Amending the Constitution requires a proposal by a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress or by a national convention, followed by ratification by three-fourths of the state legislatures or state conventions. ... The president may veto a bill, but a veto can be overridden by a two-thirds vote of both houses. ... They serve six-year terms, which are arranged so that one-third of the Senate is elected every two years. ... Treaties negotiated by the president with other governments must be ratified by a two-thirds vote of the Senate. ... The prime minister chooses the cabinet from MPs in ...

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There these individuals set out to establish an alternative to the two fixed parties, called the Libertarian party--champion of freedom and personal liberty. Nearly thirty years after its inception in a nation ruled by a praetorian two party system that Libertarian Party has become "America's third largest and fastest growing party." (12:3) What does this say about Americans? ... This proves good news to the Libertarian Party that has seen an astonishing growth of 165% in the past four years (16:1) from 9, 512 members in March of 1994 to a record 25,000 in 1998. The Libertarian pa...

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A petit jury will hear evidence and decide the guilt or innocence of a party. ... A very small percentage of these cases, where parties believe mistakes in the law were made, move onto the U.S. ... Original jurisdiction cases involve ambassadors, diplomat, and matters in which a state is a party. ...

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The general method required the consent of the Senate and House of Commons and of the legislatures of two-thirds of the provinces, provided those comprised fifty percent of the population of Canada (Cairns 1991). ... A third section listing other specialized matters existed as well, but these matters required only the general amending method (Cairns 1991). ... Thirdly, the Accord presented the right to have Supreme Court justices appointed from the names on lists created by the province (Cairns 1988). ...

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In the months leading up to the recent 2012 presidential election, there was an issue that was all over the news because of the impact that it would have at the polls. That issue was Voter ID laws--laws that are put in place by states which would require voters to show some type of identification before being allowed to cast their votes. The debate about whether or not these laws should be put in place became a heated one in this year's election. It created an uproar among U.S. citizens; some insisted that the laws were necessary to protect the integrity of the vote, while some felt that ...

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Woman suffrage is the right of women to vote. Today, women in nearly all countries have the same voting rights as men. But they did not begin to gain such rights until the early 1900's, and they had to overcome strong opposition to get them. Reading Jailed for Freedom has been like peeking into a window of history while this struggle raged. Doris Stevens wrote this book in 1920, after she had been a participant in the struggle for women's rights. ...

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• Grade Level: High School