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