Voters Should Pass A Minimal Civics Test
By Doug Patton
August 11, 2008
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1) Executive, Legislative, Judicial; 2) George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney; 3) Since January 20, 2001; 4) Two four-year terms (or no more than ten years if serving the remainder of a previous term); 5) 435; 6) By popular vote within their state congressional district; 7) Two years; 8) No limit; 9) Nancy Pelosi; 10) Democrat; 11) 100 [two from each state]; 12) By statewide popular vote within their state; 13) Six years; 14) No limit; 15) Harry Reid; 16) Democrat; 17) Nine; 18) the nine [in no particular order] are: John Roberts, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, David Souter, Antonin Scalia, Steven Breyer, Clarence Thomas, John Paul Stevens, Samuel Alito and Anthony Kennedy; 19) Nominated by the president, approved by a simple majority of the U.S. Senate; 20) Life; 21) Each state receives one electoral vote for each member of its congressional delegation; 22) 270; 23) By a vote of the U.S. House of Representatives; 24) By a vote of the U.S. Senate; 25) a presidential decree requiring no congressional approval; 26) By a vote of two-thirds of the congress and three-fourths of the state legislatures or through a constitutional convention; 27) One
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Doug Patton is a freelance columnist who has served as a political speechwriter and public policy advisor. His weekly columns are published in newspapers across the country and on selected Internet web sites, including Human Events Online, TheConservativeVoice.com and GOPUSA.com, where he is a senior writer and state editor. Readers may e-mail him at dougpatton@cox.net.
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