In this document the laws of the land and an entire system of Government was laid out. ... Under this system the outcome of the election could swing heavily to one candidate. ... Many others also strongly support her point of view and expand into other reasons why this system should be left alone. ... However, there are many flaws with a direct election type of system such as this. ... A reason presented by Judith Best to keep the Electoral College in place is that this system "is a popular plurality system, which magnifies the plurality winner's electoral vote margin of vic...

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Executive branch being head by the president, legislative by the senate and house of representatives, and judicial by the court system. ... Politics took a more or less stable two party system initially comprised of the Jacksonian democratic party of the day and on the other side of the fence was the Whig party essentially opposite of Jackson. Different parties, especially in the two party system usually take opposing views on many issues, although in order to not alienate voters each side must straddle certain issues in the case of the Jacksonian Democrats and the Whig party the two issues ...

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According to a web site dedicated to informing the public about the inherent dangers with "soft money" as associated with politics is simply defined as, money which by definition and law is not supposed to be part of the federal campaign finance system. ... It should be obvious that "soft money" is a growing problem and dare I say threat to our system and idea of "free" elections in the United States. ... I want to briefly talk about how an "Iron Triangle" works why it constitutes much of the "soft money" in the political system. ... The long term prospective problem with this is that larg...

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With regard to the criminal justice system, due process means that a defendant accused of a crime must be told of the charges against him or her, have the opportunity to present a defense against such charges at a trial, and have the services of counsel and the right to an appeal. ... One large principle of due process in relation to the criminal justice system is in the fourth amendment of the U.S Constitution. ... In theory, this means that the police may override your privacy concerns and conduct a search of your home, barn, car, boat, office, personal or business documents, bank account re...

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Other government services are given to religious schools, like a sewer systems, so this reimbursement is no different other than it is more direct. ... Although he has "not ideological sympathy" (Jackson) for the Catholic citizens who have to pay taxes for the public school system, yet he also feels "constrained by conscience and discipline to support other schools for their own children" (Jackson).The Supreme Court's decision therefore actually does violate the separation of Church and state and is "utterly discordant with its conclusion, yielding support to thei...

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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 be...

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