What Is Selective Incorporation?
Selective incorporation is the doctrine describing how the Bill of Rights imposes some limitations on the federal government and are also applied to states.
What Is Censure vs. Impeachment?
Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution grants the congressional bodies the authority to determine the rules of their proceedings and punish members for disobeying them. Censure and impeachment are some of the ways a house can punish its members.
The President Checklist: What It Requires to Run the Country
Anyone who has fulfilled certain requirements can run for office to be the United States President. The 4 Requirements Are: To be a natural-born US citizen. To be a minimum age of 35 years old. To have been a resident of the United States for 14 years. To have not served for 2 terms previously […]
What Is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?
The term Full Faith and Credit Clause is one that you may have seen mentioned in major Supreme Court rulings. But what is the Full Faith and Credit Clause exactly? What powers does it provide to the courts, and how does it relate to state and family law?
What Is the State of the Union?
The State of the Union is a speech given by the president of the United States that is delivered around the start of the year. The speech is given to a joint session of Congress as an analysis of the country’s current state.
What Is a Federal Government?
A federal government or federalist system of governance is a form of government in which two layers of government control the same territory (a country). It is a nation’s system for designating power amongst a central government and more localized state and city governments.