LAW MAKING IN US

Law Making In US

Law Making In US

The United States Constitution and its amendments are the basis of our legal rights and privileges. Only laws that fall within the framework of the Constitution and legal precedents regarding the intent of the Constitution may remain in force.

Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation is an annotated version update supplements that include the latest interpretations. Available as a Senate document 103-6, series 14152 Set. The United States government has three branches: legislative, executive and judicial. Laws may evolve from the action of each branch. A legislative history in general, draws a bill since its introduction in Congress through the legislative process. The research on the history of a law may also include monitoring of administrative law (executive) and case law (Llewellyn, 1986).

Legislative law originates as a bill or resolution introduced independently, jointly or simultaneously in the House of Representatives or the Senate. After the introduction, the bill is sent to the appropriate committee (s) for study. The committee (s) may choose to let the bill "die" for no action, or may report its findings to the full House for further action. Any number of bills on the same subject can be introduced in each chamber with a different text and each chamber can change all text of a bill originally submitted for consideration and may even include the text of several bills, amendments and / or riders. A bill passed the House may differ from the version approved in the Senate. When differences arise, are to be resolved through negotiations of a joint committee. Both chambers must agree on an identical form of the bill before it can go to the President for further action. (Nizer, 1978)

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