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Constitutional FAQ Answer #109 <<Previous Question | Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q109. “Why did Rhode Island not send delegates to the Constitutional Convention?” A. Rhode Island was afraid that any new system proposed…

Constitutional FAQ Answer #108 <<Previous Question | Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q108. “Who has the power to declare war?” A. There is a short answer and a much longer answer. The short answer…

Constitutional FAQ Answer #107 <<Previous Question | Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q107. “Where does the C.I.A. get their power and authority?” A. The CIA, and a whole host of other government agencies, fall…

Constitutional FAQ Answer #106 <<Previous Question | Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q106. “I am unaware of the status of the Articles of Confederation, but for the sake of argument, if my some outside…

Constitutional FAQ Answer #105 <<Previous Question | Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q105. “My local newspaper had an educational page about voting that showed all the things that had been decided by one vote.…

Constitutional FAQ Answer #104 <<Previous Question | Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q104. “On what day does the electoral college meet to cast their votes? I have heard early January, but I have also…

Constitutional FAQ Answer #103 <<Previous Question | Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q103. “I have heard that the U.S. Constitution is based on a document called the ‘Iroquois Confederation’. Is this true, and if…

Constitutional FAQ Answer #102 <<Previous Question | Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q102. “Much controversy is being made over the First Amendment and religion especially in recent years. Were all the men who wrote…

Constitutional FAQ Answer #101 <<Previous Question | Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q101. “Exactly where in the Constitution does it say that the President and Vice President cannot be from the same state? In…

Constitutional FAQ Answer #100 <<Previous Question | Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q100. “Recently, I read in my Constitutional Law textbook, that two framers of the Constitution served as Supreme Court chief justices. However,…