State & Local Gov.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Two Primary Methods/ Missouri Plan | 1. Partisan/Nonpartisan judical elections 2. Appointed by governer Missouri Plan means that a judge can run for 6 years, and must be on ballot if he wished to continue or the Merit Retention Election. "Shall (judge) still be the judge of (name of court) or be retained?" |
| "3-tier" State Court System | Third Tier: Constitution establishes a county court in each of Florida's 67 counties.(county courts) Second Tier:(district courts) hears cases on appeal from the circuit courts First Tier: (supreme court) court of last resort, must hear all death penalty appeals, and to hear cases on appeal from the district courts. |
| JNC/JQC and members | JNC: fill judical courts in the state court system. 9 members( 4 from Florida Bar, 5 from governer and 2 must be lawyers) JQC: remove judges who are deemed unfit. 15 members ( 2 county, 2 supreme, 2 district, 9 appointed by the governer. |
| Dilemma of scale/ 5 advantages | Federalism: seperation of central and state government. 1.Unity w/o Uniformity- states share national government, seperate rules. 2.Policy Innovation- labs of democracy 3.Effect laws-harmful or costly policy ideas go to smaller jurisdictions 4.Jurisdictional competition- battle for human resources 5.Increased government efficiency- local officals are more responsive to local concerns. |
| 5 methods for proposing amendments | 1. state attorney general 2. 15 members appointed by governer 3. 9 members by the speaker of the house of reps. 4. 9 members of by the president of the state 5. 3 appointed by chief justice |
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