Texas Legislature

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…

This was due to the Florida Supreme Court 's decision to make a new election law, which only the state legislature may do under Article 3 section 6 of Florida’s Constitution. However, this leads back to the Legislative Branch and under Article 1 section one of the constitution. “All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United…

New Yorkers we would like your attention to what we believe could change the course of this country and our very own freedom. The Articles of Confederation contain great strengths yet it has many weakness, however we believe that we have the solutions to address the flaws. We have noticed that one of the biggest concerns of the people is safety from those who are foreign to us. There are six separate treaties with six separate countries that we have signed, all of them oppose a threat to us…

ones that affect the lives of large number of people and are usually the issues that are considered for state government action. One ability that a governor has is that on key agenda items they have the ability to call special sessions. Most state legislatures do not need…

Congress members have many responsibilities with being part of the national government, yet they have three main jobs that are arguably the most important out of all the others. Those three are writing laws, overseeing the implantation of laws, and serving the needs of their constituents. In lawmaking, only in the Senate, bills go up for discussion, and a senator can get his time to speak, and during this time, that senator can talk about whatever he wants to. Some senators, who are against a…

Congress has two leading legislative bodies: the House of Representatives and the Senate. Differences between the House and Senate are varied. This is due to the Founding Fathers intent to create a system of government that was both responsive to the needs of the people and yet careful in its policy development. There was also the need for checks and balances of power and policymaking within the government to avoid one body having more influence than the other. Similarities include both…

As a Congress person, there are many duties that must be done including constituent service, representation, legislation, and legislative oversight. I must constantly travel between my district to Washington to attend electoral duties, campaign for elections, meet with lobbyists, participate in committee activities, and the list goes on. Different Congressmen have different priorities, and those priorities may change with gaining maturity in office. The key to being an effective congress person…

The Separation of Powers was written by Baron de Montesquieu, a French Enlightenment philosopher, to get rid of tyranny. It separates the government into three parts: The Legislative branch (Congress, the law making branch), the Executive branch (President, the branch that makes law official) and the Judicial branch (Supreme Court, the branch that explains the laws under the Constitution). The Founding Fathers wrote the “Separation of Powers” in the Constitution since their first idea, stating…

Safety: According to Texas state of Representatives, Homeland security committee shall have nine members. The function of Homeland security is law implementation, the counteractive action of wrongdoing and the fear of offenders, the arrangement of security benefits by private substances, country security, including: the guard of the state and country. The main function of this committee is to protect the American soil and American people from…

Assesses the role that agency rule making plays in regulating a society through administrative agencies is the interesting part of the governmental system. Under the Constitution, the law branch has the right to supervise and execute all laws. According to Article 1, Section 8, all the law powers are issued under Congress. With this right, Congress has given administrative agencies the power to build the rules for implementing laws, known as the delegation doctrine. Administrative agencies,…