Sovereign Immunity (Chicago Citation) It has been a tradition in English law that the Sovereign can do no wrong and therefore had immunity against any and all laws within the kingdom. In fact, this was a way to protect the Monarch from being held t Continue Reading...
Politeia In the Politics, and the Constitution of Athens (Politeia), Aristotle lays out a number of ideas. In this short essay, the author will attempt to answer the question of whether or not man is a political animal." Further, if this is the caus Continue Reading...
Judicial Review The most important American political institution is the U.S. Constitution. Of course, this is only a document, but it is also an institution in its own way, for it is the basis of all American political institutions and practices. I Continue Reading...
balance of power between institutions such as the Executive, Bureaucracy, Legislature, and the courts? The state selected for this essay is the State of Washington. The State of Washington is made of three branches that are contextualized after the Continue Reading...
This has been the basic rationale for every totalitarian state during the Twentieth Century. It is the idea that if the people relinquish their rights -- especially their rights to keep anything hidden from the government -- then the government will Continue Reading...
American Journal of International Law (2009). President issues an executive order banning torture and CIA prisons. The American Journal of International Law, Vol. 103, No. 2. Pp 331-334. The article mentions that in line with President Obama's orde Continue Reading...
4). Though there has been a requirement to disclose those contributions since January 1, 2008, over the past 18-month period, ending June 30, 2009, over $56 million has been given to organizations and events that honor lawmakers and administration Continue Reading...
By Chapter 11 McDonald begins discussing how presidents from Washington on dealt with the law based on the Constitution. And while federal law gradually gave way to state and local laws, because some issues and problems were simply easier to deal w Continue Reading...
Congress Role in War Making War has become a part of the human world. When we understand the events from the past to the present, for the purpose of dealing with conflicts, human beings have been pampered with weapons. Even though war has become an Continue Reading...
The similarities between these qualifications and those of the Senate are evident and in both instances, there is no reference of gender, ethnicity, or social position as a qualification. The term of a member of the House of Representatives is two y Continue Reading...
" It is course legitimate editorial decision-making to spend less time on one aspect than another writer might invest on that issue; but this points out the way in which Berkin makes her history more like journalism, bringing in as many quotes from a Continue Reading...
Healthcare Reform "Simkins v. Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital" The case of Simkins v. Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital was a case that attempted to end the segregation of African-American and Whites in the U.S. hospitals and medical professions as a Continue Reading...
Article III describes the judicial branch of government, including the Supreme Court. It establishes that there is one court, the Supreme Court, however Congress may create lower courts, although judgements and orders may be reviewed by the Supreme Continue Reading...
Poland Polish Antipathy towards the Soviet Union After the conclusion of the Second World War, the victorious Allies were showered with the spoils of their success in the conflict. The victorious nations - the Soviet Union, United States, Great Bri Continue Reading...
S., political decisions and the policies supported by legislators in Washington are, according to many critics, inappropriately subject to the influence of lobbyists. Of course, the most common defense of politicians is that lobbyists never actually Continue Reading...
Bill Becomes Law How a Bill Becomes Law How a Bill Becomes a Law The Constitution of the United States divides the federal government into three separate, but equal branches. The legislative branch is responsible for the drafting and passage of l Continue Reading...
This reflects the fact that these documents fill different roles. The USC was, first and foremost, a statement to England, the world, and the newly-formed United States of America, that it had become a sovereign nation. The particulars were inconse Continue Reading...
Rousseau on Corruption: Its Causes and Elimination Proprietary Ownership as the Underlying Problem in Human Society According to Rousseau, elements of human societies promote conflict in and of themselves. Specifically, Rousseau explains in his Dis Continue Reading...
In the older forms, people could live and work in relative independence if they disengaged from politics. Under a modern totalitarian government, people are completely and utterly dependent on, and submissive to, the rule and whims of a political pa Continue Reading...
232). In the final purpose of accountability, where the goal is to enhance the learning capacity and effectiveness of the executive branch, we should realize that what needs to happen in this situation is that public authorities act on feedback abo Continue Reading...
Federalist Paper #51 The theory behind Madison's Federalist Paper #51 is an acknowledgement that the "have-nots" in any society are extremely likely to seek retribution against the "haves," and, like Hamilton, believed class struggle is inseparable Continue Reading...
Toulmin's Model of Argument Analysis Connection of Wilsonian and Hamiltonian Traditions Hamiltonians is the first U.S. secretary of Treasury who believes that the central purpose of American foreign policy is to promote foreign trade as well as se Continue Reading...
The American political system has been held up as an ideal for division of political labor. This is not the only system based on a constitution, of course, and an analysis of many different societies through history shows me that a system with a con Continue Reading...
Johnson rebuked generals and Congress continued to pass into legislation laws Johnson had vetoed. Johnson's antics caused more and more supporters to abandon him, and impeachment became a very real concern. Congress voted to impeach Johnson in 1868 Continue Reading...
Power of the President The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America," (Article II, Section1). The United States Constitution outlines the various powers, duties, and rights of the President mainly in Article Two Continue Reading...
1. Why is the state considered a central institution in comparative politics? What does state power look like, and where does it come from? Towards what ends do states use their power? Give detailed examples from three country-cases. The state Continue Reading...
Nevertheless, there have been many decisions over the years that have tended to weaken the intent of the Framers. In 2001, in Zelman v. Simmons Harris the Supreme Court ruled that school voucher programs did not violate the establishment clause of t Continue Reading...
Regional Characteristics of Texas Among the fifty states which comprise the American Union as it stands today, it is perhaps Texas which has experienced the most tumultuous transition from unsettled frontier to the home of modern metropolises. While Continue Reading...
Therefore, the people always maintain the (natural) right to overthrow any state authority that fails to act in the best interest of the people or that excuses itself from respecting the natural rights of the populace (Taylor, 1999). The fundamenta Continue Reading...
Supreme Court, Federalism, and Public AdministratorsINTRODUCTIONThe American system of government is founded on the principle of federalism, which allocates powers between the national government and the states. This division of power is reflected in Continue Reading...
Paradox: The Art of Political Decision-Making and Social Equity and Public Administration: Origins, Developments, and Applications It is safe to say that both books have what could be termed "a liberal inclination" in that both Stone and Fredericks Continue Reading...
Rove made an art form out of stirring up his client's opponents with whispers, innuendos and lies, while his candidates stood high above the dust and dirt. "A lot of times it wasn't enough for Karl to just win. He had to crush you in the process," a Continue Reading...
Features of Modern / Post-Modern Period Most historians term the era after the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period, i.e., after the mid-18th century as the Modern Period in history; a period that has seen tremendous changes in politics, science Continue Reading...
Constitution The American Experiment The American experiment: The Articles of Confederation vs. The Constitution When the Founding Fathers initially designed a governing structure for the emerging American nation, they wished to err on the side of Continue Reading...
This notion usually applies to the idea that none of the three branches of government (executive, legislative, judicial) assumes too much power in the democratic system. In this example, the idea of checks and balances was used to imply that the cit Continue Reading...
Montesquieu Charles de Secondat, Baron de la Montesquieu is vastly honored and credited for his contribution to the democratic structure of the United States of America, so that due partly to his brilliance, America fell into serious civil bloodshed Continue Reading...
defective regime under Aristotle? Aristotle was perhaps the first political philosopher to allow that all regimes are not the same to all people. Indeed, political regimes are more subjective in their quality, often, then objective. But, after perm Continue Reading...
Executive Privilege After Vietnam and Watergate, the issue of executive privilege had not registered much of a blip on the radar. However, the recent Enron scandal has allowed Congress to question the validity of the executive privilege argument. In Continue Reading...
Supreme Court In the landmark decision Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, the United States Supreme Court overturned the "separate but equal" standard adopted by the 1892 Plessy v. Ferguson. Until Brown v. Board of Education passed, American publi Continue Reading...
