The Responsibilities Of The Speaker Of The House

As leading member of the majority party in the House, the Speaker of the House has gained more importance over past years recently. Responsibilities of the Speaker of the House include but are not limited to maintaining leadership of the House and organizing and executing the Legislative Agenda of the House. In regards to importance of agenda setting, the Speaker meets with political party leaders, the President, chairpersons, and the Senate when determining the House legislative agenda. In the majority party, the Senate leader is positioned as the head spokesperson and administers legislative matter advised towards the Senate. Responsibilities of the Senate leader include presenting bills and keeping their party up to date on information regarding …show more content…
With new advances and the ease of features, we find ourselves spending a great amount of time on cell phones, computers, tablets, etc. Whether it’s for work or pleasure, our society has utilized it as a major part of our lives. Here we have become accustomed to keeping up with the weather, news, and more importantly elections. Many candidates and citizens have now began using media as a “tool”. Citizens have increasingly used the media to follow election updates and further inform themselves about politics. Candidates have taken advantage of the fact that we are constantly browsing the web, and have began to advertise and target citizens on worldwide known websites such as Facebook and Twitter . The elections held during 2008 proved media to be a huge development for social media and the start of an uprising that would greatly influence many years to come. In 2012 this proved the be true during the elections when it was reported that there was a huge increase in social media campaigning. So much so that numbers had doubled since the 2008 elections. I believe the media had the greatest influence over the events of these elections. As it has become more and more influential through use in our daily lives, it is where citizens are being targeted and …show more content…
Judges practice judicial restraint if they wish to bring an end to laws that are not unconstitutionally obvious. In contrast, if it is declared unconstitutional, further action may be taken and a debate may be called for. They aim to keep the existing law, and improvise rather than constructing a whole nother law with influence from the Advocates of Activism. Advocates of Activism are court rulings closely found on particular belief with it be personal or political as opposed to the current law. There isn’t exactly a right to privacy. Privacy is not greatly discussed in detail in the Constitution, court cases are evaluated in court due to one 's belief or opinion that their rights are being violated. For example the current debate on legalizing marijuana. There are a number of privacy rights used in the court of law. In the U.S. Constitution, the right to privacy is not stated but inferred as “protection against illegal