United States presidential inauguration

ultimately mourned the loss suffered by the United States and sympathized with those directly impacted by the violence. Although the speech may be conceived as primarily serving as a eulogy for a grief-stricken country, Bush’s overarching goal rested with the future actions that would be taken; his premise was to expedite the rally effect of such a national crisis to provide the fuel…

famous presidential speeches of all time. He did so despite nearly having to reschedule the inauguration due to a heavy snow storm the night prior. The day of the inauguration was a chilling one with below freezing temperatures. President Kennedy’s breathe hung frozen in the air as he gave his speech. The Soviet Union had become a huge threat to the American way of life at this point with nuclear war just over the horizon, and Kennedy chose to address the relationship between the United States…

writer for the New York Times, in a column titled Hillbilly Elegy (Vance). In his article, he states his opinion mainly on the Democratic party, Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama, while throwing a lot of assumptions, bashing, and harshness into the mix. Vance shows us how Hilary is being narrow minded when she referred…

years. Georgia is one of the strongest opening states to require a picture ID to cast an in person ballot and make it count. Nevertheless, photo ID is not commanded to cast an absentee ticket in Georgia. A number of residents of Georgia strongly supported the voter ID law to attack fraud during the election process. On the other hand, some labeled it a Jim Crow-era that would suppress the minority votes. Georgia offered all residents of the state a free picture ID if they needed one. Briefly,…

Joel Pollak, a senior political editor, writes on the topic of Russian hacking of the 2016 U.S Presidential election in Breitbart News, an online publication that aligns with his right-wing views. His article aims to persuade reader’s that the CIA’s allegations of Russian hacking within the election are false, all while reassuring republican supporters that they have “nothing to fear” (Pollak, 2016), as they won the election fairly. While Pollak’s logical and emotional appeals are strong, his…

where the voice of many voters in a state will be silenced at the eventual convention. In 2016, he won 46% of the vote in Florida, but received all 99 delegates. That means 64% of votes had no effect on the delegation whatsoever. The winner-take-all system makes sense had he been running in a gubernatorial election in Florida, but since these delegates are pooled with the delegates from all other states winning a state doesn’t matter as much. Moreover, as state lines dissolve with increases in…

non-United States citizens with 90 months or less remaining on their sentences to transfer to a private facility, to combat the issue of overcrowding, as well as to maximize the effectiveness of the contracts according to the memo itself. Private prisons receive the same amount of money no matter how many prisoners are in the prison itself. This is to prevent the potential exploitation of having an overpopulated prison for the sake of profit. Private prisons are not new to the United States.…

of the electors in the election in 1832, What his supporters said at his inauguration, and because of a veto he made. Jackson first showed signs of being democratic in the election of 1824 when only 6 of the 12 states had the people elect the electors and the other 6 had the legislature elect the electors. This caused Jackson to lose the presidential election despite winning the popular vote. But in 1828 10 out of twelve states had the people vote for the electors. And since he won the popular…

Making America Great Again In his first ten days in office, the concept of "Trump's America" has shown itself already to be significantly different from any President prior and potentially any future, and his inauguration speech acted as a key method of setting the stage for this. Every four years on January 20th at 12pm is officially the beginning of a new presidency. People from all over the world come together as one, as they vigilantly await the inaugural speech that would presumably…

hesitant to interfere with the government. The Gilded Age and the first years of the twentieth century were a time of great social change and economic growth in the United States. Roughly…