...United States and refers to the need to have a system which would make sure that everyone has a voice in the local, state and national governments.(www.4uth.gov.ua) Separation of Powers: Each branch is responsible for their job. Separation of power establishes that one person or group of people could not control the government alone. The Constitution states the power of each branch and their functions are completely separate. No one gets too much power help things run smoothly.(www.nationalparalegal.edu) * Checks and Balances: Ensure that no people can control the government alone. Because each branch has separate power, they can check and balance each other to make sure that the best interests of all people are served, rather than only the interest of a small group. Check and balances specifically assigns power to the states, but only what has not been delegated to the federal government (PATimes, 2014). This intergovernmental relationship was created to ensure that the people’s voices would be heard through their elected representatives. Part II: Balance of Power In the space below, write an analysis of approximately 250 words on how the system of checks and balances in the federal government helps to limit the concentration of power. * Cite specific examples. * Defend your rationale. * Utilize the required readings, academic websites, and the GCU Library as resources for this assignment. The...
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...defending conflicting arguments made against the attributes of the executive and judicial branch as specified in the proposed Constitution. Before the ratification of the Constitution, the central government under the Articles of Confederations was very weak and in jeopardy of falling apart. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, who were Federalists believed as well that the Articles of Confederation was too weak to maintain a powerful central government and needed to be restored by the U.S Constitution. The fundamental goal of the U.S constitution was to secure the rights of the U.S citizens and for the federal government to strive for the common good of the individuals. The Federalist Papers illustrates how the federal government is divided into three distinct, separate branches and each branch of government has the authority to govern or control the power of the other branches. The idea, which came to be called Federalism, granted the best protection for the rights of the individuals. The Articles of Confederation were impaired with many flaws. One of the difficulties Congress faced in...
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...government gains its power and ability to hypnotize due to Americans depending on them to perform high expectations and complete each task that is asked upon. The fault in Americans depending on government is not a one-party tango however, but it is on both parts; politicians promise things that they cannot fulfill and Americans embrace the first Amendment of the Constitution, “Freedom of Speech”, with their mouths, but not with enough physical action. Through the processes of campaigning, whether it be potential Presidents, Senators, Congress, etc., there is only one motive; tell the people what they want to here. Americans are too wrapped up in the words of politicians to realize the facts that some of their words cannot be true, but of course, they have no choice. Since the system of Government was founded, promises have been made to higher the casting of votes, some of which have been fulfilled, others have not. However, Politicians fail to compromise that power is beyond their own self, trying to make things possible that is beyond their power. Under the Powers of Separation and Checks and Balances, it is unrealistic for one party to hold the upmost power of the most powerful nation/country in the world. During Barack Obama campaigning and Presidency, he pushed the repealing DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act), making a promise to same-sex couples to be married and receive the same benefits and federal rights as heterosexual couples. Under the power of God, the comparison is not biological...
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...project is about the comparison between 2 country that is USA and China in terms of capitalism and democracy their economic growth and their personal growth and growth due to internet 2. Does the growth of the economies of the two nations have any relationship to capitalism and democracy? 3.1 Comparing the U.S. Federal Republic with the Republic of China All the countries in the world don’t have same form of government some work on the belief of their leader and some work on the basis of written constitution For Instance if you compare USA with China both have different system Democratic system of United state of America is strong. Whereas China is Communist which falls under the classification of People Republic United state has a government national organization stand upon 2 thing 1) Separation of Power 2) Federal system US government had a fear that if excess deliberation of power is given in that hand of commen man or in the hand of company it would not be safe for the freedom of the nation, so they revised the organization into 3 branch 1) Legislative 2) Executive 3) Judicial All these power are vested by US system named a Constitution which has 1) President 2) Federal Court 3) Supreme Court which is part of federal court All the power and duties of these 3 branches are clearly explained in act of Congress which also includes formation of department and courts inferior to the Supreme Court All these powers are bifurcated...
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...change were being sown beyond simple separation from the British Empire. Political ideals of equality, power for the federal government and states and economic theories for merchants and farmers would be affected by the signing of this declaration of war. The initial government created after the publishing, the Articles of Confederation, created a much different economic system, focusing on the state rather than the federal government after events like Shay’s Rebellion and the necessity of slavery. Socially, new classes were created in support of the war and America becoming independent, known as the Patriots and the Loyalists....
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... which declared slaves “forever free”, is the supreme moral moment of American history” (Wicker Pg. 1) Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation was both a strategically smart move and a massive ethical victory to every slave in the U.S. Another effect was that it turned the war into a Northern crusade against slavery, and made the South seem like villains in comparison. It freed the slaves from their servitude, and gave the union a moral high ground to fight from. The Union would later win the war, but what would have happened if Lincoln had never given his groundbreaking speech? Although Lincoln did not believe in equality between the races, he would give the speech that...
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...1. A. What is the role of congress in the policy making process? Congress is the designated lawmaking body of the federal government. Policies (laws) pass through congress via a long process. A member of congress will introduce a bill which is then referred to committee(s) in the Senate and House. The committee refines, approves, and sends the bill on to the Chamber of congress where it originated. The bill could also die in committee from lack of support. The House or Senate will vote on the bill and either approves it and sends it to the other chamber or it will die. The other chamber can approve, revise, or let the bill die. If both the House and Senate move a version of a bill forward, then a committee made up of both chambers come to agreement and send the bill back to the two chambers for a vote. The bill, if not approved, dies. If the chambers approve it, then it goes to the President to sign. If the President vetoes the bill, congress can override it if they have a two-thirds majority in both the House and in the Senate [ (Teitelbaum & Wilensky, 2007, pp. 13-18) ]. 1. B. What is the difference between mandatory and discretionary spending? “Mandatory spending programs are those where the federal government is obligated to provide funds for an expense” [ (Fay, 2008) ]. The allocation of this money is based on existing laws. Congress does not have to vote to approve spending the money each year, it will happen automatically. There are several examples of mandatory...
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...from Great Britain in 1776, it | | |England and the Archbishop Steven Langton of the Catholic |needed to set a central government to pass laws and enforce the laws. During this | | |Church to limit the powers that King John possessed during the |time many British settlers followed the great Britain law that was put in place by | | |12 century and of any king thereafter. The Magna Carta came |the Magna Carta. In 1789 the United States Constitution was ratified and many of the| | |into law on June 15, 1215 and marked the beginning to a |Magna Carta laws were introduced to the foundation of what is the United States | | |constitutional England where the laws were promised to be good |Constitution. Such laws as that of no man should be punished without a fair trial by| | |and fair to its people. There were several clauses to the Magna|its peers. Furthermore no government should have complete power over its people. | | |Carta; most of them concerned England legal system. Thus it |According to “Wise Greek” (2012). “The Magna...
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...When guests became migrants and workers pensioners Term paper for “International Culture Management” Winter Semester 2012 Introduction This paper is divided into three parts. The first section of the paper reports about the personal experience of different cultural backgrounds from the perspective of turkish and German people. It refers to the different cognition of both parties during the first migration wave. Further it deals with the issues of integration into German society and the failure which caused isolation into turkish community districts like Koeln-Mühlheim. Today, Turks represent about 4-5% of Germany’s total population. What does the word “guest workers” exactly mean? A guest worker is defined as “An individual with special permission to work on a temporary basis in another country when a shortage of labor is an issue” (Business dictionary, 2012). Everything started when the recruiting agreement was signed on the 31th of October in 1961 by Turkey and Germany. By this time, Germany faced the highest demand on labour in history. The ”economic miracle”, the rapid reconstruction and development of the economy of West Germany after World War II, lead to the highest demand on the labour market in german history. To the same time Turkey suffered under mass unemployment and a constant growth in population. The recruiting agreement between Turkey and Germany was the start for a large-scale immigration of guestworkers. The requirements for acceptance...
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...Bridgestone/Firestone had become the subject of an intense federal investigation of 46 deaths and more than 300 incidents where Firestone tires allegedly shredded on the highway. The Firestone tires affected were 15-inch Radial ATX and Radial ATX II tires produced in North America and certain Wilderness AT tires manufactured at the firm's Decatur, Illinois, plant. This tire recall was the second biggest in history, behind only Firestone's recall of 14.5 million radial tires in 1978. The 1978 tire recall financially crippled the company for years to come and the August 2000 recall threatened to do the same. Consumers, the federal government, and the press wanted to know: Why didn't Ford and Firestone recognize this problem sooner? Let us look at the series of events surrounding the tire recall and the role of information management. 1988---Financially weakened from its 1978 tire recall, Firestone agreed to be acquired by Bridgestone Tires, a Japanese firm. To increase its sales, Firestone became a supplier of tires for Ford Motors' new sport-utility vehicle (SUV), the Explorer. March 11, 1999---In response to a Ford concern about tire separations on the Explorer, Bridgestone/Firestone (Firestone) sent a confidential memo to Ford claiming that less than 0.1 percent of all Wilderness tires (which are used on the Explorer) had been returned under warranty for all kinds of problems. The note did not list tire separations separately but did say this "rate of return is extremely low...
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...especially George Washington felt like the whole country was going done the river in a basket. Collier even says in Chapter One that “It had seemed so promising in the beginning. They had thought they were founding a nation that would last for the ages,” After beating the strongest nation in the world this young country felt like they could take on the world and win, but when the next morning shined and they are now an independent nation without a mother country looking over them and caring for every little need, this finally clicked with Washington that they needed a new Government system. During the War the Article of Confederation was the Constitution and according to Collier gave the states way too power over the federal government and this made the Government look and feel weak in comparison to the other countries of the world. So when this reviewer is asked about the main point that Collier was trying to derive is how this country went from a young nation incompatible of surviving more than a decade without Great Britain coming back to claim what was rightfully theirs. All the way to the most powerful nation in the World, that saved many countries from war after war. Collier quotes George Washington by saying “To avert the humiliating and contemptible figure we are about to make on the annals of mankind.” (3) Washington foreshadowed what was in ahead of us in the future and saw something was unsettling to anyone that fought during the Revolution. Collier again quotes William Grayson...
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...LAW 443 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW I NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA SCHOOL OF LAW COURSE CODE: Law 443 COURSE TITLE: Administrative Law I 1 LAW 443 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW I Course Code: Course Title: Course Developer/Writer: Administrative Law I Law 443 Simeon Igbinedion, LL.B., LL.M., B.L., PH.D., Faculty of Law, University of Lagos. Professor Animi Awah Ifidon Oyakhiromen, LL.B, LLM, M.Phil, Ph.D, BL Course Editor: AG. Dean,/Programme Leader: Course Coordinator: Mr. Ayodeji ige, LLM, BL 2 LAW 443 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW I COURSE GUIDE CONTENTS PAGE Introduction ……………………………………………………………………….. 1 What You Will Learn in this Course …………………………………………….... 2 Course Aims ………………………………………………………………………. 3 Course Objectives ………………………………………………………………… 3 Study Units ……………………………………………………………………….. 3-4 Tutor-marked Assignment ……………………………………………………....... 4 References/Further Reading ……………………………………………...……. 4 3 LAW 443 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW I Introduction Consider a situation where your residential property in which you have lived for decades has been demolished by the authorities of the FCT, or the Lagos State Ministry of Environment for allegedly being located in an industrial area. Suppose some customs officers at a checkpoint found you in possession of items which they claim to be contraband and, therefore, seized pursuant to the new Customs policy of zero-tolerance of goods likely to endanger the economic growth or contribute to the...
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...Name; waweru Maureen wangari Id;640927 Course; political science Task; term paper Lecturer; Pauline ndungu 1. Table of contents 2. Introduction- definition of democracy 3. Democracy in western states * United states of America-government and politics * Germany - government and politics Democracy in African countries * South Africa- government and politics 4. Comparison and contrast between African and western democracy 5. Conclusion 6. Referees INTRODUCTION Often do we come across the word democracy people are constantly trying to define it but most do not understand it. It has many definitions but what I term best fit is a government for the people and by the people. It is a form of government in which all eligible citizens are meant to participate equally either directly or indirectly through elected representatives or by establishment of laws in which the society is run. There are three main types which include direct democracy, presidential democracy and parliament democracy. Any form of democracy tries in its own way to ascertain the will of the people and to bring public affairs into line with it. This can be achieved by direct democracy or by a body of elected representatives. Within the group of representative democracies the focus may be on a strong president which is the presidential democracy or on a strong parliament which is the parliament democracy. As earlier mentioned the question is never on whether there exist some forms of direct participation...
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...Cause - The Call for Electoral Reform: Even prior to both the referendum and the scandal, many had openly voiced frustration with the structure of the federal government and how much influence Quebec was able to wield in its affairs. While the Senate is supposed to represent the interests of each province within Parliament to a greater extent than in the House of Commons, over the previous decades it has done little but draw the ire of Westerners. The two most populous Western provinces, British Columbia and Alberta, have 607,543 and 733,343 citizens per senator, while Quebec and Ontario have 329,292 and 535,493 respectively. And, the average number of citizens per riding in B.C. and Alberta, at 124,443 and 132,285, is higher than the national...
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...POSITION PAPER: COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR POWER Authors Thomas B. Cochran Christopher E. Paine Geoffrey Fettus Robert S. Norris Matthew G. McKinzie Natural Resources Defense Council issue paper: october 2005 Natural Resources Defense Council issue paper Commercial Nuclear Power ABOUT NRDC NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) is a national, nonprofit organization of scientists, lawyers and environmental specialists dedicated to protecting public health and the environment. Founded in 1970, NRDC has more than 1 million members and e-activists nationwide, served from offices in New York, Washington, Los Angeles and San Francisco. For more information, visit www.nrdc.org. Copyright 2005 by the Natural Resources Defense Council. Natural Resources Defense Council issue paper Commercial Nuclear Power EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Because of the sheer magnitude and urgency of the global climate challenge, the United States must consider all forms of energy—as long as they do not otherwise undermine international and environmental security. Unfortunately, the nuclear power industry in its present state suffers from too many security, safety, and environmental exposure problems and excessive costs to qualify as a leading means to combat global warming pollution. Large-scale nuclear plants remain uneconomic to build. And while the nuclear fuel cycle emits little global warming pollution, nuclear power still poses globally significant risks that need to be further reduced, including:...
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