Healthcare reform advocates are undoubtedly relieved to have successfully facilitated a historical legislative process - the culmination of which resulted in President Barack Obama passing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), a federal statute which, in tandem with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (HCERA) of 2010, formed the Health Care Reform Act of 2010. This dual set of reforms jointly address many of the undesirable issues that have transpired within the
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Chapter 4 Civil liberties; the protections of citizens from improper governmental action. what government cannot do. Civil Rights; the legal or moral claims that citizens are entitled to make on the government. obligations. what government must do. The federal constitution provided such rights as representation in Congress (article 1 section 2) established who can serve in congress and become president and guaranted the privilege of habeas corpus for all people (article 1 section2). The Contstitution
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evolved to be an annual event, where the President outlines his own agenda to the legislative bodies responsible for passing laws, and essentially gives them his own reasons for proposing bills. The third and final branch of the United States government is the judicial branch. Please note that there are separate state courts and federal courts, and that we will be discussing only federal courts. This branch is headed
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at state and federal levels. With creating the different branches of government, constitutional law supersedes power from any other branch. This can be accomplished by granting or declining specific powers to each branch, and the prevention of other branches from passing particular laws. Statues and common laws are enacted by elected officials of the legislative branch of government, the administrative principles are parallel to statues, but are endorsed by administrative agencies as a replacement
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separation of powers, checks and balances, and limited government. The first of these ideas, the separation of powers, comes from a French philosopher Montesquieu which states that the government’s power should be separated between an executive, legislative, and judicial body. Another idea talked about in the constitution is the idea of checks and balances which comes from a Greek philosopher named Aristotle. The idea of checks and balances in the constitution is that each body of the federal government
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the following: freedom of religion, speech, and the press, as well as the right to trial by jury and to private property (Prof. Garcia). Within this new form of government a three structured branch: judicial, executive, and legislative, would have its forms of checks and balances in order prevents one branch from overall power. Federalism is a form of government that defines the powers given to the national and state government in an effort to protect the rights of its citizens; some aspects
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have been abolished and companies have been made to use 80-85% of the consumer’s money they pay into the insurance for their healthcare, thus lowering their co-payments. The Constitution of The United States of America delegates powers to the legislative branch that holds them responsible for providing common defense and general welfare for the nation. This, as I take it, should also cover medical care. The welfare of a person includes their health, as well as ability to sustain life. With the age
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Running head: SOCIAL MEDIA Social Media: Managing it from a Legal Perspective Angela Leon Professor Daniel Smith LEG100-Business Law I February 2, 2013 Social Media: Managing it from a Legal Perspective Discuss the four (4) components of a legally astute social media marketing manager who utilizes social media outlets for consumer transactions and how each component can mitigate the risk involved in doing business in cyberspace. The four characteristics of a
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Abstract Social Media continues to grow in today’s society. With its added growth companies and managers need to be fully aware of the business that they conduct online. They also need to be concerned with jurisdiction and how that may affect the business. In the event of an issue the company should be informed about alternative dispute resolutions. The manager should understand the agency relationship and its effect on the company. Social Media Social Media is increasingly becoming the
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section 42.09(a)(3) of the Texas Penal code, which prohibited the “desecration of a venerable object.” This statute helps to prohibit misuse and abuse of the state and American flag. 2. Which branch of government (executive, judicial, or legislative) created the state statute? The legislative branch, the Senate and House of Representatives, of government created the state statute. 3. The passage above also discusses one court case. Who were the parties involved in the case? The parties
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