...RSST Task 1 Kayode Bristol Western Governors University (SST1) This essay will endeavor to explain the characteristics of the nation-state and transnational entities by first providing modern examples of the following categories: Nation, State, and Nation-state. Initially, the United States with be excluded from examination. However, the United States will be used a model for modern nation-state. Attributes of the United States, such as, fixed territory, sovereignty, and common culture will be explored in order to demonstrate how the United States fits the model of modern Nation-state before briefly describing 2 of the United States’ foreign policy objectives. The European Union, a prime example of a transnational entity, will be explored, starting with a description of the historical events and interests that led to its creation. The structural and functional attributes of the European Union will then be explored before delving into its foreign policy objectives. At this point, the reader should have a thorough understanding of nation-states and transnational entities from both an academic and practical perspective through the use of modern examples. The foundation help to facilitate the exploration and analysis of the interaction of transnational entities and nation-states as it pertains to the foreign policy objectives of each. Finally, we illuminate the consequences of these interactions and its effect on international politics. A nation can be roughly defined...
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...dealing with a lot in Puerto Rico, we had lost our home and they lost their jobs. So we had no choice to move to the United States. My trip to Portland, Maine was unforgettable. When we got on the plane to go to the United States it was very scary, since I had never been on an airplane before. We took off from the runway to go to the United States; I was looking out the window. I could see so much from air, everything looked so small. I was so sad that we were leaving our home, but my mom started talking about our history. Back in the Spanish-American War of 1898, Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain to the United States. When the 1900’s came around the U.S. Congress established a civil government on the island. In result of this Puerto Ricans began to migrate to the United States, and almost immediately after this the island became a U.S. protectorate. It was such a long trip to Portland, Maine. We had to land in Philadelphia International Airport for a three hour layover. I found it very interesting, the airport was so big and many different kinds of people in the airport. It was time to board the plane to get to Portland, Maine. After riding on another plane for two hours to Portland, Maine we had arrived to a whole new place. I was very nervous, but we had to go through customs. But we had no problem going through customs because my parents and I were born in Puerto Rico, and because we were born in Puerto Rico we were already considered American Citizens. Once we arrived in Maine...
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...Legal Methods and Process The Affordable Care Act ensures your right to appeal health insurance plan decisions which is when you ask that your plan to reconsider its decision to deny payment for a service or treatment. New rules that apply to health plans created after March 23, 2010 spell out how your plan must handle your appeal (usually called an “internal appeal”). If your plan still denies payment after considering your appeal, the law permits you to have an independent review organization decide whether to uphold or overturn the plan’s decision. This final check is often referred to as an “external review.” Many states offer help to consumers with health insurance problems. The Affordable Care Act improves these services with grants that help states start or strengthen Consumer Assistance Programs (CAPs). The states and territories that applied for these grants have received funds provide residents direct help with problems or questions about health coverage. Whether or not your state has a Consumer Assistance Program, you have rights under the health care law, including the right to appeal decisions made by your health insurance provider. If your state does not have a Consumer Assistance Program, some state and federal government offices may still be able to help you determine your rights and solve problems. Florida does not operate a Consumer Assistance Program under the Affordable Care Act. The new consumer protections and benefits of the law still...
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...America. Many families are not able to send their children to school on a regular basis. As result, they get involve prostitution and drugs in order to survive and take care of their families. The lack of education and intelligence has put individuals at risk of finding jobs and supporting their families. The government needs to pay more attention to the poverty issues within the country. The number of children that is currently living in poverty is distressing. According to the US census twenty five percent of young children are living in poverty in America. The numbers are continuously rising everyday. The number of people in the U.S. living in poverty in 2010 rose for the fourth year in a row, representing the largest number of Americans in poverty in the 52 years since such estimates have been published by the U.S. Census Bureau." "The U.S. poverty rate remains among the highest in the developed world." (http://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2011/11/16/poverty_in_america The US government has been trying...
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...Running head: Internal Fraud Internal Fraud Jennifer England Strayer University Accounting Capstone – ACC 499 Professor Grant A. Wills August 3, 2011 Internal Fraud Infosys Limited is an IT and consulting company, it defines, designs and delivers technology-enabled solutions for Global 2000 companies. Infosys provides business and technology consulting, application services, systems integration, product engineering, custom software development, maintenance, re-engineering, independent testing and validation services, IT infrastructure services and business process outsourcing. Infosys pioneered the Global Delivery Model, which is based on the principle of taking work to the location where the best talent is available, with the least amount of acceptable risk and where it makes the most economic sense. Infosys employs more than 15,000 foreign workers in the United States. In February of this year, a suit was filed in Alabama that accuses Infosys of purposefully sending its Indian employees to work full-time on incorrect visas, and that Infosys was paying these employees in India for full-time work in the United States without withholding federal or state income taxes, and overbilling customers for the labor costs of these employees. Foreign nationals that work in the United Stated on temporary contracts require an H-1B visa. In 2009, increased restrictions began on H-1B visas and in 2010 the application price for H-1B visas doubled, this is when Infosys began sending...
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...departments had fair, clear, and consistent rules and procedures for how out-of-state violations should impact home-state license privileges – and those agencies took responsibility for treating motorists fairly when problems arise (National Motorists Association, 2011). The State of Confusion requires Tanya Trucker and any other trucker to use a specific trailer hitch, when they drive through the state. Tanya Trucker is the owner of a trucking company, and she is upset that the Federal Government has not made any attempts to regulate the truck hitches used in the nation’s highways. In this paper the subject to analyze and determine what court has jurisdiction over Tanya’s suit, is the Confusion statue constitutional, the provisions of the U.S. Constitution that will be applied by a court to determine validity of the statue, is Tanya likely to prevail on her suit, and stages of a civil suit. The State of Confusion enacted a ruling requiring all truck and towing trailers that use Highways in confusion are required to use a B-type trailer hitch. This specific hitch is only produced by one manufacturer based in Confusion. This regulation states truck drivers need to attach the B-type hitch on their truck or they will be forced to drive around the State of Confusion. Driving around Confusion will be a waste of time, gas, and mileage on the vehicle. Tanya Trucker owns a trucking company in the State of Denial, she is upset that this regulation will cost her company extra money...
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...Within five years, the United States increased its size by a third, rapidly expanding towards the West. People fought for years over abolition, but the states were practically split in half, so no decision could be made. The country was divided into states permitting slavery and states prohibiting it. There was a huge rush was to claim new states in order to gain extra representation in parliament. The question was, would people living in these new states be permitted to have slaves? In 1820, politicians debated the question of whether slavery would be legal in the western territories. Although the government didn’t want to create more disputes between the slave states and free states, many further arguments were caused while trying to solve this problem. If the new states were granted slaves, then pro slave groups would receive more representation in parliament, and abolishment laws wouldn’t be passed. If they were decided to be free states, abolitionist would receive more representation in parliament. This is why so many arguments and tension was caused, because both groups wanted more representation in parliament. In the end a compromise was reached, territories of New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah would be organized without mention of slavery, and a final decision would be made once they became official states. Slavery issues were huge in Kansas, where the government decided that the citizens of Kansas could vote and decide for themselves weather their state would be...
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...1. U.S. Constitution: the law of the land for the United States. It was ratified back in 1788 by the states. 2. Enumerated powers: certain powers given to the federal government from the states. 3. Checks and balances: a system built into the constitution to stop any branch of the government from becoming too powerful. 4. Supremacy clause: the clause of the U.S. constitution which establishes that the U.S. constitution and federal treaties, laws, and regulations which trumps all other laws here in the U.S. 5. Preemption doctrine: the concept that federal law takes superiority over state and local law. 6. Commerce clause: A clause of the U.S. constitution that grants Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among states, and with Indian tribes. 7. Interstate commerce: commerce that moves between states or that effects commerce between states. 8. Police power: power that permits states and local governments to create laws that protect or promote the public health, safety, morals, and welfare. 9. Unduly burden interstate commerce: a system which says that states may create laws that protects or promote the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare, as long as the laws don’t burden the interstate commerce. 10. Bill of Rights: The first 10 amendments to the constitution, which were added to the U.S. constitution in 1791. 11. Establishment Clause: a clause to the first amendment that prevents the government from either establishing...
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...New York unemployment rates are relatively high. People are trying to analyze the causes of this situation and explain reasons of unemployment in the United States. In the article “U.S.G. and P.T.A.” by Thomas L. Friedman, the author is discussing unemployment as a major society problem. He highlights three main problems, which foster unemployment: increase in global competition mainly because of globalization, fast-growing technology, which eliminates low-skilled workers from the job market and low American educational grades compared to other countries. In the article “Digging Deeper Into What Caused Job Losses” by Casey B. Mulligan the author argues that unemployment was not caused by credit-crunch or demand-based theories. He gives arguments why those theories are not accurate which indirectly approve and agree with the first article. Unemployment in The United States caused by global competition, fast-growing technology and lack of qualitative education and not caused by credit-crunch or product demands. The first deep problem fostering unemployment is global competition. “And as the education systems of China, India, Singapore, Poland and Vietnam continue to improve, and more of their cream rises to the top and more of their young people apply to ivy League schools, it is only going to get more competitive for American men and women at every school”. The author states that it is become really hard to compete with other countries, because their growing education. He gave...
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...Court System of the United States Curtis Sweed May 19, 2013 AJS/502 Professor John Baiamonte, Jr. In the United States every person is given the right to pursue life, liberty, and freedom. When people fail to comply with the laws of the United States there is a penalty that comes with failing to obey the laws. In the United States the court system consist of the federal court system and each state court system. States are given the right to enact laws and regulations that is best for the interest of each citizen of that state. Many states have laws that other states do not have. Each state is different but is ultimately rule by the federal government. In Texas the court system consist of Justice Court, Municipal Court, County-Level Court, District Court, Court of Appeals, Supreme Court, and the Court of Criminal Appeal. Texas leads the nation in execution and one of the largest populations of offenders incarnated in the free world. Texas seems to practice a policy of being "tough on criminals," reflecting the belief of most Texans that a strong deterrence is the most effective crime-fighting policy. Texas has the highest incarceration rate of any state or Western industrialized nation and is the leading state in both sentencing people to death and the number of prisoners executed (Dille, 2008). The Texas court system is built around a primary county. These counties are name county seats. These counties are the location of all major court system. Each town has a jail...
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...A person with leadership qualities Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr.George Chan Hong Nam, was the deputy chief minister of Sarawak, Sarawak minister of tourism and heritage, Sarawak minister of industrial and development, Sarawak(BN-SUPP) state assemblyman for piasau, and President of Sarawak united people’s party (SUPP). Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr.George Chan was born on the year 24/9/1936, and at Miri,Sarawak. He complete his primary education between the year 1941-1950, and his secondary education was complete between the year 1950-1957. In the year 1962, he continue his education to Sydney, Australia. Dr.George Chan study his primary at two different school and two different place, which are in the year 1941-1942,he study at St.Joseph’s School Miri, Sarawak, and 1942-1950 he study at Seria English School,Brunei. On the year 1950-1957, he continue his secondary at St.Joseph’s Secondary school, Kuching, Sarawak. After he complete his primary, and secondary education, he continue his education at MBBS, Sydney University, Australia. Dr.George Chan. On the year 1956-1966, he have the position as a medical officer, at medical and health department, and on the year between 1981November-1984 February, because of his high moral and good attitude he been choose to became the Mayor of Miri. On the year 1984/3/26,he taking the position of Assistant Minister for special functions, and he became the minister in the Sarawak Chief Minister’s office on the year 1987/4/20. On the year...
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...COMPARING COURTS Cyndi Zimmerman CJS/220 5/15/2013 JACK BREIDEN COMPARING COURTS You may think that court laws are all the same; in some cases you are right. In Pennsylvania the court systems are very different of the federal system. State courts State courts and federal courts deal with the same outcome; some order of justice. Whether it is on a state level or a federal level they are looking for the same outcome, to get to the bottom of a problem and fix it. State and Federal court laws are both made up of different levels. A state court system is made up of Minor Courts(non- jury criminal and civil cases), Court of Common Pleas(appeals from minor courts and family court), Superior Court(appeals from family court and civil courts), Commonwealth Courts(civil action against common wealth), and Supreme Courts(Requests for Discretionary Appeals from the Commonwealth Court and Superior Court). Federal courts are made up of (United States) Supreme Court are cases about the constitutional law, Court of Appeals are cases about specialty cases that involve international trade and federal claims, District Court can hear all federal cases criminal or minor cases. Bankruptcy cases can be filed here, Bankruptcy Court only bankruptcy cases are filed here. Court of Special Jurisdiction is for the military cases. State laws are only effect the state in which the laws are made and broken. Each state has a different system in which they run the law. Federal laws are effect for...
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...freeways to attach a B-type truck hitch. The hitch in question is produced by one particular company in Confusion. This statute mandates that any trucker who proceeds to drive through Confusion is ordered to stop and have this hitch mounted on his or her truck, or drive around the state. The federal government has not anticipated the need to standardize the truck hitches used on state traveled highways and therefore no action has been taken. Tanya Trucker, who is the owner of a trucking business in the state of Denial, is unhappy about the supplementary expense this statute imposes on her business. Tanya plans to file suit against Confusion to upend the law. Jurisdiction, determining if the Confusion statute is constitutional, provisions of the U.S. Constitution applied to determine validity, the outcome, and the stages of the civil suit are considered in this case. Court Jurisdiction and Confusion Statute * The first order of operations is to determine what court will have jurisdiction over Tanya’s suit and why. Jurisdiction refers to which state or court system has the power to oversee litigations with regard to a court case (Butera, 2012). When determining jurisdiction the court must consider three main components (Criminal Law Lawyer Source, 2012). The components are the people involved, the subject matter and in personam, and the type of decision the court can administer, such as innocence, or guilt. Subject matter conveys to a court’s authority...
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...BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF FIVE BOOKS IN THE THREE LIBRARY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS. Namely: APA, MLA (Turibian) and 2007 7th Ed. Harvard. 1. Kavanaugh, P. (1999). The spiritual lives of great composers. United states of america: Sparrow press Kavanaugh, Patrick. The Spritual Lives of great Composers. United States of America: Sparrow Press, 1991. Kavanaugh, P. 1991. The Spiritual Lives of great Composers. United States of America. Sparrow Press. 2. Mbaya, M. (2009) Bringing up positive teenagers: In a negative world. Nairobi, kenya: Flame keepers publishing. Mbaya, Margaret. Bringing Up Positive Teenagers: In a Negative World. Nairobi, Kenya: Flame Keepers Publishing. 2009. Mbaya, M. 2009. Bringing Up Positive Teenagers: In a Negative World. Nairobi, Kenya: Flame Keepers Publishing. 3. Adamo, J. D’. P. 1998. Eat right: for your type/catherine whitney. Great Britain: Century Books. Adamo, Peter, J. D’. Eat Right: For your Type/Catherine Whitney. Great Britain: Century Books, 1998. Adamo, J. D’. P. 1998, Eat Right: For your Type/Catherine Whitney. Great Britain: Centry Books. 4. Johnson, W. A. (1982). Created for commitment. United states of america: Tyndale house publishers. Johnson, Wetherell A. Created for Commitment. United States of America: Tyndale House Publishers, 1982. Johnson, W...
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...fit. The different types of courts are district courts, family courts, criminal courts, civil courts, appellate courts, and some states even have traffic courts. The federal government has more authority, yet the federal role tends to have a more narrow approach. The federal court system is more specialized, whereas state courts have to address numerous issues on many different levels. The following is an overview of the various court systems. U.S. Supreme Court “The U.S. Supreme Court is the highest judicial body in the United States” (Federal Judicial Center). Article III §1, of the U.S. Constitution establishes the Supreme Court’s authority. The Constitution does not clearly provide for the authority of judicial review by the Court. “The Court’s authority to review laws and executive actions and determine their constitutionality is an established and accepted precedent” (Federal Judicial Center). The Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices govern the court. These Justices are appointed by the president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. The current Chief Justice is John G. Roberts, Jr. “The Associate Justices are John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy, Lawrence Thomas, Ruth Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel A. Alito, Jr. and Sonia Sotomayor” (Supreme Court of the United States). The Court is an appellate court but may exercise jurisdiction over cases involving...
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