tution stands above all others laws, executive acts and regulations.
  All persons are equal before the law and are equally entitled to its protection. All states are equal, and none can receive special treatment from federal government. Each state must recognize and respect the laws of others. State governments, like the federal government, must be democratic in form, with final authority resting with the people.
  
  
  III Answer the following questions.
  
  
  1. What does the word “constitution” mean in American political language?
  2. To what features does American Constitution owe its being the oldest one still in force?
  3. Did the concept of self-government originate with Americans?
  4. What were the peculiarities of adaptation of the Bill of rights in 1791?
  5. Did the Bill of rights contain any restrictions for the obligatory? Why was this fact significant?
  6. If speaking of nowadays, which of these ten amendments are important today, and which of them are not actual?
  7. What is the most important freedom, proclaimed in the Constitution 1787, for the majority of Americans today?
  8. How are the powers of
  • the President
  • Congress
  • The Supreme Court limited by the system of checks and balances?
  9. What does the system of checks and balances protects against?
  10. The system of checks and balances makes compromise and consensus necessary. Give examples showing that lack of compromise in Ukrainian governmental structures prevent them from running

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