POLI 325D1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Trado, Sole Power
17 Sep 2014
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Southerners said yes you should because it would give them more reps in. Congress would control the conditions of admission for new states slave trade; north wanted to abolish it; south did not. The constitution"s main details started with we the people popular sovereignty written into the constitution delegates were sent to represent the ppl of the states constitution, once written, sent out to each state to be ratified by state conventions. 435 members limit house has sole power of impeachment. 2 senators from each state senators have 6 year terms divided into thirds, 1/3 are up for election every 2 years staggered terms. Senate has sole power to try impeachments (the investigation and trial) an officer (i. e. the president) has violated the constitution need 2/3 vote to convict president can: sign a bill veto a bill do nothing.
