court rulings that have an impact on the public administration in the United States. These cases originate from the states and federal laws which have led to positive and negative effects on the public administrations. The different courts in the country have powers which enable them to change and implement laws which have led to a profound impact on public administration. This shows that through the judicial arm of government it has played a significant role towards the formation of public policy. An example of a recent federal law that affected how the administrators should develop their policy was the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT). The federal case ruling that I will discuss that had an impact on public administration is the Affordable Healthcare Act ruling of 2012. The Affordable Care Act "requirement that certain individuals pay a financial penalty for not obtaining health insurance may reasonably be characterized as a tax." (2018) The Supreme Court ruling in 5-4 votes upheld the Obama health care overhaul law which required the Americans to obtain health insurance or pay the penalty for failure. The Act also required the states to extend their Medicaid…
Former President John F. Kennedy was strong supporter of vaccination. During the early 1960’s while he was in office, he created the Vaccine Assistance Act of 1962. This bill would provide vaccination programs for children all across the United States. This effort of JFK’s to help protect children from diseases is now known by health experts as “one of the most successful prevention programs in public health” (Conis 21). His drive to enact this bill promoted the federal government 's involvement…
People want fairness in everything especially when comes to the laws of the United States Most people think will think its unfair. The biggest example of this would be the federal government welfare programs in the United States there has been numerous debates on welfare about being fair and unfair. Welfare has been around since colonial America it was an act of the British poor laws where people who unable to work due to age or physical health and seek assistance from the British government.…
The framers of the United States Constitution used feudalism to limit the powers of the national government and give states more rights. The seventeen powers of the national government were laid out in Article 1, section 8 of the constitution. This same section gave the national government “implied powers” giving congress the right to make laws which they feel are “necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers.” It was assumed any powers not given to the national…
The federal government has over time become strict on the regulation of food and food safety. With that being said, this is an improvement on how these agencies or departments are improving our everyday lives. The Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention all take part within food regulation and food safety. Each of these departments and agencies of food regulation and food safety each take part…
Introduction Administrative Law encompasses laws and legal principles that govern the administration and regulation of federal government agencies. Such agencies are delegated certain power by Congress to act as agents for the executive . For example, according to 38 U.S. Code § 301 the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is an executive department of the United States that holds the power to administer laws that provide benefits and other services to veterans and their beneficiaries . The goal…
In a federal system like America where there three levels of government, the major problem is coordination of government agencies which manifests largely during crisis like Katrina or the Boston Marathon bombing. These two crises differed in terms of response rate, coordination of concerned government agencies and Katrina was used as a lesson for future crises. The United States creates more government agencies to respond to the demand of a growing population. However, the government…
during the 1920s, people were in desperate need of government assistance. Hoover followed his conservative approach and chose to do little or nothing about the depression, thinking that it will end eventually.…
In the United States, the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn, began on October 29th, 1929. This downturn would later be known as the Great Depression in which the American stock market, which had been seeing a decade of upward growth, crashed and plunged the United States into its severest economic downturn yet. Through the Great Depression, 1932 was one of the worst years in which it was reported that at least a quarter of once working Americans were now unemployed. In 1933 when…
Income (SSI) is a cash assistance program designed to assist the disabled, blind, and elderly who have little income. Prior to the development of SSI, the Social Security Act, which was established in 1935, had a few programs that had provided assistance to the elderly and blind individuals. These programs had mainly been administered by state and local governments, with minor assistance from the federal government. Throughout the years, problems arose as the programs became increasingly…