I understand the general stuff, like federal law applying everywhere and state law is just local etc. but with all the various different court circuits, governors, senators and all that malarky I have a hard time working out the pecking order.
Does anyone have a useful basic guide as to how it's all structured in terms of priority/seniority please?
Assuming you mean for court cases, from the highest Authority to lowest. The Federal Level:
The state level (just about all states have the following, [2 common well states are special and they are outside the scope of this post]
Edit: a good resource for research woudl be https://www.justice.gov/usao/justice-101/federal-courts (also the information i have posted is from a brain running on 2 hours of sleep and beeing awake for 24, so information might be inaccurate)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj3HT1rPLvM&feature=emb_logo
Thanks, that was good :)
edit: So where does the 'House' sit in all this - with Congress or is it part of the legislative arm (presidential power)?
House = House of representatives = house of commons (legislative) Senate = house of lords (legislative)
congress = "the legislature" = House + senate
President = King/Queen (executive)
Um no... President = prime minister.
Kardashians = king/Queen
Congress is a legislative branch and is independent from the judicial branch. Congress consists of the Senate and the House (of Representatives).
Each state gets 2 Senators and the number of Representatives is determined by population per the Census.
Thanks
I'm not a scholar but I'll try. Here's the basics:
The Legislative branch is the house and consists of congress and Senate. The lower house is Congress, the upper house is the Senate. Congress is chosen according to population. Each state has 2 Senators. This helps balance power between urban and rural areas. Laws must go through both houses to get approved. They both have committees that serve different purposes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senate_committees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_congressional_committee
The three branches are supposed to be separate, but the democrats have been getting cozy with judicial (FBI and judges) tipping the balance of power in their favor.
It's built on checks and balances.
Thanks for your reply, that helps
Legislative branch is called the Congress, and consists of the House (of Representatives) and Senate.
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript
Excellent - that is very useful - thanks Pede
There was a time in America when everybody understood what their rights were, and even the most pathetic looked down upon drunkard in town was able to defend themselves using civics. A lot of the people couldn't even read or write, but they knew their rights and could handle their own in a courtroom if needed. That's how it was in the old west.
Through the removal of civics from our education system, and through corrupt obfuscation of the law, the elite have managed to turn the common man into a helpless sap who can't defend himself without the assistance of the elite (through lawyers).
The smartest thing a man can do is confidently know his rights, and know how to indicate to others that he knows how to defend them and is more than willing to do so if pressed. Don't be a sap!
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/150548238724-0-1/s-l1000.jpg
That explains a lot - thanks
They don't really teach us this in American schools. We are too busy learning how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop, pronouns such as zee/zer, and which constitutional right is outdated and needs removed.