of state and federal prisons is quite interesting. Long ago‚ prisons did not really exist. Prisoners were housed in jails until trial‚ discharge‚ or execution. Since that time‚ state and federal prisons have been introduced and utilized. State prisons were the first to be invented. Prison facilities house criminals sentenced to one year or longer of incarceration‚ (usually felons). State prisons are run by the government of the individual state they are located in and the federal government is
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wars only after Alexander Hamilton had refunded the debts of the Revolutionary War by utilizing the federal debt. And in the 1930s during the administration of President Roosevelt‚ the nation was moved out of the Great Depression as the federal borrowings of the nation were properly handled. But it was during territory of World War II that the US had actually entered the new debt era. In 1941 federal debt had zoomed from its starting point at 45 percent of GDP up to reaching around 119 percent of GDP
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Short Essay: Policy-Making in the Federal System Obama’s Care “Medicaid – not Medicare Frances Johnson POL: 201 American National Government Instructor‚ Carol Parker July 12th‚ 2012 During the 2008 federal campaign‚ Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama placed comprehensive health care reform at the centre of his platform. In the light of the growing problems facing the US health care system‚ the time seemed ripe for another attempt to control
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Create a chart or a matrix outlining the following primary principles of the Constitution: 1. Self-Government 2. Separation of Powers 3. Checks and Balances Write an analysis of 250-500 words on the effectiveness of the checks and balances in the federal government. 1. Cite specific examples. 2. Defend your rationale. 3. Utilize the required readings‚ academic websites‚ and the GCU e-Library as resources for this assignment. While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment‚ solid
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* Question 1 1 out of 1 points | | | Federal Judges are appointed:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | b. for life. | Response Feedback: | Correct‚ "Article III federal judges" (as opposed to judges of some courts with special jurisdictions) serve "during good behavior" (often paraphrased as appointed "for life"). Judges hold their seats until they resign‚ die‚ or are removed from office. | | | | | * Question 2 1 out of 1 points | | | Which of the following is
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Federal Bureau of Investigation The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a governmental agency belonging to the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency (counterintelligence). Also‚ it is the government agency responsible for investigating crimes on Native American reservations in the United States[2] under the Major Crimes Act. The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories
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Legal Process MGT/434 May 20‚ 2013 Clint Heiner Legal Process Unfortunately‚ in society discrimination occurs quite often in the work environment. Discrimination is judging someone based on different characteristics including age‚ disability‚ gender‚ religion‚ and race. Although discrimination exists‚ employees do not have to subject themselves to this behavior. Employees receive protection against discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. According to Bennett-Alexander
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Describe how federal government operates. The federal government of the U.S. is the national government of the constitutional republic of fifty states that is known as the United States of America. The federal government comprises of three branches of government: a legislative‚ an executive‚ and a judiciary. These branches and their various powers are explained in the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution grants numerous powers to Congress. These include the powers to levy and collect taxes‚ to
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CASE 2.3 Happiness Express‚ Inc. 1. Identify the primary audit objectives that auditors hope to accomplish by (a) confirming a client’s year-end accounts receivable (b) performing year-end sales cut-off tests. The primary audit objectives that the auditors hope to accomplish by confirming a client’s year-end accounts receivable are existence‚ completeness‚ and valuation. By using confirmations‚ the auditors are hoping that the third party would confirm or deny the stated amount‚ or add additional
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Due Process Due Process of the law‚ a legal principle‚ is a guaranteed right that was provided to us by the Constitution and it simply means we have protections. These rights that are guaranteed to us are “life‚ liberty and property without a chance to defend them”; some also believe that we also have the right to a “pursuit of happiness”. (Bill of Rights). When we think about Due Process we need to think fair process or fair procedures. This practice is known as Procedural Due Process. “Standing
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