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Requirements to be PRESIDENT
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35 yrs. old US citizen, lived in US for 14 years
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Requirements to be SENATOR
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30 yrs. old, citizen for 9 yrs.
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Requirements to be REPRESENTATIVE
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25 yrs. old, citizen for 7 years.
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How many members...?
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Senate:100
House: 435 |
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House Speaker
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Nancy Peloski
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President pro-tempore
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Robert Byrd
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IL Senators
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Rowland BURRIS
Richard DURBIN |
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MAJORITY leader:
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Harry REID
(D) DURBIN |
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MINORITY leader:
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Mitch McConnell
(R) KYL |
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what CAN'T CONGRESS do?
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make WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS,
pass EX-POST FACTO laws, make BILL OF ATTAINDERS |
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what's a BILL OF ATTAINDER?
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guilty w/o trial.
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what's WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS?
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release from imprisonment
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what's FILLIBUSTER?
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method to keep bill from being discussed/passed by sidetracking
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what's CENSURE?
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punishment given by form of power
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IMPEACHMENT:
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purpose: checks+balances
process: HOUSE starts; SENATE tries (2/3) |
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CONGRESS' powers:
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collecting taxes
regulate trade military control rules for citizenship |
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who's sec. of STATE?
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HILARY CLINTON
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who's sec. of INTERIOR?
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Kenneth Salazar
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who's sec. of TREASURY?
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Timothy Geithner
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who's sec. of DEFENSE?
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Robert GATES
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what's the faith+credit clause?
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states pledging to respect other states' laws
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process of amending the constitution:
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2/3 CONGRESS (both houses), 3/4 approval from STATES
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CONN. COMPROMISE:
aka GREAT COMPROMISE aka SHERMAN's COMPROMISE |
Senate=100 members
House=rep. of pop. |
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who's CHIEF JUSTICE?
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john g. ROBERTS
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