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20 Cards in this Set
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A system of government in which power is divided between a general government and associated regional governments is a(n)
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federal system
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The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
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reserves to the states or to the people those powers not delegated to the federal government
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Under the national supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution
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federal laws and treaties enacted under the U.S. Constitution take precedence over state constitutions and laws
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Article I, Section 8, Paragraph 18 of the U.S. Constitution contains a statement, which has been used by Congress and the courts to expand the sphere of federal authority. It is known as the
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implied powers clause
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Which situation would be covered by the full faith and credit clause of the U.S. Constitution?
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Texas recognizing a Louisiana marriage
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A person commits an armed robbery in El Paso and then flees to Las Cruces, New Mexico. How would he be returned to Texas to face trial?
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The Texas governor would request the New Mexico governor to return the fugitive, to which the New Mexico governor would agree. El Paso and Las Cruces authorities would then arrange a mutually satisfactory transfer.
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With the 2000 federal Census, Texas elects how many members to the U.S. House of Representatives?
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32
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The number of amendments to the Texas constitution between 1876 and 2002 is
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410
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The Texas constitution is lengthy and detailed primarily because
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too much policy is spelled out in the constitution
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The 1845 Texas constitution provided for all of the following except
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abolition of chattel slavery
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The 1869 Texas constitution is best characterized by which statement?
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It centralized power
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Initiative and referendum
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was not a major issue in the 78th Legislature
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The issue which de-railed the 1974 Constitutional Convention was
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right-to-work provisions
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"Right-to-work" means
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prohibition of any labor contract requiring all employees of a company to be a member of a labor union—union shop.
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Examples of "piecemeal revision" of the Texas constitution since 1974 include
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sunset review, county-wide property tax appraisal, and extending criminal jurisdiction to the Courts of Appeals
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The principal means by which constitutional change has occurred in Texas since 1876 is
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constitutional amendment
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The process for amending the Texas constitution is proposal by
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two-thirds of the membership of each house of Legislature and ratification by a simple majority of voters casting ballots on the amendment
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The Texas Bill of Rights
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contains a provision guaranteeing equal rights to women—something not found in the federal Constitution
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Separation of powers
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places the lawmaking, law-enforcing, and law-interpreting powers in distinct departments of government
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In the American federal system, local governments are
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creatures of the states
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