Separation process

At the head of our federal court system stands the United States Supreme Court. Many present-day US citizens possess minimal knowledge regarding the Supreme Court and how it functions. The Supreme Court serves as the ultimate authority in legal interpretation and its verdicts can only be altered by a constitutional amendment. The Court is in charge of making authoritative decisions concerning many of the most important issues of our time. The Court reviews decisions made by lower courts and its…

The formation for the government of the United States has been a rough process packed with regulations, restrictions and expansions to serve for the good of its people. The journey started with the Articles of Confederation, which attempted to unify the largely sovereign states following the American Revolution. After the Articles failed to govern or provide for U.S. citizens, the Constitution was triumphally ratified to allow a balanced central government successfully lead the nation. The…

by the president and approved by the legislative by at least 51 votes. This is an example of one of the checks and balances of the system. The term is life for the justices that get appointed. This is all very relevant and everyone should know the process considering the next presidential election decides the person that will be appointing probably around four new supreme court judges, making the stakes even higher. (Morris, AlterNet.) If I had any control over the judicial branch my first…

Texas has had six constitutions as a state since 1836. The current constitution became effective on February 15, 1876; and is the same constitution currently used. It is the second-longest serving constitution in the United States. The United States constitution being the first longest. Since February 1876, the Texas constitution has been amended 484 times and is made up of seventeen articles and 385 sections. The five previous constitutions occurred within a span of forty years. They are: The…

describe the beliefs of the Federalists as nationalist, who were instrumental in strengthening the national government. However, the Anti-Federalists saw such act as working at the detriment of the people and the states and thus opposed the ratification process. Unlike the Federalists, the Anti-Federalists favored a Bill of Rights to give liberties that the Constitution had…

The Purpose of Government and if It Fails Machiavelli thinks that the most important feature of the government is to provide prosperity and stability, while Locke thinks it is the preservation of the property and the property rights, which go beyond the protection of the physical properties. Both men start from the same assumption that the government is able to provide its people with a possibility of coexistence and mutual respect for the future. Both men agree that, although coming from…

1. Imagine you are a political scientist from India, the U.K., Germany, or Brazil (choose one). You are asked to help the newly democratic country of “Bostonistan” design a new constitution. Bostonistan has a history of conflict among religious groups, which are dispersed throughout the country—not every religious group lives in its own region. Many years ago, Bostonistan was a democracy, but it suffered a coup after military leaders got fed up with legislative gridlock that had paralyzed the…

America has always been seen as the land of the free and democratic. But how democratic is America? A textbook definition of democracy is “a form of government in which the people rule, either directly or through elected leaders”. Pure democracy is when the people directly rule. Pure democracy typically only works in small societies. In America, we have a representative democracy. We vote for representatives and those representatives vote on the policies that will affect the public. The model…

The president is a dominant force in forging policy making, because the framers when they were constructing the constitution gave the president under Acritical II Of the United States Constitution, the power to be Commander and Chief of the United States arms forces as well as chief diplomat. As Chief diplomat and the figure head of the nation the citizens expect the president to create laws and regulate laws in the greater beneficial of America foreign or domestic. But as important as the…

Article of Confederation vs the Constitution of 1789 The Article of Confederation is the first that was created by the Continental Congress as a guide to govern the 13th colonies in June the 11th, 1777, following the independent from the British empire in July the 4th, 1776, John Dickinson, a delegate from Delaware, wrote the drafted. It allowed congress to declare war, create alliances, appoint military officers and foreign ambassadors. It did not, however, give them the authority to impose…