IL GOV’T & XTRA TERMS. #1 FEDERAL = PRESIDENT STATE = GOVERNOR IL = Pat QUINN (IL Chief Executive)
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Transcript of IL GOV’T & XTRA TERMS. #1 FEDERAL = PRESIDENT STATE = GOVERNOR IL = Pat QUINN (IL Chief Executive)
IL GOV’T&
XTRA TERMS
#1
• FEDERAL = PRESIDENT
• STATE = GOVERNOR
• IL = Pat QUINN(IL Chief Executive)
Pat Quinn
#2
• FEDERAL = VICE-PRESIDENT
• STATE = LT. GOVERNOR
• IL = Sheila Simon
#3
• FEDERAL = CONGRESS
• TWO IL Federal Senators???
Dick Durbin Mark Kirk
FEDERAL = CONGRESS
IL STATE = GENERAL ASSEMBLY
IL State House (118) IL State Senate (59)
IL Capital City…
• Springfield
• Chicago City Council
• LEG Branch
• 50 Wards
• Presiding Officer =
• MAYOR
ELECTION DAY
• 1st TUESDAY after the 1st MONDAY in NOVEMBER
DUE PROCESS
• Legal Process all citizens are entitled to
– Can’t take away life liberty or property without DUE PROCESS
JURISDICTION
• Where you have control / business
HABEAS CORPUS
• Reason to be in Jail (Charge)
• Cannot hold you in Jail Indefinitely without charging you with a crime
EMINENT DOMAIN
• State can buy private property for the public good