Government Trivia For Know-It-Alls?

Question

1) Is America a Democracy, a Republic, or a Monarchy?

2) The President and the Vice President are taken in one foul sweep, who runs the country now?

3) What year was the original U.S. Constitution ratified? 1776, 1788, 1812, 1946

4)Judicial Trivia: A court is bound or advised to follow a previous ruling made by a higher court or another court concerning the same statute in a similar situation. What is the reasoning for this
referred to as?
Hint: (To come before)

5) Legislative Trivia: What is a bill put in before it faces the house and/or the senate?
(Do as a Bunny does)

Some of these are trick questions....got what it takes?

Answer 1

1. A democratic republic
2. the speaker of the house
3. 1788
4. stare decisis
5. hopper

Answer 2

1. Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition

2. The Speaker of the House.

3. 17 September 1787, effective 4 March 1789

4. Prelegislative

5. Hops

Answer 3

I don't have what it takes. But I will give it a go.

1) Neither
2) The country would be under martial law.
3) That happened in every state seperate and therefore took..from 1787 to 1789.
4) Jurisprudence?
5)Hop?

Answer 4

America is a republic and the constitution was ratified in 1788.

Answer 5

hmmm its late but I will take a stab at this...
1. Republic
2. Speaker of the House
3. 1788
4. Precedent (sp?)
5. An Easter basket

Answer 6

1. Yes

2. Hillary

3. Not ready yet, still more to write.

4. Called, "You said that already!"

5. WOYIAC ( Watch Out Y'all, Its A'Comin )

Answer 7

1. democracy
2. congress
3. 1787
4. prelegistrative
5. hops

Answer 8

Sagal is correct!