Legislatures

There are many factors that are seen as threats to the United States’ welfare. More specifically, demagogues are often seen as threats to our democracy. These individuals seek support by appealing to emotions, popular desires, and prejudices—rather than by rational argument. During the Great Depression there was a remarkable and powerful, Huey Long. He was the governor of Louisiana, and a presidential candidate in the 1932 presidential election. He was known for his populist ideology and abuse…

The United States Constitution is not a contract because is the supreme law of the land. Which means it was written to bring order and structure. Order is the first reason why the constitution is not a contract due to its two influences: government staying alive and the tyranny of the majority. Then the second reason why they united states constitution is not a contract because it was created to have a structure in the government. The third reason that United States Constitution is not a…

In the entire world, a majority of the nation’s governments are a democracy or have some aspects of it in their political system. A democracy, is a government system where the people have the direct influence and control over the actions of the government and who leads it. Most commonly, democracies have only risen out of empires, dictatorships, and monarchies within the last few centuries. Although they also feature the idea of involving the people, there are many different forms of…

In the “im just bill” song by School house rock, it only goes over the brief aspects of the complicated long process on how a bill becomes a law. In the song, it states like most things, the bill starts off as an idea. Mostly these ideas come from problems that arise in the American society. The problems then go forth as ideas to a congress man in which that he has to agree with. If the congress man agrees then he we will write the bill which will later be presented to the committee and will…

“Politics” is one of those words everyone hates. No one wants to talk about it at the dinner table, some think of happier topics, and some fear it absolutely. Yet, politics is necessary, and it is important that people living in a democracy practice it. People have the freedom to not involve themselves with politics, however, practicing it is what is necessary for everyone. The idea is similar to education: we may not use some information we have learned at all in our life, but at least we are…

American democracy is under threat as discussed by both Matthew Spalding and William Hudson. In their books, We Still Hold These Truths: Rediscovering Our Principles, Reclaiming our Future and American Democracy in Peril: Eight Challenges to America’s Future, written by Spalding and Hudson respectively, they list their reasons for this view. One leans more conservative and the other liberal yet the both reached the same conclusion in that American democracy is going through troubling times.…

Kemi Odunaike Mr. Mao World History 14 September 2017 Absolutism & Democracy Essay During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, there were two highly effective forms of governments. Which were Absolutism and Democracy. Absolutism is a form of government that can be compared to a Monarchy or a Dictatorship in a way of it being a political party in which there is an absolute power given over others. Democracy is a form of government where all eligible citizens have an equal say in the…

Unit Four- Question Three- Tate Sensenbach Congress periodically attributes some of its characteristics to British Parliament. For example, both systems use different houses to voice disparate opinions. However, the two systems of government more often contrast with each other. Parliament, unlike Congress, represents houses through a specific order in society. Members of the House of Lords inherited their seats through ancestors attaining peerage, which is a title of nobility. This specific…

As a human, we must find the optimal speed for any and everything we do. This same idiosyncrasy is applied to the legislative branch, but as time has passed the idea for perfection has slowly faded away. At this point, we must ask ourselves if the legislative process allows Congress to properly address the needs of the nation. The citizens witnessing the legislative branch must evaluate if the legislative process is fulfilling the desideratum of this great nation. As a witness, I feel the…

The argument made by Jack N. Rakove in his essay, “The Hope of the Framers to Recruit Citizens to Enter Public Life,”1 was more convincing than that made by Alfred F. Young in “The Pressure of the People on the Framers of the Constitution.”2 Young focuses on the different motivations of the framers, while the point that Rakove is trying to make is how the framers of the Constitution of the United States3 , regardless of motivation, sought to include the common people in the affairs of the…