CPS USA

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  • There are 7 articles(chapters) in constitution of USA
  • Washington DC is not a state, but it is a federal district.
  • There are 50 states and Washington DC (District of Columbia)
  • States are divided into counties (48) - exemption Alaska ( borough) and Louisiana (parish)
  • A governon - executive branch
  • state legislature - congress
  • No direct democracy tools on federal level, but states can use them.
  • City Council and mayor are in DC
  • 100 members of Senate (2 from each state)
  • House of Representatives in Washington DC - MPs, no voting members
  • The head of the government and the head of the state is the same person
  • No early presidential and parliamentary elections
  • President cannot initiate a law( a legislative process)
  • Separation of power as the main constitutional rule
  • The number of amendments to constitution is 27
  • A president must be 35, 14 years residency, Born in the USA & US citizen
  • The least number from HoR is 1, the biggest 52 Washington DC - no Senate members
  • Minority presidentit - who is elected by the electos, but not by the popular vote( D. Trump or George Bush)
  • Primaries are run by the state government, while caucuses are run by the political parties ( the Democrats and Republicans)
  • Running mate - vice-president
  • Popular vote - people going to the elections and vote
  • All electors must vote for the candidate, who got the majority of the vote within the state
  • Faithless Elector  -> an elector that changed their vote
  • The congress is counting the votes of electoral college
  • The Electoral College is composed of 538 people
  • To win the candidate must have >=270 votes from electors
  • If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, The House of Representatives elects the President from the 3 Presidential candidates who received the most electoral votes
  • Senate - chooses the vice-president if no candidates received majority votes in the Electoral College
  • Swing states - every party has a chance of winning
  • 25th amendment sect. 1 ‘In case of the removal od the President from the office or his death or resignation, the Vice president shall become President
  • Powers of a Vice President: Chair of the senate, break a tie vote in the Senate, be a president, Presides over impeachment
  • President can choose Vice-President only by majority votes in Congress
  • Current order of succession: Vice-President, Speaker of HoR, President pro-tempore of Senate, Secretary of State
  • the Cabinet's role is to advise the President
  • The Cabinet includes the President,Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments
  • President might veto the bill, but the Congress ( voting separately) have to overcome the veto by 2/3
  • The president's decision not to sign the legislation is a pocket veto
  • Declaration of independence- 4th july 1776
  • First 10 amendments are called bill of rights
  • HoR represents interest of the nation, senate the states