Lobbying in the United States

America: the Melting Pot of Capitalism The "melting pot" phrase normally applies to the formation of American culture mostly shaping in the early to mid nineteen hundreds when a flood of immigrants came to America looking for anything new ranging from a new job opportunity to religious freedom. The particular time also incited a stricter formation of social classes with the lower class handling poverty and cases of starvation, middle class being families with median income mostly able to provide…

Mark Zuckerberg’s lobbying group FWD.us filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court along with other tech leaders, supporting the executive actions taken by President Barack Obama in November 2014. The President’s actions will confer new rights upon a certain category of undocumented immigrants living here. However, those actions were blocked after a case was filed against it by Texas and other Republican-led American states. The Supreme Court is more likely to hear the United States v. Texas case…

previously stated citizens of the United States have still neglected to put the concept of Congressional term limits at the federal level into effect, perhaps they have not yet realized the specific benefits that limits on terms in Congress would have on American politics. The issue of Congressional term limits is not rearing its head for the first time. In the 1990’s several states passed legislation to limit the terms of their state Congressmen. Fifteen states have approved of these limits and…

Within the United States, both income inequality and an alarming trend of anti intellectualism has become the modern norm. According to Winston Churchill, “the best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter”. This comical expression poses a compelling summation of the modern American political landscape, as evidenced by the most recent election. While midterm elections happen frequently, the majority of Americans abstain. At the same time, Americans wonder…

I feel that the United States as a whole has grown too apathetic towards its own success to really have most people hold any applicable interest in the near-future of the country, and to relate to the models of democracy Hudson discusses in an earlier chapter, the protective…

However, depending on who you ask, America is either a country which all backs up its promise for freedom and equality for all, or a country that is made of broken promises. In one of America’s most famous promises, the Declaration of Independence states that “All men are created equal,” and promises everyone certain unalienable rights to “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” If you asked white, landowning males who were alive during this time about whether they believe America fulfills…

constitution gave the president under Acritical II Of the United States Constitution, the power to be Commander and Chief of the United States arms forces as well as chief diplomat. As Chief diplomat and the figure head of the nation the citizens expect the president to create laws and regulate laws in the greater beneficial of America foreign or domestic. But as important as the president is in policy making. It has to share its power with the United States Congress. They have a symbiotic…

The United States Government is composed of checks and balances to ensure that each branch stays within it’s limits and passes laws that would be beneficial for everyone. However, because the government is composed of people it is easily corrupted and bills that should pass on to become laws ultimately die. Not only are there competing parties that have their own agendas, but it is also composed entirely of people, people who are easy to corrupt. For example, the Gun Show Background Check Act…

traditional counter-lobbying as well as mass-level civil societal mobilization that appears to have made a concrete difference in terms of mitigating AIPAC’s otherwise tremendous influence. With these realities in mind, the interviews conducted above point to a context in which pro-JCPOA forces were effective in terms of directly lobbying the Congress specifically because they were supported by synchronous and concomitant mobilization within American civil society. Grassroots Lobbying and the…

The United States prides itself in running one of the most successful examples of democracy in history. There are four main qualifications for any democracy; fair elections, active citizens in the democratic process, protected rights for all citizens, and the ability to equally enforce laws on all citizens. The United States’ government possesses all of these qualities, however, democracy can not just be measured through these four criteria. The political process and development of the…