The Legislative Branch United States Congress bicameral legislature House of Representatives 435 members 2 year terms smaller constituencies(Congressional districts) apportionment see pg. 239 redistricting Baker v. Carr – Supreme Court decides conflicts Wesberry v. Sanders: one person‚ one vote principle roughly 700‚000 in each district gerrymandering- REDREW THE LINES TO support etiher party. Its lines to make
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American political glossary Federal constitutional republic A constitutional republic is a state where the head of state and other officials are representatives of the people (in democratic republics those representatives are elected by the people) and must govern according to existing constitutional law that limits the government’s power over citizens. The United States is a federal constitutional republic‚ in which the President of the United States (the head of state and head of government)
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this assignment‚ I needed to find out how many representatives are going to be assigned to each of the 10 states in the newly democratic nations. The first step was to add all of the state’s populations together. The total population is 532‚188. The next step was to divide each individual states population by the total population to see how many seats that each state should receive for representation. After I have a percentage‚ I give a representative for each whole number. Once I add up the whole
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21‚ 2004 AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX (R. A. NO. 7836)‚ OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "PHILIPPINE TEACHERS PROFESSIONALIZATION ACT OF 1994" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: Section 1. Section 15‚ (e) (3) of Republic Act No. 7836 is hereby amended as follows: "Sec. 15. Qualification Requirements of Applicant. – No applicant shall be admitted to take the examination unless
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"Congress: The Electoral Connection" In Congress: The Electoral Connection‚ David Mayhew looks into the activities that members of the United States Congress engage in‚ particularly those activities that are related to re-election. In his analysis‚ Mayhew identifies three basic activities that are pervasive throughout the United States Congress‚ those being advertising‚ credit claiming‚ and position taking. These three activities‚ altogether‚ are taken into high consideration by a politician that
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very few revisions. Comparing the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution is difficult because the two documents are so innately different. However‚ there are several notable similarities. In both documents‚ the United States had a representative government. States would elect a number of officials to assemble in Congress which was headed by a president. This assembly had the power to arbitrate between states. Interestingly‚ Congress was given power to conscript a navy but not an army.
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MID-TERM EXAM 1. Do you think most American believe in the ideas of Hobbes or Locke? What institutions or laws in this country back up your choice? I think most American believe in the ideas of Locke. In fact‚ the Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson back up my choice. The American vision of natural rights and individual sovereignty was written on the basis of Locke’s ideas. The main point is Locke believes that man is basically good‚ but society makes him evil. Locke therefore
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very ethical in their behavior but is constantly observed by Committee on Ethics of the United States House of Representatives (OCE). Consider the recent case of the Representative Bill Owens: On August 30‚ 2012‚ the Office of Congressional Ethics transmitted a referral to the Committee on Ethics of the United States House of Representatives regarding Representative Bill Owens. Representative Owens may have accepted payment of travel expenses for an officially connected trip to Taiwan from an impermissible
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The legislature is essential as it makes laws which are administered and interpreted by other branches of the government. The legislature is a frame of elected representatives whose primary function is to examine and make regulations thoughtfully. Legislators serve on numerous committees and subcommittees that create both national and local rules and policies. Lobbying is a form of support with the aim to influence public policy in the decision made by legislators in government (Mason‚ Gardner‚ Hopkins-Outlaw
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Power of Legislative Inquiry and investigation Section 21. The Senate or the House of Representatives or any of its respective committees may conduct inquiries in aid of legislation in accordance with its duly published rules of procedure. The rights of persons appearing in‚ or affected by‚ such inquiries shall be respected. * Congress has the power to punish for contempt a person who refuses to give testimony or information pertinent to the inquiry within its jurisdiction. * Power of inquiry
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