monopolize the market and ruin the livelihoods of small farm owners. As long as the regulations keep the market fair and stable, then the regulations are necessary. Significance: This Supreme Court case set precedence for so much besides wheat. It states that Congress can not only have a say in interstate markets but in personal local markets and commerce as well, or any action that intercedes or obstructs interstate…
Political culture is known as a set of beliefs and opinions, often inherited, about how the United States Government should operate. A thorough understanding of a country's political culture helps understand the way a country's government is designed. Since the 1830’s, America has been thought to have a distinguished political culture that includes many different components. The first is liberty, which is generally thought as a citizen’s right to be free; however, they cannot violate another…
Federalism is the mixed mode of government in a political system where the federal government is combined with regional governments. The main idea of federalism is essentially to maintain the rights of states and to represent territories at various levels all while preserving a strong union nationally. In the federalist system, the various levels of representation in the government operate at different levels where they are required to have a certain degree…
power to call all into service the state units of the National Guard. This means that the president can call on the army to the war against another country even when the congress has not approved the war. In case the president uses that power and declare a war against another country for personal/unjustified reasons, it would be unethical. Another example can be taken from the attorney general. The attorney general is the chief of the legal officer of the state. One of the attorney general’s…
recurring pattern of behavior. There are two features of constitution that represent the Hamilton’s idea of institutional arrangement in the realm of politics. Firstly, according to the Constitution, in theory, the President and the Congress play the roles of the complementary representative that political power is divided by dividing the legislative function between them, thus creating a system of “checks and balances” which equalized power. In practice, nevertheless, as the expectation of…
federal system is the form of government all United States citizens are living under today. Sense this governmental system came to form, the strengths and weaknesses of our democracy under a federal system have become clear. Two advantages to this form of government are that the smaller forms of government on state and country levels created by federalism are more equipped to make decisions on behalf of the needs of local communities then a singular central government; the second advantage is…
Edward Snowden is a government contractor who leaked information on the NSA surveillance network. Alerting the public to the fact that the NSA was conducting untargeted gathering of information on average American citizens. Public opinion on Snowden is divided; John Cassidy, writer for The New Yorker hails Snowden as a hero, (Cassidy) while his fellow New Yorker writer Jeffrey Toobin calls him “a grandiose narcissist who deserves to be in prison” (Toobin) By releasing this information, Snowden…
I went on a road trip to Lake Tahoe with my friends the week after graduation in June. We rented a cabin near the lake and spent four nights kayaking, hiking, and exploring different scenic spots throughout the area. My favorite (and scariest!) part of the trip was working up the courage to jump off a 20 foot cliff into the lake. The trip was a great way to wrap up our time at UCLA, and it gave us a chance to hang out together one last time before we went our separate ways. I would donate a…
contractor for the CIA. Snowden left the United States after giving out information to reporters about government surveillance. He told how the government watched all phone calls and internet use in the country. Snowden was given asylum in Russia, but he faces charges of espionage for his actions against the government. Michael Scherer’s “Number Two Edward Snowden The Dark Prophet” articles states how he thinks that Snowden felt that his basic freedoms were…
The President of the United States is elected to a four-year term by electors from every make up Congress. The citizens of each state vote for electors who then vote for the president on the prescribed day, selected by Congress. “According to Maier, Pauline, Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788, Executive Orders are legally binding orders given by the President, acting as the head of the Executive Branch of Federal Administrative Agencies. They are not legally binding on…