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anglais LV A et LV B (prépas ECG et ECT) · Chapitre 12 · Application directe du cours

Vrai ou faux : les institutions américaines

The United States: institutions, politics, economy and society · niveau 1 (application)

Énoncé

Dire si chaque affirmation est vraie ou fausse, et corriger en anglais celles qui sont fausses. (a) The President can dissolve Congress. (b) Each state has two senators, whatever its population. (c) Supreme Court justices are elected for nine years. (d) A presidential veto can be overridden by a two-thirds majority in both houses. (e) In 2024 Donald Trump won an absolute majority of the popular vote.

Corrigé

(a) Faux. The President cannot dissolve Congress; the terms of its members are fixed by the Constitution.

(b) Vrai. C'est le compromis de 1787 entre grands et petits États.

(c) Faux. The nine justices are nominated by the President, confirmed by the Senate and appointed for life.

(d) Vrai.

(e) Faux. He won 49.80 % of the popular vote according to the Federal Election Commission: a plurality, not an absolute majority. Le piège : plurality (majorité relative) / majority (majorité absolue). La distinction est attendue en LV A.

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