Swing state

yet contrasting, views on civic virtue and its relationship with political well-being. While Hume articulates that through proper checks and balances liberty and government will be protected from an amoral statesman; to the contrary, Witherspoon states that without a proper moral footing any government is destined to fail. Witherspoon’s assertions are supported by the French philosopher Montesquieu. In contrast, Price makes statements that protect Hume’s declarations from the contrasting…

To legally possess or purchase firearms or ammunition, residents of the state of Illinois are required to have a FOID card. The new initiative taken by the state of Illinois was that they will no longer be accepting the paper application of the FOID card application. They are now doing an online FOID card registration process. Some may say this new online initiative was non though out well by the state, but The Illinois State Police website can reassure everyone that this was a well thought out…

emphasize on funding, achievement rates, and school responsibility over the students’ progress. An online article named The New Rules, states that “it is the most sweeping education-reform legislation since 1965”. This Act was meant to guarantee the quality of education that children are receiving in the United States. The No Child left behind reform lead to the Common Core State Standards. Pros:1 Test Scores Improved. The No Child Left behind Act…

information that is shared the more effective group therapy is more likely to be for that individual and even other individuals (Johnson PhD, 2015). In group therapy, “duty to protect and warn” depending on the states laws, would still apply…

The role of the state in the economy is a very current and debated issue. Should the government be narrowed down as an institution and an observer, or should it have an active role as a regulator and intervener? Especially the financial and bank crisis of 2008 raised the question of the government’s role within the economy – people wondered could the crisis have been avoided if we would have had stronger government intervention. Some people argue against a strong economic state, stating that too…

“It’s better to lose a minute, than your life in a minute”. Texting while driving has been a big issue not just in the United States but also all over the world. Each day there are more accidents, injuries and even deaths, caused by the distractions of our cell phones. The only way to prevent these accidents is to make texting and driving illegal. Texting while driving causes so many distractions, for example it can divert the driver’s attention from the road (“Should Texting…”). When the…

Sometimes in the United States legal system there are flaws that are glossed over in favor of convenience. This system has been supported by the fact that the legal system is recognized for quantity of cases that it solves rather than the quality of the cases. The average American citizen is actually the main cause for these flaws due to their lack of understanding of the legal system as a whole. Unless a case is particularly devastating the average citizen won’t even hear about it, but will…

of the decisions of the government. The role of the government in Machiavelli’s idea was to be a way to keep order of the state. It would be changed and manipulated by the prince for the situation. The prince also had to try to predict problems that could arise in the future, so he uses the government to make laws to prevent this, “It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the…

through the distribution of wealth throughout the state or in other words serving the capitalist class. (Dickovick &Eastwood, 2016) This is seen through past history of colonialism in order to achieve free markets in Europe and fulfill capitalism. In an international viewpoint, neo-colonial exploration can take place in order to fulfill these needs in the state and correlate with the division of power. Thirdly, this theory rests upon how the state should be structured. The theory revolves…

industry due to the bailouts stemming from the financial crisis of 2008. Currently, state governments regulate the insurance industry. Proponents of federal regulation argue that states are inefficient in the duty of insurance regulation. Additionally, the federal government has economies of scale and may offer an increase in efficiency unlike state regulation. There are advantages to both sides of this debate; however, states should still be given this responsibility. The federal government…