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| Dates of Texas Constitutions |
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| 1836, 1845, 1861, 1866, 1869, 1876 |
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| Growth, diversity, less education, unemployment, welfare, crime, races, competition, deficit, higher taxes |
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| 22.5 Million 49% anglo, 35% Hispanic, 12% AA 4% Asian |
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| The set of ideas or beliefs that define our government and the people of Texas |
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| Individualism, Liberty, Equality, Constitutionalism, Democracy |
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| Spanish-Nacogdoches institutions |
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Mission- (Alamo)
Rancho-sustains civilian life
Presidio-Military
Settlements |
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| African American Timeline |
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12% Pop 1836
20% By 1940
Growth Continued from 36-65
Emancipation Proclamation signed 1863 June 10
June 19th 1865 Texas Accepted EP ruling. June 19th celebration |
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| Elements of the seven laws |
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Ended Republican form of Government
States turned to Departments
Replaced all elected people with appointments
Moved troops to Texas
Imposed Catholicism on settlers
Opposed slavery
Did not respect any sort of representation in government |
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| Republic of Texas Constitution |
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March 2nd 1836
59 delgates Washington OTB
Written in 14 days
Copied U.S. constitution
Bicameral legislature
recognized slavery
President appoints officials |
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| Presidents of the Republic of Texas |
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| Limits the power of legislature |
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| Governor in 1869, takes power and appoints his own people and made large amount of centralized government |
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| How many times was the constitution amended |
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| Both chambers support a bill |
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| Only one chamber supports a bill |
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| Proposes an amendment to the Texas Constitution, or ratifies an amendment to the U.S. Constitution |
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| Minimum amount of people needed to proceed on an issue |
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| Criticisms of the 1876 Constitution |
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Executive branch split powers
Constitution has 90,00 words
Legislature was made part time job
Judges were elected by partisan |
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| reasons for 1974 convention failure |
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The legislature was the convention
Discontent over Texas being a right-to-work state
Cockroaches obstructed legislation
Partisanship and Ideology |
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| Those that identify themselves and volunteer their resources and time for a political party |
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Democratic- 1848
Republican - 1867 |
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| Types of Elections in Texas |
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Primary
General Election
Special Election
Local Elections |
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| Agrarian, oil and gas, ethnic, social and cultural |
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| Functions of the Legislature |
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Represent the people
legislate, budget, tax
constituent case work
oversee the bureaucracy
Consider constitutional amendments
Confirm governor appointees
Redistricting |
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| House of Representatives Requirements |
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Minimum age 21
Live in Texas: 2 years
Live in District: 1 year
Meets for 140 days- odd years
2 year term limit
Amendments- 2/3 vote
Override Veto- 2/3 vote
Impeachment- Evidence and Trial
150 members |
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Decides what bills come to the floor
Recognizes people for debate
Interprets rules for debate
Participates and Votes
Assigns bills to committees
Assigns committee chairs |
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Speaker of the House in Texas in 2009
Was attempted to be removed from office for being too moderate by the Tea Party |
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Min Age- 26
Live in Texas- 5 years
Live in District 1 year
4 year term limit
Amendments 2/3 vote
Override Veto 2/3 vote
Impeachment- Conviction
31 members (Including LG) |
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Similar to the Speaker
Currently David Derhurst
As an executive branch,acting governor in governor's absence, submits a budget to the budget board. |
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House- Evidence
Senate- Conviction
Impeached Governor: Jim Ferguson
Gave way to Ma Ferguson to preside 2 years later |
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5 members of House
5 Senators
both appointed by respective leaders to discuss legislation and amend |
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| 15 member body that sets some education policy for the state and has limited authority to oversee the Texas Education Agency and local school districts |
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| in charge of elections, voter registration, records of financial details, highest officer appointed by the governor. |
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| Collects taxes, predicts future revenur, elected every 4 years. |
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| Chief lawyer for the state, elected every four years |
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Manages and leases state resources; land.
elected for office. |
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| Structure of the judicial courts |
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| Lowest to highest: municipal courts and justice of the peace courts, county courts, district courts, court of appeals, courts of last resort. |
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| if any sort of illegal evidence is in plain view, than a warrant is not required. |
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| any evidence obtained illegally, through illegal search is illegal and should be excluded from the evidence |
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| The principle that anything that becomes a good for th3e public could be abused, while that which is private and owned by a single person is valued and taken care of. |
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| formal document written for prosecution attorney charging of an offense. It is a state to be arrested, but not ruled guilty. |
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| enough evidence to search or arrest. A crime is about to be committed or has just been committed |
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| document that states what charges are being given and why the accused is in court. |
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| pre-trial processes. Venue changes, agreed evidence and witnesses, and other are decided here. |
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| Requesting that all judges hear a case |
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| A trial that occurs when an appeals court decides that a new trial must be had under different circumstances |
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| Municipal court jurisdiction & qualifications |
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| Traffic misdemeanors, Class C misdemeanors, public intoxication. Appointed, and legislature of area chooses qualifications |
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| Justice of the peace jurisdiction and qualification |
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| Minor Crimes and Civil suits. Be a registered voter |
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| District Courts jurisdiction and qualifications |
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| Divorce, Land titles, contested election, juvenile cases ALL FELONY CASES. Trial is on record. Must reside in district or 2 years, be a licensed attorney, OR serve as judge for four years |
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| A venire, or jury pool is created, questions are asked of the potential jurors from both sides for assuring a lack of bias. The process is called voir dire. Judge must agree with the selection of jury members. |
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| Court of Appeals jurisdiction and qualification. |
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Correct errors from the lower court
14 courts, 80 judges, 3 judges to a case. |
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| Court of Criminal Appeals jurisdiction |
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| Adult criminal (death row) cases. |
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| Supreme Court jurisdiction |
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| Juvenile criminal cases and civil cases. |
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| Qualifications for appelate and court of last resort judges |
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| practice law for 10 years, resident of district for 2, 35 years old, 6 year term. |
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| elected commission of 3 people who regulate oil and gas production in Texas. Six year terms (staggered) |
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| Elected official in charge of regulating and promoting agriculture. Regulates through assuring quality, and promotes by giving "made in Texas" labels. |
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| Public Utility Commission |
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| Three member, appointed and paid by the governor commission to regulate utilities in Texas. Staggered, six year terms. |
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| Texas Commission in Environmental Quality (TECQ) |
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| Governor appointed, full time, 3 member commission, administering state environmental programs. |
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| A 3 member body led by a single person (the IC) appointed by the governor who runs the Department of Insurance. |
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| Executive Commissioner of health and human services |
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| appointed by the governor, confirmed by Senate. Responsible for centralizing and administrating the services of the health and human service agencies. |
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| agencies that have been making policy in the interests of their constituents. |
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| a law that sets a date for a program or regulation to expire unless authorized by the legislature. |
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| County Courts, jurisdiction and qualifications. |
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| Two kinds: Constitutional County Court, and County Court at law. The first for civil matters, the second for procedural matters. Must be well versed in law. |
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| two ways to amend the constitution |
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| comprehensive and piece meal |
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| Three elements of the 1836 Constitution |
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| 1. No imprisonment for owing someone money. 2. Separation of power. 3. Could serve as president of VP for only 2 years. |
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| Why do we have a statutory government? |
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| It created the structure & power of government in detail. |
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| a subunit of the legislature appointed to work on a designated subject |
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| Mexican constitution date |
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| Santa Anna becomes president in... |
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| The constitution was suspended in.. |
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| Legislature, Executive, Judicial |
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| deals with the amending process |
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| House of reps- if you are in the military and are leaving for duty, you pick someone to fill in the spot you left. Usually a spouse. |
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| Number of committees in the HOR and Senate |
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| 30 years of age, 5 years in Texas, 4 year terms, has constitutional veto power. |
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| In the U.S. senate how many representatives do we have in WDC |
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| 2, John Cornyn and Kay Baily Hutchinson |
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| Texas Legislative Budget Board |
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| Develop a budget and policy recommendations for legislative appropriations - 10 members |
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| chance that a crime has or is about to be committed |
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6th amendment
Stole $5 and beer
Did not have a lawyer for he was too poor. |
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| New trial because the previous one was not on record due to the appeals court |
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| Defense and prosecution teams question potential jurors |
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| enough evidence to indict |
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| Ability to decide a case based on hearing a testimony and viewing evidence rather than on appeal |
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| Est. 1931 85 people reside there. |
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| What is a county government |
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| Administrative arm of the state |
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| Legislative branch of the county |
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| Functions of County Government |
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| Build Roads, protect public safety, maintain jails, hold elections, collect taxes |
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| Cities with less than 5000 residents are governed by state law |
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| Allows cities to have the authority to govern themselves |
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| Lobbying group for medium to large cities to get state laws changed |
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| Strong Mayoral, Weak Mayoral, Council Manager, Commission |
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| Mayor can hire or fire officials |
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| Mayor has some power- Council members and mayor have to agree |
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| Runs the city- council answers to council manager |
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