Essay: Make out a Case against an Elected Second Chamber in the UK. The UK currently has a system of Parliament whereby there are two chambers who can pass or reject (or‚ in the House of Lords just delay) bills. The House of Commons is a fully elected chamber and it is made up of representatives from different areas in the United Kingdom. However‚ the House of Lords is made up of people who have earned the right of being a Lord through merit. They also have a number of hereditary peers (although
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What are the arguments for and against an elected second chamber. Since the 1990’s there have been many demands for a reformed House of Lords from political parties such as the Liberal Democrats. It has therefore been considered by all three main political parties to incorporate elections to the appointment of Lords as a possible reform. However it could be taken from view point that an elected second chamber will decrease the representation of people because of partisanship and limit Parliaments
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Parliament Act 1911 envisaged reforming the composition of the House of Lords to create a fully-elected Chamber.” To date all attempts have been unsuccessful. Explain the difficulties entailed in reforming the composition of the Lords and evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of an elected second chamber. In the United Kingdom‚ the Upper House- the House of Lords is currently an unelected chamber. It argues that the House itself is not democratic or representative at all and this problem has
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As one of our country’s Founding Fathers‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ once said‚ "the beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." These debates are nothing new to Americans‚ because it has been in discussion since the colonial times of the United States. It would make no sense whatsoever to restrict the right to keep and bear arms to state governments‚ since the principle on which our policy is based‚ as stated in the Declaration‚ recognizes that any government
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Running head: UNNOTICED MISTAKE IN MIDSOUTH CHAMBER Unnoticed Mistake in Midsouth Chamber of Commerce Abstract In continuance of the case of Midsouth Chamber of Commerce‚ the organization has appointed Sage Niele as a new Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Official of the company. During her initial period‚ she looked back and contemplated about the decision she had made to accept the positions and her reasons behind it. Alongside with her internal investigation
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The Second Amendment of United States reads‚ "A well regulated Militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free State‚ the right of the people to keep and bear Arms‚ shall not be infringed." This amendment has a very strong controversially from the public nation. Also‚ I think it’s one of the most vague and complex sentence among all the Amendments. Until the Supreme Court’s decision in (2008) where they decide “in a five four decisions the Court held that it did‚ striking down a Washington‚ D
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HRMG - 5700 Instructor: Sandy McDonough Student: Karen Head This was a case brought to action by Joanne Zippittelli against her employer‚ J.C. Penney Company. Her defense for creating case was that she was overlooked for the position in question due to her age. Zippittelli was one of four women who applied for the position with the company. All four women had the same job title and when they were interviewed by the Personnel Manager‚ he determined that there were three candidates including the
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Zane Singletary 09/16/2014 ENGL-101-16 Ms. Kimberly B. Ward Should Judges be Appointed or Elected Introduction and Outline Since the United States Democracy was first established‚ legislators and constituents have asked the question “Should judges be appointed or elected?”. Many state legislators have argued that since judges make decisions that directly affect constituents‚ they must be elected and nonpartisan races are held for judgeships. On the other hand‚ the United States Constitution states
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The Second Amendment was drafted as a part of the Bill of Rights in 1789‚ and yet issues on its interpretation are still prevalent today. The amendment is so controversial that our jurisprudence related to the subject varies on all ends of the spectrum. We treat it as though all interpretations are ambiguous‚ even though simple reasoning proves otherwise. The Second Amendment in our Bill of Rights guarantees that “A well-regulated Militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free state‚ the right
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The second Amendment protects the rights of people to keep and bear arms. In other words‚ people are allowed to have weapons but they are required to have a permit and license. They run a background check on the person that wants to buy a weapon before they can get a license. If they suspect anything wrong going on‚ the person will not get one. The 2nd amendment is a very controversial topic‚ a lot of people support gun laws and vice versa. But why be against it if they can put strict laws against
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