The Legislative Branch is made up of the two houses of Congress—the Senate and the House of Representatives. The most important duty of The Legislative Branch is to make laws on a particular Bill‚ which are written‚ discussed‚ and voted on amongst Congress. In the Senate there are 100 senators‚ two from each state. Senators are elected by their states and serve six-year terms. The Vice President of the United States is considered the head of the Senate‚ but does not vote in the Senate unless
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The powers of the Executive Branch‚ or otherwise the President‚ are spelled out in Article II of the Constitution; however Jeffery Tulis argues the point that there are two constitutional presidencies. The first one is the constitutional presidency that the Founding Fathers intended when they wrote the Constitution and it has changed little to none. The second is the informal version of the constitutional presidency that Woodrow Wilson devised and that the majority of Presidents since have followed
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Running head: THE BASIC STRUCTURE THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION Liji George Christ University Abstract There are certain core parts of the Constitution which cannot be amended‚ at least not with the normal procedures of amendment. There was a time in the history of India when this particular issue was hotly debated‚ like the period from 1970s to 1980s. The framers of the constitution wanted the constitution to be a dynamic document rather than a rigid framework‚ which
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Judicial Department Article VIII‚ 1987 Constitution SECTION 1. The judicial power shall be vested in one Supreme Court and such in lower courts as may be established by law. Judicial power includes the duty of the courts of justice to settle actual controversies involving rights which are legally demandable and enforceable‚ and to determine whether or not there has been a grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction on the part of any branch or instrumentality of
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FBI National Security Branch An overview of the National Security Branch‚ or the (NSB) is that it has four separate‚ but major components. These components or branches are divided into Counterintelligence‚ Terrorism‚ Weapons of Mass Destruction‚ and Terrorist Screening System. The FBI National Security Branch was created by a presidential directive and his headed by a Senior Bureau official with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The NSB was founded in September of 2005 (Federal Bureau of Investigation
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the Branch Davidian ranch at Mount Carmel. After the ATF ’s failed to execute the search warrant‚ a siege was begun by the Federal Bureau of Investigation which lasted 50 days‚ and ended when a second assault on the compound was made‚ and then fire engulfed the compound. Seventy-six people died in the fire‚ including more than 20 children and two pregnant women. As Peter Meyer points out‚ the mistakes began with the Bureau of Alcohol‚ Tobacco and Firearms. The 51-day FBI siege of the Branch Davidian
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Law and Courts in Today’s Business Environment In today’s business environment there is no exact definition of law. Law is a set of rules‚ standards and principles that outlines the behavior we practice in business. The legal system is a major institution that assists us in defining acceptable social behavior. Laws limit the activities that are not in the best interest of the public. All people have different values and desire different things in life laws act as a way to dispute resolution. Laws
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sports in a single year. When Jackie was a senior he met his future wife‚ Rachel Isum. His first professional baseball team was the Kansas City Monarchs for the Negro League. As he was playing for the Monarchs‚ the president and General Manager Branch Rickey sent out scouts to the Negro Leagues to look for a man to desegregate the Major Leagues. When the scouts came back that had a list of potential talent but they all talked about Jack Roosevelt Robinson. Ricky listened and did his own research
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based on the employee’s alleged dishonesty. Explain how the reemployment provisions of the USERRA were violated in this case. The USERRA is in place to protect the rights of returning veterans when seeking re-employment upon return from service (Judicial Review‚ 2008). The reemployment provisions of the USERRA were violated in this case because Metro delayed re-hiring Petty by putting him through the return-to-work process. The department was also in violation because he was not given the position
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known symbol for peace is the use of olive branches found in the 5th century Greek arts. Greek plays‚ poems and even the coins they produced made references to the olive branch as representing peace. Christians then took this symbol of an olive branch from the Pagans and added their own twist by having a dove carry an olive branch and this new representation for peace had since been used within that religion. Many other symbols such as white poppies used in Europe‚ paper cranes and fire in Japan
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