• civil rights and civil liberties
• courts has been at the forefront of the civil rights and liberties progress

• homo sapiens dwindled because of the ice age
• used the moon to know when to harvest shellfish

workshop time

• political polarization
• tailored bonus opportunity

california government (and policy)

• California government structure
• similarities between federal and state level: state constitution, executive branch, legislation branch, and judiciary branch
• some differences: more direct democracy(inititaves/ propositions, referendums, recalls:) more specifics in constitutions (e.g. declaration of English as the official language of California; opportunities for citizens to work more directly branches)

• what is justice
• rawlson ( john rawls): justice as fairness
• utilitarian ( john stuart-mills): justice as morality; seeking happiness and satisfaction
• libertarian ( Robert nozick): justice as freedom to behave as we want