Members of the presidential Electoral College were finally chosen in this manner as well; this meant that the common man, who had the power to indirectly elect the president, had far more power than he had previously possessed. ... Thus, presidential campaigns in 1828 were drastically adjusted to appeal to the common man. ... As a result, the presidential election became as much a popularity contest as anything else. ... Many of the Jacksonian ideals are very closely related to those of the Jeffersonians back when Thomas Jefferson was in power. ... Furthermore, many people that had previou...

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The constitution gave our government a limited, an enumerated and a delegated right to act, dispensing power between three balanced branches. ... During the 1996 presidential election nearly 90 million eligible voters stayed away from the polls. ... Government, over the span of our sententious history has taken on more and more of one thing: power. Lord Acton summed it up best when he stated, "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Despite the fact the since 1968 Americans have elected the every presidential candidate that pledged to support a smaller government, th...

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Presidential candidates have been caught having affairs, fathering children out of wedlock, and raising "slush funds" of cash for personal expenses. ... The first being power misconduct. This occurs when someone involved in government allows power to take control. ... The society today is most scared to the first form of corruption which was mentioned is power misconduct. Power is known as "the capacity to achieve goals "(Leach 2008.) ...

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How does our super power mentality play in this picture and why do many citizens of the world feel ill will towards Americans? ... This makes particular sense for those reporters assigned to the executive branch because of the career risks in directly opposing presidential intentions. ... Being considered the world's "super power" carries the responsibility of being able to protect all interest equally and playing big brother, which sometimes means our own interest conflict with the interest of those we are suppose to be aiding. ...

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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. ...

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Government Spending & Budget As many Federal departments and agencies lurch into an era of running without funds, the leaders of both parties of Congress are spending less and less time searching for a compromise to balance the budget, and more and more time deciding how to use it to their advantage on the campaign trail. Meanwhile money is easily borrowed to pay for government overhead. In an attempt to change this, on June 29, Congress voted in favor of HConRes67 that called for a 7 year plan to balance the Federal Budget by the year 2002 (Hager 1899). This would be...

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In 1917, the US government made a law which gave the Secretary of Labor the power to arrest or deport any alien "advocating or teaching" destruction of property or the "overthrow of government by force." ...

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