government notes

· Impeachable offense is a political question that is divided by a majority of the U.S House of Representatives and two-thirds senate. · The white house scandal resulted in a large number of young people losing respect for politicians · Government by the people is necessarily government by the politicians · Democracy is not in the d.o.i. or the constitution · Democracy means government by the people either directly or indirectly with free and frequent elections · Representative …

…perform an official duty · The prime minister is chosen by the majority party · Impeachment-formal accusation against a public official and the first step in removal from office · Only 2 presidents have been impeached-Andrew Johnson and William Clinton · Executive privilege-the right to confidentiality of executive communications especially those that relate to national security · 2 methods are provided by the constitution-approval by the legislatures in ¾ of the states or approval by specially called ratifying conventions in ¾ of the states ·