However indirect these elections may seem, the judges that serve us were chosen on the behalf of those that we elected with the notion that they would surround themselves with advisors, judges included, who held the same beliefs and political views. Thus, these judges have been chosen by the people, as all high ranking officials ought to be, in a democratic government. ... This process of seating justices may seem to go against democratic ideals, but in turn those chosen to serve on the Supreme Court will be able to provide for America the most, informed and impartial decisions possible. ...

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In Britain, while passing the laws, several of its members are chosen with the prime minister to administer the executive powers for each of the nation's departments. ... The MPs are chosen in a general election that is held at least once every five years and a special by-election is used to fill a recently emptied seat in the House of Commons. ... The British Cabinet is composed of about 20 ministers, who are chosen by the Prime Minister and may include departmental and non-departmental (traditional) ministers. ...

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The House of Representatives is chosen by the direct vote of the electorate in single-member districts in each state. ... The speaker of the House, who is chosen by the majority party, presides over debate, appoints members of select and conference committees, and performs other important duties. ...

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ADMENDMENT SEVEVTEEN IS THE DIRECT ELECTION OF SENATORS IT WAS PASSED BY CONGRESS ON MAY 13.1912 AND RATIFIED APRIL 8,1913. THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES shall be composed of two senators. The electors in each state Shall have the qualifications for electors. When there are vacancies i...

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The American democracy is one of the most peaceful kinds of government in the world. The democracy in which we live has many strengths and weaknesses. Neither strengths nor weaknesses out weigh one another, but it is necessary to have both due to the varying definitions. In the dictionary definition...

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The French Legislature is organized in such a way that finally, as the French maintain themselves in the 5th Republic, it has proven effective and is respected across France. The French Legislature has duties and responsibilities that it must uphold in order for it to be analyzed in terms of the qu...

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What the Constitution Means to Me The Constitution means a lot to me. The Constitution to me is like the law of the entire nation. It is broken up into different parts so that all areas of ruling are dealt with. This breaking up of the Constitution is to handle with certain issues specifically....

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Locke believed that individuals needed a government to keep them in check, but "it must be with his own consent, i.e. the consent of the majority, giving it either by themselves, or their representatives chosen by them (p.74)." ...

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I believe that the decision making power in this country stems from the Judiciary Branch. They have a lot of power that can go against or for the will of the people. One aspect of this power is judicial review. It is the right of the federal courts to void laws and acts that are in conflict with Con...

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Given that the Constitution was strongly swayed by slave-owners, the Constitution is Pro-Slavery because slaveholders controlled the bureaus and ordered the policy of the Government enforcing the stability and repercussion of the Nation to the provision of slavery here and there; overriding the righ...

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The result of this is described by Madison in No.10 as saying that a republic is "to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country, and whose patriotism and love of justice will be least likely to sacrifice it to temporary or partial considerations"(Madison No.10). ...

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"The Out-of-control Presidency" is an article my Michael Lind in which he makes the claim that the executive branch of the government has become too powerful. The congress, he suggests, is where the power of the federal government was designed to lie and the presidency was constructed to be little m...

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He stated that one of the advantages of a Republic was that a chosen body of citizens, whose thoughts and beliefs represented the true interests of the country, would be more likely to elect respectable representatives than a large faction electing representatives who only portrayed the views of their faction. ...

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The framers of the Constitution came together to make sure they made the best government possible. On one hand, they did not want they people to have much power and they did not want any one person in the government to have all the power. For this to work, they decided to split the government int...

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The result of this is described by Madison in No.10 as saying that a republic is "to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country, and whose patriotism and love of justice will be least likely to sacrifice it to temporary or partial considerations"(Madison No.10). ...

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The Influence of the Greeks on American Democracy "Tyranny is the rule of one man to the advantage of the ruler, oligarchy to the advantage of the rich, democracy to the advantage of the poor." -Aristotle Democracy: a form of government that makes political decisions directly exercised by the whole ...

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Excerpts from John Locke [pp. 1-6], and Edmund Burke [pp. 7-11] from this document. This should be regarded as necessary reading for answering the Questions on Locke and Burke. Excerpts From John Locke, Second Treatise of Government: CHAPTER II: LIBERTY AND EQUALITY: [II.4-5 4. To understand political power aright, and derive it from its original, we must consider what estate all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of Nature, without asking leave or de...

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