...Matt Hamilton PS1350 American Government 6/21/2015 American Foreign Policy: Who’s Power U.1/A.1/2 The U.S. Constitution gives congress a certain amount of power to put together Americans foreign policy. The law doesn’t come between other nations on the policy. Foreign policy has been a big issue throughout the years between which branches has predominate power, especially over issues such as trade and human rights. The Executive and Legislative branches both play specific roles that are different and often overlap but both have opportunities to start and change foreign policy, and how they interact between them continues throughout the length of the policy. Times have established that both the President and Congress can create a foreign policy but they have determined the question of which branch would finally make the policy so. The Executive and the Legislative branch share in the process and both play an important yet different role in the process. The question to that makes a foreign policy does not have a definite answer. The Executive Branch predominately has the power when it comes to developing, creating and establishing a foreign policy and making it official. Other groups have some part in making it of course, but the president and the Executive office have main control. Refrences Dominance and Decline in Perspective By Joseph S. Nye Jr.">Joseph S. Nye Jr.Resources http://www.cfr.org/united-states/congress-us-foreign-policy/p29871 Richard F. Grimmett, Specialist...
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...Jewaun Rudolph PS1350 Writing A2 Brown v. Board of Education The case started with a third-grader named Linda Brown. She was a black girl who lived just seen blocks away from an elementary school for white children. Despite living so close to that particular school, Linda had to walk more than a mile, and through a dangerous railroad switchyard, to get to the black elementary school in which she was enrolled. Oliver Brown, Linda's father tried to get Linda switched to the white school, but the principal of that school refuse to enroll her. He went to the board of education first and they pretty much laughed in his face. Oliver to this case to court in Kansas but ended up losing the case. He appealed the case and the Supreme Court to on the case. Remember that way back in 1892 in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that separate facilities for black people and white people were constitutional as long as they were equal. That ruling had never been challenged, so it played an important part of the Brown v. The Board of Education. The NAACP knew that the Plessy v. Ferguson case would be the backbone of Brown's case, so they argued with that in mind. It was their argument that the white and black schools were not equal because the very idea that they were segregated sent a message to black children that they were inferior. The equal Protection Clause of the 14th amendment was another key to the victory of the plaintiff. Chief Earl Warren stated himself after...
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...William Croft PS1350 Week 1 Submit Analysis The first ten amendments of the US Constitution make up what is known as the Bill of Rights. Written by James Madison in response to the requests from many of the states for better constitutional protection for individual freedoms, the Bill of Rights lists specific prohibitions on governmental power. I have chosen to discuss the second amendment for this week’s analysis. The second amendment of the US Constitution states, “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” In more simple terms the second amendment says that it is the right of the people, under certain regulations, to possess and carry firearms. However like any other legal right it has its limitations. Now no state has the authority to take your second amendment rights from you but they can place limits on it. Usually these limits are placed using licensing requirements and bans on certain guns in a certain class. Being a registered owner of firearms, this amendment is very important to me. I have yet been in a situation where the use of my gun was needed, and I hope that that situation never transpires. On a day to day basis we all venture out into a world of unknown evils, where at a moment’s notice that situation could occur. This amendment gives me the right to own a firearm, and in turn allows me to feel safer in my daily life. If not for the second amendment...
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...American Government 10/9/2015 PS1350 : Week 4 Public Participation in Political Process Analysis 4.1 Perspectives on Political Beliefs 1 Political scientists believe that families play an important role in the socialization process. Families pass along party identification to their children, and politically active families may do so for future generations. Consider the link between your family and your political socialization. Respond to the following: 1. Explain your level of political involvement and your party affiliation. Are you registered to vote? Are you a regular voter? Do you participate in both local and national elections? Have you ever joined a political group or participated in a political campaign? How closely do you follow current events? Do you consider yourself a member of a political party, and have you always had the same affiliation? I do not have a high level of political involvement in any party affiliation at this time. I am registered to vote and I usually vote only during presidential election cycles. I normally do not participate in local elections, however I did attempt to formulate a plan to run for mayor of an unincorporated portion of my former county until the referendum to create a new city failed to pass. I joined a Democratic group while was in college however, my involvement was very limited. I follow current events in a consistency level slightly above the average for people within my group of socialization...
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...Matt Hamilton American Government PS1350 August 10, 2015 Mr. R. S. MCCULOUGH “American Voters” In the United States the voter turnout during elections has decreased over the last fifteen years. In 2012 the Bipartisan Policy Center compared voter turnout rates for the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections, The BPC said “Despite an increase of over 8 million citizens in the eligible population, turnout declined from 131 million voters in 2008 to an estimated 126 million voters in 2012 when all ballots are tallied. Some 93 million eligible citizens did not vote.” Many Americans feel like their vote doesn’t count anyway, mainly citizens who are already disadvantaged. Australian professor of Politics Lisa Hill states in her article What We’ve Seen in Australia With Mandatory Voting that, “Places with mandatory voting also have less wealth inequality, lower levels of political corruption and higher levels of satisfaction with the way democracy is working than voluntary systems.” Critics say that implementing mandatory voting is against the constitution, and what we value the most, freedom. Furthermore, Hill states “ Is being required to vote a violation of autonomy? Sure, but so is mandatory taxation, jury duty and the requirement to educate our children. Yet these are all good ideas. Voting should be mandatory because as American citizens we live in a democratic society where everyone should have an opinion. Although, Americans value independence and the free-will to do whatever...
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