Federalist No. 10

“We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.” President Woodrow Wilson was well known for the neutral stance he took at the opening of the First World War. Ironically, today he is viewed as one of the frontrunners in promoting change of foreign policy, and his actions have had a lasting effect on executive power and American identity in the United States. The change from isolationism to interventionism is vital to the success of the United States’…

Alexander Hamilton was a lawyer, soldier, statesmen and the first Secretary of the Treasury. He was born on January 11th, 1755. Alexander Hamilton was the product of an adulteress affair and was abounded by his father, leaving him to no privilege. In 1773, he came to the colonies so that he could enroll in Kings College (Columbia University) because he wanted to become involved in the political strife. He published his first writing piece, which he signed as a Friend of America. In 1775, he left…

beliefs that agree on how a country should be run. The leader of the first political force is Alexander Hamilton. He wanted a selected few to run the country; this selected few were wealthy, well, educated men. His beliefs led to the formation of the Federalists. In contrast, the leader of the second party is Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson believed that the country should be run by “normal people” to make sure that rights are protected. His ideas led to the formation of the…

Can civil disobedience impact policy at any level of government is the question we find ourselves trying to ponder in this final paper. There is no more authentically western question about governmental policy that one can ask. Of course civil disobedience is not unique to western European culture but a quick comparative study of our history versus other culture groups will show you that in no other culture will you find civil disobedience so ingrained into the bedrock of its culture. Our…

1787 Constitution. The Bill of Rights were heavily used by the Anti-Federalists as a point to argue in the favor of pre- constitutional status quo, confederation of the independent states, and operating under the glorified treaty of the articles of confederation. What is the purpose of the bill of rights? The main purpose of the U.s bill of rights is to define the civil liberties of the American citizens, this refers to the first 10 amendments of the U.S Constitution, the bill was introduced…

The Democratic Party  History- The Democratic Party is considered to be the oldest political party in the world. The root of this party goes back to Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, known as “anti-Federalists” who opposed the government favored by Washington, Adams and Hamilton. The name “Democratic was not adopted until the 1828 election of Andrew Jackson. Before 1828 it was known as the Democratic-Republican Party and before that the Republican Party. Known as “Jeffersonian Democracy,” it…

Another concern Cherches and the city of Wichita had was the threat of prolonged multi-party litigation was even bigger deterrent to reliance on Superfund (Stillman 147). Lastly, of the average 10 years taken to clean-up a site, approximately 7 years are spent on study and assessment, legal proceedings, and crafting a plan before the clean-up actually begins (Stillman 147). Based on this time period it would be years before clean-up began if…

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison wrote against having slavery in America. Madison, in The Federalist article 51, says that a civil society ends when a “stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker.” When the weaker are “not secured against the violence of the stronger,” then “anarchy may as truly be said to reign.” If the people…

Special interest groups are a group of people, usually formally organized that share a common concern and wish to influence public policy in some way. The goal of all interest groups is to affect government policy for themselves or to further their causes. Over the last several decades, interest groups have multiplied and have made creating policy more complicated as policy makers attempt to fulfill a wide range of interests. As a result of the increase in interest groups, the American…

As Neal McCluskey, a director at the Cato’s Center for Educational Freedom pointed out in The Federalist, many of the jobs with expected job growth in the next ten years do not require any college degree. “Of the 30 occupations that the U.S. Department of Labor projects to see the greatest total growth by 2022, only 10 typically need some sort of postsecondary education, and several of those require less than an associate’s degree. Most of the new jobs…