Fourteenth Amendment- an amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1868; extends the guarantees of the Bill of Rights to the states as well as to the federal government Eighteenth Amendment- an amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1920; prohibited the...
composed of the Supreme Court and lower federal courts, exercises judicial power (or judiciary). The judiciary's function is to interpret the United States Constitution and federal laws and regulations. This includes resolving disputes between the executive and legislative branches. The fede...
•Bothfederalandstatelawsregulateelections.TheUnitedStatesConstitutiondefines(toabasicextent)howfederalelectionsareheld,inArticleOneandArticleTwoandvariousamendments.Statelawregulatesmostaspectsofelectorallaw,includingprimaries,theeligibilityofvoters(beyondthebasicconstitutionaldefinition),therunningofeachstate'selectoral...
ConstitutionJames MadisonConfederationPlease note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The United States Constitutional Convention (also known as the Philadelphia Convention, the Federal Convention, or the Grand Convention at ...
Both have mutual and shared sovereignty Both have mutual and shared sovereignty The Federal or National Government is Supreme The Federal or National Government is Supreme States are subordinate States are subordinate Federalism State Powers: States have internal control. States have internal control. ...
The United States is a federal republic with a presidential system. The political system of the United States is characterized by the separation of powers. The three branches of government—executive, legislative, and judicial—each have distinct powers and responsibilities. The president is the head...
States that did not ratify the Constitution would not be considered a part of the Union and would be separate countries.Passage of the Constitution by the states was by no means certain in 1787. Indeed, many people at that time opposed the creation of a federal, or national, government ...
States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of ...
“First Branch” of the federal government. The Constitution assigned to Congress responsibility for organizing the executive and judicial branches, raising revenue, declaring war, and making all laws necessary for executing these powers. The president is permitted to veto specific legislative acts, but...
All powers that are not given to the federal government by the constitution are the responsibility of the individual states. The federal government has three branches - the executive, the legislative, and the judicial. The legislative branch makes the laws, executive branch carries out the laws, ...