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| When and where was Missouri's first constitution written? |
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| Wha documents helped guide the delegates in writing the constitution? |
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| the Kentucky Constitution and the U.S. canstitution and bill of rights |
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| What is one of the Constitutions's basic principles and what does it mean? |
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"All political power is vested in adn derived from the people"
Means- people are in charge of the state government |
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1) gave voters the right to regulate stat gov.
2) gave voters the right to alter or abolish state constitution in part or full
3)13 articles (power of the government, power of the executive, power of the legislative, power of the judicial)
4) provided guidelines for education, banking, and a state militia |
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| Missouri's first governer |
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| Missouri admitted to the union |
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| Missouri gov. similar to other states in that |
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| it is divided into three branches |
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| Six offices of the executive |
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1) Governer
2) lieutenant Governer
3)secretary of state
4) attorney general
5) state treasurer
6) state auditor |
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| departments in executive branch |
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| when a measure is refered to the people for a vote by the general assembly |
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| when a group of people write a proposal for a law and acquire enough signuters on a petition |
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| Missouri executive different form Federal Gov. |
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| All siz officers are elected individually while in the fed. gov. the president appoints the cabinet |
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| When and how often is the govener elected |
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| By voters of the state in the presidential election year for a term of 4 years |
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| Qualification for governer |
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| 30 yrs of age citizen of the U.S. 15 years missouri resident 10 years |
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| carry out laws of the state, appoint officials and judges, authirty to fill all vacancies occuring in a state or county office |
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| Legistative powers of governer |
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| send messages to the legislative concerning his suggested budget and the legislative program, approve or veto bills and call special sessions of the general assembly |
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| Responsibilites of the lieutenant governer |
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| president of senate, back up govner |
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| keeper of the great seal of the state of missouri, and custodian of the state's records, chief elections officer, enforcer of business and investment laws, overseer of campaign practices and a ,major publisher of books and documents |
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| proper methods of accounting for all public officials, to audit state agiencies accounts |
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| prosecute or defend all appeals to wich the state is party |
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| name missouri legislature |
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| Type of houses and # of members |
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House of Reps- 163
Senate- 34 |
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| When does legislature meet |
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| first wednesday following the first monday in january each year |
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| Special about special sessions |
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| govner can call anytime along with 3/4 of the general assembly, only considers the matters for which it was called |
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| Why are half the senator elected every two years? |
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| to ensure that there will always be 17 experinced senators |
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| 30 yrs old, qualified voter of 3 yrs, resident in of district 1 yr |
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| ranking member of senate, appoints all committedd chairs, serves on all stading commitees |
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| Majority and minority floor leaders |
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| gets schedual and ordr of business (majority) manages all floor legistationt that that party is intersted in |
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| records each day's proceddings and maintains all records |
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| Missouri representive term |
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| qualification for serving in house |
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| 24 yrs old, voter in state 2 yrs, resident of district 1 yr |
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| duties of speaker of the house |
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| presiding officer in house, appoint all committee members and chairpersons, assigns new bills to house committees |
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| presides over house when speaker is absent |
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| direct the support of members of thier party for the party's programs and objectives |
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| responsibility of the judicial branch |
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| to interpret the laws of the state as passed by the legislature |
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| a vacanccey occures -> judicial commision recommends 3 names -> govner chooses 1 -> term expires dec 31 following the next regular election -> files for candacy -> is elected |
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| legal activities begin in |
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| 3- st. louis, K.C., springfiels |
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| all appeallet cases not within the juristidiction of the supreme court |
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| court of appeals judges serve |
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| cases concernig the U.S. constitution or the missouri constitution |
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| justices serve on the court |
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| Chief justice of Mo supreme court elected and serves for |
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| selected by the other justices for 2 yrs |
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