Term limits in the United States

Conventionally, the law would limit the federal government from baselessly upholding tax and spending policies. This would equally ensure that federal government’s legislatures’ powers limited as they will not be able to write anything and everything into law. Equally, it is worth noting…

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to 1989 where The United States and the Soviet Union tried to have global hegemony after the WWII. It was a period full of threats, fear and persecution, which imposed its indelible mark on the conscience of the society of that time. In the reality, this conflict was bipolar, manipulative, propagandist and absurd clashed between 2 ideologist as capitalism and Communist. Throughout the different stages of the confrontation, the frontal and direct clash between the United States and the Soviet…

social contract theorist, Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and John Locke (1632-1704) have similar ideas on the relations between state and its citizens. Thomas Hobbes provides a hypothetical account of the universe before sovereign(s), which is known to be the state of nature. University of Auckland philosopher Davies provides an alternative form to the state of nature, radical state of nature. Davies suggests that in this form, all individuals are in their natural condition and not subject to a third…

their vote share in the 2012 election”, states the Washington Post. How is this possible the one political party can be so underrepresented when we are told that every voice is equally represented in the House of Representatives? In comes the term gerrymandering. Gerrymandering is as old as Democracy is here in the United States. It dates back to our founding fathers. What is gerrymandering and how does it affect the political system in the United States? The term gerrymander was conceived in…

Danubia is a Contracting State to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (hereinafter CISG) [R.A., p. 5, para. 18], the Convention applies automatically to the contract despite the fact that…

poem of its kind. A poet finally stepped out of the box and truly created something. To write is to create something that comes from within and it should be done without limits and standards. Ginsberg was not afraid of the repercussions that the publication of “Howl” would present in the long run. He saw a problem in the United States and boldly addressed the issue for everyone to see. Dove refers to this as the liberation of…

legal, while the other, cannabis, is not. People wrongly believe that marijuana is bad for you but alcohol is not. Marijuana can, of course, be unhealthy if used recreationally. The side effects of marijuana, if abused, include racing heart, short-term memory loss, anxiety, and psychotic experiences such as hallucinations (Matthews, 18). So yes, the drug is unhealthy if it is abused. On the contrary, studies and statistics show that alcohol abuse is even worse, seeing as it “has been linked to…

times a year to discuss and vote on the issues. The council of 500, which was made of volunteers from all ten districts, helped sort out the assembly's business. An even smaller council, a counsel of fifty men, made the daily decisions of the city-state. The largest problem of Athens democracy were that only a few of the people could become citizens, therefore limiting the power to a small group. This problem caused many slaves, and other non-landowners to be disappointed. Athens, no matter what…

Jumbo Loans A home loan that exceeds the conforming limits is known as a Jumbo mortgage. In most parts of the United States, the Jumbo loan limit is $417,000 while in other high-cost areas like Alaska and Hawaii it is usually $625,000. Jumbo loans are different from conforming loans in that they require higher interest rates due to the large amount of financing they offer. Eligibility for a Jumbo loan Jumbo loans generally require higher down payments. The down payments however, vary with the…