Separation axiom

Government in the United States is like a traffic light; there are three different parts that are all separated to serve many different powers through which society abides by. All three branches are extremely important foundations of American Government, beginning with the Legislative Branch. The Legislative Branch is an essential part of our government that is responsible for making laws and framing public policies. This branch is made up of two houses, the House of Representatives and the…

Brutus XV discusses the judicial system. Brutus does not agree with the proposed judicial system that would exist under the Constitution because he thinks the judges would have far too much power. They would have the ability to interpret and explain the constitution, and there would be no power above the judges to correct their mistakes. The decisions of the court would be “final and irreversible.” He also argues that the Supreme Court would be too independent from the legislature. If the…

Don't you just love being able to debate a topic and ideas in group projects, being able to make your ideas and products better among discussion and deliberation. That is not the case in our very own senate. The filibuster that was once used a very useful tool to create further debating of a bill is now used to prevent the discussion of an idea all together. A creation that was once considered a rare procedure in the Senate has now being used as a standard procedure which is often used to delay…

I am firmly favored the Federalists. A solid focal government has been exceptionally helpful to our nation, as it has been demonstrated. They needed to see a change, though the Anti-Federalists needed to keep the government. The federalists needed to see an improvement in our nation. The Anti-Federalists needed to keep our legislature as seems to be, which would imply that we would fundamentally be a government. Doing this would cause threatening vibe toward the administration. The…

Constitution was written in 1787, the purpose of separation of powers was to ensure that there was no tyranny within the country. As now the Separation of Powers is to make sure that the country can stay a free country, and to also ensure not one branch or person tries and take control of the country. Our Founding Fathers got the idea of Separation of Powers from the enlightened thinker Baron de Montesquieu who philosophized the thought of of Separation of Powers, “Montesquieu warned…

The Framers of the United States Constitution ultimately decided to give more power to the Federal government rather than the state governments because the articles of confederation wasn’t running our country in the right direction. The Articles of confederation had no central power, at all. The Federal government then became the main focus of the two contracts, because it was more stable. Under the Articles of Confederation the state held all the power and they gave some power to the federal…

I am responding to Alexander Hamilton’s Federalist No. 78. In this essay, he discusses aspects of what would later make up the United States government’s judicial branch. One of the arguments he makes is that Congress asserts the right to shoot down legislation from Congress that conflicts with the Constitution. I think Hamilton is right in his position on whether the Supreme Court can exercise judicial review without it being in the Constitution. One of the reasons I agree with him is because…

To form a more perfect union, “We the People” need to fight to restrain the size of the government to prevent encroachment on the rights of individuals and families by an unrestrained and massive centralized governance system. This great nation found its beginnings in separating from the excessively powerful and abusively controlling government of Great Britain, proving that a big government society is destined to fail. The 13 colonies, starting in 1607, when Jamestown was founded in Virginia,…

Is Rousseau a defender of direct democracy? Critically discuss. In the book ‘of the social contract’ by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Rousseau dissects and tries to understand what or whom gives authorities like kings and law makers their power, in doing so he identifies the general will of which he considers to be the main legitimiser of such powers, as will be looked at in detail later in this essay. Prior to examining this particular concept, I will attempt to address the question this essay is bent…

Since society and society changes with time, the law does as well and this is due to judicial activism. Judicial activism is when courts do not confine themselves to the interpretations of current laws, but instead they create law based on personal or political considerations.The term judicial activism is defined in The Supreme Court by Lawrence Baum as “…A court makes significant changes in public policy, especially in policies that the other branches have established. The most prominent form…