Impeachment

constantly strives to be accepted by the boys as a true leader. Eventually, he even asks for another vote, saying, “hands up [...] whoever wants Ralph not the be chief” (Golding 127). Faced with the reality that none of the boys voted for Ralph’s impeachment, “the red drain[s] from [his] cheeks, then c[omes] back with a painful rush. [...] Humiliating tears [... run] from the corner of each eye” (Golding 127). Unable to conform to the boys’ visions of an ideal leader, Jack regresses to a life of…

In the constitution, Article 1 is about the Legislative Branch. The Legislative Branch is made up of the two houses of congress. Those houses are Senate and House of Representatives. The Legislative Branch are the ones who writes the laws. The laws are written and then passed on to congress for a vote. There are one hundred senators in the Senate, two from each state. The House of Representatives is made up of 435 elected members, divided among the 50 states in proportion to their total…

vacancies that happen from any state. The Section 2(5) provides that the House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other Officers. Furthermore the section determines that the House of Representatives shall have the sole Power of Impeachment. The sole power determined by the section means that the House of Representatives is the only one with this power, and for example the Senate doesn’t have this power. The Section 3 (1) states that the Senate of the United States shall be…

Respond to “All the President’s Men” The “All the President’s Men” is a political film that shows a couple of reporters investigating the Watergate scandal were five men break-in at the Democratic National Committee. The film approaches the scandal as an investigation made for the reporters that transform the film into a suspense movie. The calls, the meetings, the resources, and the effort that both reporters implemented to create the perfect story for the scandal was giving results and,…

Ronald Reagan, a President to remember for the many exquisite actions he did while in the White House. As told by Margret Thatcher, Reagan solved the pressing issues, that comes with presidency, with grace. From the “domestic pressure or when his allies came under Soviet, Reagan was “firm and unyielding”. Continuing to relive the heyday of President Reagan, Thatcher goes on to describe her dear old friend as “great” repeating the adjective to truly express how amazing he was. While “enemies…

The constitution is the foundation of our political system today. Throughout the years, we were able to make, execute, and interpret law by using the constitution as a reference. In this essay, I am going to focus on the making of law. The first thing we must look at is the constitution itself. Article one of the constitution created the Legislative branch of Congress. Article one Section one states that all of the legislative power of the government should line with congress in two branches…

people. The Judicial Branch is the final place for a law to be checked. They also decide cases involving State’s rights. Lastly, this branch checks the power of the Legislative and Executive branches. Federal judges can only be removed through impeachment by the House of Representatives and conviction in the Senate. Judges and justices serve no fixed term; they serve until their death, retirement, or conviction by the Senate. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the…

commander-in-chief of the nation’s defense, but only Congress can actually declare war. The Supreme Court can declare presidential acts unconstitutional and congress can impeach the president and remove him/her from office, such as seen in the impeachment of former president Nixon. In other exact examples, after the Civil War Johnson vetoed over 20 bills. In 1987, Reagan appointed Judge Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. However, his nomination was defeated due to “lack of reasoning for…

House of Representatives and the Senate. The second article explains functions of the executive branch and the role of the President. There is also information on what would happen if something happened to the President and also information about impeachment of a President. The third article explains the role of the judiciary branch. The judicial power is “vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish” (Constitutioncenter).…

The United States Constitution, while intended to create a democratic system of laws in our country, does include several undemocratic elements. The original U.S. Constitution differed greatly from our current version, as many amendments made a profound change in the way we currently perceive whether or not the document is democratic. Certainly one could, in modern times, argue that the biggest mistake the Founders made was not addressing slavery; indeed, the original Constitution does not speak…