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| Redrawing voting district lines |
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99 House members
33Senators |
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| 5 members that decide the voting districts |
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Gov't ruled by the public;
Greater good of everyone |
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Legislative - make laws
Executive - enforces laws
Judicial - interpret laws |
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| The Articles of Confederation were weak and caused problems |
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Articles of Confederation
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| The first written Constitution |
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| A meeting held to discuss the AOC and how to solve the problems |
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| Constitutional Convention |
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1. Virgina Plan - Large states
New Jersey Plan - Smaller states
2. Free & Slave States - 3/5 Compromise
3. Electoral College - Each state gets
one vote |
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House of Represenatives
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Qualification Clause
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| 25 yrs old; citizen in past 7 yrs |
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| A compromise between Northern & Southern states where 3/5 of slaves population was represented |
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| The party with a majority of seats in the house is known as the majority p. |
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| A formal process in which an official is accused of unlawful activity |
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Qualifications Clause
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| 30 yrs old; citizen in past 9 yrs |
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President pro tempore
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| 2nd highest ranking official of the State Senate |
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| Something given or received for services |
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| clause in the U.S Constitution that states members of both houses of Congress shall hear all cases except treason and felony |
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1. Member of Congress introduces a bill
2. Committees review and vote on the bill
3. Senate and house debate and vote on the bill
4. President signs the bill or not |
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| Article 1 of the U.S Constitution describes the powers of Congress; the Federal Gov't |
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| A constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body; a veto over appointments to key posts |
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| An indirect veto of a legislative bill by retaining the bill unsigned until after the legislative session |
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| Article 1 of the U.S Const. describes the legislative branch of the Federal gov't |
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| An enumerated power listed in the U.S Const. Article 1 Sec. 8 |
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| Any court whose decisions can be appealed to a higher court |
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| A formal performative speech act or signing of a document by an authorized party of a gov't |
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| Also known as the Elastic Clause |
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| An agreement during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 protecting the interest of slaveholders by forbidding congress the power to tax the export of goods from any state and for 20 yrs |
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| This ensures that a prisoner can be released from unlawful detention in other words detention lacking sufficient cause or evidence |
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| is an act of a legislative declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime and punishing them without benefit of a judicial trail |
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| in Latin term means; from after the action or after the fact; also called a retroactive |
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