Voting Rights Act

When it comes to how the United States votes and how the government runs, it is very important to understand considering how greatly government controls our lives. Surprisingly enough, the average American has little to no knowledge of how voting or anything else political works. For example, most do not even understand what the Electoral College is and how it works although it has an enormous impact on our lives. The Electoral College is the only voice we as Americans have in government…

Bernie Sanders, recently ran as a Democrat in the election last year. Although he lost to Hillary Clinton, he is still known as a familiar face to politics. Some might even call him the most controversial politician. With this title, Sanders plans to keep his political revolution in action. Their idea for revolutionizing the government is to become a democracy for all citizens. This includes engaging the people’s voices and making millions activated with today’s politics. Sanders also promises…

governing body of a nation, it is more than that, a government is a complex political system that grants and protect/limit people's rights, promote or hinder equality, liberty, and justice. While a government may control a nation, state, or community not all do it in the same way. For example, Britain has a constitutional monarchy, this is where the King/Queen acts as a kind of head of state and has to pass rules/laws with the parliament before they become set in stone and become an official law…

the House of Representatives, it still plays a vital role in determining the next president for the United States (US). There are many factors that determine the voters of the process and how they vote for the President. Even though it is a rare voting group that meets every four years to elect a president, there is a great deal of controversy for its election methods. During the time of the Constitutional Convention, the Framers of the US Constitution created the electoral college as a mean…

I do not have a particular stance for or against Calexit, but I am open to considering the movement. I both agree and disagree with Dave Marin’s opinion that California has a better opportunity to start towards the path of secession. Our Constitution, by his explanation, seems to dictate that we can secede, but I see a possibility for another civil war. If this situation comes to a civil war, I do not see California winning by a landslide, unless the state receives aid from Washington and Oregon…

Casadee Christensen Short Essay #1 (revised) Choice 1 Voting for our senators and presidents is a valued and important right trusted to Americans. However, fairness in doing so is hard to achieve when voting directly for our leaders is not something all Americans have equal part in. The constitution has set forth different parameters negating any equal influence voters should have based on most definitions of democracy. Alexander Hamilton argued and defended in Federalist 68 that the…

The government is a group of people who make decisions for the benefit of the people. The government has a lot of functions such as maintaining national defense and public services. Another reason for why the government matters is because of the democratic government. Government matters lastly because according to recent studies, the youth is not using their resources to pay attention to politics. Government is the basis for how the country operates and makes its decisions. The government is a…

Not only will the parties positions and candidates will be shown to voters they talk about the benefit of voting and what failing to vote could lead to the other parties candidate success negatively affect them and their children. Despite the frowning about people voting for the party not the candidate by media, political scientist have found the party label to be effective and powerful and accurate information shortcut that leads to voters…

with the educational opportunity that it offers to high school students to learn more about how their state government works. As someone who was a passion for politics and acknowledges the awesome opportunity that MOYIG offers, I think that MOYIG is right for me.…

There are many things according to the Kzinski article and class discussions that can limit a judges discretion. In the article, it mentions that an example of judge discretion is that judges often have to base their findings strictly off the constitution. This is very limiting because the constitution says very specific things for example, in the constitution under article 2 section 1 that says "no person except a natural- born citizen or a citizen of the US, at the time of the adoption of the…