Legislator

school for almost a year before becoming a lawyer, then later becoming a Illinois state legislator, and later part of the United States House of Representatives. He was assassinated during his presidency while the civil war was ending on April 15, 1865. One of Abraham Lincoln’s best attributes is his perseverance even when he lost popularity among the people. From being a handyman to becoming state legislator, Lincoln had to work hard to achieve success. During his presidency and throughout his…

completely undermines the quality of a genuine democracy in the United States because it reduces electoral competition. Democracy is supposed to be the practice of social equality and gerrymandering is practicing the exact opposite of that. State legislators are intentionally drawing the districts lines for their party’s own political gain and this is unacceptable. They are basically choosing their voters, which clearly brings a political bias. According to Lyle Denniston, the National…

However, empirical evidence suggests that term limits don’t actually affect the composition of the legislatures. John Carey aggregated the background information of legislators in 3000 state governments in the U.S. and conducted a comparative analysis on the professional backgrounds and demographics of legislators before and after the term limit was imposed. HIs findings indicated no significant differences in the preferences, ideological representation, or demographic composition of the…

Term limits are defined as statutory limitations placed on the number of terms that officeholders may serve and are typically specified in a constitution (term limits). In 1947, after president Roosevelt’s death, Congress passed the 22nd amendment establishing presidential term limits and was ratified by the states in 1951 (Ultius). The 22nd amendment to the constitution of the United States declares that the nation’s president cannot be elected to more than two four-year terms (Benjamin). The…

1. What was the most shocking/disturbing thing you observed or learned in the video? The most shocking/disturbing thing I observed while watching this video was that there are a significant amount of mentally ill offenders that are placed in the state and federal institutions. There are 500,000 mentally ill offenders in the prison system and 50,000 in mental hospitals. Today’s prisons are being labeled as the new mental health hospitals for the mentally ill offenders. 2. What do you feel the…

based on policies are rarely terminated. There are various reasons that can be used to justify this. One of the reasons why such government programs are never terminated is the fact that legislators who come up with the policies find it very difficult to admit that their policies have been a failure. Legislators in most cases will try to move blame away from…

Lobbying in Food The agricultural and food industries are among the most important industries of a nation, as all citizens of the nation are involved in it. All people need to eat, which means that food safety and quality should be a top priority in a country. Food safety in the United States is at a much lower standard than that of other developed countries. Countries pertaining to the EU, the UK, Australia, Canada, and even China in some cases have bans on the use of certain chemicals and…

research fails to make a connection between unisex restrooms and the legal rights of transgender people. Commonly, proponents of unisex restrooms argue that the current laws concerning transgender rights and public restrooms need to change. Rather, legislators need to enact a new law on the level of civil rights that is not just about public restroom usage. Legislation…

jurisdictions in Australia, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria have adopted Human rights acts respectively. Inadequacy in protection of human right in Australia A critical drawback of the Australian system is the extensive workload of legislators constricting the…

legislators assert on Medicare’s administrators, since it is a public entity. Legislators have significant stakes associated with the health care industry. The health care industry as a whole spend huge sum of money on campaign contributions, lobbying in Washington, as well as contributing directly to the representatives’ local community by operating facilities and hiring from within. Therefore, when the investigators are assessing the provider’s financial records, legislators have to step…