United States Congress

This paper will consider the functions, limitations, and purpose of the executive power in the United States with particular focus on executive orders, war powers, and implied powers. The President holds several additional duties, some of which are based on tradition and not directly listed in the Constitution and those too will also be analyzed and discussed. The U.S. Constitution, Supreme Court cases, and academic journals are sources that will be referred to in distinguishing and defining the…

book readable. John Schwartz utilizes word pictures, honest, personal experience, communicating, and verbs throughout his book which made it readable. John Schwartz uses honesty and trust in pages 9-11 of his book, which made it readable for us. He states, “Pleading for light-up shoes with pink accents and rhinestone. We hesitate; would people give us trouble about putting our toddler in pink light-up shoes?” (Schwartz, 9). In this passage, he is honest because he cares about what people will…

bargain and persuade is basically key to gaining enough support from both Congress and the general public. o However, over the years, Congress has grown efficient enough at finding their stance in regards to bills and their opinions towards the executive branch. o Ironically, a study actually discovered that Presidents who are very knowledgeable of Congress have the same predicted success as those who are not as so. o Unless Congress is highly divided or slipping up, the President can merely…

victims. They help by “...alleviating survivor stress by providing such items as food, shelter, housing, and mental health services...” (Phillips, Neal, & Webb, 2012, p. 24). One such organization is the Humane Society of the United States. The Humane Society of the United States focuses on helping animals; whether from rescuing them from abuse homes or training people on everyday pet care, they are there. During disasters, this organization plays a vital role…

said to have been passed by an “opportunistic” congress who took advantage of public opinion at a time of declining popularity for President Nixon, who was embroiled in the turmoil of the Vietnam War, Watergate, and several other high profile political gaffs (Crook, J., 2012, p. 157). The end result was a piece of legislation intended to further check the executive branch’s power as commander-in-chief to commit US forces to hostilities by granting Congress a greater role in the process. However,…

anything, besides economic policies. The middle president is Bill Clinton, because he focused on more domestic policies than the limited president, and made the effort to do more. He is limited to the strong president, because his abilities to persuade Congress and other political actors was weaker compared to the strong president. Lyndon B. Johnson is the strong president in domestic policy. He addresses several issues using his legal powers, like the economy, poverty, civil rights, and…

on the legislature decreases, thus resulting in a complete lockdown of the governments ability to create new laws. This problem is still happening today and may be very evident especially with the election that just occurred. The past eight years, Congress has done short of nothing ultimately resulting in “one of the least productive sessions on record (WashingtonPost)”. Could this least productive session be due to the fact that the Congressmen and other people holding office just didn’t know…

contraception, and is given a 100% by the NRLC indicating a pro-life voting record (James Inhofe on Abortion). This is fitting for him, considering that he represents Oklahoma, one of the top 10 conservative states in the country (Newport, 2015). In part this is because it’s a very religious state, with 66% of adults saying that religion is important to them (Lipka and Wormald, 2015). As a result of this, there are only 5 abortion…

jeopardizes and degrades the affectedness of our military. He argues that women should not be in combat using research in biology, history, psychology, sociology and law. Browne does acknowledge women that have served and are currently serving and states they do deserve thanks for their contributions. Saying the book is credible is somewhat extreme, but it does provide some science to back up his opinion. The book does contain topics that although controversial, have a ring of truth in…

the holocaust, adjured President Bill Clinton, along with his wife Hillary Clinton and a joint session of congress. Throughout the piece Wiesel stuck to a single theme with a grim determination born of experience: to constantly be aware of and fight evil. The speech reads as a piece of persuasion, dedicated to convincing both the legislative and executive branches of the United States’ government not to get comfortable in the relative peace that marked the Clinton years in the white…