As Sam was late in arriving and left the afternoon session early due to illness, we did not meet for the entire two sessions. Sam did hand in her homework and quiz corrections which we reviewed. Both were done well with correct responses. As the homework addressed the use of presidential executive
orders, amnesty and pardons, we discussed the current government shut-down and the possible use of an executive order to construct a border wall on the southern border. I further mentioned the related topic of immigration reform and the objection to granting a path to citizenship to illegal aliens as arguably a form of amnesty. Sam then took notes on the the 22nd and 25th Amendments which address limits on presidential terms and succession to the presidency in the event the president resigns, is impeached or dies in office. Sam handed in a chapter assessment which needed completion. For homework, I assigned completion of the chapter assessment on page 214, reading pages 218-222 and answering questions 1 -4 on page 222.