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    are called the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. These branches play the main roles in law. These branches are split up for many reasons I will explain as you follow. First and foremost I will begin discussing and describing the powers and duties carried out by the legislative branch and who actually makes up this specific portion of the government. The Legislative branch of the United States of America is made up of the 535 members of Congress which includes the 100 elected…

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    Power Of Judicial Review

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    Although the power of judicial review is not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, the Supreme Court had acquired it through landmark cases and the founding fathers original intent. The landmark case that gave them the power of judicial review is the case Marbury v. Madison. In this case, President John Adams appointed William Marbury to be a justice of the peace along with forty-one others days before his presidency expired. The commissions were not sent out before the end of his presidency…

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    All humans aim to be successful in life, many literary pieces demonstrate how people will do anything in order to gain success, or stay alive. Many are consumed by the idea of advancing in society and in power, and this leads to people to lack both loyalty to others and moral standards. Many literary pieces demonstrate that humans are driven by both self gain and self preservation, and sometimes the obsession with this idea leads many to lack morals and cast away loyalties. All humans hope to…

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    Next came the aristocrats, taking power the king left based on their merit and success. However these aristocrat families would become oligarchical and would again be abolished by the people. The people, fed up with corrupt leaders would establish a democracy, where all would be equal,…

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    compared to only 2.68 pounds in 1960. There are three materials that have the most impact when recycled- glass, metal, and paper. When 10 glass-containers are recycled, enough energy is saved to power a TV for over two hours. Metals have an even bigger impact, recycling six aluminum cans saves enough power for a laptop to run for 31 hours. Lastly, the average U.S. household could be powered by the energy savings from recycling just one ton of paper. On the contrary, plastics are not as impactful…

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    Just thirty years ago, April 26th, 1986, one of the world’s largest nuclear meltdowns occurred in Pripyat, Ukraine. The workers of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant were running a system test on reactor four and there was a sudden, unexpected power surge. When the workers attempted to conduct an emergency shut off even more power was produced. This caused the reactor vessel to crack and allow air into the core. The core ignited and the fire sent a large plume of highly radioactive smoke. For the…

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    be what are slowing their progress. Solar energy use direct sunlight and transform the light source into heat or electricity for their users but this type of renewable energy also has its drawbacks. According to Destouni and Frank, “the main solar power constraints are high cost and intermittency.”(Destouni & Frank 2010 pg.5) Along with those constraints you must also live in an area that has constant…

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    about how the the government only has has power “ from a compact, and agreement, and the mutual consent of those who make up the community”(Locke). Meaning that the government only has as much power as given to them from the people. If the government is not working for the people they can get rid of the government 's influences and reform it to fit the needs of the society. This is exactly what the United States did in order to remove the British from power, we created the declaration of…

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    head of the government making laws official. Checks and Balances is a system used by the U.S government to limit the power of each branch so that every branch is equal in power and no branch has too much power. This Checks and Balances system is important to our government because if not, one branch would take over the others and there would be no control or equality with the power our government has and is given by the people. The colonists past experiences with British rule led to the fear…

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    All humans have the right and power to fight for these rights. John Locke believed that “ This power... can have no other end or measure... to preserve the members of that society in their lives, liberties, and possessions... this power has its original only from compact, and agreement, and the mutual consent of those who make up the community” (Locke). Every person has the natural…

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