Legislatures

should not be the only determining factor for the amount of representatives in the houses of a legislature. There were many advantages and disadvantages of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan brought up in the Constitutional Convention. We believe that the Great Compromise was a valid agreement, considering it did not give unequal power to any of the…

The United States government under the constitution is divided into 3 branches of power in order to provide a system of balance to our government. The 3 braches include the executive, the legislative, and the judicial branch. Each branch of government has a different type of power instead of giving all the power to one branch. Every state has its own laws and ways it can run these branches of government. The state of Alabama legislative branch is slightly different from the other 49 states.…

In 1787, a convention was held to assemble all of the fifty-five delegates at the Pennsylvania state house in Philadelphia. During this convention the New Jersey plan and the Virginia plan which were inherited from the Articles of Confederation were discussed. These two plans had different opinions on how the states were to be represented. The New Jersey plan called for equal representation between the thirteen states. While the Virginia plan called for representation by population. Although…

The Executive, points out Hamilton, wields, “the sword of the community,” as well as, “dispenses the honors,” thereof. Further, argues Hamilton, the Legislature, “commands the purse,” as well as, “prescribes the rules by which the duties and rights of every citizen are to be regulated.” Contrary to these aforementioned powers, the Judiciary, states Hamilton, “has no influence over either the sword or the…

The United States congress is made up of a bicameral legislature. The framers of the constitution were the ones who decided on this form of legislature due to the great compromise. The framers did not want to give the executive branch a massive amount of power, which would cause them to become tyrannical in their rule. However, when deciding how to form the Legislature there were some complications. On one side, the larger states suggested that every state have representatives based on the…

his previous statements. Locke says “the people shall be judge” (386). Locke argues that while individuals have given up their right to rebel, the collective mass of people in the society that has given their consent has the right to judge the legislature or king of the land. This view sets a dangerous precedent that disregards everything that was a defense of the theory in the previous sections of the treatise. If the people can determine when an action is against the people, numerous…

seats in parliament. In the 2014 elections in South Africa show how the number of votes under proportional representation can correspond much more closely to the percentage of seats won in the legislature. For example, the African National Congress won 62.2% of the votes, gaining 249 seats in the legislature, whereas the African People’s Convention won 0.2% of the votes and 1 seat. In a single-member system, the African People’s Convention would not have been represented in the…

able to step in and prevent such action from occurring in the first place. The legislature, which is almost always chosen directly by the people, should be strong enough to prevent the other branches of government from having a concentration of power. A strong legislature is a top priority in the legitimacy of a democracy, as the Economic Intelligence Unit 's (EIU) index states “the clear predominance of the legislature is rated positively [in the index], as there is a very strong correlation…

the legislature. 2. What was the purpose of the convention of 1787? What issues caused disagreement among the convention’s delegates? The purpose of the convention of 1787 was to revise the Articles of Confederation. This purpose was then eventually discarded in favor of creating a whole new constitution. One of the biggest issues causing disagreement among the delegates was…

1. The Colony of Massachusetts believes that citizens qualified to vote in elections for the state legislatures should elect members of the lower house. We believe that this proposition is the correct decision because it upholds what we fought for in the Revolutionary War. In The Declaration of Independence, created by our founding father, it states that all men are created equal. Therefore, all men should be involved in the government and have a say in those who represent them. The…