Government Power In The United States

The powers of the president are therefore limited by the established “social contract”, between the United States government and its’ citizens. We as a population have the power to elect our president, and in turn that president is held responsible for upholding our rights.
The election exercise of Congress, is considered legitimate since Representatives and Senators are elected directly by the citizens. In the Congress, power is always determined by the superiority system. In the majority party which is the party which controls the Congress, an individual who has worked for the longest term has the highest power. The only challenge with the superiority structure is that authority is not based on assuming the position of power or on the election. …show more content…
A bureaucracy, is a large group of unelected officials who are involved in running a country. The primary characteristics of a bureaucracy is that they are specialized, large, comparatively free from outside control, run by official and fixed rules, run on a chain of command, and they must maintain written records of their undertaking. The government concentrates on the rules and regulations, but its citizens are not discontented when the rules are bare to the public. For example, staff members are appointed by the president. This is a hiring process from within the government, that the people have no say over. These staff members are not bound to the same “social contract”, that elected officials are. This practice seems to be in direct conflict with the principles of democracy. Officials unelected by the general population, work alongside elected officials in matter of policy making, etc. This can be viewed as in infringement to our democratic society, because the people’s liberties are at stake. Any practice by the government that places citizen’s liberties in danger, will be viewed as