Filibuster

elect senators rather than state legislatures electing, however, Congress is still mainly shaped from the framers of the Constitution. Examples of this would be bicameral legislatures, equal representation of states in the Senate, Senate ruling on filibuster, and the usage of a checks and balances system. The framers used a bicameral system because it was the only way they can end the stalemate between the large and small states at constitutional conventions. Another reason a bicameral…

In the Merit Plan, which most states use, states claim to remove politics from the judiciary by replacing it with merit. In the process a commission of ten people nominate usually three people that the governor will pick from to appoint. The appointed judge then has to face a retention election in the next general election and another election at the end of their term, which only needs a majority vote. While claiming to take politics out of elections, the commission is more likely to nominate…

conservatives. Libertarians really are not conservative or liberal. From the online article “Five myths about libertarians”, Nick Gillespie states “More recently, civil libertarians such as Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) supported Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) in his filibuster on…

from Congress’s inability to effectively pass public policy. “In the United States, gridlock occurs when the Senate and the House of Representatives are controlled by different parties. In the senate, gridlock may also occur when no party has a filibuster-proof majority. Gridlocks may occur when no major political party has the minimum numbers in the lower house to form a government or when a party controls the upper house's majority votes.” (“What is Gridlock In Government?”). The consequences…

Enforced by the Clinton Administration from 1993 to 2011, the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” (DADT) law barred thousands of military members from expressing their sexual identity if they identified with any sexual orientation other than ‘straight’. It forced thousands of military members “under a cloud of anxiety and isolation,” essentially weakening military unit cohesion because of individual secrecy. “As a matter of national security, civil service, and fiscal responsibility,’ the repeal of the…

Short Paper Kludgeocracy comes from the words “kludge” and “cracy”. Kludge is an ill-assorted assembly of persons gathered to meet a particular purpose, and is a clumsy but non-permanent solution to a particular fault or a challenge. “Cracy”, in simple terms, means “rule” or “government by”. A kludgeocracy, therefore, is a clumsy government and that rules in a temporary manner to sort out particular challenges using quick fixes. The word is insulting and politically loaded. Steven Teles, a…

Current day America has become more politically divided than ever before. Politics are becoming more polarized meaning the left wing liberals are moving more towards the left while the right wing conservatives are moving further towards the right. This means that both sides are moving away from the middle of liberal and conservative which would be moderate. As a result of politics deviating from the middle or moderate, politics becomes more difficult because both sides cannot meet a consensus…

United States congress is a bicameral legislature with a lower chamber known as the House of Representatives and the higher being known as the Senate. Congress men and women have various rights and privileges to help them serve the nation the best way possible. Congress checks on the courts and on the President. The constitution gives very broad powers to the congress “All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a congress of the United States” (Politics in America) The founding…

The Senate and the House of Representatives both have very critical positions in the process of writing and introducing a bill. The senate starts off this task by having the bill read aloud on the floor. By introducing the bill to the floor ultimately leads to the bill to become dropped into the bill hopper. The initiated bill is then referred to committee by the speaker. The bill is then passed to the House Judiciary and the Senate Judiciary. The House Judiciary Subcommittee consist of Crime,…

consistently voted for pro-life legislation and in opposition to taxpayer funding of abortions. Sen. Sessions is so against abortion, that he has called Roe v. Wade, “one of the worse, colossally erroneous Supreme Court decisions of all time,” and led the filibuster of Obama’s first pro-abortion judge, David Hamilton because of his pro-abortion views. His anti-abortion work, allowed him to be named honorary chair of Americans United for Life’s during its 40th anniversary gala (Ertelt, 2015).…