Hi! I Live In Pa

Hi! I live in PA…Who are our Government

RepresentativesMr. Gibbs

CivicsWinter 2009

We have two different governments representing us…

• The FEDERAL and the STATE

• Each body has three branches….

• There are 3 Different types of powers– Expressed, Reserved and Concurrent

THE FEDERAL GOV’T

•Executive Branch•Legislative Branch•Judicial Branch

Executive Branch

Legislative Branch - SENATE

• We, like all the other states, have 2 representatives in the Upper House of Congress:

• Democrat - http://casey.senate.gov/

• Republican - http://specter.senate.gov/public/

Legislative Branch - HOUSE

• Pennsylvania – has 19 reps in the lower house – the House of Representatives – this number, as we all remember, is based on popuation

• Altmire, Jason, Pennsylvania, 4th• Brady, Robert, Pennsylvania, 1st• Carney, Christopher P., Pennsylvania, 10th• Dahlkemper, Kathy, Pennsylvania, 3rd• Dent, Charles W., Pennsylvania, 15th• Doyle, Mike, Pennsylvania, 14th• Fattah, Chaka, Pennsylvania, 2nd• Gerlach, Jim, Pennsylvania, 6th• Kanjorski, Paul E., Pennsylvania, 11th• Holden, Tim, Pennsylvania, 17th

•Murphy, Patrick J., Pennsylvania, 8th•Murphy, Tim, Pennsylvania, 18th•Murtha, John, Pennsylvania, 12th•Pitts, Joseph R., Pennsylvania, 16th•Platts, Todd, Pennsylvania, 19th•Schwartz, Allyson Y., Pennsylvania, 13th•Sestak, Joe, Pennsylvania, 7th•Shuster, Bill, Pennsylvania, 9th•Thompson, Glen W., Pennsylvania, 5th

Newtown Square’s Representative?

• Joe Sestak – 7th District

• http://sestak.house.gov/

FEDERAL - Judicial Branch

•District•Circuit•Supreme

13 Circuits(11 listed, 12 is DC, 13 is the nationwide one)

We are in the Third Circuit and the Eastern District of PA

• United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit• District of Delaware• District of New Jersey• Eastern District of Pennsylvania• Middle District of Pennsylvania• Western District of Pennsylvania

• THE “EASTERN” DISTRICT:• The Court's jurisdiction includes Philadelphia, as well as

Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lehigh, Montgomery and Northampton counties.

There are 650 District Judges nationwide….

• We have 32 in our DistrictChief Judge Harvey Bartle III PhiladelphiaSenior Judge J. William Ditter, Jr. PhiladelphiaSenior Judge John Fullam PhiladelphiaSenior Judge Louis Pollak PhiladelphiaSenior Judge Norma Shapiro PhiladelphiaSenior Judge Lowell Reed, Jr. PhiladelphiaSenior Judge Thomas O'Neill, Jr. PhiladelphiaSenior Judge Edmund Ludwig PhiladelphiaSenior Judge Robert Kelley PhiladelphiaSenior Judge Jan Dubois PhiladelphiaSenior Judge Robert Buckwalter PhiladelphiaSenior Judge William Yohn, Jr. PhiladelphiaSenior Judge John Padova PhiladelphiaSenior Judge Bruce Kauffman PhiladelphiaDistrict Judge Stewart Dazell PhiladelphiaDistrict Judge Curtis Joyner PhiladelphiaDistrict Judge Edward Roberno PhiladelphiaDistrict Judge Anita Brody PhiladelphiaDistrict Judge Mary McLaughin PhiladelphiaDistrict Judge Petrese Tucker PhiladelphiaDistrict Judge Berle Schiller PhiladelphiaDistrict Judge R. Barclay Surrick PhiladelphiaDistrict Judge Legrome Davis PhiladelphiaDistrict Judge Cynthia Rufe PhiladelphiaDistrict Judge Michael Baylson PhiladelphiaDistrict Judge Tim Savage PhiladelphiaDistrict Judge James Gardner PhiladelphiaDistrict Judge Gene Pratter PhiladelphiaDistrict Judge Lawrence Stengel PhiladelphiaDistrict Judge Paul Diamond PhiladelphiaDistrict Judge Juan Sanchez PhiladelphiaDistrict Judge Thomas Golden Philadelphia

Circuit Judges?6-28 per Circuit…..we have 22

• Judges of the Third Circuit• Chief Appeals Judge Tony Scirica• Senior Appeals Judge Leonard Garth• Senior Appeals Judge Joseph Weis, Jr.• Senior Appeals Judge Walter Stapleton• Senior Appeals Judge Morton Greenberg• Senior Appeals Judge Robert Cowen• Senior Appeals Judge Jane Roth• Senior Appeals Judge

Franklin Van Antwerpen• Senior Appeals Judge Richard Nygaard• Senior Appeals Judge Ruggero Aldisert• Appeals Judge Dolores Slovitter

Appeals Judge Theordore McKeeAppeals Judge Marjorie RendellAppeals Judge Maryanne BarryAppeals Judge Thomas AmbroAppeals Judge Julio FuentesAppeals Judge Brooks SmithAppeals Judge Michael FisherAppeals Judge Michael ChagaresAppeals Judge Kent JordanAppeals Judge Thomas Hardiman

Circuit

US Supreme Court

JUDGES

2008 DOCKET

• http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1847143,00.html

CHAPTER 12 – STATE GOVERNMENTS

Under the “Federal System”: • The National Gov’t has powers…. (Expressed)• The State Gov’t has powers…(Reserved)• And They also have some powers at the same

time (Concurrent)

What is an example of a concurrent power?

• I’ll tell you abut the worst one…..

• TAXES – each paycheck we get – the federal government will take out taxes to help fund their government….and the State will take out taxes to help pay for their government….

The Structure is a little different…..

But VERY Similar…..

Jurisdiction

• Now we should probably better undertsand the jurisdiction portion of Chapter 8…..

• The Federal Judicial Branch only looks at certain cases – the State Judicial system interprets all other laws…

PA has its own EXECUTIVE BRANCH

• Led by our very own Governor Rendell

• http://www.governor.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?

Pa has its own Senate…. Name:1 Farnese, Lawrence M., Jr. (D)2 Tartaglione, Christine M. (D)3

Kitchen, Shirley M. (D)4 Washington, Leanna M. (D)5 Stack, Michael J. (D)6 Tomlinson, Robert M. (R)7 Hughes, Vincent J. (D)8 Williams, Anthony H. (D)9 Pileggi, Dominic (R)10 McIlhinney, Charles T., Jr. (R)11 O'Pake, Michael A. (D)12 Greenleaf, Stewart J. (R)13 Smucker, Lloyd K. (R)14 Musto, Raphael J. (D)15 Piccola, Jeffrey E. (R)16 Browne, Patrick M. (R)17 Leach, Daylin (D)18 Boscola, Lisa M. (D)19 Dinniman, Andrew E. (D)20 Baker, Lisa (R)21 White, Mary Jo (R)22 Mellow, Robert J. (D)23 Yaw, Gene (R)24 Wonderling, Robert C. (R)25 Scarnati, Joseph B., III (R)26 Erickson, Edwin B. (R)27 Gordner, John R. (R)28 Waugh, Michael L. (R)30 Eichelberger, John H. (R)31 Vance, Patricia H. (R)32 Kasunic, Richard A (D)33 Alloway, Richard L., II (R)34 Corman, Jake (R)35 Wozniak, John N. (D)36 Brubaker, Michael W. (R)37 Pippy, John (R)38 Ferlo, Jim (D)39 Ward, Kim L. (R)40 Orie, Jane Clare (R)41 White, Donald C. (R)42 Fontana, Wayne D. (D)43 Costa, Jay (D)44 Rafferty, John C., Jr. (R)45 Logan, Sean (D)46 Stout, J. Barry (D)47 Vogel, Elder A., Jr. (R)48 Folmer, Mike (R)49 Earll, Jane M. (R)50 Robbins, Robert D. (R)

PA has its own House of Representatives….

• http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/representatives_dn.cfm

• They all take part in identical duties to that of our Federal lawmakers….just on a state level (committees, representing constituents, etc.)

Legislators Newtown Square - 19073

• Senate • District 17 Daylin Leach• 19 Andrew E. Dinniman• 26 Edwin B. Erickson

• House • District 161 Bryan R. Lentz• 165 William F. Adolph• 167 Duane Milne• 168 Thomas H. Killion

PA has its own Supreme Court

• Ronald D. Castille Chief Justice of Pennsylvania• Thomas G. Saylor• J. Michael Eakin• Max Baer• Debra Todd• Seamus P. McCaffery• Jane Cutler Greenspan