Filibuster

become a very important event. This is because there is a few ways his trial could go now. One way is that he makes multiple critical procedural missteps in open court. Another way is that he can slow down the system by turning the trial into a filibuster speech. However, when everyone watches his trial it could be interesting. Pro se defendants are particularly good at creating courtroom drama. The bad part about the courtroom drama is that there is still a hurting community after the initial…

on gun control legislation, I was simply enthralled—I could not stop watching. My friends and family said watching the seemingly endless speech on C-SPAN 2 was “pointless” and I was “wasting my time.” They did not recognize that my viewing of the filibuster was the polar opposite of their ideas—not futile, but fruitful; not trivial, but transformative. The passion involved with reading and watching TV is not nearly enough—I wanted to be a more informed and active young political…

Mr. Smith goes to Washington 1. How does Jefferson Smith become a senator? Also, compare his characteristics with the other candidates. Given the difficulty of finding a suitable Senator, just mentioning the name of Jefferson Smith, a young idealist full of innocence and American ideals of democracy, a subject that seems easy to handle and deceive. If Smith already is quite naive, the young man also relies heavily on his colleague, Senator Paine, since he and his father were close friends from…

Political parties are not useful to have at a local government level. Local government exist to provide services and protect property, they are not designed to decide major social policies. If Nanaimo were to be given the task of deciding if our central bank were to go back to using the gold standard to attempt to reduce inflation for the betterment of the poor or other decisions along those lines then it would be useful to elect a party has defined political leanings. Since no city would, and…

bill, Jefferson stated, “Amendments may be made, so as to totally alter the nature of the proposition” (248). Senators are able to propose these amendments on bills they know will pass therefore enhancing their own gains. In the Senate holds, filibusters and clotures are important, yet add time to decision making. The Senate also requires a super-majority in order to pass a bill. The super-majority must have at least 60 “Yays” this is in order to ensure and protect minority proponents in…

Historically, congress job approval from American citizens has hit an all time low. (The Washington Post) The question that coincides with this fact is, does congress care what the people think? Some congressmen and women would simply say no, some would say yes, and some would say “it’s complicated.” A poll taken in March 2014 conducted by the Bipartisan Policy Center and USA today “showed Congress’ job approval rating at just 19 percent, while people gave their own representatives a 52 percent…

“Half of official Washington is here to see democracy's finest show, the filibuster, the right to talk your head off, the American privilege of free speech in its most dramatic form. The least man in that chamber, once he gets and holds that floor by the rules, can hold it and talk as long as he can stand on his feet … In the diplomatic gallery are the envoys of two dictator powers. They have come here to see what they can't see at home. DEMOCRACY IN ACTION.” In Mr. Smith Goes To Washington,…

Immigration in the Unites States has always been very popular. Immigration issues date back to the seventeenth century when colonies settled on land that would later be known as America. This paper will concentrate on Immigration Reform, specifically the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Before an overview of DACA and further information about it, there will be an explanation of how successful and failed immigration reforms in the United States, such as the DREAM Act, has led…

Throughout the past years, the polarization between political parties has reached a dramatic extreme. Some people think that polarization has occurred within our political system, due to extremism between party ideology, income, districts, closed-primaries, etc. Due to the problem that has occurred within the political system, there are some solutions that are tangible to incorporate to abate the pressures of polarization. On the other hand, I do believe that there are some solutions, that…

During the twentieth century two of the largest and most important domestic programs came through FDR’s New Deal and LBJ’s Great Society. Even though it is plausible to argue that the Great Society is somewhat based off of the New Deal, it is false to think that the Great Society and the New Deal shared the same goals. For the most part, the Great Society did not resemble the New Deal in its goals and policies because both sets of domestic programs had different agendas and purposes. A major…