Senate Course Works Samples For Students

On January 21, 2010 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that corporations had equal rights as individual citizens with regard to campaign contributions during political elections. This therefore implies that corporations also enjoy the protection of the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights (Freedom of Speech). The court case was Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (Levin-Waldman, 2011, 178). The above reaction to the court decision is from the liberal side and I agree. I think that the decision was not good and not respectful of the rights of citizens. Democracy is no longer powerful when campaign elections can ...

Laws are fundamental in the smooth running of a nation. The body concerned with the making of laws in the US is the congress, which comprises of the Senate and the House of representatives. The process of law making commences once the congress receives a proposal in the form of a bill or a resolution. A resolution can be joint, concurrent or simple (Sullivan, 2007, p. 16). However, bills are the most customary form employed by the houses. A bill originating from the House of Representatives is designated ‘H.R’ while that originating from the Senate is designated as ‘S’. Additionally, there ...

Question 1

The role of a grand jury is to decide whether or not to indict a suspect after listening to the prosecutor’s witnesses as well as a statement of the alleged crime from the prosecutor. A petit jury on the other hand comes after the grand jury has charged the suspect and taken him to trial where the petit jury decides on whether the suspect, now the defendant, is guilty or not of the charges brought against them (Erwin, 2009, p. 81).

Question 2

Original jurisdiction is when a court hears a case for the first time like during a trial. The appellate jurisdiction is the power ...

The Texas House of Representatives refers to the 150 member lower house of the Texas Legislature that converges at the Texas Capital in Austin (Maxwell, Earnest, and Adolfo 113). The members are elected from single-member districts distributed across the state. An average district consists of about 150,000 people. The house elections are held every two years during the first Tuesday that comes after the first Monday in November. The incumbent has no term limits
The Texas senate refers to the upper house of the 31 member state legislature that also converges at the Texas State Capitol in ...

Abstract

Freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of association, freedom of assembly and petition are all part of this great nation’s democratic freedom of expression. Protected by the First Amendment, freedom of expression, as the Supreme Court has written, is the matrix of every other form of freedom. However, this freedom has been on many occasions misused, especially during times of national crisis. In 1984, during a Republican National Convention in Dallas, Texas, one Gregory Lee (Joey) Johnson participated in a political demonstration to protest against the then President the late Ronald Reagan and some Dallas-based corporation’s policies. In ...

U.S. Government Shutdown

The reviewed article by Paul Lewis titled “U.S. shutdown and debt ceiling deal: what does the agreement mean?” that was published in “The Guardian” on October 16th 2013 depicts the overall situation around the Affordable Care Act - Debt Ceiling lift debate that resulted in a 16 day U.S. Federal Government paralysis, which led to the worldwide political, economical, and financial tension.

It all started after Republicans in the House of Representatives refused to pass a budget resolution, unless Democrats would give in the Obama's health care law funding. From the very beginning everyone knew that government shutdown ...

Abstract

In the past, the entire world was under the ruling of the Rome, which gave to the Roman Empire and the republican, whose control and power was among the common people. Under this republican, the Rome then grew to be the higher and powerful state in the world. Therefore, increase of territory thus lead to the increase of desire for politicians to have power and control over the land. A number of events in the early century then resulted to a demise of the leadership of Julius Caesar and Augustus then leading to a formation of the Roman Empire. In the ...

- The Roles of the African American and the Indian People during the Revolutionary War

During the revolutionary war, the Americans allowed the blacks to enlist in the American army promising them that at the end of the war, they would be granted freedom. Upon the promise of freedom, they were up and rolling in the war and were ready to fight for the end of slavery and mistreatments for as long as they were in America. They therefore were influential in the revolutionary war; they did not only fight for the Revolution which would offer justice, they thought of their own liberty and freedom. The Indians were also included in the Native Americans’ ...

Art is a collection of different human events and the results of those events. This project emphasizes on the paintings done by different artists in America and what the artists had in mind during the time when they did these paintings. The paintings are found in the statutory hall. There are varied emotions depicted by the artists that define the history of America before independence. These paintings are of much importance even to the current generation and help one to understand better the history of America by just having a look at the images. These places the images in their immediate ...

Introduction

The Tea Party movement in the United States is greatly influencing the political agenda of the Republican National Party. Although the Tea Party movement did not get its running start until late 2009, the movement has gained great momentum since the midterm elections of 2010. Furthermore, the 2014 midterm election results on all three levels of government (national, statewide and local) reiterates the popular notion that the Tea Party movement fails to be merely a passing phenomenon, but is fundamentally changing the Republican Party (Hook 1).

The Tea Party Movement

The Tea Party is primarily made up of conservative and libertarian politicians, among the ...

Abstract

There are a number of different organizations within the United States government that deal with climate change, and an even greater number within various state and local governments. Every state and local government is concerned with the potential fallout from environmental-related issues. Each relationship in the network of organizations that deals with the issue of climate change is very complex and many have overlapping tasks and responsibilities to ensure that there is not an overabundance of power or responsibility in any particular area.

There are a number of different organizations in the United States of America that deal with the issue ...

A rhetorical analysis of the article

The article was a report of the hearing by the US senate on the impact of media violence on children. In this article, Senators aim to convince the audience that media violence is real and that media has harmful effects on young minds. “Children today are being subjected to an unprecedented level of violent television content. There’s no doubt it is coarsening our culture, probably debasing our culture.

I fear, too, that it is weakening our society, as a whole.” Contrast, comparison and command are techniques that are used in this article to create a strong and convincing article.

The article ...

Part 1

EMBARKATION OF THE PILGRIMS by Robert W. Weir
The painting shows the pilgrims who were on the deck of the speedwell ship in the July 22, 1620 where they went to search for their religious freedom. The artist is trying to show how the group was grieved and thinking about what they were about to do. The painting depicts the feeling of graveness because the group was not certain about what they were going to do, but they were hopeful God could protect them. This was depicted by the message “God with Us” on the upper left ...

The Tribal Law and Order Act Of 2010 was enacted and signed to become a law by President Barack Obama in 29th July, 2010. The main aim behind the enactment of this US law was to seek remedy to the enforcement of lax law on the Indian reservations. The law brings about the execution of all the relevant enhancement and sentencing at the federal level. Despite this, the tribal court has powers to choose an option under which it provides public defenders of specific qualifications. Additionally, the law offers a funding option for preventive programs relating to drug and substance abuse.

Strengths of the Tribal Law and Order Act Of 2010

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1. The American Civil Rights Act amendment act of 1964 emphasized the role of quality education as key to the realization of the American dream. It is not by coincidence that the United States has achieved one of the highest levels of high school graduation rates in the developed world. The United States education system has not only been formidable in its focus on holistic education that includes pursuit of talents and academics at the same time, but has also received accolades for its universality. However, the education system has not escaped controversy regarding quality and mode of operandi. ...

Q. 1. Why have private pension plans grown so rapidly since the 1940s?

Although the formal introduction of private pension was made a hundred years ago, it is only in 1940 that the private pension industry has emerged as a major social and economic driving factor in the economy. The early pension plans were initiated by large companies between 1900s to 1940 and some of them were implemented through the help of labor unions. However, most of the companies are not in favor of idea, thus making private pension discretionary and, therefore, unfunded and noncontributory. The growth of the industry have doubled covering four million people paying 100% of the premium. The government realized ...

How is the Texas Constitution Changed?

What Proposed Amendments did Texas legislators agree to place before voters this year? The 10 amendments the legislators agreed to put before voters this year most often have to do with raising money by using bonds to take care of problems ranging from water management to student loans. The general reason is to update the Constitution by adding the amendments (Brown, 2011).

Below are listed the ten joint resolutions approved in the 2011 Regular session which propose the 10 amendments be added to the Constitution by the 82nd Texas Legislature. The voters now have a chance to support or oppose ...

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Some of the constitutional presidential duties of the U.S. President are: the Head of State and his activities include meeting with leaders of other countries and he can make treaties with them. However this is subject to the Senate’s approval. The president is also the Chief Legislator (Beckmann, 2010, p. 55). Here his activities involve approving laws that the Congress makes by signing bills into law. He can also refuse to sign a bill; this is known as veto. He is Commander in Chief of the Army and the Navy of the U.S. which means that he has the ...

The Link between Agenda Setting and Development of Legislation

Agenda setting and Development of legislation are all sub procedures that are done in the process of making health policies. The policy formulation phase entails the two sub procedures with the first step being agenda setting followed by legislation development. Agenda setting involves combination of all problems faced, discussion of their possible solutions, and political environment that would allow problems to be solved when making health policies (Longest, 2009). Legislation making follows agenda setting and involves drafting and introduction of legal proposals, referral to suitable governmental departments, house and senate floor action on law, necessary committee action, and presidential ...