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1
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how many articles are there in the constitution?

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7

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what are the principles of the US consitution?

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  • limited governemnt
    ensuring individual freedoms werent over powered by a tyrannical governemnt
  • separation of powers
  • checks and balences
  • bipartisanship
    branches have to co-operate together to make changes
  • federalism
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why do budget proposals have to start in the house of representatives

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under 17th amendment house of. representatives have t be directly elected. therefore they will better represent people of the US when creating taxes

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what is the necessary and proper clause

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allows Congress to make laws that are needed for carrying out the constitution correctly

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what do you need a super-majority to do

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  • ratify treaties
  • impeachment
  • amending constitution
  • appointments
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what is the problem with the president having executive powers?

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can create ‘executive agreements’ which arent official like treaties but do the same thing which helps them get away with bypassing having to get a supermajority in congress

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what is the 10th amendment

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any power not specifically given to the federal government by the Constitution belongs to the States and the people.

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what is the 22nd amendment?

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presidents can only be incumbent for 2 terms (8 years)

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what is the in-eligibility clause (article 1)

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disqualifies people in congress holding office in executive or judiciary

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1st amendment?

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freedom of religion, speech, press and assmebly

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2nd amendment?

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right to bear arms

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5th amendment?

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right to due process and prohibits self-incrimination

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6th amendment?

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right to a public and speedy trial

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13th amendment

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abolition of slavery

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15th amendment

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prohibits denial to vote based on race

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16th amendment

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permits congress to levy an income tax

17
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what was the 18th amendment and what amendment changed to?

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prohibition of sale or manifacturing of alcohol ratified in the 21st

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19th amendment?

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prohibits denial of voting based on sex

19
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how are amendments proposed

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the two stage process.
congress passes amendment with super maj (or from the constiutional convention)
and is ratified at state level needed 3/4

20
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why are there so few amendments (supermajorities)

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house of representatives today has 435 members and need 278 to agree
as well as the senate having 100 members and 67 to agree

this level of concencus especially in the current political climate is near imposible as the idea of bipartisanship is slowly fading away

simialry 38/50 sates need to agree

21
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why are there so few amendments (culture)

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woodard breaks USA down into 11 cultrually differnet areas

some who favour greater state intervention and those who want more federalism means its very difficult to get state and local represetantived to pass particular ammedments

22
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how many constitutional amendments have been suggested?

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11,000

23
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what was the Connecticut compromise?

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July 1787 propsed by Sherman. congress of two chambers with one based on state population (house of reps) and one based on equal representatives (senate)

creating bicameral government

24
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example of the senate ratifying federal appointments

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Betsy Du voss- ratified as secutary of education despite very twisted and backwards views on creationalsim and guns in school

25
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example of the president using unofficial advisors ad officials instead of federally appointing them

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steve bannon appointed to the EXOP unratified yet was the 2nd most powerful man in the US under donald trump

helped and advised on the executive order that suspended immigration form 12 muslim majority countries

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example of a house of reps impeaching a president

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Bill Clinton first president in 100 years who went through a full impeachment process. He had an affair with a 25-year-old woman who worked with the FBI charge. Impeached on two grounds prudery and obstruction of justice. House of Representatives voted to impeach him

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example of the house of reps and senate being partisan and not agreeing on the impeachment of a president

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For example in the bill Clinton case the senate voted against the house of reps and voted to acquit him by 55:45 so nothing to happened to his presidency and je wasn’t impeached

28
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example of congress overriding president veto- ing laws

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Congress passed the. Justice against sponsors of terrorism act which let US nationals file lawsuits against foreign governments. Obama vetoed this and congress override it in a 97;1 vote.

29
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example of the difficulty in amending the constitution

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the ERA has been a proposal for centuries. it is still being voted on in the states and has been since 1971 and still hasn’t got a supermajority

13 states are prohibiting it become law who make up only 24% of the population TYRANNY OF THE MINORITY

30
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what presidents have been impeached

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johnson (1868) Clinton (1998) and trump (2019)

31
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how many pardons did clinton pass on his last day in office

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140

32
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example of federalism working today

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9 states have legalised it
13 states have de-criminalised it

although it remains illegal at federal level

33
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example of federalism failing today

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supreme court rullings are binding on states

obergerfell v hodges effectviley legalsied gay marriage in all states including the 13 where is had been illegal pervously

34
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gang of eight

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bipartisan group in the senate working otwards getting bills passed on immigration modernisation

35
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sexual assault in the military:

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in june 20021 bipartisanship can be seen with R and D coming togeether to create a bill comabtting SA in the military
called the military justice imporvement act

36
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longest gov shutdown ?

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2019 over funding for the wall 35 days

37
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how many americans want gun control?

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1 in 5

38
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what checks do the presdient and congress have on the supreme court?

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  • consitutoial amendmetns can overturn previous rullings of the court
  • judical appointments cna change the ideolgical balence of the court
  • judicial ratification of appointments cna allow or deny someone to be on the court ex harreid myers and marrik garland
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example of judical review on the presdient

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  • boudamine v bush

- hamdan v ramsfeild

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