Like the millions of Americans who recognize education as the one of the nation's priority concerns, George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States, led his 2000 presidential campaign with education at the top of his agenda. Bush's principles of interest for education reform include seven specific points: achieving equality, promoting excellence, to stop funding failure, to restore local control, to provide parents with information and options, to ensure every child can read, and to improve school safety (George W. Bush). Of these proposed programs, the most controversial ...

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Rebirth and Into the Next Century By 1989, when Vice President George Bush was elected to become the next president, America had drastically changed its policy toward affirmative action. ... Despite the strong support for the Civil Rights Act, President Bush exorcised his right to veto it, because he felt many aspects of the bill established employment quotas. The country was in turmoil over racial and gender issues, and Bush had recently come under criticism for appointing to the Supreme Court, a judge whom had been accused of sexual harassment. So, when the bill was passed by congress aga...

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Explain how judges are selected in the Federal and in state systems across the United States. What factors will be likely to determine the viability of a judicial candidate under any system? United States of America is a federal republic with a division of powers (legislative, executive and judicia...

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