Impeachment

He was liberal and became increasingly more liberal as the Revolution continued, yet he still maintained that the king was the one to rule France but with the possibility of impeachment. Several of writers have even mention that Marat didn’t believe in a republican form of government in his early years and did not refer to it in his newspaper either (Gottschalk, 1921). Marat had pre-held conviction while entering the Revolution…

Sam Houston Unlike the previous examples of courage, whose actions lasted almost entirely during their terms as Senators, Sam Houston’s courage is separated into two distinct periods: his terms as a Texas Senator, and his term as Governor of Texas. During his terms as both a Senator and a Governor of Texas, he argued greatly against the Kansas-Nebraska Act and Secession from the Union respectively, all the while being criticized and undergoing the three pressures that Kennedy outlines in his…

There are three branches of the United States government which shape and control society in our day to day lives. These three branches are known as the separation of powers which is “the division of government power across the judicial, executive, and legislative branches” (Bianco 7). The two main branches this paper will focus on are the executive and legislative branches of the federal government, specifically the President and Congress. The President and Congress function on the Madisonian…

The Five Principles Our constitution was written to ensure the freedom and liberty of the United States, while also monitoring the actions of power and the people. Throughout this historical document, there are five major principles embedded; popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, and federalism. These five concepts are what indirectly encompass the foundation of the United States and its government.…

Woodrow Wilson once said, “The method of political science is the interpretation of life; its instrument is insight, a nice understanding of subtle, unformulated conditions.” This quote by Wilson explains that political science allows one to better understand and define valuable issues in the world as they question the political behavior of others. Throughout, the semester we have studied three comparative approaches used in political science in order to gain knowledge about the great issues of…

Nathan “Danger” Williams 11/9/16 Leading the Way A “Dangerous” Leadership Paper Huey Pierce long (AKA ‘The Kingfish’) was the Governor of Louisiana during the depression Era. Long was born in Winnfield, Louisiana, on August 30, 1893, to a poor farm family of strong religious beliefs. He attended a public school and eventually became independent at the age of 16 as a door-to-door salesman to save up money for College. In 1912, he studied law for six months at Oklahoma University, and…

Following the impeachment of Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur), Megawati Soekarnoputri was appointed to replace the position as president of Indonesia. She was the first female president ever to hold presidency and the daughter of the first Indonesian president, Soekarno. The vice president which selected to be her vice in running the Government is Hamzah Haz. Both of them together to run the governance as the President and Vice President until October 20, 2004. Several important agendas announced by…

William “Bill” Clinton, the 42nd president, gave his “I Have Sinned (1998)” speech explaining and asking for forgiveness due to his affair with his secretary Monica Lewinski. Through this speech Clinton demonstrates strong pathos, ethos and logos. Clinton’s main goal was to let the citizens of America and people involved know that he is deeply sorry for his actions. His tone throughout the speech is apologetic because of the content of his speech. Bill Clinton was born on August 19th, 1946, in…

SW1 Abuse of Presidential Power The abuse of presidential powers have been getting worse and worse over the years. Some say that what the president does is constitutional, some say it’s not. Really, it’s all on how the Constitution is interpreted. For example, the Watergate Scandal that Nixon pulled, or even Obama having open borders and not deporting illegal immigrants. Presidents are destroying and re-writing what Presidents in the past worked so hard to accomplish. The Constitution was…

We should hold this truth to be self-evident: that we, the people, have not held up our end of the “social contract” between us and our government. Perhaps our disenfranchisement with the government is one of our own making. Perhaps our role in government needs to go beyond mere obligations, or even participation. And perhaps the emerging divide between the government of the people, by the people, and for the people with those very people can be ameliorated by something as simple as education…