It was the year 2000 and a new President is going to be elected. The Presidential race was between G.W. Bush and Al Gore. The race was awfully close‚ but Florida was still up for grabs. Whichever candidate wins Florida‚ wins the election. But was the election genuine? I feel as though the election was unjust. Since the vote was so close‚ with Bush leading with 1784 votes‚ Gore decided to concede. Before he was able to give his speech‚ his campaign workers stopped him just in time to remind him that
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 984 August 18‚ 1976 - COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE POLLUTION CONTROL LAW‚ AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 389 February 5‚ 1974 -CODIFYING‚ REVISING AND UPDATING ALL FORESTRY LAWS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 953 -REQUIRING THE PLANTING OF TREES IN CERTAIN PLACES AND PENALIZING UNAUTHORIZED CUTTING‚ DESTRUCTION‚ DAMAGING AND INJURING OF CERTAIN TREES‚ PLANTS AND VEGETATION PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 331 November 8‚ 1973 -REQUIRING THAT
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Presidential Election Essay 2012 Kristen Joles (final draft) “There is no quit in America.” says Obama. He says he is going to attack Romney during this election. The president‚ whom has been in office for the past four years‚ wants to stay in the White House for another term with his so called “changes” in the economy. Romney believes he is a leader who leads‚ not follows. He believes his “Five Point Plan” policies will lift the economy just as former president Reagan’s did. He hopes to
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Congressional term limits will make possible what the framers imagined when they created the Constitution in 1787. At the time the Constitution was drafted‚ career politicians did not exist and were consequently not taken into account. Yet today‚ career politicians fill the majority of the seats in Congress. This situation goes completely against Federalist No. 62‚ in which James Madison writes‚ “Every new election in the States is found to change one half of the representatives. From this change
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proved false. Some people may believe that the main reason why the congress’ reconstruction efforts to ensure equal rights to the freedmen failed was because virtually no one in America thought blacks were equal to whites. Basically it was because people still have racial thoughts; slaves didn’t get to fully acquire the meaning and prerogatives of their rights; in other words they were uneducated. Also during the reconstruction multiple deals were made in order to make things go by in certain parties
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of the US election last? It begins immediately after the preceding election and doesn’t end until the voters have their say b) When does it start? At noon on the 20th of January following a presidential election. c)When does it end? In November on the election-day. 2) What is meant by an ”absentee ballot?” It is a “vote by mail” program for those who are away from home and wants to vote. 3) How does the
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It’s no secrets that‚ as of late‚ Congress has been plagued by gridlock‚ unable to efficiently pass public policy -especially successful public policy. Congress’s gridlock stems from two key problems: Congress members fixation on getting re-elected and a lack of incentive for ‘getting things done.’ With these key problems in mind‚ the most effective changes to break gridlock in Congress would entail a two-pronged plan: One‚ we restructure how campaigns are paid for. And two‚ we base a large portion
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Reconstruction was an attempt to rebuild the South after the Civil War. It was noble in its aspirations; not only was Southern society and its economy to be rebuilt‚ Blacks were to be given rights and freedoms. They were to become Americans at last. However‚ this noble effort was ultimately doomed‚ and would fail. Reconstruction had to address post-war problems‚ and newly-freed blacks would need to be integrated into society‚ however‚ there were radically different ideas about how to approach this;
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legislative branch outlined by the U.S. Constitution 2 Characterize the demographic attributes of members of Congress‚ and identify factors that affect their chances for reelection 3 Assess the role of the committee system‚ political parties‚ and congressional leadership in organizing Congress 4 Identify three of the most significant powers of Congress 5 Analyze the factors that influence how members of Congress make decisions 6 Evaluate the strategic interactions between Congress‚ the President
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Presidential Impeachment Trials Mandy White Legal Methods and Process LS 500-01 June 5‚ 2012 The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast the impeachment trials of President Andrew Johnson‚ Richard Nixon‚ and Bill Clinton and identify any ethical dilemmas associated with each individual case and whether or not criminal chargers were appropriate or not. Before delving into the trials here is a brief description of what impeachment is and how the
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