Transitional Federal Government

Abstract In the modern times back in the late 18th century in the Constitution where the Founding Fathers were established the to rebuild the federal government to become more efficient than the recent government under the Article of Confederation, they were also published and ratified the ten natural rights of the citizens known as the Bill of Rights. In the Bill of Rights of the Congress, the Second Amendment, which infers that the people of the society has been entitled to have…

to the Supreme Court’s fealty to the Constitution, citing the fact that the Constitution stipulated that war should not be initiated without a Congress issuing a declaration of war, which had not been the case with the Vietnam war. Rather, the US government had found a way to make it happen. President Johnson, in the wake of the contrived “Tonkin” attack, sought and was granted authorization from the Senate to pursue any actions he deemed necessary. Many US citizens, appalled by this flagrant…

territory. Moreover, the Louisiana Purchase which took place in the history of America doubled the size of the American territory by expansions and explorations to new regions. As soon as the 1812 War ended, the expansion began at its peak. The U.S. federal government want to enlarge the territory of the America, therefore, between the years of 1816 to 1821 there were many new states added to the Union. These states include Alabama, Missouri, Mississippi, Illinois, Maine and Indiana. Most of the…

(Rough Draft) For the past decade one of the biggest debates that has seemed to get everyone taking sides it the idea of the legalization of marijuana. Marijuana is not something new to the American government, it has been an ongoing battle to control the seemingly harmless plant that the government deemed illegal with no justification other than we still do not know enough about the plant. It is only due to recent theories of marijuana ability to be used as a useful medicine that people have…

parties that were involved in the ratification of the American Constitution. The Federalist and the Anti-Federalist; they both had very strong views regarding the welfare of the country and its citizens. The Federalist who wanted to impose a stronger government had the greatest ideas and impact on the ratification of the American’s Constitution. They didn’t want the idea of having any loose interpretation of anything, they wanted everything to be clear and done by the book, they were afraid that…

Treaty of Echota, which gave all lands east of the Mississippi river to the U.S. government. White American population began to blossom and so did the spread of Euro-centric culture. Although at the time Natives were not considered citizens, whites still wanted to rid Natives of their culture and replace it with their own. In order to begin the process of acculturation and assimilation of Natives the U.S. government decided to break Natives of their unity by passing The Daws Act of 1887. The Act…

Reconciliation Act. This act is known for “Welfare Reform” which has Temporary Assistance for the Needy Families (TANF) that is a federal program the benefits consist of a 60-month limit for a cash aid benefits for recipients. Generally, each state has their own guidelines for the TANF; however, the requirements may differ, due to economic factors. The TANF program, should also meet the federal work participation requirement (WPR). This is a mandated work performance requirement for states…

focused the power on the individual states. They soon found that the Articles of Confederation provided a system that was fatally flawed and incapable of supporting the young nation. The Articles of Confederation created a weak central system of government which was incapable of standardizing currency, imposing taxation, creating a national court system, enforcing laws with an executive branch, or allowing for revisions to the original document itself. The weaknesses of the document nearly…

Of all of the presidential candidates running for president, Ted Cruz has the plan that will save America. America is in a state of turmoil with economic downturn and job loss to illegal immigrants, a broken tax system, and the threat of ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Barack Obama promised change in 2008, but no economic recovery has been evident, jobs have been continuously lost, and he has dismissed the threat of ISIS and saying that the U.S. “is making significant progress defeating them” (Riley 1)…

How do you feel about the revelation that the government is collecting phone records and internet data from millions of Americans? Do you feel as if your civil liberties are being challenged? It is only understandable to feel such violation, however, it is important to remember that America is a democracy, and the government can only act upon us as much as we, the people, allow them to. Looking as far back as the seventeenth century, during the Thirty Years War in Europe and the Civil War in…