United States federal legislation

change in policies both at the state and federal levels to help bridge these historical gaps between the major powers (White supremacists) and the minority groups in the United States. Hopefully, when these changes are implemented into mainstream society educational attainment for Latinos and other ethnic groups in the U.S will rise, and we can truly achieve equality in the school systems and the workforce. This should be our main objective as citizens of the United States and we can accomplish…

principles of federalism, presidentialism, and parliamentary sovereignty in a comparison and contrast of the governments in the United States and in England. In the United States, the concentration of presidential is a unique part o democratic institutions, which relies on the three branches of government as a balance of power. More so, U.S. president must govern through the federal governing apparatus, which controls his power through the judicial branch and the Congress. In a similar form of…

Many United States citizens do not really understand the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act also known as Obamacare that was passed in congress without any republican signatures. United States citizens need to be informed why the affordable care act is nothing but bad for the United States. Obamacare is portrayed as a cost efficient plan, but in reality the plan is really costing the citizens a lot more money than what other countries put into their health plans. The Affordable Care Act…

According to the United States Department of Labor, the average annual income before taxes per consumer unit in 2014 was 66,877 a 2.8 percent decrease from 2013. In contrast, the average expenditures per consumer unit in 2014 was 53,495, a 4.7 percent increase from 2013. The bureau reports that in 2014 food cost rose 2.4 percent, housing cost increased 1.5 percent, transportation increased by .8 percent, gas prices decreased 3.9 percent, vehicle insurance increased by 9.8 percent, and health…

An American Language Policy Should there be an official language policy that needs to be adopted such as in other countries? The United States was created by immigrants that left their countries due to many reasons. With such a diverse crowd of ethnicities full of culture and traditions, it would come as no surprise that these ethnic groups would have their own languages. One reason some feel that there should be a language policy is that of communication problems between two different language…

May 11, 2005, has set federal standards for the issuance of driver’s licenses and requires aliens to prove their "legal presence" in the United States (Thomas, HR 1268.) Its basic purpose is to ensure that state-issued licenses and IDs meet certain standards and requirements that the federal government sets before they will be considered valid. This piece of legislation has caused quite a bit of debate since its origination and passage into law. Some throughout the United States support this…

he Federalists and Republicans in 1800 shared a common goal, furthering the United State 's independence and the prosper of it 's citizen 's, but they held stark differences on how to achieve it. Economically, the Federalists wanted a strong central government with a federal bank, which would finance new business ventures and bring America closer to being a “modern” country like England. The Federalists believed the way to make America more independent and wealthy was to compete with European…

overall scope of Public Education. It is essential to note that education is basically the foundation of almost all great things, including the emergence of the United States; if the leaders were uneducated then, this country would not have been in such a great place in the world. The main aspect of Public Education in the United States is that it is based on equal opportunity for all its citizens. The government provides equal opportunity for every citizen regardless of race, ethnicity,…

Fort Amsterdam used to be located. The federal government used to rent buildings which were previously constructed (New York Architecture). “In the early 19th century, however, the federal government began expanding and constructing…

where details and clauses were aimed at restricting the power of the national government, leaving the actual responsibilities to the states. To do so, Kaufman notes that the role of the federal government was very clearly described, while the function of the state governments was left contrastingly unclear. While the intent of this was to limit the role of federal governments (creating stricter guidelines for the government to…