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35 Cards in this Set
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Succession
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1.Vice President
2.Speaker of The House 3.Presidents Pro Term 4.Sect of State Defense |
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Senate. How many People? The requirements? The length of their term? How many terms can they serve?
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100 People, 30 years of age--US resident for 9 years- -legal resident of the state your running for, term 6 years, as much as they like.
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House of Rep. How many People? The requirements? The length of their term? How many terms can they serve?
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435,25 years of age, U.S. resident for 7 years-be a resident for the district your running for, 2 year terms, serve as much as they want.
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How many women and minorities in the senate?
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17 women, 17 minorities
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Oldest person in the senate what is his job?
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Robert Byrd, his job is the President Pro-term.
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Majority Leader For the Senate
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Harry Reid
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Majority Leader for the House
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Stenny
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Minority Leader for the senate
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Mitch McConnell
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Filibuster
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Endless discussion to attempt to delay or derail a piece of legislation a filibuster can only be stopped by a Clyburn, with 3/5=60 votes to stop it.
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Texas Senate
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31 members, must be atleast 26 years old, must be a U.S. citizen, must a registered voter, lived in Texas for 5 years, lived in the district for 1 year,4 year terms, unlimeted terms
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Texas House
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150 members, must be atleast 21 years old, must be a U.S. Citizen, registered voter, lived in the state for 2 years, lived in the district for 1 year, 2 year terms and as many as they like.
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Qualifications of a President
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Over 35 years old, natural born U.S. citizen, U.S. resident for 14 years prior to running for office.
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Term of a President
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4 year terms by 22 amendment
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Presidents Base salary
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400,000 not taxed
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How many years can a president serve
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a president can serve a total of 10 years according to the 25 amendment and the order of succession.
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Presidents who were impeached
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Presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton
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Body of the presidency
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VP, First Lady, Cabinet, executive office of the president, office of management budget, white house staff, press secretary, speech writers.
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Powers of A President-National Security
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Command in Chief,war power treaty-sent troops for 90 days. Sign treaties sign an executive agreements.
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Powers of A President-Legislation
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Veto, sign legislation, introduce legislation, call congress into session, Line-item:not given permission to do this, president would get a bill, look at it, and change legislation in order to approve it.
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Powers of A President-Executive
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president gives permission to tohers cops, to enforce law,. President has the power to interpret laws and enforce laws. President can make appointment, nominating people for office.
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President judicial powers
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a lot of the presidents appointments are judges, power of pardon.
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Presidential informal powers
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the president is the leader of the party and the speake. President sets up domestic and foreign agendas. Office of mngement of budget is set up by the president.
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Texas Governor
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Must be 30 years old. must be a Texas resident for 5 years, must be a U.S. citizen, 4 year terms and serve as many as they like. The power to forgive people-clemency. Commutation: reduction in sentence or fines.
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Treasury
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Tim Geithne, responsible of alchohol, tobacco, and fire arms. Economic security council. When our government passes something like the stimulus plan the secretary is responsible for distributing the money, management of funds. Responsible for the printing of money, collects taxes.
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Secretary of the State
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Hilary Clinton, responsible of foreign affairs. Speak for the president, and be the voice. Main job Diplomatic foreign relation. All U.S. embassies areound the world managed by the state departments. They house the seal of the united states. If the president resigns he has to give his official resignation to the state department.
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Defense
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Robert Gates, Manages all the military branches. The are housed in the pentagon. Defense provides protection over seas.
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Independent Agencies
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they are government agencies that provide some type of service for the government. Ex. Nasa, EPA,CIA, MUSEUMS IN WASHINGTON DC.
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Regulatory agencies
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agencies that provide regulation for the government. EX: FCC, SEC,FDA,OSHA.
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Government Corporation
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a business that is owned and ran by the government, USPS,Amtrak-train.
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Criminal
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broken the law; murdering theft, speeding ticket
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Civil
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breaking the issue of contract
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Constitutional
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reviewing the constitution questioning some laws on how the constitution is written
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Appellate
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appeals court. Taking a case a level up. (higher court)
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En Banc
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"in all" when all judges in a district choose to hear a case together.
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Stare decisis
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"let the decision stand" someone appeals their case and makes a decision, and agree with what the lower court said.
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