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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National conventions have a multitude of roles, the key reason being that the Presidential candidates are chosen by the Democrat and Republican parties. Historically, there were several candidates at the convention and the nominee was finally chosen only after a succession of ballots, compromises, and deals in "smoke-filled rooms". ...

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This is because more candidates marginalize anyone's chance of reaching 270, and inevitably lead to a lot of President's being chosen by Congress as mandated in the constitution. ... Amending the way the President is chosen in America is of the utmost importance. ...

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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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Approving Our Constitution In 1787, political leaders met at the Constitutional Congress in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation. Instead, they wrote the United States Constitution, an entirely new plan of government. Under this new plan the states would retain a number of imp...

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The Electoral College The Electoral College was established in a compromise between a direct election system, which was supported by James Wilson, and a system whereby the President would be chosen by congress, supported by Edgridge Gerry, in Article II, Section I of the United States Constitution (Houser, 2). ...

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Iran is a nation surrounded on all sides by some of the States deemed most threatening to World order in recent years, its decline from democracy to an extremist Theocracy earning strict UN supervision, economic sanctions and a place among George W. Bush's "Axis of Evil." Iran's path to peaceful Dem...

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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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Beveridge, who in his address to Congress declared that the United States would not back out of the Philippines, presumably because of the Filipino-American conflict of the time, and that as god's "chosen people" America should proceed to large-scale trade with the Far East and to become the great force in the world (Doc E). ...

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In his article, What Went Wrong In Iraq, Larry Diamond explores the different problems that occurred during the George W. Bush administration form 2001 to 2009. Specifically, the blunders that happened during the occupation of Iraq by the United States in 2004 and how the country struggled to secure...

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Howard Dean, The presidential candidate In the last few years, America has suffered a great economic downturn and terror threat. Since the last election in the year 2000, not too many improvements haven occurred. Thousands of people have lost their jobs especially in the manufacturing sector. We...

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Abraham Lincoln is considered one of the best presidents in American history. He had a great impact on American history that still impacts us yet today. Lincoln is considered the savior of the union during the Civil War and emancipated all of the slaves living in America with the Emancipation Procla...

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Should The U.S President be more or less accountable? If so, how, and to whom? Ernest Griffiths argues that once he is elected the powers and influence of a president are enormous, certainly exceeding those of a British Prime Minister. The constitution itself deals largely in generalities, stating for example that the executive power shall be vested in the President. (Griffith, 1983, P65) However, in reality, it is a much more complicated picture, and since various reforms during the 1970's, The argument that the President is the "supreme unifying element in the American system of g...

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When a soldier in the United States Military is stationed in an Asian country what he imagines is the tropical beaches, palm trees and those beautiful exotic desirable women. The US Military along with the militaries from these Asian countries take this into consideration when it comes to the envir...

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