What provides the formal institutions and legal framework for state and local governments when it comes to using power?

a. The wishes and desires of the constituents.
b. Key decisions of the Supreme Court like Marbury v Madison.
c. Constitutions and charters.
d. The wishes of the most powerful lobbyists in the state capitals.

c

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a. ethical b. methodological c. educational d. satisfaction

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