The Land of Fair Play: American Civics from a Christian PerspectiveChristian Liberty Press, 2007 - 180 halaman |
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... England ( 1509-1547 ) governed in this way . Today , despots are more likely to be premiers , presidents , or generals than kings . President Saddam Hussein of Iraq is a good example of a modern despot . We usually call such despots ...
... England ( 1509-1547 ) governed in this way . Today , despots are more likely to be premiers , presidents , or generals than kings . President Saddam Hussein of Iraq is a good example of a modern despot . We usually call such despots ...
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... England , America , and Germany - A typical aristocracy was England at the time of the American Revolution . George III was not a despot , because the nobility and upper classes of the country shared the power of governing with him ...
... England , America , and Germany - A typical aristocracy was England at the time of the American Revolution . George III was not a despot , because the nobility and upper classes of the country shared the power of governing with him ...
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... England town . But in America , we have joined together under the Constitution which clearly states the people rule through elected representatives . Therefore , the United States of America is not a " pure democracy , " but rather a ...
... England town . But in America , we have joined together under the Constitution which clearly states the people rule through elected representatives . Therefore , the United States of America is not a " pure democracy , " but rather a ...
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... England , when Henry VII founded a special court that sat in secret , tortured prisoners , and condemned them without a hearing . It is said to have sat in a room with gold stars on the ceiling and thus was named the Star Chamber . It ...
... England , when Henry VII founded a special court that sat in secret , tortured prisoners , and condemned them without a hearing . It is said to have sat in a room with gold stars on the ceiling and thus was named the Star Chamber . It ...
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... England against tyranny . Our Revolution freed the colonies from unjust rule by an English king and gave them the chance to develop as a great , free nation . But the foundations of personal liberty had already been laid in England ...
... England against tyranny . Our Revolution freed the colonies from unjust rule by an English king and gave them the chance to develop as a great , free nation . But the foundations of personal liberty had already been laid in England ...
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Halaman 147 - ... or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.
Halaman 122 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!
Halaman 133 - Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or Duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person. 2 The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it. 3 No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed. 4 No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Halaman ii - These are the times that try men's souls : The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it Now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Halaman 138 - 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...
Halaman 147 - 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...
Halaman 147 - Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.
Halaman 137 - SECTION 3. 1. 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 States or parts of States without the consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned, as well as of the Congress.
Halaman 131 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Halaman 147 - Section 1. In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President. Section 2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.