Milkis also argues that the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt changed the constitutional balance that existed and supported by political parties since the time of Madison and Jackson after it created a federal government powerful and independent enough to run a welfare state. ... This philosophy was followed by Jackson's decision to strip away many powers of the federal government as exemplified by the dismantling of the Bank of the United States (26). ... This ardent defense was demonstrated in 1832 after South Carolina declared a new tariff law "null and void" and threatened t...

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Facing a crisis, the federal government vainly attempted to achieve a balance between the regions. ... Two opposing governments and settlers" feuds over land claims escalated into violence. ... Douglas admitted that if the public opinion did not support the federal government, then the will of the people would eventually reign. ... Thus, the south in a sense became isolated, set in sharp opposition to the federal government and all of the other regions of the country. ... The government was not fulfilling its obligations to protect the interests of its people; thus, the people must usurp the a...

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Facing a crisis, the federal government vainly attempted to achieve a balance between the regions. ... Two opposing governments and settlers" feuds over land claims escalated into violence. ... Douglas admitted that if the public opinion did not support the federal government, then the will of the people would eventually reign. ... Thus, the south in a sense became isolated, set in sharp opposition to the federal government and all of the other regions of the country. ... The government was not fulfilling its obligations to protect the interests of its people; thus, the people must usurp the a...

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Facing a crisis, the federal government vainly attempted to achieve a balance between the regions. ... Two opposing governments and settlers" feuds over land claims escalated into violence. ... Douglas admitted that if the public opinion did not support the federal government, then the will of the people would eventually reign. ... Thus, the south in a sense became isolated, set in sharp opposition to the federal government and all of the other regions of the country. ... The government was not fulfilling its obligations to protect the interests of its people; thus, the people must usurp the a...

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And since, the affirmative action programs focused on minority groups that were determined by the federal government such as: Asian or Pacific Islander-Persons having origins in any of the original people of the far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands. ... The government recognized that educational opportunities to be as significant as those relating to employment. ... Also within the same timeframe, President Jimmy Carter created the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program (OFCCP) to ensure compliance with the affirmative action policies. Over t...

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In my research I have concluded that the candidates/people of the Democratic party are more inclined to want the government to have an active role and to get more involved with society. Through this they believe that the government getting involved in society makes the possibility of the quality of people's lives gradually increase. ... "(1) and that "...there is no place for politicians or government to get in the way.... "(4) They believe that if it is run by the government that that lessens the efficiency and standard of care. ... "Health reform will lower costs fo...

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It's astonishing how far those in our government have gone to assert what is an affront to all that makes us human. ... Congress and the majority of the public agree that the federal government should not fund elective abortions. ... Saying that this separate payment is not a "tax dollar" is no help if it is required by the government. ... But on the other hand, a federal judge has refused the Obama administration's request to suspend a legal challenge to Obama Care's contraceptive mandate because of the partial shutdown of the federal government. ... Currently, abor...

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This led to the attempted termination of all federal and Native land treaties through legislation. ... Natives used these as examples of ways of reforming federal Native American policies. ... A women elected to Navajo tribal government, Lilly J. ... Federal lawmakers continued to attack the integrity of Indian homelands.The federal government also displaced Native communities in the name of progress and national defense, during World War II. ... They used governments own ideas and foreign policy to successfully save some of their tribal lands and protect their race. ...

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The national debt of the United States is the total of all the obligations of the Treasury to pay money to the federal government's creditors. ... National debt is the total financial obligation of the federal government. ... Social Security and retirement pensions are in fact a large "obligation" to the federal government. ... Government spending and taxes is a big factor in our debts on this nation. ... Second, encourage investment and expansion by restraining federal spending and reducing regulation. ...

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Instead of a federalized bank, he favored the use of pet banks. ... The removal of the United States Bank minimized the federal corruption. ... Jackson was antagonistic toward federally funded roads and canals within states. ... Jackson and his followers were guardians of the United States Constitution because he used his veto power to prevent the federal government from becoming increasingly powerful, and as a result, strengthened states' rights. ... He believed that commoners brought about less corruption rather than the elite in the federal government. ...

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Reconstruction was a time in which the federal government prescribed methods, laws and a means for the southern states to reenter the union and install a free labor system. ... These vastly different ideas and opinions created much turbulence throughout all the branches of the federal government. During the four administrations of government throughout the Reconstruction period, these opinions shifted and resulted in changing Reconstruction efforts. ... The plan would allow any states minority to create a new state government if the 1860 vote were at least ten percent (10%). ... The 15th ...

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However, in 1873, the equality policies, implemented in the south by the federal government, were overturned and replaced with a system of legal segregation. ... On September 24th, 1965, President Johnson issued Executive Order 11246, this order requires government contractors to "take affirmative action" to expand job opportunities for minorities. ... Alongside the order, was the creation of the Office of Federal Compliance in the department of labor to enforce affirmative action. ... Executive Order 11246 is one of the most far-reaching federal programs for expanding equal opportunity. ......

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This was a travesty in the government and if something like this happened today this would be a bigger event than it was during these times. ... Government. ... To emphasize his point, in 1838 (one year after Jackson left office), a unit of federal troops rounded up the 15,000 Cherokee who resisted relocation and remained in Georgia. ... In retaliation of this insulting lack of concern of the South's voice in government, South Carolina acting on the doctrine of Nullification; which stated that the union was made up of the states and that the states had the right to null or void a law ...

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Reformers attacked corruption in municipal government and formed nonpartisan leagues to defeat the well-established bosses and their political machines. ... The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 reformed the currency system, the Clayton Antitrust Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act, both of 1914, extended government regulation of big business, and the Keating-Owen Act of 1916 restricted child labor. ... However, its legacy endured in the political reforms that it achieved and the acceptance that it won for the principle of government regulation of business. ... Several landmark acts were passe...

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After 9/11 the United States government took charge to protect the United States citizens and prevent another terrorist attack. ... Government's commitment to the First Amendment". ... The federal government also provided financial help to small businesses around the World Trade Center complex with the Community Development Block Grant funds. Also Economic Injury Disaster Loans became available nationwide to eligible small businesses that have suffered substantial economic injury due to 9/11 or a federal action in response to 9/11. ... Two months after the attacks, Congress federalized ai...

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This group also believed in the revolutionary ideas of a limited government. ... These actions involved a direct federal tax for the military's expenses. ... Other than that, Jefferson's vision of government was becoming clearer; the Federalists were speechless once he was reelected in 1804. ... The Ordinance of Nullification became a campaign for the states to have the right to protect themselves from national majorities if they had the power to veto federal legislation within their boundaries. ... When the election of 1840 came about the Whigs felt that they could outstrip the gov...

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However, it is important to remember that during the extremely crucial months of late 2001, one of the biggest human rights abuses was carried out by the American federal government against Americans: the "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001", more commonly known as the Patriot Act. Broadly speaking, the Patriot Act was a response to the September 11th attacks, attempting to give the federal government unprecedented powers to monitor communications within the US, in order to thwart future attacks fr...

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They were strict interpreters of the Constitution and supported a government that represented its entire people, not just the wealthy. ... "When a long train of abuses and usurpations take place it is their right, it is their duty to use every constitutional means to reform the abuses of such a government, and to provide new guards for their future security," argued George Henry Evans in "The Working Man's Declaration of Independence," (DOC A). ... Democrats further argued in favor of Jeffersonian strict constitutional views declaring that since the bank was not mentioned in the Constitut...

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Two separate actions were filled in two different district courts against Clinton, and other federal officials challenged the cancelations. ... On August 11th, 1997, President Clinton released a notice to the House of Representatives and the City of New York stating that the cancelation would reduce the Federal Budget Deficit, enable New York to rely on provider taxes to finance the medicate program, as an attempt to draw heat away from the situation and to defend his position on the case. ... This came from President Clinton nullifying a portion of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 which relinq...

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The federal government has promised to pay 40% of the cost of special education, but presently pays less than 17 percent. ... Further more he will work to expand equal rights to same-sex couples and ban workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation, strengthen federal protections against anti-gay violence, give federal employees the right to name same-sex partners as beneficiaries, remove bias from our immigration laws, and end the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell- policy. Another goal Dean will work on, is to ensure that racial profiling ends and I will direct my Attorn...

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Lewis President Bush: All-American Man The upcoming election will have an enormous impact on our society and the way our government operates. ... The act allows for local decision making on federal acts and less "red-tape" on government programs. By allowing for more local control, the government is putting half of the federal aid dollars into the hands of the school boards to use the money how they see fit. ... It shows that he is putting his trust into the parents and teachers and trying to remove the control of the centralized government. ... This will allow for more federally fun...

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In May 1814 Jackson was made a major general in the regular (federal) army. ... Of its 25 directors, only five were appointed by the government. Its stock was held by investors in America and abroad and by the U.S. government. ... To accomplish this, Jackson decided to withdraw government money from the bank to pay current expenses and to deposit future government revenues in selected state banks. ... It directed government agents to accept only gold or silver for the sale of land. ...

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The American people blamed Republican presidents for causing this economic downturn and chastised the government for not responding to the needs of the people more quickly. ... Roosevelt in the election of 1932 who created various government programs aiding racial minorities. ... Though President Eisenhower lobbied for equal rights for women and ethnic groups from 1953 to 1961, Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy gained power and influence in the government by conducting investigations against suspected communists in the federal government which reclaimed the Republican Party for the conservati...

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More loosely, it alludes to the entire range of democratic reforms that proceeded alongside the Jacksonians' triumph "from expanding the suffrage to restructuring federal institutions. ... The Jacksonians' basic policy thrust, both in Washington and in the states, was to rid government of class biases and dismantle the top-down, credit-driven engines of the market revolution. ... Under the Jacksonians, government-sponsored internal improvements generally fell into disfavor, on the grounds that they were unnecessary expansions of centralized power, beneficial mainly to men with c...

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The answer is very complex, much depending on what aspect of the party we are looking at: their history, their policies and platforms, their leadership, their rank, and their level of government--national, state, or local. ... Federalists were those who supported a strong federal government and the Anti-Federalists were those who did not. ... Republican control of the national government lasted for 72 years except for the 16 years when Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson were in the White House. ... But political parties have weakened by having to work through a system of fragmented governm...

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