Impeachment

Trump, the spotlight was on Congress more than ever. Since President Trump’s presidency, his approval rating dropped to the all-time low of 35 percent according to a Marist College Poll. Seventy-five percent of Congress democrats side with Trump’s impeachment, but only 7% of republicans hold the same notion. Prominent republican senators such as John McCain, Rand Paul, and Chuck Grassley are for removing Trump from office, however, the House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says otherwise. Pelosi…

(1972), the Supreme Court has imposed rulings that all exculpatory evidence must be disclosed and that the defendant has a right to learn of any incriminating and/or discrediting information pertaining to the witnesses against them and may result in impeachment of witness testimony. With that said, an officer’s ability to be an effective law enforcement official has diminished in the eyes of the department because his or her lack of integrity and dishonesty “is likely to undermine the officer’s…

Significant differences between the Senate and the House of Representatives are serving time after the members have been elected. Senators are elected to six year terms, members of the House are elected for two years term. There is no limit to the number of the members of either chamber of the conference that can be used. Perhaps because they are short term, House representatives were more likely to be re-elected senator. The requirements are different for elected House of Representatives and…

The presidency has continued to develop from the founding of the United States and have continued to develop their power and roles in the government today. Some of the powers afforded to the President include the power to appoint leadership and to dismiss cabinet members. Additionally, a role of the President in government includes the ability to control the budgetary process. The bureaucracy, however, works to use its power to limit the President’s role in multiple facets of government. The…

tl;dr - Just because someone doesn’t post a ‘Me Too’ post, doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened to them. Survivors don’t owe you their story. The Harvey Weinsteins and the Larry Nassars of the world can burn, they’re scum. I’m a young woman who hopes to enter the film industry. These past couple of weeks have been draining my ambition. More and more and more women have come out with stories of their abuse at the hands of Harvey Weinstein in Hollywood, Larry Nassar in the sporting world, and…

Today, the President of the United States of America is one of the most publicized personalities in the country and around the world. The United States President is often called “the leader of the free world” because of the influence the United States and the presidency has throughout the world. Much of the president’s power stems from his position as the head of the executive branch and commander-in-chief of the United States military, the highest military rank of the armed forces, which grants…

but are unlimited. The House of Representatives begin meetings and sessions on the first week of January. An extremely important officer is the Speaker of the House which is elected by the House of Representatives. This office has the power of impeachment, initiating tax increases, and start bills to raise a state's income. A bill becomes a law after it has gone through either the committee of the Senate or the House of Representatives. The committee can either agree, rewrite, or reject the…

The U.S. Constitution was signed by the Founding fathers and was later ratified a year later on June 21, 1788. The Constitution was made to make the 13 states more unified while creating a stronger government, it was also made to help protect citizens individual rights. The Constitution’s first part is called the Preamble and it states what the colonist wanted to have because Britain was putting laws that only affected the colonies. The seven principles of the Constitution are popular…

“The only thing to fear is fear itself.” This was spoken by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as F.D.R. Franklin Roosevelt was the president during the Great Depression, and a large part of the executive branch. The executive branch is one of the three branches of government responsible for leading this country. The other two branches of government are the Legislative and Judicial. They all work together to run, regulate, and protect the U.S.A. I will summarize the roles, major parts,…

powers include the power to declare war, coin money, raise an army and navy, regulate commerce, establish uniform rules of immigration and naturalization,and establish federal courts and their jurisdictions. Congress also has the power of impeachment and the impeachment trial. In addition to those powers, Congress has the power to pass any additional laws that it may require to carry out its enumerated powers.…