Before we knew it as the United States Constitution, we all knew it as the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation was just too weak as in: each state had one vote in Congress, there was no executive branch to enforce laws passed by Congress, there was no national court system, and etc… Before it could be ratified there was great concern between the delegates that were present at the convention. The main concern they had was the type of legislature. The representatives of larger states wanted the seats in the legislature to be determined by the size of the state. The representatives from the smaller states wanted to have equal representation in Congress. They negotiated on this situation by allowing a bicameral legislature,…
As the Constitution was created, some topics were explained in great detail, yet some were explained very vaguely causing many disputes over how certain topics should be dealt with. In Article III, it states how the Judicial Branch works. It decides what the court bases their decisions on. In Article II of the U.S. Constitution it states how a justice must be replaced, who picks the new justice, which is the president, yet there is no time frame stated on how long it must take to pick a new justice. The president of the United States is to pick the new justice and the Senate confirms it. After a sudden death to Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, the decision must be made to pick a new justice now or to allow the new…
Your dictator Nemo has been overthrown. Your country needs a new government to be put in place at once. My suggestion is adopting the United States Constitution. The Constitution works well for many different reasons.…
Every four years, the Electoral College enjoys a fleeting moment of fame. But the impact of the college on presidential elections is far greater and more controversial than its brief life indicates.…
Although their are pro's and con's for each argument, I believe that it is better for the country to have no term limits on supreme court justices. It seems to me that the problems term limits cause, such as strategic retirement, are preferable to the alternative possibility, that the justices begin making decisions based on what would best help their personal careers in the…
We can consider United States as new born nation and, United States are proud to have one of the oldest and strongest written constitutions in the world. The idea of new constitution awaken many colonial countries and political system that are running by monarchy system. Whether other countries are following the right step or not, it is undisputable that the U.S. stable Constitution’s ideologies have led people to reconsider how to organize and rebuilt their government political structures.…
There's doubtlessly about it: being the U.S. president is a hard and frequently difficult employment. Richard Nixon broadly said, "Scouring floors and exhausting bedpans has as much respect as the Presidency."…
In 1990, beginning with California, Colorado, and Oklahoma, many states embarked on term-limit movements that resulted in the adoption of term limits for state legislatures. This was done in response to what many believed was widespread legislative tenure becoming standard with representatives securing lifelong careers in politics. Throughout the 1990’s and early 2000’s eighteen more states would pass term limit legislation through the initiative process resulting in the restriction of the number of terms that elected representatives may serve in office (Bowman 161). Although such legislation would be repealed in 6 of those states, either by the courts or the legislature, rarely have such measures been supported by so many American voters.…
The first idea was to have Congress choose the President. This idea was rejected because many felt that it would disturb the balance of power that existed between the Executive and Legislative branches. It was also rejected due to the possible divisive fallout that would disable the branches to legislate effectively in the aftermath of a heated Presidential contest. Lastly, this idea was rejected as it could possibly give way to foreign intervention, corruption, and bribes. The next idea was to have state legislatures elect the President, but this was rejected on the idea that it would disregard federal authority which essentially was the glue that would keep the states together. The third idea was to elect the President by a direct popular…
guarantee the honesty of the power allowed to Court Justices and protect them against unjust interference from either the legislative or executive branch. And also to protect our Supreme Judges from political pressure. But, I believe this can still be done by setting an specific time for the judge to leave the position and therefore, I believe it is unnecessary for judges to hold their position for lifetime.…
Over the years the Electoral College has been proven to be outdated. People wonder constantly if their vote counts anymore or, if this method is affective any longer. There are three main reasons why the Electoral College is outdated and should be abolished. The presidential candidates only pay attention to the states with the most Electoral votes, we also have a larger and more educated population then when this was originally set up, lastly it does not seem as if your vote really counts since there have been at least four occurrences where the president with the popular vote has lost the election.…
The Federal Court System contains three levels of courts: first, U.S district courts and various courts of limited jurisdiction (trial courts of general jurisdiction). Second, U.S courts of appeals (intermediate courts of appeals). Finally, the highest level of the three level federal court system is the United State Supreme Court. Today, the United State Supreme Court is located in Washington D.C.…
Congress and the states should pass an amendment that allows a staggered 18-year term limit on the tenure of the Supreme Court justices. Under this proposal, each justice would serve for 18 years, and the terms would be established so that there is a vacancy every two years. The vacancies would be on the first and third years of the presidential term. This would allow enough time so that the senate would pass somebody through and the president would not be denied one of his two appointees. The terms would be non-renewable, so each justice could only serve one eighteen year term.…
We as an American society, seem to have unique views on how our government takes action. Especially many have criticized actions that the supreme court has taken throughout history. Can we really say we have an indecisive Government? Looking back in history, we can recall how the Supreme Court acted differently than how they act today. I think the Supreme Court used to act based on the context of history in past court cases. However, today I believe the Court seems to act on behalf of the well connected and powerful people. We as a society often proclaimed, that our government only “works” for the rich in some cases that's true. Yet in others the Supreme acts in favor of the people defending the purpose of the constitution, which is liberty and justice.…
The Supreme Court is a very powerful part of the government. The Supreme Court is the highest federal court in the United States. This court has a higher power than any other court in the nation meaning that they alone decide the meaning of the constitution. The Supreme Court has nine justices that decide the constitutionality of cases that petition them. The Supreme Court derives their power through “judicial review” Judicial review is the act of declaring of a law or act of another branch as constitutional or not.…