One of these actions is the NSA can collect metadata for all of telephone communications, track the numbers of both parties on a phone call, as well location, time and duration. ... Besides that, the NSA uses American citizens' data to serve the third parties. The personal data is private assets, so nobody wants to disclose their personal information to the third parties. However the NSA provides limited data to third parties that offer products and services which include names, job titles, companies and business addresses. ...

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Abstract After serving two terms, President George Washington decided to forego a third term in office. ... The President decided to announce to the nation that he would not seek a third term for President. ... The President states from the beginning that he will decline consideration of a third Presidential term. ... The President warns of political parties as a way that will be harmful to our country. ... The end result of party affiliations is that elected officials look out for the promotion of their own well being or their party instead of the country and its citizens. ...

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Amending the Constitution requires a proposal by a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress or by a national convention, followed by ratification by three-fourths of the state legislatures or state conventions. ... The president may veto a bill, but a veto can be overridden by a two-thirds vote of both houses. ... They serve six-year terms, which are arranged so that one-third of the Senate is elected every two years. ... Treaties negotiated by the president with other governments must be ratified by a two-thirds vote of the Senate. ... The prime minister chooses the cabinet from MPs in ...

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In addition, expanded government surveillance allows the FBI to demand information from third parties. This is a violation of the third parties" rights, because they are forbidden from revealing that this has occurred (ACLU). ... Additionally, the FBI has the right to demand that third parties provide personal information about the individual. ... If the individual has a lawyer, the government has the right to monitor communication between the two parties, which violates the confidentiality of the attorney-client privilege (ACLU). ...

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Democrats The first two political parties in America are the Federalists and Anti-Federalists. Several political parties were formed under these two first political parties. However, despite several groups of political parties exist, two groups of political parties are popular: the democrats and the republicans. ... They also raise taxes to aid the party in funding its excessive government spending. Thirdly, the Republican supports the idea that in order to preserve the rights and freedoms of the individual; the people must trust the national defense. ...

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The very fragmentation of the parties is seen to limit the influence of a President over them. ... Also, although the President has the power to make treaties, such treaties must be approved by a two thirds majority of the Senate. ... The check on his veto comes in that it is not an absolute veto, but a qualified veto, subject to an override by a two-thirds majority in each house of congress. ...

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The Indian student community in England was further inspired by the workings of parliamentary democracy and Britishers political parties. ... In 1928, the Nehru Commission composing of representatives of Indian political parties proposed constitutional reforms for India that apart from calling for dominion status for India and elections under universal suffrage, would guarantee rights deemed fundamental, representation for religious and ethnic minorities, and limit the powers of the government. In 1931, the Indian National Congress (the largest Indian political party of the time) adop...

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Although they are early in the process of trying to win a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress and ratification by three-quarters of the states, some conservatives worry that the political clock is ticking and the drive to amend the Constitution will be doomed unless they can reach consensus. ... The alliance assembled by Daniels cuts across traditional party lines and includes Catholic, Jewish and Muslim leaders as well as ministers in historically black Protestant denominations. ... Colson, the former Nixon White House staffer who now heads Prison Fellowship Ministries, key members...

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Eventually the tradition changed into a system whereby these twelve men would listen to evidence presented by both sides in the case and declare a verdict about whether or not the accused party was guilty. ... The Anti-Federalist Party in particular claimed that unless certain rights were spelled out in a Bill of Rights, the government would easily take over these rights and abuse the people. ... Therefore, when the votes were tallied in the election of 1796, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson received the most electoral votes, and the man that was supposed to be Vice President, Thomas Pinckney, ...

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There these individuals set out to establish an alternative to the two fixed parties, called the Libertarian party--champion of freedom and personal liberty. Nearly thirty years after its inception in a nation ruled by a praetorian two party system that Libertarian Party has become "America's third largest and fastest growing party." (12:3) What does this say about Americans? ... This proves good news to the Libertarian Party that has seen an astonishing growth of 165% in the past four years (16:1) from 9, 512 members in March of 1994 to a record 25,000 in 1998. The Libertarian pa...

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During the years of 1801-1817, two political parties existed. ... The second political party was called the Democratic-Republicans. ... This party gave more power to states. ... Third one was for example the United States was fighting some other country and that one alien happens to be from the same country we are fighting against, then the [president has a right to deport that alien from the United States. ...

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The two parties of the day were the Federalists, who advocated a strong national government with an intricate system of checks and balances, and the Anti-Federalists, who promoted strong state and local governments that included small republics to keep the local communities in check. ... As one can tell, the parties rarely ever agreed with one another, so the Constitution was created through numerous compromises between the opposing sides. Today, the debate goes on between the contemporary political parties; the Republicans and Democrats. ... It also required gun dealers to maintain records ...

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Republican Party of Illinois ruled that the precedent case of Elrod and Branti extend to the instances of hiring, promotion, transfers, and recall. ... The court ruled that the plaintiff's fourth-amendment right were not violated as he had voluntarily shared information with third parties. ...

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The third and final question which Marshall addressed was whether Marbury "is entitled to the remedy for which he applies." ... By maintaining independence from politics, the Justices avoid the major problems of political parties and party platforms. ...

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The legislation is subject to presidential veto; however, Congress, by a two-thirds vote of each house, can override a presidential veto. ... The exercise of these functions is essentially affected by the fact that the Cabinet is a group of party representatives, depending upon majority support in the House of Commons. ...

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It is a group of "electors" who are nominated or appointed by each party within each state. ... In order to ratify an amendment, it is essential that it be proposed either by the Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the State legislatures. ...

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What did Hamilton contribute and how was this significant? How does he compare to other founding fathers? Contributions: Advocated for the establishment of a national bank. Served as Washington's principal aide during the Revolutionary War. Wrote two-thirds of The Federalist Papers in support of th...

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"Article V states that there are only two ways to adjust the Constitution, one is by an amendment that is proposed by the states, or when congress proposes an amendment by a two thirds vote. ... Virginia (extended) In 1967, the United States Supreme Court ruled that a Virginia state law prohibiting parties of different races from marrying (and similar laws in 15 other states) was unconstitutional and violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. ... Texas In the year of 2003, the United States Supreme Court ruled that a Texas law that proscribed certain sexual conduct between adult parties of the sa...

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The Louisiana Purchase and national health care legislation were two historic events in the history of the United States. Both were huge steps forward for the county in different ways and both raised questions and controversy about the authority of the President of the United States or Congress. For...

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Members who simply decided to go home, rather than run again, used to account for more than two-thirds of the turnover in every election. ... The leader then gives the money out to members of his party who need it. ...

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The third common thread between the political culture of eighteenth century and today's is the quest for liberty and equality. While both parties had different goals to satisfy, they both ultimately wanted the same thing. ...

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The general method required the consent of the Senate and House of Commons and of the legislatures of two-thirds of the provinces, provided those comprised fifty percent of the population of Canada (Cairns 1991). ... A third section listing other specialized matters existed as well, but these matters required only the general amending method (Cairns 1991). ... Thirdly, the Accord presented the right to have Supreme Court justices appointed from the names on lists created by the province (Cairns 1988). ...

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The report points out that ranked gun violence is the third leading cause of death in the country, following road accidents and poisoning (Siegel 144). ... However, both parties provide valid, accurate, and factual evidence to substantiate their claims. ...

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Gun Control essay John Lithgow once theorized on "Third Rock from the Sun" that due to the kinetic energy propelling a bullet and the subsequent friction exerted on the body by that bullet that "guns don't kill people, physics kills people." ...

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In the months leading up to the recent 2012 presidential election, there was an issue that was all over the news because of the impact that it would have at the polls. That issue was Voter ID laws--laws that are put in place by states which would require voters to show some type of identification before being allowed to cast their votes. The debate about whether or not these laws should be put in place became a heated one in this year's election. It created an uproar among U.S. citizens; some insisted that the laws were necessary to protect the integrity of the vote, while some felt that ...

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