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    Our three branches of government have been around since the early colonies. These government policies are still in effect today. These branches have been around since the early colonies and are still used to this day. The branches include Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. Let’s take a look into what they’re doing for us today. There is the Legislative branch which makes laws and approves presidential appointments. This branch of government has two senators from each state and the number…

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    Autonomy Vs Federalism

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    Federalism can be adopted as a means of giving different regional groups control and autonomy over their own affairs. The thought is that if people have some control and the ability to conduct their own local affairs with respect to economic development, culture, and education they will feel more willing and secure to embrace the authority and legitimacy of a larger national state. Federalism can be adopted as a means of sharing powers amongst lots of different political parties. For…

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    Judicial Assignment 1. Describe the two judicial philosophies? First there is Judicial Activism, which is a doctrine holding that the federal judiciary should take an active role by using its powers to check the activities of governmental bodies when those bodies exceed their authority. (Bades, 2016) Then there is Judicial Restraint which is A doctrine holding that the courts should defer to the decisions made by the elected representatives of the people in the legislative and executive…

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    is used in many ways. The Articles Of Confederation wasn’t good enough so The founding decided to throw it away and make a new Constitution. This Constitution will create a new government which guarded the tyranny, this includes federalism, separations of power, checks and balances, and balanced power between small and large states. The first way they guarded against tyranny was federalism (Doc A). The doc says the central government can regulate trades and declare wars. The states…

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    The dilemma the founding fathers face when creating the new government for the United States was who was going to have all the power. The main struggle was deciding how to distribute the power evenly, so that no one group had too much power. For deciding between states and federal powers they created a federalist system similar to the idea of a marble cake. The levels of government each had their own powers and some that were shared. Within these levels of government Madison came up with the…

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    After winning the Revolutionary War, the Americans began writing constitutions for each of the states. Since they left Britain because of their tyrannical and unfair leader, they were very fearful of that happening again. To prevent this, the states made their constitutions limit the power of leaders and put systems in place to prevent tyranny. In 1776, New Hampshire was the first state to make its own constitution. Information about this constitution is very limited. The system established…

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    In the recent years, across the United States, suggestions/requests have been introduced by representatives of the civil society, legislators & governors to limit the role of politics in the selection of state judges. These actions were motivated by the recognition that an independent judiciary is crucial for the maintenance of public confidence in the bench. The judicial system however remains imperfect. While some states chose to appoint their judges, as a way to preserve the independence of…

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    Federalism Powers

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    What is federalism? Is it food? Is it a person? No, federalism is a system that divides power between the national government and the states government. Federalism is also our system in government. In which the national/federal government and the state government share and divide power. Since both governments were not always capable of agreeing or making agreements with other states or foreign countries and give some of their ideas on how the government should operate. Both governments have…

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    Did you know a president that is a Democratic-Republican listens to the public’s opinions and to what they want? A president that is a Federalist will not be able to run the country if he doesn’t give the people a say in what they want. Unlike Federalists, the Democratic-Republican party will assure that we have an excellent leader, that our laws are fair to our rights, and they give power to state governments instead of one central government. In order to run for president, you must be a…

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    The three most important things to building a strong government are separation of power, equal representation, and taxes. If these three things were not put into the Constitution then the government would not have been working right now because people would feel like their voice are being unheard and the government system would not be working. These are valuable things needed for a government that is all about its people. Separation of power is one of the important things that help build a…

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