Legal separation

government in the United States as of today. It provides the base structure for the system of checks and balances. The system of checks and balances was created so that no one part of the government or no one person can become too powerful. The Separation of Powers, as the three branches of government are called, consist of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. The legislative branch consist of two houses of congress, these two houses are the Senate and the House of…

The Articles of Confederation was America’s first national government and it was created to establish an alliance between the thirteen states to work together. After gaining independence from Britain, America needed to come up with a strong government to lead the country. Congress wanted to change and not have a government like the Parliament which was viewed by the colonists as, “oppressive” and “brutal”. According to Document 1, article 2 states, “Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom,…

Express Powers and Responsibilities of the President Article II of the Constitution spells out the powers and roles of the president as well as the executive branch of the government. The article also gives the limits on such power, and the requirements needed for holding office. The powers vested to the president in the Constitution are referred to as express powers, which are usually official duties. However, the role of the president may extent to entail implied or informal powers. The…

two diverse constitutional revolutions occurred in the Middle East. Constitutionalism refers to parliamentary representation, constitutional government reform, and a method to challenge the absolute power of the monarch. This also includes the separation of powers or check and balances. The insurgency in the Ottoman Empire and Qajar Iran possessed various similarities and differences. Despite their questionable success, two constitutional revolutions altered the political sphere in the Middle…

Tyranny by definition is a person or group from having or getting too much power. They made the constitution prevents this tyranny by having four major ideas. Those ideas are federalism, Separation of powers, checks and balances, and finally equal representation in congress. The first concept that was…

The Constitutional Convention delegates gave the citizens of each state the opportunity to ratify their Constitution. Orginally meeting to repair the Articles of Confederation, the delegates of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia made the decision to create an entirely new and unique document, the United States Constitution, in 1787. The U.S. Constitution marked a turning point in American history by changing both political and economic aspects in the country, forming a strong central…

Section 1 (a) the executive branch may veto legislation and may call special sessions of congress the legislative may override a president’s veto, may impeach the president, approves appointment's of judges and approves treaties (b) the framers intentions were to keep any branch of government from having too much power and the checks and balances make their intentions possible. 2. 1. (a) skipped (b) it basically means that the law must be obeyed no matter what and no one is immune to the law…

With the announcement of Prime Minister John Howard declared that Cabinet had commit troops to war with Iraq, questions arisen as to whether it is considered legal and valid for the government to be involve in the Australia’s armed force. Looking back at more than 100 years ago, it is evident that the Prime Ministers had been making decisions with regards to the deployment of troops were without Parliamentary approval. Before 1942, Australia’s war entitlement still lies with the Britain due to…

The United States Constitution is a document written to embody the fundamental laws of the United States. The first draft of the Constitution was called the Articles of Confederation, but the colonists quickly realized that the form of government the Articles of Confederation created was not going to work well. Consequently, the colonists held a Constitutional Convention, in 1787, the Constitutional Convention was held to amend the Articles of Confederation, they ended up drafting an entirely…

established America's national government, fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens. The Constitution guards against tyranny in several ways. Tyranny meant that all the power is in one place, these ways were federalism, separation of power, big states vs. small states and checks and balances that create an equally and controlled society. Federalism, a system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units, guards…