He may also have been persuaded not to short-circuit the constitutional procedure by the promise of the prime minister, Calin Popescu Tariceanu, that parliament would seek to prevent Mr Basescu from contesting a presidential election in these circumstances.

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It is not exactly what Mr Netanyahu had wanted, but he apparently could not reject Mr Clinton's offer to make good, with his presence at the convocation, for the constitutional imperfections in the procedure.

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He questions whether the Founding Fathers would have welcomed the idea of people taking up arms against their newly hatched constitutional government instead of using governmental procedure to settle differences, which sometimes is referred to as the "ballots vs. bullets" debate.

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The test questions for the MBE (Multistate Bar Examination) portion focus on Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Real Property and Torts.

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