Veto

A Roman tribune is an officer or magistrate chosen by the people, to protect them from the oppression of the patricians, or nobles, and to defend their liberties against any attempts that might be made upon them by senate and counsels. The Latin word for tribune was tribunes. The word was originally used to indicate an officer connected with a tribe(tribus), or who represented a tribe for a certain purpose. This was indeed the character of the officers who were designated by it in the…

A tribune is basically an officer of the Roman army they were below the legate and above the centurion. So they are basically the middle rank in the Roman army. They give commands to everyone that is under them and take orders from everyone that is above them. I wonder what it was like being in the Roman army. What type of weapons and armor did they use to defeat their enemies. How did they rank up in the Roman army was it by their loyalty or by how many kills they got in each battle. The people…

This grants the President the power to veto any legislation, any bill that is to be voted on has to be sent to the President for review (UShistory.org). Though Congress has ways to go around the President to get bill passed to turn into laws (UShistory.org). If the bill were to sit on the President’s desk for more than ten days without him signing or vetoing then the bill becomes a law (UShistory.org). Congress can also over throw the President’s veto by a two-thirds vote…

Likewise, Richard Hanna posted his reasoning against the bill shortly after the vote. According to this post, Mr. Hanna doesn’t believe in abortion, yet he believed that defunding Planned Parenthood wouldn’t bring abortions to a halt. Instead, he said that for this to happen, it will take a combination of laws, education and, access to birth control to eradicate the procedure (Why I Voted No on H.R.314, 2015). Congressman Hanna cited many statistics on Planned Parenthood, and said that he stands…

Intolerable Acts and other grievances.. It came up with the Declaration of Rights and created The Association. 35. mercantilism - Policy of exporting more than importing and having colonies to provide raw materials. 36. "royal veto" - This gave the British govt. the right to veto any colonial legislation. 37. "virtual" representation - Idea that British Parliamentary members represented all British subjects, including Americans even if they couldn't vote. 38. "no taxation without…

branches that were responsible to the voters that elected them. The Roman Republic was comprised of Consuls, the Senate, and the Assemblies (Osborne, 2015). There were two consuls that were voted on annually, but their power was limited since they could veto each other. The Republic, naturally, was more corrupt because the consuls in power were voted by the patricians (USHistory, 2017). Over time, the plebeians had “tribunes to look out for their interests” (Matthews, Noble, & Platt, 2014,…

to the court and refusing to implement decisions. The legislative branch checks the executive branch by impeaching the president, rejecting the wishes of the president in reference to a piece of legislation or budget, and overrides the president's veto. The legislative branch can check the judicial branch by impeaching federal judges or proposing constitutional amendments to override the court's decisions. The judicial branch can check the executive and legislative branch by declaring their…

WEEK 8 REFLECTION Is lawmaking a procedural or political process? How? Lawmaking is a political process. It starts with a bill etering the House abs the Senate. The bill is then referred to the sub-committee for for hearings and mark-ups. After that the bill is returned to the House and Senate Floor for debate and amendments. Then to the Conference committee for reconciliation of the differences between House and Senate. If majority of conferees from each body approves the reconciled bill it…

Milton Friedman once said, “ The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of private economy.” (Brainyquotes.com,2015) The Bonus Army understood this sentiment more than any other group of people. They marched on the nation’s Capitol demanding compensation for their services during World War I. As THe Great Depression hit in 1929, it lingered-affecting the country. After The Great…

The top level bureaucracy that is responsible for implementing the ban on teaching and/or the use of foreign languages in California K-12 public schools would be the Public School System. As stated in Governing States and Localities “The largest form of bureaucracy in the United States is a fundamental part of virtually every community: public school” (324). According to California’s constitution “The Public School System shall include all kindergarten schools, elementary schools, secondary…