America‚ the debate over whether personal liberties or the welfare of the public takes precedent continues to rage on. This debate has taken form in many debates‚ from the Massachusetts smallpox outbreak in 1901‚ which sparked argument over whether the state should force people to be vaccinated against the disease to protect the welfare of the public‚ or if the personal liberty of Massachusetts residents was more important. This debate has emerged again recently as the nation debates what to do with
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Electoral College is a type of configuration process electors’ choice. It’s a meeting of the electors that they carried out the selection of the president and vice president. This process also includes the calculation by the electoral council. The founding father of the Electoral College was established within the Constitution as a compromise between election of the president by election in accordance with the popular vote in a parliamentary vote‚ as well as qualification of citizens. The establishments
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The electoral systems existing in the UK today are currently under scrutiny with a call for reform for the First Past The Post (FPTP) with the recent AV referendum‚ in which people voted NO against a reform to the current system. However‚ in this political climate where people accuse the FPTP system of bias‚ being wasteful and being disproportional‚ the system for electing Members of the European Parliament‚ the Closed List System (CLS) has also been under question. In this essay I will explore the
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Alexander Hamilton once said of the Electoral College‚ that‚ “The mode of appointment of the Chief Magistrate of the United States is almost the only part of the system‚ of any consequence‚ which has escaped without severe censure. . . . I venture somewhat further‚ and hesitate not to affirm that if the manner of it be not perfect‚ it is at least excellent” (Schumaker 13). These words that were spoken more than 200 years ago still ring true today; the system we use to decide our chief of state may
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The Democratic Debate was really good. I honestly enjoyed watching it time just flew by. After it ended I just wanted to keep watching more. It was so refreshing hearing people talk about the real issues in this country‚ like the economy‚ healthcare‚ education‚ and corruption. Unlike the Republican Debate which mostly focused on Planned Parenthood‚ Donald Trump‚ and Iran. One of the biggest problems in this country is the corruption that plagues are politicians. If we the people elect a politician
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Groundwater Debate Has anything you want or need in your life been cut off from you? Well‚ California is debating on whether or not to pass a law throughout the state that will regulate the groundwater that both residents and farmers are allowed to use over a specific time. If this law is passed‚ farmers will have a much more difficult time attempting to grow their crops‚ but on the other hand‚ the residents of towns that are completely water deprived will gain water for them to use instead of having
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segregation process is handled‚ but it discusses certain policy changes. However I picked the following pros and cons of the proposed policy changes. i) Social workers need to be involved more closely (Pearson Learning Solutions‚ 2014). Pro: This proposed policy change will help in the identification of the right inmates to be segregated‚ and hence the mentally ill patients will stand a better chance of getting rehabilitated. Con: This
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accepted into college either because of their academic skills or for their talent skills. These students earn their way into college‚ so why should other students get their entrance into college “handed” to them? That is very unfair to those who fight hard every day to earn their way. In article one NYT: Free College it discusses that in fact‚ President Obama’s plan for students to go to Community College for free. Although they discuss the pros of this plan they do not seem to point out the cons‚ such
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presidential campaign that’s been going on we have more than often heard the question Should community college be free? President Obama came fourth with the idea of making community college free and as we have seen some people including presidential candidates like Bernie Sander support this‚ however not everyone agrees that this is a good idea. The hope that President Obama has with making community college free is that more people will be encouraged to go out and get their degree. As we often see more
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If we would have discontinued the electoral college process to electoral our president and change it to base off popularity. The reason why we have the electoral college is to proportional representation which allows for the balancing in state votes to be counted. If we only have a national government based on a popular voting system‚ the cities in certain regions would overrule the rural and more isolated populations. Their voices would be not heard. The attention of many citizens is protected
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