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- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Political_Science_and_Civics/America_-_The_User's_Manual_3e_(Kantack)/00%3A_Front_Matter
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Political_Science_and_Civics/America_-_The_User's_Manual_3e_(Kantack)/00%3A_Front_Matter/02%3A_InfoPageThe LibreTexts libraries are Powered by NICE CXOne and are supported by the Department of Education Open Textbook Pilot Project, the UC Davis Office of the Provost, the UC Davis Library, the Californi...The LibreTexts libraries are Powered by NICE CXOne and are supported by the Department of Education Open Textbook Pilot Project, the UC Davis Office of the Provost, the UC Davis Library, the California State University Affordable Learning Solutions Program, and Merlot.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Political_Science_and_Civics/America_-_The_User's_Manual_3e_(Kantack)/01%3A_Chapters/1.04%3A_FederalismThe Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery nationwide, the Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed equal protection of the law for citizens in all states, the Fifteenth Amendment extended the right to vote to...The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery nationwide, the Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed equal protection of the law for citizens in all states, the Fifteenth Amendment extended the right to vote to citizens of all races, the Sixteenth Amendment granted Congress the authority to impose a national income tax, and the Seventeenth Amendment removed the power to elect U.S.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Political_Science_and_Civics/America_-_The_User's_Manual_3e_(Kantack)/01%3A_Chapters/1.14%3A_The_CourtsOnce a writ of certiorari is issued for a case, the Supreme Court schedules oral arguments, during which lawyers representing the petitioner (the side which submitted the petition) and the respondent ...Once a writ of certiorari is issued for a case, the Supreme Court schedules oral arguments, during which lawyers representing the petitioner (the side which submitted the petition) and the respondent (the other side) present the facts of the case as they see them and attempt to persuade the justices.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Political_Science_and_Civics/America_-_The_User's_Manual_3e_(Kantack)/02%3A_Appendices/2.02%3A_Appendix_B_-_U.S._ConstitutionThe Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall ...The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they sh…
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Political_Science_and_Civics/America_-_The_User's_Manual_3e_(Kantack)/01%3A_Chapters/1.15%3A_MediaThe soldier in a war zone knows the outcome of the battle from having personally fought it; the congressional intern hears the roll call of votes leading up to the passage of a major bill; the victim ...The soldier in a war zone knows the outcome of the battle from having personally fought it; the congressional intern hears the roll call of votes leading up to the passage of a major bill; the victim of a tornado emerges from a basement to find what was once a house reduced to rubble.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Political_Science_and_Civics/America_-_The_User's_Manual_3e_(Kantack)/00%3A_Front_Matter/05%3A_DedicationTo Sergio, who needs no user's manual to be an American.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Political_Science_and_Civics/America_-_The_User's_Manual_3e_(Kantack)/01%3A_Chapters/1.02%3A_PoliticsThe core principle of American government is democracy, a word which comes from the Greek for “people” (demos) and “rule” (kratia) — hence, “rule by the people.” Democracy is a way of empowering the p...The core principle of American government is democracy, a word which comes from the Greek for “people” (demos) and “rule” (kratia) — hence, “rule by the people.” Democracy is a way of empowering the people as a whole to make decisions about issues that affect them, rather than having those decisions made for them without their input.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Political_Science_and_Civics/America_-_The_User's_Manual_3e_(Kantack)/00%3A_Front_Matter/07%3A_PreambleThe science of government it is my duty to study, more than all other sciences; the arts of legislation and administration and negotiation ought to take the place of, indeed exclude, in a manner, all ...The science of government it is my duty to study, more than all other sciences; the arts of legislation and administration and negotiation ought to take the place of, indeed exclude, in a manner, all other arts. Our sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry and porcelain.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Political_Science_and_Civics/America_-_The_User's_Manual_3e_(Kantack)/01%3A_Chapters/1.06%3A_Civil_RightsIn the aftermath, Congress passed and the states ratified three constitutional amendments: the Thirteenth (abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crimes), the Fourteent...In the aftermath, Congress passed and the states ratified three constitutional amendments: the Thirteenth (abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crimes), the Fourteenth (establishing equal protection under the law for all citizens), and the Fifteenth (preventing the denial of suffrage — the right to vote — on the basis of race).
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