For years, the United States has managed to maintain a balance between its institutional powers and personal rights of its citizens. The US constitution has undergone multiple amendments aimed at providing more freedom while the same time protects the national interests. Recently conducted studies revealed that the majority of Americans feel threaten by the decisions made by the federal government (DePlato, 2015). The paper evaluates institution powers and personal rights that the legislature should consider upholding, eliminating, or adding in a bid to balance between personal rights and national interests.
The Most Important Institutional Power and Personal Right
The Freedom of Speech and Expression
The freedom to speech and expression is the most fundamental right that all citizens. The Constitution Bill of Rights identifies the freedom of speech …show more content…
The constitution does not clearly establish a budgetary process or spell out the presidency’s role in the process. Article 1 gives the Congress power over taxes and spending, while article II, section gives presidents the power to recommend fiscal policies (Joyce, 2011). In my opinion, the federal government spending does not reflect the priorities of the common American Citizens (Joyce, 2011). For example, the government is investing excessively some areas such as defense at the expense of crucial sectors such as education and health. There is no need of donating taxpayers funds to militaries and humanitarian services in multiple third world countries yet some Americans are still homeless or cannot important services such as health services and higher education. Therefore, the Article I and II should be amended to reduce the powers of the presidency over the budgeting process. The amendment should make provision for the establishment of an independent body that will oversee the entire budgeting
The Most Important Institutional Power and Personal Right
The Freedom of Speech and Expression
The freedom to speech and expression is the most fundamental right that all citizens. The Constitution Bill of Rights identifies the freedom of speech …show more content…
The constitution does not clearly establish a budgetary process or spell out the presidency’s role in the process. Article 1 gives the Congress power over taxes and spending, while article II, section gives presidents the power to recommend fiscal policies (Joyce, 2011). In my opinion, the federal government spending does not reflect the priorities of the common American Citizens (Joyce, 2011). For example, the government is investing excessively some areas such as defense at the expense of crucial sectors such as education and health. There is no need of donating taxpayers funds to militaries and humanitarian services in multiple third world countries yet some Americans are still homeless or cannot important services such as health services and higher education. Therefore, the Article I and II should be amended to reduce the powers of the presidency over the budgeting process. The amendment should make provision for the establishment of an independent body that will oversee the entire budgeting