The respective volumes of each solution were measured out in graduated cylinders and combined in a large beaker (to increase surface area for evaporation). With added heat to speed up the process, the water dissolved off leaving only the white powdery solid KCl. 0.937 g of substance was the final mass which since the theoretical yield was 1 g gave a 93.7% yield. Some KCl was likely evaporated with the water and some was likely lost in transferring from the beaker to the watch glass, so a 93.7% yield is adequate.…
Political gerrymandering is the drawing of electoral district lines in a manner that discriminates against a political party. When used to insure party success, political gerrymandering is usually legal but can be contested. At this time it is legal to draw district lines to protect incumbents of both parties.…
The Supreme Court is commonly thought to be “above politics.” However, one can argue that the appointment of Supreme Court justices is political.…
1. Find out who your Congressmen (including your Senators and your Representative) are in the…
Each decade politicians become wound up for the political war of who will win the control of Congress for the next decade or possibly longer. One of the most effective ways of manipulating elections, shy of corruption, is gerrymandering. Gerrymandering (pronounced “garrey” mandering not “jerry” mandering) is the government’s advantage of one political party over another. It is the process of drawing weirdly shaped lines to define a district. The term is derived from Elbridge Gerry, who was one of the founding fathers, who drew a weirdly shaped district that resembles a salamander, it was henceforth dubbed gerrymandering. One of the unfortunate truths in American society and political life is that although we are told that each individual vote counts, the reality is that sometimes people’s votes are less equal. Political power in Congress is based upon population, the bigger the state is, for example California and Texas, the bigger the reward is of more seats in Congress, rather than Rhode Island or Delaware. The states with a higher population are appointed more seats and they get those seats from the states with fewer people that are counted from the census. The effervescent image of American democracy is that of a vibrant government that is open to change and subject to will of its voters, unfortunately this is an illusion. The problem with redrawing lines is that it eliminates the evaluation process that the public has by preventing competitive elections. I feel like it is just another loophole, oppressive scheme for political officials to try and dictate against us. Politicians seem to have the mutual feeling that it is a birth right for them to represent certain districts but we are still in a democracy, not a dictatorship or a monarchy, we have the right to elect who we feel represents our communities voice most appropriately and violating that right by eliminating the person we feel best suites us from our district it is violating our Constitutional and…
The term gerrymandering refers to the practice of altering voting districts in order to achieve electoral results favorable to one person or party, usually the incumbent politician or party creating the new voting regions.1 This term, dating back to 1812, is an established method for incumbent politicians to improve their heresthetical “defense,” by manipulating the dimensions of the political landscape.2 This tactic is extremely common in the United States and a prime example of politicians acting as manipulators. This essay will argue that politicians are manipulators, as evidenced by the gerrymandering of voting districts to improve odds of maintaining power, and opposition attempts to counteract this electoral maneuvering.…
May 22, 1995, in the U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton case the Supreme Court ruled that states cannot impose qualifications on future members of Congress stricter than what is stated in the Constitution. The case was brought to the Supreme Court when the state of Arkansas put an amendment into their state constitution that limited the number of terms any Federal Congressional and Senate candidate from Arkansas could serve. The Supreme Court ruled that “state-imposed term limits were an imperfect, and probably temporary, effort to reform a Congress whose members have become almost permanently ensconced on Capitol Hill” (Zubler 1995). Because term limits can limit the opportunity for someone to grow into their government position, limit citizen’s rights to select their own representatives, and eliminate any incentive representatives have to meet the needs of the public,…
The Presidential Establishment, also known as the Executive Branch of the government, comprises of many individuals, primarily the President, Vice President, the Cabinet, and the Executive Office. Including the armed forces, the Executive Branch has over 4 million employees.…
The president has a major role dominating the bureaucracy and that is what Donald Rumsfeld is implying. One of the task for the bureaucracy serves is implementation which is when a Congress passes a law the bureaucracy create guidelines to carry out the new policies solving collective dilemmas . It's second job is a regulation which are the rules the government needs to follow. It's third job this administration which is when they arrange huge numbers of people who need to work together like universities and government rely on bureaucracies to function.…
Develop a detailed outline of your second main point. (For assistance with your writing skills, check out the Ashford Writing Center at https://awc.ashford.edu/essay-dev-essay-structure.html)…
Without having command people would run wild. As much as people hate the government, they need the government to keep all men in check. The second responsibility of the government is to control the government itself. Government officials should be held to higher standards than average men. To have these people as representatives of the country, they should be the cream of the crop. If they can not govern themselves then the are not suited for a job of this magnitude.…
The book I read from the New Earth Archive was In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan. The book analyzed the foods we eat and talks about the traditional American diet. It says that this western diet is more harmful than beneficial despite the breakthrough in nutirionism. The reader soon learns that this growing obsession with nutritionism is ironically hurting our diet more than it is helping it. This obsession has led us to scientifically alter food to boost the level of vitamins and nutrients in our food; to make it “healthier.”…
Power and politics are natural in every type of organizations. Organizational performances hinges on the political makeup of the organization, and the people that holds the power within the organization. (www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ndu/strat) Influence is usually exerted through the use of this power and is usually associated with the primary mission and vision of the organization. (Johnson 2009)…
Often the leaders are very influential ad knowledgeable people with fixed views who could speak to equally influential and knowledgeable minded employees.…
Having been in the workforce for many years, I feel that there are a few reasons why we have these power players who need to take over these leadership roles. I can actually understand one reason, because I’ve been there, is because you literally can’t depend on others, so you have to do everything yourself if you want it done right. The other reason. Which I have also personally experienced, is these power leaders who won’t even make an effort to work with anyone else because they think they are “all that” and only their way is the best way. Plus these people don’t want to share the credit for anything, it’s all about them! These people who take on the role of power leader need to re-evaluate themselves and have some compassion and humility, which should be the traits of a real power…