Separation process

Bhakti comes from the Bhagavad Gita and is one of the three paths described within the scripture. The Bhagavad Gita comes from the Hindu epic Mahabharata and it is the council of Arjuna from Krsna. Krsna helps Arjuna with an internal conflict on whether to fight or not. Krsna teaches Arjuna three paths to end his internal conflict. Thus, the Bhagavad Gita show’s these three paths and has become a foundation in Hindu scripture. Krsna teaches or shows Arjuna three paths to self-realization. Among…

Hamilton, Alexander, et al. “The Federalist.” New York Packet, 1787. The Federalist, by Alexander Hamilton, called for the ratification of the constitution in 1787 and 1788. It explored the ideals of our forming nation, from taxation to the dysfunction between states. It was written under the alias of Publius, chosen to represent Publius Valerius Publicola, who founded the Roman Republic. These essays hounded the members of the Constitutional Convention to approve and ratify the Constitution,…

The University of Tulsa campus is the home of three fountains: the one within Hurricane Plaza, another in the Samson plaza, and the Geneva King Rogers Fountain located in front of the administration building on the Chapman commons. However, the focus of this essay is simply on two of them, the Hurricane Fountain within the Hurricane Plaza, and the Geneva King Rogers Fountain. The first fountain of focus is the one located within the Hardesty plaza known as the Hurricane Fountain. The Hurricane…

Noting Justice Scalia’s work on Constitutional interpretation, two competing approaches will be discussed. According to Justice Scalia, there are four approaches to Constitutional interpretation: Textualism, Strict Constructivism, Legislative intent, and Living Constitution. However, the most prominent approaches to Statutory and Constitutional interpretation are textualism and living Constitution. Justice Scalia makes a case for textualism. He explains in his essay “A Matter of Interpretation,”…

1. What are two problems of the Great Compromise according to the anti-federalists In order to fix the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, fifty-five delegates met in Philadelphia in 1787 and debated over the political representation in Congress. Because the delegates concerned more about their own states’ interests, the Constitutional Convention faced several problems that need a lot of works to create a Great Compromise that could resolve the delegates’ disagreement and have them to…

Phillippe C Schmitter and Terry Lynn Karl’s article What Democracy Is…And Is Not has the main goal of providing a common definition of democracy. They first begin by broadly defining democracy, then discussing the procedures of democracy followed by the two operative principles of democracy (1993, p. 50). Schmitter and Karl note that there are many types of democracy that each produce different effects that are contingent on a particular states socioeconomic conditions, state structures and…

In Jane Jacobs’ book The Death and Life of Great American Cities , the author mainly focuses on the following three arguments: first, a city should have its complex structures. Planners should not create new structures by breaking the connections between the existing structures. Second, a city must contain diversity. Different districts should show various functions to become vital. Third, like human, city also grows and have its characteristics. Those patterns can not be manipulated by people.…

sure that not one branch would have total control of the government, so they created the separation of powers. With the government powers decentralized, they created three branches, the Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary, or also known as the Madisonian Model. Each branch has specific checks and balances to make sure that every other branch stays within their boundaries. The checks and balances, and separation of powers were put into the constitution so that not one person could become a…

My parents were born in El Salvador and lived there until they were 17 when they decided to come live here in the United States. When they first moved here, they lived in California for 5 years and my parents worked some insufficient jobs during that time. My mother worked as a cook in a taco restaurant, at a clothing factory, and sometimes she even babysat on the side for extra money. My father on the other hand, worked only one job which was cleaning offices. Eventually, they moved here to…

My initial thoughts on this quote were, “What does Hamilton mean by the ‘sword or the purse’?” After reading his quote a few more times, I understood that he was implying that the judicial branch has no authority over the power or the finances of society. It seems that Hamilton felt as if these are the foundations of society and that as long as the judiciary branch has no power over these factors, then it can pose no threat and cause no harm; therefore, being the least dangerous branch. Hamilton…