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 1 st TUESDAY after the 1 st 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