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In order, to run for Senate and the State House, there are informal and formal qualifications that you have to qualify for, to run for these positions. The formal qualifications for both houses include being a US Citizen, registered voter, and one year residency in district. The formal qualifications for the Texas House of Representatives include being 21 years of age and a two year resident of the State of Texas. The formal qualifications for Texas Senate includes being 26 years of age and a…

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…

The movements of tectonic plates, these massive slabs of solid rock that move across the earth’s crust and crash together, move apart, and rub against each other forming most volcanoes. The tectonic collisions are a slow-moving event, as if set in slow motion, creating a long process that eventually resulting in the formation of volcanoes. The Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest is known for its deep evergreen forests and numerous tall jagged cones and this area is home to the Strato-Volcano…

What is truthfully the best way to choose the President of the United States? The Electoral College is the United States’ current method of choosing the . This method consists of choosing representatives to pick who a state votes for. However, the elected representatives for a state are usually not required to vote for the popular vote of that state, which can result in the outcome of a candidate being chosen president and not having the popular vote of the country. This method is causing…

The Aaron Burr Trial and the Ammon Bundy Trial have a few similarities and differences. Both Burr and Bundy was fighting over land which was seen as federal property. A lot of people felt like both parties broke laws that couldn’t be justified by the constitution. Burr and Bundy were also acquitted by the jury during their trial. Aaron Burr intended to start a war, dividing the union between the United States & its allies. Burr had a history of seeking revenge against his opponents. Burr actions…

In the movie, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”, it talks about the pros and cons of the government. Some pros that were stated in the movie was the idea that the leaders elected represent the public’s opinion and interest. Also, the idea of popular sovereignty was presented in the film as well. The principle of popular sovereignty is represented on how Mr. Smith is viewed by his voting precinct, which is the people who voted for him to be the Senator. They voted for him because they trust him and…

Imagine yourself landing in America after a long flight, and you see America for the first time. What is it that you see? I see an American as being free and having the opportunities to change your life forever. People may disagree and say how Americans sit down eating fast food and watching sports. As said, America is the Land of Opportunities. An American can be categorized as free, being able to be their own religion and having public right. Let's go and see this unfold. To Begin With, by…

September 9, 2001 was the day when the United States faced the greatest terrorist attack in it’s history. Four commercial airplanes were hijacked by members of a terrorist group called Al-Qaeda, two airplanes were crashed into the World Trade Center Twin Towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The third airplane crashed into The Pentagon located in Arlington County, Virginia. And the fourth airplane crash landed in a field in rural Pennsylvania because the passengers on board stopped the…

In the speech “I Have a Dream” given by Martin Luther King in 1963 he inspires the audience to fight for equality and reminds the American citizens the correct definition of equality. He presents a motivational and though-provoking tone for the people gathered at the capital. Martin Luther King extremely impacts the nation in his moving speech by employing repetition and referring to outside documents. One rhetorical device that helps King convey his message to his readers is repetition. In the…

Civil disobedience is the practice of challenging the government through dissent. The disobedients strive to resolve the the moral, ethical or political issue that is cause for disobedience through acts break the status quo and sometimes the law. Civil disobedience is meant to effect change in the government, it is meant to do what the founding fathers did by creating a new country out of the ashes of their greatest act of civil disobedience, the Revolutionary War. However, civil disobedience in…