Filibuster

Of all the civilizations in history, there is perhaps none as influential (to the Western world at least) as that of Rome. From its earliest roots as a small kingdom, through its era as a republic, to the dominance and decline of its empire, the Roman civilization stood for over two millennia, nearly half of recorded history. Since its fall, countless nations attempted to emulate Rome, attempting to recapture even a hint of its former glory. It can be argued, however, that of all these imitators…

There have been many injustices against black rights during the 20th century. These included being thrown in jail, denied voting rights, and there right of freedom of speech in general. There have been no greater injustice than having their lives stripped from their hands. These acts of murder called lynching, mostly went unpunished. According to Robert L. Zangrando, “lynching is the practice whereby a mob--usually several dozen or several hundred persons--takes the law into its own hands in…

Martin Luther King Jr. played a tremendous role in the civil rights movements. Dr. King orchestrated many peaceful acts to gain equality for African Americans. He led the bus boycott in 1955, when Rosa Parks, an African American woman, refused to give up her seat in the front of the bus. King was also known for his powerful acts in having taught nonviolent methods. In 1964, he earned the Nobel Peace Prize. Martin Luther King Jr. was also very widely known for his famous “I Have a Dream” speech…

road to success involved overcoming interest group opposition, ensuring that the reform satisfied fiscal conservatives in the Democratic Party, and tailoring the bill within the narrow constraints of the budget reconciliation process to avoid a filibuster (Cohn). After reaching many agreements and carefully balancing myriad elements of the ACA, abortion emerged as the final roadblock to the ACA’s passage. Numerous factors, including legislative constraints…

While some may argue that government surveillance programs are necessary to insure public safety, to allow the infringement of the rights guaranteed by the US Constitution is too high a price to pay. September 11, 2001 should not be just remembered as the beginning of America’s “War on Terrorism,” it should also be remembered as being the first “cybersecurity war.” The terrorists who had used the internet for their recruitment, and communications, on many occasions, were subsequently…

“Those damn liberals are wasting all of our money!” or “Those crazy conservatives are running the country to the ground!” I’m sure you’ve heard things like these before and they are becoming all the more common. This is just one example of how political hyperpolarization is becoming more prominent. Political Hyperpolarization in American Politics is a growing trend that leads to deadlock in government and political pandering at the expense of the common good. This can be solved by reforming the…

The Great Depression of the 1930’s: a dismal time that most people associate with the stock market crash, severe unemployment, poverty, the Dust Bowl, creation of the New Deal, and the less distinguished Second New Deal, under the courageous President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. There has been many disagreements about the Works Progress Administration and the Social Security Act, which are key programs in the Second New Deal. The main arguments against the WPA are that it hired lazy people, spent…

Today, the United States is dominated by two major parties. Those major parties are the Democrats and the Republicans. Since there are only two major parties, one might conclude there should not be any problems within the party, but rather the problems should exist between the two parties. That assumption would be wrong, both parties are facing internal challenges that must be solved. If these challenges are not solved, one might be able to predict a split of the parties. Unfortunately, that is…

FOUR: Please discuss the major reasons cited by Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein, in their book It’s Even Worse Than It Looks, for the extreme polarization and dysfunction that now characterizes our government. Thomas Mann and Norman Einstein discuss many reasons to explain the dysfunction of the government and the extreme polarization that has occurred in the past decades. One of the reasons for the emergence is the abuse of filibustering. Filibustering is a tactic used throughout politics to…

1. Identification and evaluation of sources The Investigation, examining the birth of the extremist terrorist subculture of the Ku Klux Klan in the early 1900s, their brisk and intense burgeoning, their twisted philosophies that spread like a wildfire throughout the nation, up until their gradual downfall during the great depression, will thoroughly answer the question: For what reasons, and in what ways, was the Ku Klux Klan politically influential in State and National legislature? The…