Rasul v. Bush

Since becoming a superpower, the United States has often fought for its interests through tactics that many consider morally questionable. In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland, and WWII began. On December 7, 1941, Japan dropped bombs on the United States’ naval base at Pearl Harbor, and the United States joined the war. In 1943, American scientists worked to develop the atomic bomb in hopes of ending the war. When Truman became President, he had to make the world changing decision of…

command of the Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I), the War on Iraq seemed to be heading south. By the time President George W. Bush announced the surge policy in 2007, Iraq appeared to be slipping steadily towards chaos. Enemy attacks were growing in both number and sophistication. Something needed to be changed and fast. On January 10, 2007, President George W. Bush embraced a major tactical shift on the war in Iraq when he declared that the only way to quell sectarian violence there was to…

The role of women as we know them now has greatly changed in the last 100 years. Women are an essential part of life being the other half and only way to create life, the nurturing aspect of the family. Keeping things in motion and moving along smoothly ever planning and organizing. We see women as equal and that is a farfetched idea today still but 100 years ago it was unthinkable and never thought to be a thing of the present. Women were granted no rights; they could not vote, work, they did…

Donald Trump is against same sex marriage. He ultimately blames presidential candidate Jeb Bush for the decision to allow same sex marriage, he blames Jeb Bush, solely on the fact that his brother George that appointed Chief Justice John Roberts into office. Awkwardly enough, Donald Trump “blames Jeb for the decision” and Chief Justice John Roberts voted against same sex marriage…

At the time, Florida’s disenfranchising laws were preventing around 600,000 convicted people from voting in the election. Since Bush won the election by a mere 537 votes, if just 1% of the felon population had been able to vote, the entire election could have reversed and the country would have seen Al Gore as the 43rd president. In order to find out if this outcome would have occurred…

During the 2012 election the democrats are the ones with the higher voting numbers, and more than often it’s a Democrat that gets elected. Most of the votes rely on demographics however, particularly the voters of diverse race and ethnicities. The white vote isn’t weak but nonetheless the Hispanic vote is often the stronger one, especially during the 2004 election although the white vote was significantly stronger in the 2012 election and still serves as something of a threat as most whites…

ability to move on from past experiences if it can be recalled (Schneier 2015). The 3rd amendment has been interpreted by courts that there would be privacy of the home; there is no privacy because individuals are constantly monitored. United States v US District Court in the Supreme Court Case of 1972 unanimously upheld that the majority “must not be a dread of subjection to an checked surveillance power” according to Justice Powell (York 13). Writers are less likely to express their ideas…

Bush. Bush’s strong suit was being able to act on tragedies and wars quite quickly. George was undoubtedly the best president to have on the front-line at this time. According to ushistory.org, the president confidently quoted on live television that, “this would just not stand”(1). In the last months of this year, the first deployment commanded by Bush finally was placed into action. The command then was named ‘Operation Desert…

1.) As explained in these weeks required essays and also the Saylor text “American Government and politics in the Information Age” Presidential vetoes are when congress sends a bill to the White House for the president, and the current president of the United States, at the time, can “return it” without any objections. To understand further how the veto from the president works, it starts with the latin translation of the word which is “I forbid” adding to the serious tone of the president…

Originally political parties were seen as skeptical by our Founding Fathers and therefore opposed. However, today our government has political parties. Political parties attempt to gain control of the government and influence its decisions. The two most influential parties in the American Government are the Republican and Democratic Party. These two parties have very contrasting beliefs. Democrats believe in “the need for intervention by government in the form of more and bigger programs” and…