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Why is the Constitution important to the people of the US

The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States. It is the foundation and source of the legal authority underlying the existence of the United States of America and the Federal Government of the United States. It provides the framework for the organization of the United States Government and for the relationship of the Federal government to the States, to citizens, and to all people within the United States.

What was the purpose of the 27th amendment

It means that the salaries of congress will not change until the next term in office.


The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads:

No law, varying the compensation for the services of Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.

How does the judicial branch check the power of the congress

Can declare laws unconstitutional

Which branch has the president as the leader

The executive branch.

Amendment XI to the US Constitution in in students words

historically, what was going on with amendment eleventh?

Which Constitutional amendment extended to the states the restriction that a state cannot deny an individual his constitutional rights

Fourteenth Amendment

What amendment was ratified on December 6 1865

the thirteenth amendment

Who was the Stuart king forced to sign the Petition of Right by Parliament

Charles Stewart

Which section of the constitution defines the power and role of congress

Article one

Does autocracy have all the power

no

What is the definition of graduated income tax

The higher your income, the higher percentage you pay.

Who is prime minister in Nottingham city

No one is, there is no prime minister of Nottingham forest, but the prime minister of England is the prime minister of Nottingham

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