Essays on Electing

Assignment 1: Charter of Privileges Granted by William Penn

What did the first article guarantee for the inhabitants of the province? What did it accomplish? The first article guaranteed to the inhabitants of the province the freedom of faith, freedom to choose whichever denomination, one preferred as well as entitled representatives of any such denomination to be equally eligible for occupying offices, both executive and legislative. However, the very wording of the Charter is a little bit tricky in relation to religion, because having in mind the condition of believing in the Only Almighty God that was stipulated by Penn in the Charter one can conclude that diversification ...

Introduction

The website presents several clip from the Bureau of Land Management provide information on expected behaviour from public sector employees. There are several examples given about unethical behaviour from public sector employees. This will paper will discuss two stories of Outside business and Bribes.

A Story of Outside Business

The video presents a government official using government facilities and official time for outside business. It is clear that the government employee has an outside business of real estate agent and she uses government property and official time to perform her outside business. The employee shown in the clip uses official time of lunchtime to ...

1. Introduction – Policing and representation of the community by the Police Over the years, there have been a lot of debates on the ethical role of police, especially looking at what is termed as police brutality or excesses. While in some countries certain ethnicities have accused the police of racial profiling and hatred, in other countries extreme force has been used to disperse protesters which were associated with slaughtering of college students. If anything, such incidents alienate the police force from the general community and often create a greater law and order problem throughout the nation which often result ...

The Table

Cover page. Abstract History Contradictions Opinion Policy Recommendation References Abstract Corruption is a social, political, and economic vice that causes economic problems due to mismanagement of public resources (Girling, 2002, p.81). Corruption in Venezuela rates among the highest standards in the world due to its prevalence in the society. The country ranks among the top 20 most corrupt nations in the world; it is position eight in the ranking. Seventy-five percent of the Venezuelans believe that corruption is widespread in the government hence difficult to eliminate. Protests witnessed in 2014 cited corruption as the main reason for their discontentment ...

Introduction

Athens and Sparta were the two most powerful city-states in the ancient Greek that developed during the Classical Age. Despite being in the same territory, they had very different modes of governance and social lives. They had different forms of governments, but both governments were elected by the people they ruled (Aristotle and Lord 7). Their geographical locations were also different. Sparta was naturally protected by mountains that surrounded it while Athens was built on a hill just below Acropolis (Aristotle and Lord 16). It was difficult to invade Athens because it was almost exposed, hence, making it vulnerable ...

Are twenty-first-century Americans more democratic than the Founding Fathers and would the U.S. profit by adopting New Hampshire´s Constitution? Are twenty-first-century Americans more democratic than the Founding Fathers and would the U.S. profit by adopting New Hampshire´s Constitution?

It would seem pretty straightforward to conclude that 21st century Americans are more democratic than were the framers of the Constitution. After all, only a relatively small minority of Americans were eligible to vote when the country first came into being. To start off, no women were allowed to vote. Of course, slaves were not allowed to vote either, ...

A democratic government is where citizens of a particular country are given the mandate to vote and elect leaders who will govern the county for a certain period of time. As such the citizens are given the chance to get involved in electing the leaders of their choice. Additionally, apart from electing leaders, the citizens are also involved in making decisions on other sphere of governance, for instance, issues concerning the promulgation of the constitution by accepting or rejecting a change of the constitution through voting exercise. As such, in a democratic country, the majority group decides how such ...

The Complexity of the Cross

Perception and perspective is often considered one’s reality. This notion forces one to acknowledge their own perceptions and perspective, particularly when it comes to their faith as they solidify and identify their own beliefs. For those who belong to the body of Christ, each member has its own journey formulating a testimony that is based on a personal relationship that is rooted in the loving grace of Jesus Christ. Within each life with Christ, there are complexities that only the grace of God can heal. In spite of life’s injustices, evil forces, sinful flesh, and degradation, the ...

Article Critique

2010 State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section. The Advocate Winter 2010 The article relates to the First Amendment of the Constitution in regards to religion and liberty. The main purpose of this defense debate is to explain how you cannot have liberty without justice. Justice cannot be complete without the liberty of society. These two go together to form a just legal system. If you eliminate one factor, then the other factor will not hold up or succeed. An ideal judiciary in the U.S. would consist of the judges who are elected stay in their positions because they reflect ...

Introduction

Democracy in the United States was meant to give power to the people by creating a separation of powers into three main arms of government. The reason was to create a governance structure in which no single individual or institution of government will override its power and erode the civil liberties of individual Americans. The American democracy was seen as an improvement over the monarchy in Britain and the colonial government the people had experienced. One of the elements of American democracy was the establishment of an independent Supreme Court (head of the Judiciary) that has to be led by independent ...

Difference between Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branch of Government

The legislature, Executive and Judicial branches are the three main branches of the United States government. Legislative branch of the government is composed of two main houses, which are referred as the house of congress, they are: The House of Representatives and the Senate. All the parties in both the Senate as well as the House of representative are elected leaders. The most significant role played by the Legislative Branch that is, both the Senate and the House of Representatives is to formulate or make laws; these laws are discussed and voted. Moreover, the Legislative Branch is responsible for ...

Response to Post No. 1

Although negotiating is a very important aspect of a lawyer’s function in the same way that litigating, representing, and counseling are, I think that drafting of documents is the most important task that a lawyer does – if I were asked to make a choice. Although negotiating has become a common function of a lawyer in plea bargaining (Neubauer and Meinhold 134), which is becoming a trend in the United States criminal judicial system, most negotiations in this area are dominated by prosecutors and I would think all a defense counsel can do is either advise his client to accept or not to accept an offer from ...

Introduction

Many countries of the world in the present day often strive to be more democratic as much as possible, this is mainly because people are nowadays more informed, familiar and aware of their basic fundamental rights. Democracy has a broad definition based on the context in which it is used, a country is said to be democratic if it meets some set form of criteria that act as guiding principles to democracy. In politics, democracy is defined as a structure of government whereby people of that particular country are given an opportunity to participate in decision making process mainly on issues that ...

Introduction

Political process is the process in which few representatives of certain political parties or independent candidates are nominated to be elected by general public. The turnout in elections mean the percentage of people from the total eligible population coming out and casting their vote during elections. The number of people participating in the process of electing a candidate depends on various factors. In recent decade, a large number of people have been avoiding to participate in political process due to several reasons. These reasons may include economic, cultural, and many other aspects of life. This paper is aimed at recognizing these ...

The demonstrations that were held in Hong Kong scuttled the country’s democratic progress. History depicts that the democratic process was put underway in the 1980’s, even though the process set off in the year 1997.It is also claimed that, people in Hong Kong were free in terms of their personal freedoms and their rights, up to the time when democracy was introduced(Zheng, & Cheung, 2014). In this regard, it is therefore seen that the aspirations of the protesters tend to be valid, though they should have an understanding that the democratic model has its framework from the ...

There are various types of governments in the world. The governments hold different ideologies and have different ways of electing or getting their leaders. In general, there are autocratic governments and democratic governments. This paper describes the various types of autocratic and democratic systems of government, their ideologies, and ways of getting leaders. Fascism is a form of government with a dictator is in leadership. The dictator operates by suppressing any opposition and, therefore, thrives in intimidation, threatening, criticizing; regimenting as many economic activities as possible. The dictator usually comes into power through power inheritance. The main ideology of fascism ...

Currently, the local government of Texas is split up into a series of 1,196 cities, 254 counties, 1,089 school districts and 2,245 special districts (Texas Municipal League 9). The role of county governments is to provide a variety of different functions to the cities and districts within it, offering governmental services for residents and administrative services for the state. Governmental services include “road construction and maintenance, jails and courts, welfare, health and law enforcement,’ while administrative services include “voter registration and motor vehicle licensing” (9). Special districts are much more single-purpose, as they mostly just deal with education, ...

For more than 225 years, the American people have been governed by a federal democracy that has inspired many nations around the world to emulate this form of government with varying degrees of success. One of the reasons attributed to the stability of the American government is the way political power has been fragmented to be shared between the states and the federal government. Nevertheless, as successful as American democracy has been for the past two centuries, it is not without its problems. An aspect of major criticism has been the way the president of the United States is elected: ...

Wesberry v. Sanders

Wesberry v. Sanders The case of Wesberry v. Sanders was decided by the United States Supreme Court in 1964. The case originated in the state of Georgia and involved United States Congressional districts. Wesberry is one of the seminal redistricting cases of the 1960. Wesberry v. Sanders was a part of a series of “one man, one vote” cases that had a significant impact on the composition of the United States House of Representatives. It was decided on the heels of Baker v. Carr, a 1962 redistricting case that held that redistricting question were not political questions outside of the court’s ...

This essay discusses the Social Safety Net – the service and facilities provided by social welfare agencies for individuals and families in the community, geared to combating, reducing, or eliminating poverty and implemented through measures such as housing provision, jobs assistance, financial subsidies for household bills, and financial support for the purchase of food. Though written primarily from a U.S. perspective, details of the situation in other countries are included, highlighting areas where the systems are considered particularly faulty or inadequate. So does it work as it’s supposed to in practice? Not always, according to Breman (2009). She writes ...

Introduction

Political communication has been changing drastically as more people in media houses engage politicians in forums that seek to enlighten the public of prevailing political climate in a given region. Politicians are individuals elected or appointed by people or groups of people to rule or represent others in political fronts and forums. This factor has been changing and is controlled by acts of law in a given state or country. Citizens are subjected to political shows that seek to discuss their collective wellbeing and putting in place an endeavoring action to guide the rule of law (Klaehn, 145). Every citizen in a ...

Voting is one of the crucial citizen duties in participating in the development of a country. In many countries, including the United States, voting is optional for the citizens while in other countries voting is compulsory. Some scholars in the United States argue that voting in the state should be compulsory to bring some changes such as preventing democrats from winning all elections in the country (Vile, John 14). The introduction of compulsory voting would enhance reforms that would otherwise increase voter turnout to trigger a stiff competition. Voter turnout has been a big challenge in the United States election because ...

Presidential nomination process is not enshrined in the United States Constitution. As a result, parties and states have formulated their own rules and modalities which, nonetheless, must be in conformity with the electoral regime. An announcement of a candidate’s interest to run for a political seat sets in motion the process of nomination. The nomination campaign for the presidential seat constitutes the first stage of the long road to the White House. In the nomination stage, the candidate competes within the party so as to get the ticket and the mandate to run on that particular party. To this end, the ...

“How Democratic is the American Constitution?” is one of Robert A. Dahl’s latest works. In his nook, Dahl delves deeper into the complexities of the process and the ideals of the framing of American democracy. Although most Americans view the American Constitution as a beacon of democracy that came about in the most methodical manner, however, Dahl reveals to his readers that this is not the case. Dahl’s book begins by posing the abiding question that is the book’s title as well, and Dahl also goes on to ask Americans why they should uphold the American Constitution. ...

Introduction

In 1787, the 55 framers of the constitution wrote the U.S. Constitution at the constitutional convention that was held in Philadelphia. Some of the most notable names of these framers are George Washington, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. On the 21st of June 1788, nine states approved or ratified the U.S. Constitution, and the remaining states ratified it later. This constitution came as a replacement of the Articles of Confederation, an earlier set of government rules that formed the law of the land between 1781 and 1788. Throughout the years, many constitutional amendments have been made. ...

The Electoral College plays an important role of electing the president and vice president of the united state. The Electoral College selects a suitable candidate from those voted by the public. The Electoral College was established to enhance fairness in America election. The role of the Electoral College has opened a debate on its credibility. Some Scholars and philosophers advocate the existence of the Electoral College while others advocate for its abolishment. Through his analysis, George Edward has come up with the premises that support the abolishment of the Electoral College. His premises are discussed below. He argues that the ...

Essay: The Electoral College and 2012 Presidential Candidates

The Constitution Convention of 1787 explored several methods of electing the US President and the Vice President. Among the key methods tabled before this convention included the use of state governors, the Congress, State Legislatures, special group of members of congress or the direct popular vote. US Electoral College is made up of 538 electors. Candidates are nominated by political parties, groups or individuals in a group (ticket or slate) of elector-candidates that matches the state’s total number of electors. This system is referred to as ‘general ticket’ or ‘winner-take-all’. The number of electors per state depends on ...

Arguably, in the entire world there are various forms of government, in which countries have an option to adopt. One of the forms is called constitutional monarchy. This is a form of government, whereby a monarch takes charge of the state within the specified parameter stated in a constitution. It can be blended constitution, written or uncodified. In one way or another, constitutional monarchy differs from the absolute monarchy; in this case, absolute monarchy is a form of government whereby absolute monarch is a basis of power, but it is not constitutionally bound in legal terms, yet the monarch has powers to control respective ...

In the past few years where Afghanistan has gained some impressive achievements at the same time the country still remains amongst the list of world’s poorest countries. Not only the poorest, in fact Afghanistan has been considered as the second worst corrupted country of the world due to the rule incompetent government who is unable to make decisions on its own and in the right path. The country has suffered from destruction, war and terrorism since a decade due to the hold of Taliban who shattered every nook and corner of the country to the worst extent. But since ...

Electoral College

The Electoral College is a constitutional electoral institution judged with the responsibility of electing the President and Vice-president. The Electoral College was established in the United State’s Constitution in 1798, when the country was facing political challenges of this time. The Electoral College was established principally because of the possibility of elections in the country degenerating into violence and chaos. The electoral institution was meant to thwart the politically charged environment of the late 18th century. The Electoral College also served to balance between the interests of the government and citizens during an electoral process (Honaker, 2009). Therefore the ...

Team Leader’s Summary:

The first accomplishment that the team made was electing a leader and finding a facilitator (Shaw, et al 424). Coming up with a vision statement was also a huge step in the right direction (Shaw, et al 424). Moreover, the team also discovered that it had to collect ample data in order to make decisions and also come up with any recommendations. The development of appropriate data collection activities was the other accomplishment since it meant that the collected data would be fitting (Shaw, et al 424). Additionally, the collection method was also quite extensive and covered all the important aspects. Consequently, ...

The First Past the Post (FPTP) voting system in which the candidate with the largest number of votes becomes an automatic winner of an election (Jess, M.S., 1998). This can happen even if their fail to get an absolute majority votes cast. It is practiced in the United Kingdom and other countries world over.

Alternative Voting (AV) on the other hand refers to a voting system in which the candidates are ranked numerically based on the amount of votes garnered in an election (Jess, M.S., 998). It means that the number of seats got by a party is proportional to the ...

The U. S. Constitution – three branches interacting together

The effectiveness of Self-government

The United States is governed by an elected President who is elected every four years. He apponts an inner cabinet of secreatries who guide him in his daily duties. However the President does not have any sort of total power as he/she has to contend with the House of Congress, the Senate as well as theJudiciary in the form of the Supreme Court.

Separation of powers

The Constitution calls for three branches of power, the Executive, the Legislative and the Judiciary. The President has limited powers as if laws have to be passed, they are first proposed by ...