The Federal Government The Federal Government The three branches of the federal government provide a base for the way we live our lives. The process by which the Judicial, Legislative, and Executive branches operate is long, but necessary. Each branch has a duty to watch the others th...
Powers granted to Congress under the Constitution include the power to levy taxes, borrow money, regulate interstate commerce, impeach and convict the president, declare war, discipline its own membership, and determine its rules of procedure. ... The parliamentary leaders of the two parties are the majority floor leader and the minority floor leader. ... Among the most important committees are those on Appropriations, Ways and Means, and Rules. The Rules Committee, for example, has significant power to determine which bills will be brought to the floor of the House for consideration and whet...
The case made it to the Supreme Court, who ruled that the Fifth Amendment only applied to the federal government, and not the states. ... It is rather interesting that the court ruled this way after the Fourteenth Amendment for a couple of reasons. ... In the dissenting opinion Justice Field said that based on the majority's interpretation the Fourteenth Amendment was, "a vain and idle enactment, which accomplished nothing, and most unnecessarily excited Congress and the people on its passage. " (Kommers et al., 115) The ruling is also interesting because it set a precedent against the i...
The United States Supreme Court ruled that all elementary and high schools will be segregated. ... Additionally, the Supreme Court eventually adopted several of his dissenting opinions as majority opinions. ... Thurgood voted with the majority upperclassmen to keep the faculty all white. ...
Constitution that U.S. states defines territory (as is Guam) as property: The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. ... Not unlike the original thirteen British colonies in the early American continent did with England, Guam experiences much political frustration with U.S. arbitrary rule. ... And as is usually the case with colonized peoples (...
Although the majority of American citizens do hold the proper identification to be able to vote under Voter ID laws, it has been determined that certain groups, including the elderly, young people, low-income, minorities, and those living in rural areas will be disproportionately affected by these laws. ... In a lawsuit brought against the state of Pennsylvania on the behalf of possibly disenfranchised voters, Judge Robert Simpson of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled in favor of a voter ID law that could stop thousands of Pennsylvania residents from voting. ...
A majority of the court agreed that Jane Roe had a right of privacy based on the Fourteenth Amendment and on earlier Supreme Court decisions. ... Hallford, and members of their classes, had standing to sue but ruled that John and Mary Does" complaint was not justifiable. ... If numbers could gauge the country's attitudes, then it would seem that the majority of Americans have embraced the Supreme Court ruling. ... One study conducted showed that the majority of Americans agree with the Roe v. ...
Throughout history, there has been an everlasting conflict between having a broader or narrower interpretation of the US Constitution. Some believe that the exact wordings stated in the Constitution are the rules to follow in a strict manner without any compromise. Others consider the Constitution t...
My conception of religious liberty was vague when I was younger, but as I got older and I became aware of the world around me, religious liberty has been a topic that everyone has been discussing - not only privately but also in public and especially in the papers. I used to be an uninformed protestant of the Lutheran church. I once read in the newspaper that Denmark is the least religious country in the world. When I compare my own country to the U.S, I do not have to have read books or taken lessons to know that America is a highly religious country, and has been since its earliest days. Fur...
Libertarianism can trace its history as far back as sixth century BC philosopher Lao-tzu who accordingly stated "Without law or compulsion, men would dwell in harmony." (6:27) Nevertheless, Libertarianism as it pertains to the United States struck a cord with Americans under the despotic colonial rule of Great Britain. ... 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? ...
Woman suffrage is the right of women to vote. Today, women in nearly all countries have the same voting rights as men. But they did not begin to gain such rights until the early 1900's, and they had to overcome strong opposition to get them. Reading Jailed for Freedom has been like peeking into a window of history while this struggle raged. Doris Stevens wrote this book in 1920, after she had been a participant in the struggle for women's rights. ...
