Bonus Questions Flashcards
Why are the governors in Texas elected in off years?
To prevent coat tail effect: so that it doesn’t coincide with the president’s election and so it won’t influence the vote for the governor (something like that…)
Who is responsible for redistricting in Texas?
TX legislature
How does TX exec differ from US exec?
Have plural exec
Lieutenant governor is more powerful
Elected directly
Governor has no term limits
What is the conference committee’s purpose?
Whenever the senate has a bill, and the house has a different version of it, the conference joins the two versions together
Tx judiciary v. U.S judiciary
Bifurcated
Elected
(Look it up more?)
Through what clause did the court control race discrimination?
Commerce clause
Where in the amendments is the due process of clause contained?
4, 5, 6, & 8 (she said this was bullcrap but oh well)
Just remember..
Civil rights were incorporated with 14th amendment
