Graphic Organizer You have been asked to think about connections between the Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, Songhay, and
the Maghrib as you have read the texts. Using the graphic organizer below, fill in one connection or
relationship between each of the areas you have read about. You should write your answers on each of
the solid lines provided below that connect the four areas. You will end up with six connections.
Do NOT write on the dotted lines use the solid line that is attached to them.

c

explanation:

c

b

explanation:

in the united states, the president is controlled by the

constitution, and in all respects subordinate to it. insofar

as it deals with presidential power, however, the american

constitution has proved to be a highly malleable document.

with very few exceptions,' the constitutional provisions relating to the president have not been changed at all since

they were ratified in 1787. but in the late twentieth century, those provisions do not mean what they meant in

1787. the constitution is a legal document, and it is enforced judicially; but its meaning was hardly fixed when it

was ratified. in particular, the contemporary president has

far broader powers than the original constitution contemplated. it is remarkable but true that large-scale changes in

the authority of the president have been brought about

without changes in the constitutional text, but nevertheless

without significant illegality.

this is a paradox. is it not clear that constitutional

changes, if not textual, are illegal? the paradox has considerable relevance to our current thinking about the presidency in particular and about constitutionalism in general.

perhaps the framers of the american constitution feared

legislative power most of all; 2 but from well-known events

in the twentieth century, it is possible to conclude that it is

presidential power that holds out the greatest risks to both

liberty and democracy. the president is by far the most visible leader in the nation; he is often the only person in government with a national constituency. moreover, he is

no every country is held to the same degree as others just some member countries such as the usa and germany are more economically sound so the need to show there support to all others