Fantasy Congress

Since the early 1900s, arguments have been made regarding the president’s role in politics and their relationship with the American public. The presidency brings with it a public prestige and standing outside of Washington that they can use to “go public” and circumvent those pesky Washington elites, like when President Dave Chappelle told people about aliens or FDR’s fireside chats. These public appeals can influence public attitudes towards the president. According to the book, which I totally…

It has come to my attention that you, among few other Republican representatives, show sizable consideration toward the integration of gun laws and restrictions in our country. I am writing you this letter today to ask that you, a respected official and retired USAF General, hear our country’s cry for reform regarding the weapons that have claimed so many lives, especially just in the first quarter of this year. It may seem obvious, but it is so important to note the impact Party…

Lawmaking Lawmaking requires a lot of strategical thinking and lawmakers consider many different elaborate opinions on how to create such laws and which ones to take into account. These opinions come from both interest groups and lobbyists. Both of these political groups have the overall goal of persuading the lawmakers to incorporate their ideas into the laws being created. They are able to do so with funds and access to information. They are both very influential over these important decisions…

Delegated powers are powers of Congress that have been given to the executive branch because the government has grown so large since the Roosevelt administration. The Roosevelt administration created the New Deal, which promised economic relief through the reform of “industries, agriculture…

Sanctuary Cities One of the arguments is that the citizens have technically no say because, the citizens just have a opinion in which they vote on but then the governor will always accept or decline what is done to the state. For instances the new bill that was passed today or on May 7th, 2017, SB4, SB4 is a bill to where it makes illegal immigrants to get deported back to their country. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the State’s sanctuary city bill into law Sunday night during a Facebook…

EXECUTIVE ORDER 13735 Executive Order 13735, “Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of the Treasury,” was issued on August 12, 2016 by President Barrack Obama. This executive order lays out the order of succession should the Secretary of the Treasury be unable to perform his or her duties due to death, resignation, or is unable to fulfill their duties of the office. The Executive Order also describes the exceptions to the order. One exception to the order provides that the…

Current Event 8 In the article, “ Military Spending Bill Provision ” written by Alex Horton, it demonstrates the new bill that was passed through the functions of the military bureaucracy and how much importance it emits to individuals. “ The Defense Authorization Bill” was signed by President Trump that was inserted by members by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) and Richard J. Durbin. The purpose of the bill allows Mattis to give active-duty immigrants…

In June 1952, the South African Indian Congress and the African National Congress launched the Campaign for the Defiance of the Unjust Laws for the oppressed and downtrodden populations of South Africa. This campaign spread very quickly. However, the Campaign for the Defiance of the Unjust Laws required people from all walks of life, from chiefs to doctors, to make sacrifices and give up their careers immediately. Nelson Mandela thinks that defiances is a way that oppressed peoples can get…

In Montana there is one House Representative, two senators, and one governor. Each person has a specific job that they have to do to help the state grow. For example, The House of Representatives focuses on federal laws, Senators represent their state when making new laws, and the Governor has the power to veto bills if it is for the better part of their state. Each state in America has representatives that is responsible to help the state function. Two different part groups are Democratic and…

The United States was built on the basis that individuals have freedoms that cannot be taken from them. Over the course of the country’s nearly 250-year history, those freedoms have helped shape a political system that encourages independent actions amid a lack of hierarchical constraints. That isn’t to say that there is no authority within the U.S. government, but rather it marks a uniquely undisciplined structure for the country’s two-party system. The current Democratic and Republican system…