...printing. My career goals now that I completed my program of study have not changed a lot, I am still wanting to work with either a large video game company like Blizzard, Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, or an independent company creating new and exciting games. Where I can work on the levels and in-game interactions in the games, working on a small to medium sized team. Starting as either an Intern or basic level designer then work my way up to Game Director or Senior Game Designer. With a clearly defined career gaols I will be able to not only get myself motivated to achieve my dreams, but I will also greatly increase my likelihood of achieving positive job-interviews. The goals of this course compliment my career goals because there will be times that I will have to create documents for others colleges or have to make presentations where I may have to define a technology and how it either connects or relates to society, as well if there were any similar technologies in the past and how they influenced society or future technology. What I learned about myself is that I’m a very ambitious yet private person who doesn’t do much without thinking it through to some degree first and that task is more likely to be completed if I’m not in a formal structured office. These assessments from the textbook as well the DeVry site have given me a much better understanding of my strengths and weaknesses. Some of the skills developed and enforced in this course that I will be able to transfer to...
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...THE LINE ITEM VETO ACT – DOES IT REALLY CROSS THE LINE? I. Introduction In 1996, Congress and the President passed the Line Item Veto Act, purporting to give the President some sort of line-item veto authority over certain spending items. Less than two years later, however, the United States Supreme Court in Clinton v. City of New York struck down the Line Item Veto Act for violating the Presentment Clause of the United States Constitution. The Court focused on the textual language of the Presentment Clause and failed to discuss the broader separation of powers issue. Many have critiqued the Court’s narrow invalidation and avoidance of discussing separation of powers. This note criticizes the Court’s approach in Clinton v. City of New York and argues that the Court should have addressed the more important issue of separation of powers. In doing so, however, this note will argue that there was not even violation of the Presentment Clause like the Majority had decided. In analyzing the Line Item Veto Act under separation of powers, this note argues for a functionalist approach, recognizing the need for a workable government, as opposed to the more textual, narrow formalist approach. Because the Line Item Veto Act did not violate separation of powers or threaten our tri-partite system of government, the Court should not have struck down the Act as an unconstitutional delegation but should have instead upheld the Act as a sound policy decision of both Congress and the President...
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...in the most recent edition of your textbook. Two part questions must be answered separately! 1.) President George Washington the Fourth (a grand-nephew of the first President Washington, six times removed) signed a bill passed by Congress which abolished “The Fed” (the Federal Reserve System). Washington had argued against the system because he said it “promoted inequality by helping concentrate power in the hands of the capitalist elite”. Although agreeing with Washington in principle, a lawsuit was brought by Ichabod Crane, the governor of New York, challenging the dissolution because several years before New York had passed a law requiring The Fed to pay the state a fee equal to 1% of its average currency reserves. If the banking system was abolished New York would lose a valuable revenue stream. MCCULLOCH V MARYLAND Question 1A (15 points): Is the abolition of the Federal Reserve constitutional? Yes, the abolition of the Federal Reserve is constitutional. This is constitutional because he President George Washington the Forth has the...
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...INTRODUCTION DEFINITION OF CONSTITUTION Kenya’s new constitution was enacted on 27th August 2010 replacing the old one that had been in place since Kenya’s Independence in 1963. The promulgation of this new constitution marked the end of one of the longest journeys in Kenyan history; a two-decade struggle for reforms. Over 67% of Kenyan voters approved this new constitution in a referendum that paved way for a historic and spectacular moment in Kenya’s democracy. The Kenya Constitution is the supreme law of Kenya. It establishes the structure of the Kenyan government, and also defines the relationship between the government and the citizens of Kenya. Executive Summary A constitution is generally a set of fundamental principles according to which a state or organization is governed. The constitution regulates the relations between the state and its citizens as well as relations between the organs of the state. It has influence in a country’s social, political and economic activities. Kenya got its new constitution was enacted on the 27th August 2010 replacing the old one which had been in place since independence. Two bodies were then created to guide the Implementation process. The Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee and the Commission for the implementation of the Constitution. Even though the people of Kenya are very positive on the new constitution, there has been slow progress on the implementation process. According to the timeline only 17 of the 31...
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...After reading an article in the Times-Standard titled, “High Court Not Final Say on U.S. Law”, Ryan Emenaker uses the Supreme Court’s reviewing process of the Affordable Care Act to help argue against judicial finality - “the concept that the Court has the final word when interpreting the Constitution.” Instead, Emenaker claims that judicial finality is rather a misinterpretation of a power the judicial branch granted themselves; this power is judicial review. Judicial review not even mentioned in the Constitution began being used with the Marbury v. Madison case in 1803. Because judicial review is a self-granted power and the judicial branch has no granted power to enforce their decisions, the Court “failed to strike down an act of Congress...
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...Governing by the Laws from February 9, 2016 through April 14, 2016. It was strongly recommended that persons who were interested in becoming a political candidate, individuals who are applying for their Naturalization and need to learn more about the Constitution and Government, NGO's employees who want to understand the checks and balances of government and Civil Servants who want to expand his/her knowledge on how the government functions should attend said course. Good Governance was instructed by Mr. Hensley G.A Plantijn, who is currently the secretary general of the ministry of general affairs. Plantijn is also an international lawyer with special interest in Constitutional Laws. His career started in 1992 as a civil servant on the Island Territory of Curacao and is since 2011 continuing his career in St Maarten. During his more than 23 years as civil servant, he has functioned as legal advisor in the organization and to ministers in the Netherlands Antilles and St Maarten. During our first lecture Mr. Plantijn began by introducing the term Good Governance and what it entailed. He explained that the constitution is the legal basis of the good governing of a country, and that all other laws have to be in line with the constitution. According to Wikipedia good governance is about the processes for making and implementing decisions ,it is also an indeterminate term used international development literature to describe how public institutions conduct public affairs and...
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...stating that, “On a close examination of the Constitution, I am satisfied that if strictly ‘construed according to its reading,’ it is not a pro-slavery instrument.” This statement not only shocked and angered most abolitionist and African Americans but it also contradicted his previous explanation of the Constitution. Before that Douglass had embraced the view of his friend, William Garrison, and believed that Constitution was pro-slavery. At the time Douglass and Garrison argued that the support of slavery was in the fabric of the Constitution and that this could be seen though Amendment I section II (the Three Fifths Compromise), Amendment I section IX (the Prohibition of the Slave Trade), Amendment I section VIII (the power of Congress), and Amendment IX section VIII (the Fugitive Slave...
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...“The United Kingdom’s constitution does not provide sufficient protection for the right to protest in the streets. Discuss” The United Kingdoms constitution organises and regulates the power of the state. The difference between the UK and other states constitutions e.g. USA is that the constitution of the UK is not written, but has been passed over generations by the power of ‘word of mouth.’ This is due largely to the fact that the UK has never felt the need to begin a new ‘set of established’ rules largely due to its stability, it can be said that Britain has an ‘uncodified constitution.’ [1] Within the UK constitution, the Prime Minister acts as the executive, so therefore the leader has the power to enact law upon the state. The right to protest is seen as one of the fundamental human rights in the form of a manifestation of a the rights of freedom of speech, association and assembly. It has a statutory basis in Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the "Convention"), which has been incorporated into UK law by the Human Rights Act 1998. Our opinion of the UK’s police has been one which has been described with bravery and largely courageous attitude The image of protectors springs to mind, they are responsible for upholding the law and deterring away criminals, they also have the right to defend themselves and others in civilised manner and sometimes apparent force becomes necessary. In the instance of large members of the public being...
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...Teacher’s Guide Anatomy of the Constitution Time Needed: One class period Materials Needed: Student worksheets Copy Instructions: Preamble Activity Half Sheet (class set, divided) Student packet (three pages double-sided; class set) Preamble (Transparency) Whose Job Is It? (Transparency) Foldable Activity (class set) Learning Objectives. Students will be able to: explain the structure, function, and powers of the U.S. government as established in the Constitution identify the roles of the three branches of government describe the constitutional amendment process interpret the intentions of the Preamble of the Constitution. STEP BY STEP 1) ANTICIPATE by asking students where the government gets it’s instructions. How does Congress, the President, or federal judges know what to do? Give students a moment to think, then randomly call on students to share their thoughts. 2) DISTRIBUTE one reading packet to each student. 3) READ through the first two paragraphs on page one with the class. 4) DISPLAY the transparency, Breaking it Down: The Preamble and explain the statement, phrase by phrase. The students should add the annotations to their reading. Also note that people living in the 1700s had different rules about capitalization than we do today. 5) READ the rest of page one, continuing through page three with the class. Explain that you will go into greater detail on the amendment process on the next page. 6) READ the information about the amendment process...
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...was a resident of Shelby County, Tennessee the residents filled out lawsuits suggesting that the county was not very well represented in their legislative district. The lines were drawn unfairly the most of the people were living in the urban areas but they represented more of the rural areas. Due to federal census requirements, every ten years district lines should have been redrawn to reflect the amount of people being represented. Tennessee had not redrawn legislative district lines since 1901. In this accusation, the state of Tennessee said that ‘the law to remap towns was created for political purposes, and that they were following the legislation. Baker did not accept their excuses he thought the state was required to follow the law in an exact fashion. Baker’s argued about the Supremacy Clause. The Supremacy Clause is of the...
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...The case related to the publication by a newspaper of the autobiography of Auto Shankar who had been convicted and sentenced to death for committing six murders. Sometime after he had completed the book, he had disclaimed as to have written it. The court oddly had accepted this notion and then went on to look whether his privacy was being curtailed in any manner. The Supreme Court in this case asserted that “In recent times the right to privacy has received constitutional status; it is implicit in the right to life and personal liberty guaranteed to the citizens by Article 21 of the Constitution of India. It is the right to be let...
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...This constitutional convention granted us the ability to create something outside of the status quo. While I believe this constitution provides a great path for a successful government, there were a few things that could have been addressed but were not. Also, with this constitution, I see a lot of potential economic downfalls as well as government efficiency issues, especially when it comes to fiscal policy and supreme court requirements. Another issue with this new constitution is that any changes to district lines by the senate would need to be approved by the House of Representatives. I believe this change will cause the house and senate to form a greater bond, increasing the probability of corruption between the two chambers, while also...
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...Arizona Statehood and Constitution Arizona and Federal Government November 18, 2012 Part 1: Arizona Statehood There are many events which impacted the process of Arizona becoming a state. Each of these events is not only historical, but they are what allowed the Arizona Constitution to be written in 1910 and to finally become a state in 1912. The Arizona Constitution, when first adopted, was seen as one of the most radical documents in the United States, and even today it still has many contrasts to the U.S. Constitution. Some of the events which helped to shape the Arizona Constitution, as well as make it an official state are the Pre-territorial Period, the Spanish Period, The Mexican Period, the U.S. Controlled Period, the Territorial Period and the impact of the Progressive movement on the creation of the Arizona constitution. First, the Pre-territorial Period is probably the most politically unknown because it is impossible to reconstruct how these prehistoric communities felt about politics and democracy. However, evidence shows that people inhabited Arizona for thousands of years before the Europeans. Indians were considered to be the “first citizens” established in Arizona, long before it became a state. There are three major cultures which lived in this state, which were the Apache, the Navajo, the Hohokam and Mogollon. The Hohokam disappeared around the mid 1400’s but historians do not know why. Each group was complex in their social organizations...
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...Introduction Ethical decision-making refers to the process of evaluating and choosing among alternatives in a manner that are consistent with the principles of ethics and professional behavior (Blink, 2015). When making decisions, organizations often require commitment, consciousness, and competence. One interesting aspect of ethical decision-making is that they are not only morally “correct” but they are also effective. In other words, ethical decisions generate and maintain trust, demonstrate respect, responsibility, fairness, and caring, and are consistent with good citizenship. Ethics is effective in guiding the organizations objectives as they relate to the corporate strategy. The case study; is about the mercantile and ranching industry leader Babbitt Ranches for analyzes of the ethics within the family business as it relates to their corporate strategy. It was the challenge of President Bill Comdisco to lead the organization in new business opportunities that were inclusive of the companies long standing values. Mr. Cordasco recognized that the future of the organization was contingent upon meeting the needs of the multigenerational stakeholders. The article highlights several challenges that Babbitt Ranch experience in an attempt to align the organization's objectives with the organizational strategy through team decisions. Points of Agreement In 1988, the company was forced to debt finance stock buy from some of the third generation owners seeking liquation...
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...Objectives * Compare the flexibility of written constitution to Legislation * To promote self-learning through practical work * To investigate the accuracy of written constitution * To investigate the awareness of the main source of law to the public * To assess the supremacy of the written constitution Methodology During this study, the researcher decided to utilize a series of qualitative approach. The researcher seeks to acquire secondary information via internet sites, books, the constitution, articles and cases as well as statutes. This slant was chosen by the researcher because the various types of secondary information will form a very precise and foolproof study. The topic chosen can be very broad and so the researcher tries to present accurate information. The supremacy of the constitution may be one which is elaborate and compound so people of simple knowledge will find it difficult to give honest answers and information and may focus on what they strongly feel, believe or even heard. For this reason, the researcher decides that she will not use a questionnaire to collect information which is quantitative. A questionnaire is mainly used to gather a broad range of information from various unspecified people; however, the researcher sees no need to collect data in this form because it is more sociological as it deals with feelings and personal perspectives. Also the questionnaire is very time consuming and not sufficient enough for this study...
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