....or you can borrow the materials I got from Immigration to prepare me for my
US citizenship test. Its about 55 pages long and explains in detail how the
Government works. But thats not it, there are several other smaller docs.
You dont know how clueless my fellur Americans are when it comes to knowing
what structure their chiefs use in order to herd them. I can tell you, but
then have to kill you, coz the US Government has granted me a secret
clearance...and thats a secret it likes to keep...:)
Best
Boris
..................................
Thank you for the response ... likewise to Messrs Moose and Norton.
I'll read up on the wiki articles.
jh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Reminiscing [was: Re: iPhone et al]
> The US government is composed of three branches: The legislative (the
> congress), the executive (the president, vice president, etc.) and the
> judicial. The Supreme Court is not itself a branch of government, it's
> just the ultimate appeals court for a much larger federal judiciary
> system.
>
> Details in this Wiki article
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States>
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>
> On 11/6/2010 2:10 PM, John Hudson wrote:
>> That's a strange turn of phrase ".....a ......branch of government......"
>>
>> Is the US Supreme Court really a branch of government ?
>>
>> jh
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mike Lazzari"<watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "1"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 2:20 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] Reminiscing [was: Re: iPhone et al]
>>
>>
>>>> I don't believe the Constitution would have to be amended though
>>>> to correct this; the Supreme Court would have to simply reverse the
>>>> ruling.
>>>> I won't hold my breath.
>>> You are correct. However I believe it even less likely than an amendment
>>> given the current flavor of the court. Historically the court has been
>>> on the whole a very conservative branch of government with few
>>> exceptions. At the time of Santa Clara County v Southern Pacific (thanks
>>> Chuck) it was firmly in the hands of the oligarchs. It is now one member
>>> away from being back in their hands.
>>>
>>> Mike
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