YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1920-10-29
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Copyright by Henry Ltchfield West, 1919

Ot Ktora autorita ustanovuje trest "a zradu?
A. Congress.
Odp Kongress.
@. Do all citizens of all the States stand upon the
same basis?
Ot Majh vsetci obcania vsetkych statov rovnake
prava?
A. Yes. The citizens of each State are entitled to all
privileges and mmnities Of citizens of the several states
Persons charged with treason felony other crime can
not escape justice by fleeing from State to another
but upon demand must be given up
Odp Ano. ObGania kazdeho Statu s1 opravneni ma
vSetky prava nedotknuel'no obGianske r6znych|
>tatoch Osobv obvinen6 zrady sprenevery aebo
n6ho zocinu nem6zu unkntt' spravedlnost ujdenim
edneho statu do druh6ho ale poziadanie mlse byt'
vvdane.
Q. What are the States guaranteed?
OF. Co majd staty zarucen6?
A. republican form Of government and protection
against invason and application of the legislature
of the executive when the Legislature cannot be convened
against domestic violence.
Odp. Republikansku formu vlady a ochranu prot
vpadom; ziadost zakonodarnv alebo vykonnej moc
ked zakonodaria nem6ze byt' svoana, ochranu prot
donacim nasilnostam
O. Can the Constitution be amended?
Ot. M0ze iistava opatrena byt' dodatkami?
A. Yes. Amendments must be adopted by two-thirds
Of both the Senate and the House Of Representatives and
then ratified by the legislatures by conventions of
three fourths Of the States.
Odp. Ano. Dodatky musejd byt prijat6 dvoma treti-
nami hlasov ako senatu tax domu zastupcov potion
schvalen6 zakonoda1iiami aebo shromazdenam troch-
Stvrtin statov.
Q. Is this the only method?
Ot Je toto jedinv sp0sob?
A. No. On the application of the legislatures of two
thirds Of the several States, Congress shall call
ton for the purpose Of proposing amendments but this
plan has never been used.
Odp. Me: Ma zadost' zakonodarien dvoch tretn
|
Gelom navrhutia dodakov ale tento plan nkdy nebol
Douzity
~ is the Constitution supreme?
Ot Je jstava svrchovanou?
A. Yes. Any State Constitution or law in violation of
Of the provisions of the Federal Constitution is H.
legal.
Odp. Ano Akakovek statna stava aebo zakon
priecaci niektor6u ustanoveniu krajinske dstavv
je nezakonit!m
e. Is religious test required as qualification for
office?
Ot Je zk1ska nabozenstva pozadovana ako sp6so-
bilost' pre- trad?
A. No. The Constitution expressly provides that no
religious test shall be required
Odp. Usava vyslovne usanovuje, ze ziadna zkliska
nabozenstva nema byt' pozadovana
Desiate cvicenie
O. How many amendments have been made to the
Constitution?
Ot kolko dodatkov k dstave bolo prijate?
"A. Eighteen
Odp. Osemnast'
T. What is the distinctive feature of the first ten?
Ot Go je prlznaenym rysom prvych desiatich dodat-
kov?
| A. Immediately after the Constitution had been
adopted it was felt that it lacked sufficient safeguards
for the protection of the individual citizen These safe
guards were incorporated in the first ten amendments
which are popularity known as ''the bill of rights
Odp. Hned' po prijati iistavy bolo pocit ovane ze
nej MET dostatocnej zaky pre- ochranu jednotliveho