Constitution
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| Qualifications to be REPRESENTATIVE | show 🗑
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| show | at least once a year
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| When can Congress call out a state's militia? | show 🗑
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| show | 2 years
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| When is the only time the Vice-President can vote in the Senate? | show 🗑
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| show | members chosen every second year by the people of several states
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| show | population
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| What is the minimum # of Reps. any state can have? | show 🗑
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| How many terms may an individual serve in the HOR? | show 🗑
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| What types of Commerce can be controlled by Congress? | show 🗑
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| show | House of Representatives
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| How long is a Senator's term? | show 🗑
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| show | at least 30 years old, citizen of US for 9 years, resident of state where they are elected
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| show | vice-president
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| show | elected directly by the voters of the state during regular election
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| show | 2/3 majority must vote in order to make it a law
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| show | none
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| show | 100%
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| What restriction does the Constitution place on it's tax law? | show 🗑
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| When a president vetoes a bill what happens to it? | show 🗑
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| How does the US declare war on another country? | show 🗑
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| How many senators have to vote in the affirmative before an individual is guilty and impeached? | show 🗑
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| show | 1/3 (about 33%)
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| What restrictions exist for congressmen when debating on the house floor? | show 🗑
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| Where does the impreachment process start? | show 🗑
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| When someone is elected to Congress what other gov. job can he hold? | show 🗑
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| When can the right of Habeas Corpus be suspended? | show 🗑
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| When can money be taken out of the US treasury? | show 🗑
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| What geographic area within the US does Congress directly control? | show 🗑
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| What tax can Congress pass on goods that are made in the US then sold in Europe? | show 🗑
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| How is a member expelled from Congress? | show 🗑
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| Under what conditions can a state keep troops within its borders? | show 🗑
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| show | anytime
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| show | natural born citizen, at leasr 35 years old, been a US resident for 14 years
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| show | 4 years
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| How many terms can the president serve? | show 🗑
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| show | no senator, or representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the US
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| show | 50% plus 1 vote
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| show | chosen for the same terms as the President
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| show | House of Reps should choose by ballot
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| The President can negotiate a treaty, but who must approve it? | show 🗑
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| What military organizations does the president command? | show 🗑
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| show | in a federal case
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| show | ambassadors, supreme court justices, and other government officials
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| When can a president be impeached? | show 🗑
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| show | trial by jury in a federal court
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| What is the limit placed on the punishment of someone convicted of treason? | show 🗑
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| show | giving aid to nation's enemies, or making war against the US
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| Which court or courts are specifically mentioned in the consitution? | show 🗑
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| What political body has the right to create and destroy courts that are not listed in the constitution? | show 🗑
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| The supreme court has what 2 types of juristiction? | show 🗑
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| Where must all original trials take place? | show 🗑
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| What are the qualifications for being a federal judge? | show 🗑
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| What restricitons can the states place on a citizen's federal rights? | show 🗑
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| If a criminal flees one state and is caught in another, what is the procedure to return her to the original state? | show 🗑
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| What procedure would Key West follow if it wanted to become the 51st state? | show 🗑
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| What federal agency controls all territories owned by the US? | show 🗑
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| show | republican
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| Who will pay any and all debts of the US incurred prior to the ratification of the constitution? | show 🗑
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| show | legislative, judicial, and executive
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| What test do public officials in the US not have to take? | show 🗑
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| show | 9
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| show | Yes, they must be "necessary and proper"- elestic clause
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| show | if two houses don't agree for that purpose
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