Factors Contributing to the Underrepresentation of Certain Groups in Congress The representation of some groups in Congress has become an urgent theme for discussion from various perspectives. According to recent Pew Research Center findings, about 28% of all Congress members are women, while other groups’ ratings are unequal: Black (13%),...
Abstract This paper explores the relationship between the Supreme Court, federalism, and public administrators in the United States. It analyzes recent Supreme Court cases, including South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, Shelby County v. Holder, and Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, to examine...
Introduction Public transportation and temperate zone forestry represent two distinct sectors where government subsidies play crucial roles. These subsidies are typically intended to promote specific activities, mitigate particular costs, or address identified market failures. However, while they bring forth numerous benefits, they also incur certain costs, thus generating a complex...
Introduction There has been much discussion on whether term limits for federal judges, including justices of the Supreme Court, should be implemented. Term limits would provide new viewpoints, improve accountability, and lessen the ferocity of political disputes around appointments (Cooper et al. 2766). Verkuil, however, argues that lifetime appointments ensure...
Introduction Any state can be viewed as a complex mechanism consisting of numerous details. It means that its work depends on the alignment and interaction between all parts. Thus, the government usually acts as the unique body with the authority to control the interaction between all entities existing within a...
Given what has transpired over the past year, it is hard to say that the union is in outstanding condition confidently. However, there have also been times of strength, solidarity, and advancement in the face of enormous obstacles like the COVID-19 epidemic, resulting in first-of-their-kind scientific discoveries and government efforts...
How Members of Congress Represent their Constituents The U.S. Congress is the highest legislative body of the United States, which, along with the executive and judicial branches of government, form the federal government of the United States. I want to review the activities of Raphael Warnock, who recently became a...
Overview The controversial figure of Rev Ian Paisley is unlikely to be forgotten either by his friends or opponents. His surprising late embrace of power-sharing in Northern Ireland, which gave him the post of First Minister, overshadowed many infamous events that he initiated and in which he participated. The increased...
One of the more conventional forms of city governance is the Mayor-Council structure, which comprises a directly elected mayor serving as the chief executive officer and a city council serving as the legislative body. The mayor’s role involves enforcing laws, supervising city departments, and making policy recommendations to the council....
In my opinion, even though the state performs many important protective functions, it can be extremely pressing on a person as an individual. Since Athenian democracy, forms of government have been linked in one way or another to the concepts of captivity and limitation. The state is inherent in the...
Introduction The US Constitution, the oldest active codified constitution in the world, is the greatest achievement that the American founding fathers attained following the Civil War, and for which they have been romanticized over the last three centuries. Given that the virtues of liberty, egalitarianism, and democracy are the central...
In early modern China, the governmental structures of the country were drastically different from those of Europe. One reason for this was that the Chinese government was primarily controlled by knowledgeable philosophers, which stood in sharp contrast to the military-focused governance system prevalent in Europe. In this essay, it is...
Legislative, judicial, and executive branches aimed to provide safety and order in the United States. Primarily these branches provide inhabitants and agencies with protection and justice. Each branch ensures safety and control over different governmental agencies, and each branch can influence another. A court might cancel each agency’s decision, so...
Introduction The most crucial element of society’s political system is political parties. This is determined by their place and role in the political system as an intermediary between civil society and the state and an instrument of control by social groups of society over state power (Warshaw 464). Moreover, depending...
Australia is an independent democratic state that can be classified as either a federation or a constitutional monarchy. One of Australia’s unique features is that it combines both British and American models of state organization. In order to adopt new changes or additions to the Australian Constitution, it is necessary...
In the first source (Gitmo and the Rule of Law by Robyn Blumner), the key message is the continued abuse of constitutional powers vested in the presidency by imprisoning individuals accused of terrorism against the US and its interests worldwide without trial. The US laws and Constitution bar the authorities...
Introduction The structure of the US Government is relatively complex due to several factors. One of the elements is the fact that the US is a federation, which implies that state authorities have a level of independence when it comes to policies and legislative decisions. On the other hand, the...
In most nations formerly under communism influence during the Cold War, democracy has not full been achieved, more than thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Most of those nations adopted oligarchy in which the elite, whether one individual or a small group, runs and controls the government...
The United States of America has traditionally been a reference point for many supporters of the democratic system. The Constitution is based on the principle of separation of powers. In this regard, the US government has three branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial. These branches are independent, but each...
Race and gender are notable aspects that greatly influence a community’s social and political lives. They are used to determine if a group of people poses the opportunity and the formal and informal resources necessary to win an election. Underrepresentation in Congress can be attributed to the available laws and...
Territory and Sovereignty Morocco is a mountainous state in northwestern Africa that borders Spain on the other side of the Strait of Gibraltar. The country’s geographic coordinates are 28 30 N and 10 00 W (The World Bank, 2022a). Moroccan territory is bordered by Algeria, Western Sahara, the Atlantic Ocean,...
Introduction The government plays a vital role in shaping society by providing it with certain goods and conditions for the fulfillment of the population with a focus on individual qualities. Moreover, among its functions should be the control and monitoring of the social moods of society, which are influenced by...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a branch of the Department of Health and Human Services in the United States. It consists of the Office of the Commissioner and four directorates in charge of the agency’s primary functions: Medical Products and Tobacco, Foods and Veterinary Medicine, Global Regulatory Operations...
Texas is known for its plural executive system, in which voters should independently elect all major branch officials. Addressing the goal of limiting the power of the governor, the chosen model successfully completes the task. In Texas, not one government is responsible for its executive branch; many state boards and...
Freedom and equality are the cornerstones of democracy and democratic governments. The democratic system is the best form of government that strives to elicit a strong obligation from citizens since, within such a system, people must be driven by strong-decision making. While in other forms of government, such as socialism,...
Uganda and the USA are sovereign countries in Africa and North American Continents, respectively. The nations have functional governments and active democratic constitutions that provide the rule of law for the people. In both countries, there is an Executive body, Judiciary, and Legislative branch. The three arms of the government...
Since the advent of European explorers on the territory of the modern state of Texas, it has been claimed and, to a greater or lesser extent, controlled by six states – France, Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Confederate States of America and the United States of America. The...
People use bureaucracy to describe a large, convoluted institution with numerous departments, policies, and procedures. Decisions take a long time because of all the processes and systems that must be implemented. They were developed to ensure stability and order in the workplace. Bureaucracy is used to characterize the established procedures...
The presence of political parties, each of which sees the country’s future in its way, is an integral part of modern democracies. However, this was not always the case; at the time the US Constitution was written, the existence of political parties was not directly assumed. Nevertheless, two currents arose...
Schools in Arizona have faced insufficient funds, an issue that can be resolved by creating an initiative that increases funds directed to education. The government can create an initiative that brings in more funds without necessarily increasing the tax rate. In Arizona, the education sector is faced with unfair distribution...
Introduction The Arabs Uprising that began in Tunisia in December 2010 significantly reshaped the whole history of the Middle East. Though the wave of the uprising started in Tunisia, it swiftly spread to most Arab countries in a few months. As a result, the socio-political structures of these Arab countries,...
Abstract The bipartisan system is one of the defining features of the United States government structure. Nevertheless, the review of the literature reveals that the interest in political partisanship – a type of bias connected to political views in connection to parties – has not been high before the last...
Congress is one the most powerful institutions in the political landscape of the United States, and it has a considerable impact on society and the lives of citizens. Since the United States upholds the principle of separation of powers, Congress exercises authority only over the legislative realm. At the same...
Governments from separate jurisdictions are essential to ensuring effective governance. Australia has the benefit of being a liberal democracy since it was conquered by Britain. One of the first nations in Europe to uphold individual liberties and rights, which are essential components of liberal democracy was the United Kingdom (Fenna,...
Hello everyone! Thank you for being here today! Although many of us might perceive the national political system as refined, sometimes, it is necessary to doubt the obvious to seek improvement. Despite its reputation as a politically powerful nation, U.S. politicians have made many mistakes during the past 40 years....
Russia’s war against Ukraine has proven to be a regional problem and a global one. Shortages in food supplies worldwide prompted America to impose sanctions to address the current economic insecurity. American citizens who have suffered the loss of homes and assets due to the war seek financial compensation from...
I fully support the peer’s words and agree that bureaucracy is an essential and integral part of the country’s government. Indeed, this administration system has a wide range of advantages and positive aspects. They include a clear division of labor, a competent process of subordination and control, hiring employees following...
Introduction I will present on Germany’s renewable energy policy promotion. To promote renewables, the German government offers feed-in tariffs for solar, wind, and renewable hydroelectric energies to incentivize investment in these renewable energy sources. These tariffs guarantee a certain price per kilowatt-hour of electricity generated, giving investors a stable return...
The United States government’s history The United States government’s history constitutes its formation, growth, development, and federal government evolution, including changes in its Constitution, office of the presidency, U.S. Code, Congress, Supreme courts, executive agencies and departments, and lower federal courts. The development constitutes the roles of the government, policies,...
The U.S. Constitution is the document that secures the rights and responsibilities of citizens. Regulation and competent policies are necessary for a quality healthcare system. In drafting the section, the House of Congress was expected to be the most potent regulation instrument (Krutz 59). In this case, Article 1, section...
Introduction Legislative governing and behavior are considered complex tool that constitutes different political parties that work closely to efficiently serve the nation and ensure change on competing interests and incentives of other political parties. The elected legislatures represent citizens’ views in the political process as given institutions enable the representation...
Introduction The government, in its complexity, is one of the most sophisticated and effective organizations. Especially with the U.S. government, having the necessary apparatus and organization to manage the country, economy, and population at the scale of one of the largest, most developed, and most powerful nations in the world....
Introduction The draft U.S. Constitution was ready on September 17, after which questions arose about its acceptance by all the states. Although Benjamin Franklin had insisted that ratification would not take place until after all the states had recognized it, only 9 of the 13 states were needed to accept...
The title of the article is An American tragedy by David Remnick, who is a writer and editor for many reputable publications and the author of several politics-related books. Public or Private Entity? This article was published in The New Yorker, which is a magazine and a private entity. Audience...
The federal government has always played an important role in mediating public health long before the Covid-19 pandemic affected the United States. The federal government has learned to enhance its emergency preparedness efforts from the 9/11 experiences and the historic devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. According to Bergquist et al.,...
For this assignment, four countries, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe were chosen to assess which of them is the most democratic country critically. Generally speaking, a country’s democracy is a complex and ambiguous system: it includes many angles, whether it be the political regime, citizens’ freedoms, or the ability...
This news article explores that Biden’s labor department strives to rescind the former administration’s rule protecting the religious liberty of the federal contractors. During the Trump administration, religious freedoms belonged to all Americans as opposed to sectarian organizations. The former administration expanded religious exceptions with regards to the founding father’s...
Polarization of political views continues to grow annually, leading to many conflicts and controversial views on the actions of the elected President and the rest of the U.S. political apparatus. Two major parties, Democrats, who are mostly liberal, and Republicans, who are mostly conservative, continue to claim that they are...
The US Constitution provides the opportunity for the citizens to choose the candidates for governmental positions. In some elections, candidates are chosen directly by the number of people voting. However, selecting the President and Vice President is associated with another complicated process executed through the governmental body called Electoral College....
The U.S. has a two-party political system; the Democrats as well as the Republicans. These are the only parties that have consistently participated in the elections. U.S. citizens are allowed to vote by their choice without anyone interfering. Political independence is practiced, and since the country has only two political...
The role of the Congress in the U.S. presidential elections has been illustrated in the recent move on the Jan 6 Capitol attack investigations. According to our class lessons, the Congress is responsible for the counting of electoral votes at a joint meeting at the house of representatives, which is...
The book By the People gives a reflection on American politics and government. The text gives the readers insight into those who govern, what governments do, the US system of government, and an understanding of the US from a broader perspective. Through the text, readers get a glimpse of the...
Introduction Federalism is a system of government that diversifies power into different levels, such as regional, local, and national. At the same time, an important aspect is the issue of budgeting at various levels of government since the government plays a decisive role in making such decisions (López-Santana & Rocco,...
Introduction The process of advice and consent is a crucial part of the nomination process for the Supreme Court. It involves the executive and legislative branches of the United States government, and its leading players include the President, the Senate, and the American people. This process is essential for the...
Introduction The White House is a symbol of power in U.S. politics because it is the official residence of the most powerful individuals in the world. The three branches of the government respect and honor the White House based on its bounding relationships with the Legislature, Executive, and Judiciary. According...
Introduction The Gilded Age that preceded the Progressive Era was characterized by the aggravation of the wealth gap and economic inequality. Despite the industrialization of the United States and the progress in all spheres of human life, the concerns were not evident to people at first sight. The reformers considered...
Digital transformation affects the state, businesses, and any person. Public administration and people’s communication become partially digital. This technology documents and records everything and cannot provide complete privacy for an individual, which gives governments a loophole to monitor, manipulate, and influence their citizens. They create special services, provide powers and...
The U.S. Constitution ratified on September 17, 1787, combined with subsequent amendments, is the country’s fundamental law governing the separation of state power and civil rights. Although the Constitution demonstrates an effective presentation of the law and a high commitment to justice, its ratification was complicated and involved many obstacles....
A party system is a contemporary liberal arts topic that refers to the structure of governing by political groups in a democracy. The assumption is that these parties share fundamental characteristics: they dominate the legislature, have a stable platform of widespread broad support, and establish internal processes for regulating finance,...
Introduction The Western Europeans colonized Africa and other Middle East countries. The leading colonies were the British (Anglophone) and the French (Francophone), whose rule can still be felt to date in their former colonies. Although the primary purpose for France and Britain to participate in colonialism was to exploit resources...
Addressing the words by William Faulkner, the human past is never dead. I believe in the power of this statement because, despite the intention to promote change in the present and improve their future, people cannot ignore the impact of their past. For example, during the Great Depression and the...
As the name suggests, the checks and balances system ensures a balance of power amongst the government’s branches. Each branch is then accorded the responsibility of checking the actions being carried out by other units. The United States government consists of three primary components: the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. Each...
Introduction It is important to note that the US government implemented a two-pronged policy of physical and cultural genocide toward Native Americans. The policy aimed to assimilate Native Americans into the dominant White American culture by force and intimidation while erasing their unique cultural identity1. This assimilation was essential for...
Introduction Despite the absolute priority of the federal Constitution and federal laws concerning the legal institutions of the states, problems arise in the functioning of the state. This issue can be considered as a situation with the establishment of the drinking age, COVID-19 response, and minimum wage reform. Significant controversies...
Summary Russia is regarded as a global power with the largest territory worldwide. The Russian Federation is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, making it a Pacific, Asian, Arctic, and European power. Moreover, the country is a leading nuclear-armed power, arms exported, oil and natural gas producer,...
Introduction The September 9 attack in 2001 caused much tension throughout the United States. There was a need to safeguard the borders leading to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) formation to prevent similar attacks. In addition to Homeland security, whose primary purpose was to secure the borders and ensure...
Introduction Government is a form of a political system where political decisions are administered by a group of people. Government can also be defined as the group of people with authority to rule over a specific territory, city, or country. Depending on the type of group in power and the...
Modern state legislatures in the United States trace their ancestry back to their colonial forebears and have a rich history. There has been a shift of power in state governments from Republican leadership since the 2010 elections when Democrats last gained a significant number of seats and authority over numerous...
It is important to note that the Civil War of 1861 was one of the most critical turning points in U.S. history, which fundamentally changed the direction the nation has been taking since then. The diversion of viewpoints between the North and the South reached the culmination manifested in the...
Introduction Public-private partnership (PPP) is a cooperative arrangement between a public agency such as a local, state, or federal and a private sector entity. The agreement entails sharing the skills and assets of the private and public sectors in delivering a service or a facility for use by the general...
Federalism is the division of power that stands at the origin of the United States of America. This system implies elements of a unitary government and a confederation. In simple words, federalism is when the power and authority are divided between local governments and a central government. In the US’s...
Introduction The U.S. Constitution gives Congress, the President, and the Federal courts, in that order, control over the three separate bodies that make up the Federal Government: legislative, executive, and judicial. According to the Tenth Amendment, all rights not expressly delegated to the national government by the U.S. Constitution are...
“What Congress could actually do about Inflation” is an article by Madeleine Ngo (2022), which addresses viable strategies to combat the griming inflation in the US. The rising cost of living caused by inflation has made even meeting basic demands a financial burden for many Americans. In spite of its...
Guiding principles are concepts and beliefs that serve as a guide for the amount of power a government holds and the role of citizens in the government. The principles determine the way of life of citizens, a nation’s balance of power, and how power is divided in a government. The...
Introduction Considerably, across the world, the parliamentary and presidential systems have transformed modern governments. A presidential system is an administrative category whereby the president serves as the single leader of the executive branch and helps in the provision of political leadership, formulation of public policy, and making state’s authoritative decisions....
Since Roosevelt took office in 1933, he received recognition from his nation due to his dedication to tackling the Great Depression’s consequences. He proposed the New Deal program to stabilize the economy and resolve unemployment and deflation when many people lived under constant political and economic stress. His campaign irrevocably...
Each state needs specific authorities and institutions that ensure its proper functioning in political, economic, and social terms. The United States serves as an example for many countries due to its well-developed and coordinated power branches. Thus, Congress, including the Senate and the House of Representatives, which represent the legislative...
Abstract According to Gusmano (2017), the United States healthcare system is in a state of flux. The Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, was passed into law in 2010 and has been the subject of much debate and contention ever since (Gusmano, 2017). The ACA was designed to...
Introduction A system of checks and balances is one of the commonly used concepts in law, which is important to all branches of governance. According to Gratton and Morelli, the system allows the executive, legislative, and judicial branches to avoid the abuse of authority and stay equal (550). The systems...
There are numerous concepts within the current Canadian political system that are perceived as problematic and that can negatively affect the political, economic, and social aspects of the country’s existence and future development. This essay will primarily discuss the issues revolving around regionalism and the representation of regional interests within...
Employment is one of the factors that influence the rate of economic growth. Countries that record high levels of employment have accelerated economic growth. Creating employment positively impacts the economy by improving the gross domestic product (GDP). Therefore, the government has to design and implement appropriate policies that can increase...
Introduction The President of the United States is an important figure in international politics. The candidate should have various soft and hard skills to govern one of the most strategically, technologically, and socially advanced countries globally (“For all America’s success in helping Ukraine”, 2022). However, the representatives of the people...
The use of alcohol and tobacco in the workplace significantly negatively impacts the productivity and safety of the employees. When the employee is under the influence of alcohol or tobacco, they have low decision-making capacity, influencing how they form the work (Knai et al., 2018). Smoking tobacco can affect other...
Introduction The need for self-determination in Catalonia gained momentum after the death of the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco in 1975. The death of Franco led to constitutional reforms that aimed to grant some Spanish regions autonomy (Rodríguez-Teruel & Barrio, 2021). Granting regions autonomy was meant to create friendly coexistence between...
Introduction Bureaucracy is a system applied in the management or control of a country and constitutes a vast number of people tasked with doing various government functions carefully while strictly adhering to a set of rules. In a bureaucratic setting, government officials are nonelected, and they carry out specialized functions,...
President Donald Trump is fond of saying that the US is living through an era of worse economic revival since the Great depression. The statement is right if we look at the average growth rate where the country has recorded slow expansion. Trump blames President Obama for the sluggish economic...
Introduction American political system is complex, and thus many people still do not entirely comprehend its details. For example, when, in 2017, citizens had to decide about the status of the healthcare system, they did not understand that Obamacare was another name for the Affordable Care Act (Ginsberg et al.,...
The first point of concern addressed by the Pew Institute article is the distrust that technological advancement generates among the populace. This is due to the advances in ways to misuse and abuse technology. Due to the slow and typically inefficient way of handling such abuses, people begin to lose...
A study of the structure and various systems that go into a country’s Government can provide a deeper understanding of how the United States of America functions. Thus, this work aims to study the forces of the three branches of the American Government and what is included in their responsibilities....
Devolution refers to delegation of power to lower levels including regional administrations from a centralized government. Sandford (64) posited that devolution occurs through conventional laws without amending the country’s constitution. Therefore, unitary systems of government, which have decentralized authorities through this policy, are regarded as unitary and not federal systems...
In the 9th chapter of his book The Struggle for Europe, William Hitchcock explores the emergence of civil protests and clashes from 1968 onwards. He describes the alliance of left-wing students with workers as “convenient” rather than based on ideological affinity. Describing the sequence of historical processes, the author points...
The ability of people and groups to impact elections is inspired in part by their numbers and in significant part by how many party supporters from the team vote. The design of districts lines has been politicized by dominant parties in certain states’ legislatures to assist them to win votes...
Federalism represents a governmental system in which the same territory falls under the control of two levels of government. In general, an overarching national government has broader governance over expansive territorial areas while smaller states, subdivisions, and cities govern the problems that have a local concern. Both national government and...
Despite the difficult internal situation, in the XX century Jamaica firmly occupied the place of an important spiritual center of the African-American civilization area. This happened due to alternatives for developing the country that the government of Jamaica implemented. While most developing countries borrowed the culture of developed states, in...
Statement of the Problem War environments are understandably harsh work zones. Subsequently, military personnel is exposed to horrendous work conditions that leave them psychologically or physiologically injured and reliant on long-term care. Many military veterans discharged from duty after work accidents qualify for reparations as outlined by the Department of...
Currently, one of the most common forms of government is an oligarchy, that is, the power of a particular rich group of people. Democracy was not valued as a good form of government, as it generated only unrest and disputes. Rich people have tremendous opportunities both in the quality of...
There are various factors that affect how members of congress make legislative decisions and what do they take into consideration. The views of constituents are a very important factor to be taken into account, as the member of congress should be in touch with them. They would depict what people...
Reflect on what these patterns say about the nature of representation In recent years, Congress has attracted increasing criticism because its racial, ethnic, and gender composition is not reflective of the country’s larger demographic makeup. According to the Census Bureau, 1.3% of the general U.S. population is Native American, 5.9%...
Introduction The concept of democracy dictates power arrangements and balances in countries that promote the political model. This framework allows members of the population to engage in an electoral process that results in equal representation. The voted leaders will join different houses and parliaments to help formulate policies that resonate...
The national authority had no power of taxation, and it also had to rely on the states to supply troops in times of war. There was no separate judicial or executive branch, although Congress did have a president. In order to ensure the existence of the nation, it was necessary...
