Fed. Gov. Exam 1

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Bills Approval
House and Senate Majority
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Appointment Approval
Senate Majority
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Treaties
2/3 supermajority senate
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Executive to Leg
\-Veto, special session, interpret laws by senate, v.p. tie breaker
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Leg to Executive
\-Pres veto, impeach, reject appointments and treaties, refuse law or funding
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Executive to Judicial
\-Nominate S.C. Justice, Fed. judges, Refuse court decision
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Judicial to Executive
\-Action unconstitutional, warrants, presides over impeachment
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Judicial to Leg
\-Law unconstitutional, presides over impeachment
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Leg to Judicial
\-Size of court, Const. amendments, reject judges, impeach & remove
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Original Constiitution Rep.
\-Senate (state leg), House (pop vote)
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\-Representative (25, U.S. Citizen 7 years, residency in state)
Qualifications
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\-Senator (30, U.S. Citizen 9 years, residency in-state)
Qualifications
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\-President (35, U.S. Citizen 14 years, nat. born)
Qualifications
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Lack of Suffrage
States decided
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Race
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Women
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24th
Poll tax
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Original Liberties
Ex Post Facto law - States cant make laws against liberties in const.
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U.S. Constitution Amending
\-2/3 Congress & 3/4 State leg
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U.S. Constitution Amending
\-2/3 Congress & Convention with 3/4 state leg
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U.S. Constitution Amending
\-Convention with 2/3 Congress & 3/4 state leg
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U.S. Constitution Amending
\-Convention with 2/3 congress & convention with 3/4 state leg
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1st
\-Freedom of speech, press & assembly, establish and expression clause
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2nd
Right to Bear arms
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3rd
Housing of soldiers
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4th
Search and Seizure
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5th
Miranda rights, grand jury, self-incrimination, eminent domain, and double jeopardy
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6th
Right to a lawyer, speedy trail
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7th
20 dollars, jury of peers
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9th
There are other rights
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10th
Powers of gov only what’s in the const.
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U.S. Constitution Branches (Undemocratic)
Senate, executive, jucial
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Undemocratic
Slavery, senate rep, suffrage, judicial, electoral college,
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Constitution Similar
Strong fed (6)

Strong bicameral leg (3)

Unequal rep in upper house (4)

Judicial Review (2)

Electoral System (2)

2 Party (3)

Electoral College (0)