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2 days ago · The Bill of Rights confirmed traditional English liberties, especially the power of Parliament to make laws and consent to taxation. It also confirmed and guaranteed freedom of speech and denied the legitimacy of cruel and unusual punishments.
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4 days ago · Attorney general, the chief law officer of a state or nation and the legal adviser to the chief executive. The office is common in almost every country in which the legal system of England has taken root. The office of attorney general dates from the European Middle Ages, but it did not assume its.
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4 days ago · Political party, a group of persons organized to acquire and exercise political power. Political parties originated in their modern form in Europe and the United States in the 19th century, along with the electoral and parliamentary systems, whose development reflects the evolution of parties.
3 days ago · In 2016, in partnership with Suffolk County Council’s Raising the Bar programme, the EEF launched a £600,000 excellence fund to use for projects that have been evaluated by the EEF and have achieved promising results in raising educational attainment elsewhere in the country.
3 days ago · political action committee (PAC), in U.S. politics, an organization whose purpose is to raise and distribute campaign funds to candidates seeking political office.
2 days ago · On March 4, 1789, the government under the Articles was replaced with the federal government under the Constitution. The new Constitution provided for a much stronger federal government by establishing a chief executive (the president), courts, and taxing powers.
4 days ago · Plate 33: Bootham Bar An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York, Volume 2, the Defences . Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1972.
