U. S. Government Structure: A Federal Immigration and Naturalization TextDIANE Publishing, 1996 - 111 էջ Designed especially for persons seeking to become citizens of the U.S. The texts may be used to help in the preparation for the naturalization examination. Individual freedom is stressed throughout the text. Covers: the Constitution (principles, rights, separation of powers, structure); the federal government (executive, legislative and judicial branches); state and local governments (authority, structure, responsibilities). Complete text of the Constitution. Definitions and review questions at the end of each section. Photos. |
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... sections : the document and the amendments . The Document This part of the Constitution never has been changed . It lists the reasons why the Constitution was written and sets up the structure or system of government . Its different ...
... sections : the document and the amendments . The Document This part of the Constitution never has been changed . It lists the reasons why the Constitution was written and sets up the structure or system of government . Its different ...
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... sections . These sections are the : • preamble ; bill or declaration of rights ; outline of the structure of the ... section : sets up the three separate branches : the executive , judicial and legislative ; and , • methods of change ...
... sections . These sections are the : • preamble ; bill or declaration of rights ; outline of the structure of the ... section : sets up the three separate branches : the executive , judicial and legislative ; and , • methods of change ...
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... sections in the constitution of a state government and its purpose . 7. What are some possible differences between the U.S. Con- stitution and state constitutions ? 8. What is one type of direct democracy sometimes offered by state ...
... sections in the constitution of a state government and its purpose . 7. What are some possible differences between the U.S. Con- stitution and state constitutions ? 8. What is one type of direct democracy sometimes offered by state ...
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... SECTION 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States , which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives . SECTION 2. The House of Representatives shall be com- posed of members ...
... SECTION 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States , which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives . SECTION 2. The House of Representatives shall be com- posed of members ...
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... SECTION 3. The Senate of the United States shall be com- posed of two Senators from each State , chosen by the legisla- ture thereof , for six years and each Senator shall have one vote . Immediately after they shall be assembled in ...
... SECTION 3. The Senate of the United States shall be com- posed of two Senators from each State , chosen by the legisla- ture thereof , for six years and each Senator shall have one vote . Immediately after they shall be assembled in ...
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Էջ 79 - To establish post offices and post roads; To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries; To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court; To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and...
Էջ 92 - Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States.
Էջ 94 - SECTION 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. SECTION 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
Էջ 86 - The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the Territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of Government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive...
Էջ 98 - President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President. Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office...
Էջ 85 - No person held to service or labour in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labour, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labour may be due. Section 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more...
Էջ 78 - All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives ; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.
Էջ 95 - January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.
Էջ 82 - No person except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Էջ 77 - The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall, by law, appoint a different day.