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| A political subdivision within the state of Louisiana.[image] |
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| Written guidelines explaining how individuals deal with each other. |
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| In the U.S. ___________ is established by the poeple, and the authority to govern comes from the people. |
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| An organization in a society with the authority to make, carry out, and enforce laws. |
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Rule by the majority; a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people. This is the type of U.S. government we have.
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| A document that explains the broad purpose of government, describe its organization, and states its powers. |
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| System of government where the national and state governments share powers. |
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| LA's government is influenced by LA's colonial founders ___________ and ___________. |
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| Spain established _____________ in LA as geographical division of the Catholic Church. |
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Common Law uses these.
It is when officials use prior decisions in similar cases to make decisions. |
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| ______________ and _____________ were new ideas for Louisianians when U.S. purchased LA in 1803. |
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U.S(states). Constitution
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Citizens of a State |
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| The State government gets its authority from the _________ and the ____________. |
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Interest of people and protect their rights
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| A constitution sets up government to act in the _________________________________. |
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| LA operates under _________. This was brought to LA during the colonial period. |
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| The U.S. uses _________, which was influenced by the British. (Commonly used now) |
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| The __________ identifies powers shared by the state and federal government, and specific state powers. |
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| The dividion of powers between the federal government and the state government is __________. |
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| LA has written ___________. Each time political power has shifted the new controlling group used the constitution to protect its ideas of government. |
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| A constitution should have broad structure for government not having specific details within it. The present LA constitution was approved by voters in ______. |
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| To refuse to approve legislation. The power is used by the executive branch (governor). |
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| The governor may use a ______. This means the governor can oppose (or refuse) specific items whithin a bill. |
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Lieutenant governor
[image] Mitch Landrieu |
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| The official in the executive branch second in command to the governor, oversees the state Departments of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism. |
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| A system wherby each branch of the government can use its power to keep other branches from misusing their power. (check on each other for fairness) |
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Governor
[image] Bobby Jindal (pronounced Gindal) |
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| The chief executive officer of the state; head of the executive branch. |
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President
[image] Barack Obama |
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| On the national level the executive branch is headed by the _________________. |
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Attorney General
[image]James Caldwell (Attorney and Caldwell both have 8 letters) |
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| The primary legal officer for the state. Defends the state when state laws are called into question. |
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