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- Protection against self-incrimination, double jeopardy. Protection of due process and right to grand jury
- Congressional pay raises will only take effect after the next election
- President and vice-president's term of office begins on January 20th and no longer in March
- Separated balloting procedures for president and vice-president (out them as a team)
- States are protected from being sued by citizens of another state
- Individuals appointed to a position in administrative positions and judges in the federal judiciary from the president...
- Of the following, which is the most powerful figure in Congress
- - powers not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution- are considered necessary for the gov to carry out its duties
- -specific powers granted to the fed government by the U.S. Consinstitution-
- - not listed in Constitution- are considered to naturally belong to the national gov. b/c it is sovereign state.
- Who created charactertics of burrecraucy
- Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) Constitutional provisions
- executive : led by the president, enforces lawslegislative: consists of the senate and the house of representatives, makes lawsjudical: led by the Supreme Court, interprets lawsthese branches check eachother through a system of checks and balances ex. legislative: Congress creating a new tax law, vetoes a law, impeachmentexecutive: the president issuing an executive order, impeachment, judical revijudical: the Supreme Court declaring a law unconstitutional, impeachment, judical review
- How many seats are in the Senate?
- - known as reserved powerpowers that can be exercised by the national gov alone
- -shared between a large nationa and similar local gov such as states. - divided between the national and state governments.
- set aside for the state of for the states according to the 10th amendment of the Constitution
- -powers granted to the fed. government by the Constitution. -powers expressed, implied, or inherent, granted to the national government by the Constitution.
- system of the U.S. gov. that makes sure no branch had too much power
- The basic principles of federalism are the Constitution provisions by which governmental powers are divided on a geographic basis ( in the US between the national gov and the state gov.