Show GOOD CITIZEN Laws Are Rules People Make So They May Live in Harmony i la tar al a af an from the booklet by Tha Amerl-ean Foundation tha end af an THE THIRD promise of a good I will respect and obey the I will assist public officials in preventing crime and the courts in giving Laws are rules people make so they can live together without stepping on each other's The simplest law of Is the traffic When It is green it's supposed to protect you against the other When it is red it's supposed to protect the other person from Ours is a government of laws not Our guarantees that our laws may be made in one and one way by the through their elected representatives not by one or a few or by any appointed No man in this country is so big that he is above the and none so insignificant that he cannot look to the law for A good citizen cooperates with the He assists public agents in preventing and the courts in giving A good citizen does not evade the He does not know somebody who can fix my Laws necessarily change with needs of the A good citizen's attitude toward a law which he regards as unreasonable and out of step with the times is that of working to get it changed but obeying it while it is on the There is the letter of the law and the spirit of the You cannot make men good by and the hope of law and order is grounded in the reverence I of a major- ity of pie for jus- truth H and good- a H l in the final l a law has P teeth in Using fed-eral offenses as an one great historian you refuse long enough to make out a correct income tax return and refuse to obey an order to appear in you will get a touch of government Three or four husky fellows will take vou by the scruff of the neck and the seat of the pants and hustle you into a police van motored by the power of internal To guard against hasty and ill-advised action or the concentration of powers in any one man or body of a system of checks and balances is provided by the federal Of It would take six years completely to replace the elected branches of the federal government composed exclusively of members of one party by the members of This is due to the fact The President is elected for four the members of the house of representatives are elected every two and one-third of the senators are elected every two years but for a six-year Laws passed either by the senate or by the house of representatives must be approved by a majority of the other The President can veto laws enacted by and his veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote of each The courts have the right to interpret laws passed by congress and to review the legality of acts of officers of the government charged with the In many cases the courts have held acts of congress invalid as being in conflict with a provision of the The senate has the power to review and reject Presidential appointments of and certain other officers of the as well as the power to approve or reject treaties with foreign The house of representatives has the power to impeach and the senate the place of trial and to remove from office all civil officers of the United States including even the Chapter S af tha booklet produced by The American Foundation of the freedom train A complete book may be obtained by end tS to tha American 11 Now N. T. |