergence of catholics has made parties more supportive of religions other than protestantism.</p>
<p>Labor unions and women have pushed parties to become more liberal because these groups tend to be more liberal. </p>
<p>I think I didn’t interpret “composition” correctly. Probably got the whole thing wrong : /</p>