The Partisan

The United States has two main types of courts that handle trials for criminal activities which are the federal court system and state court systems. Now each one of these courts have their own rules and regulations that they must go by but they all fall under the judicial system of the federal government but state courts are operated by the state as well as go state laws. Furthermore, federal courts only handle crimes that deal with someone breaking a federal law and state courts deals with…

how does gerrymandering manifest itself? These questions will inherently lead into studies of partisan opposition using these districts as battlegrounds for securing control. Every ten years, congressional districts get “reapportioned,” meaning that there is a, “reorganization of the boundaries of House districts,” (Morone and Kersh 272). Redistricting in 2000 led to a significantly less competitive partisan election in 2002 with only “thirty-five to forty seats,” competitively drawn between…

In recent years, Congress has become increasingly polarized in terms of partisanship. The definition of partisan polarization is the separation of the two major parties as they move towards more severe issue positions. In other words, the members of Congress – both in the House of Representatives and in the Senate – tend to be either extremely liberal (corresponding to the Democratic party), or extremely conservative (corresponding to the Republican party). There are currently few members of the…

Strict Voter ID laws Strict voter ID laws are on certain states. This law affects certain states for voters to have proof of citizenship in order to vote, while other states are not that strict. With the Strict Voter ID laws the votes are at stake because the laws may reduce votes by not allowing those with the correct proof of ID to vote. The purpose of establishing these rules is to make sure that voters have the correct proof of citizenship and identification in order to vote, so that…

resistance was the most direct form of Jewish opposition to the Nazis. 30,000 jews fought as partisans in world war II.These Jews joined hundreds of thousands of non-Jewish partisans who fought the Germans, but they had to worry about local antisemites. Often they formed all-Jewish groups to protect themselves from their old neighbors. Jewish resistance took on different forms. Physical resistance by the partisans was something that hurt the Germans. Spiritual resistance may not have affected…

control, the current political party is able assure that they can stay in power. Also, previously I strongly believed in a non partisan group doing the redistricting because it would eliminate the ability for parties to keep control of an area, but even with a non partisan group, the side that happened to lose out would accuse the non partisan group of actually being partisan. With that said, redistricting without a political affiliation would be the best way, even though the redistricting could…

The article, “Teens Against Hitler”, by Lauren Tarshis, speaks about a boy, Ben Kamm, and the challenges some 350,000 Jews in Warsaw faced when Hitler invaded Poland. “‘Eliminate the Jews,’ Hitler proclaimed, ‘and you will eliminate all of Germany’s problems!’” (6.) Not only was this a threat to Warsaw, but it was also a threat to Europe’s 9.8 million Jews. Ben, being a Jew himself, lived through “one of the darkest and most evil chapters in history: the Holocaust.” (6) Ben, and countless other…

Ben Kamm was born in Warsaw, Poland, as a normal kid, but with one trait that shaped his entire life. Ben was Jewish. He also lived during the Holocaust. As grim as that is, Ben stayed strong and aided the anti-Nazi’s and become a partisan. Before Ben became a partisan, he lived with his family. “Teens Against Hitler” states, “You can hear [Ben] laughing with his friends and shouting goodbyes as they all head home for dinner… As Ben walks by a neighbor, the man hisses something. Brudny Zyd.…

The argument I will be arguing is that partisan control of redistricting is responsible for non-competitive election. The evidence I will use is Michael McDonald’s Drawing the Line on District Competition and Re-Drawing the Line on District Competition. Some other evidence will come from Competitiveness of Legislative Elections in the United States: Impact of Redistricting Reform and Nonpartisan Elections by NYC.gov. To begin lets explain what redistricting is. The placement of the district…

Texas judicial system has been called one of the most complex in the United States, if not the world. The state of Texas is one of the seven states that uses partisan elections to select judges. Judicial selection begins with partisan elections and significant amounts of money for campaigning in order to win the election or reelection. Partisan elections influence the electorate in a consistent party label for the voting process. Another problem that the Texas judicial system lacks is the…