Local government in the United States

Great Britain, the new nation decided to establish their own government. The Articles of Confederation (the first written constitution of the United States) had many weaknesses and therefore, the Constitutional Convention was held to amend the Articles of Confederation. It was rewritten and the Constitution was inaugurated. The Constitution established a strong federal government as well as basic and essential laws. It divided the government into 3 branches (the Executive branch, Legislative…

democracy in our country today. Many feel that the government under minds the people with their decisions. Direct democracy would allow those people to really see what was going on in their country. The objective of this essay is to describe those advantages and disadvantages of direct democracy. Along with that topic I will also be discussing Alabama Amendment 3. This Amendment falls under the right to bear arms. Direct Democracy is a system of government in which people make political…

Bills start and finish their runs in the committees. The committees and subcommittees’ member play highly important roles to hash out the details of a bill. They are vital for the work needed of Congress – taking into consideration, influencing, and approving laws to administer to our nation. Eight thousand or so bills go to committee per annum. Less than ten percent of those bills make it out for deliberation because they are particularly controversial, therefore they die in committees.…

usually operates through the National Security Council. The conductor of the daily functions of foreign policy is the Department of State. They play a major role and have several responsibilities such as making policy recommendations to the president.…

When discussing the topic of public service by American citizens, many people under the age of 30 are stating that this mandatory public service is unacceptable. On the contrary, a majority of Americans are in favor of a year of mandatory national service for 18-25 year olds. People are still growing and maturing at ages 18-25, so some believe that public service during that age is crucial. With that being said, if serving your community is like a job or unenjoyable to you, I wouldn’t suggest…

in the states not the central government.The Federalists favored The Constitution.The Anti-federalists favored the Articles of Confederation.Federalists and Anti-federalists thought differently in the Bill of Rights also. Federalists were very against the Bill of Rights while the Anti-federalists were for it.Largely contributed in Urban areas was the Federalists, Anti-federalists were more contributed…

"It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government." said Alexander Hamilton. The founders created the constitution to be a guide to our nation, and how to prevent the tyranny in the United States of America. You may wonder how did the constitution change from the articles of constitution, by spreading out the power onto not one but a lot of people. The constitution guarded against tyranny by appointing federalism and allowing the branches to check on each other so that…

power of the national government. Picture the division of powers like this, where the congress are the beggars on the streets while the states are the people with the money walking on the street. The state governments had more power than the national government, which caused a great deal of problems for the young nation. In the first place, the Articles of Confederation made it so that the national government had no power to regulate commerce or trade between states, each state could put taxes…

America are not as strong of allies as Japan and America. Also, during the most recent campaign Hillary Clinton had lied straight to her audience and hid from the public basically. She had her own secret email server back when she was secretary of state. There are other times she had changed her position from her original opinion on a topic, just to please the voters and get her into office. Some people may say that artifice is not the most essential skill to have in politics because the…

Throughout the 1950s, questions were raised about the religion of Scientology and if its values were even a religion at all. A man by the name of L. Ron Hubbard the founder of dianetics, which later became Scientology in 1952, had a religious belief that people had the ability to see beyond human intelligence. Hubbard believed to be helping his religion by expanding the views he had on others. In the film, Going Clear by Alex Gibney he exposes Scientology for what it really is, a money…