In accord with the US Constitution, the Senate of the United States is composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof (in fact, Senators are elected through public elections within a state), for six years. The times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof. However, the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter the rules of holding elections, except as to the place of choosing Senators.
Each Senator shall have one vote. The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.
The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside; And no Person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.
The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by Law appoint a different day.
The Republican Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States.
An informal party symbol is an elephant, whereas the “party” color is red. The party was founded on February 28. 1854 in Ripon, Wisconsin.
It was organized as an association of anti-slavery activists, reflecting interests of bourgeoisie of the North. However, when in 1940-1960 the movement for civil rights of Afro-Americans started up, the party treated it coldly. After victory of the first Republican President Abraham Lincoln in the Civil War, Republican had ruled the USA continuously for 40 years. From the start, the Republicans unlike Democrats, supported decrease of taxes, limitation of immigration, legalization of arms and strengthening the role of religion in public life. They keep the same positions today.
The Republican Party believes that making law is the province of the legislature and that judges, especially the Supreme Court, should not “legislate from the bench.” Most Republicans point to Roe vs. Wade as a case of judicial activism, where the court overturned most laws restricting abortion on the basis of a privacy right inferred from the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Some Republicans have actively sought to block judges whom they see as being activist judges and they have sought the appointment of judges who claim to practice judicial restraint.
