The Legislative branch is the most powerful branch of the United States government. Congress has the power to tax‚ spend‚ make laws‚ and even make declarations of war. While the other branches often work independently of Congress – sometimes proceeding in complete opposition – the Constitution grants much more authority to Congress‚ making the Legislative branch the most powerful branch in government. The Framers of the constitution recognized that the Legislative branch would have the most power
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Gun Control The most important role of the United States government is to protect the rights and freedoms of individual citizens. Some might argue that the world ’s greater issue is government(1). All countries have social issues that are mostly blamed on the government. Governments should first focus on the social issues that the citizens are mostly concerned off. The United States has many social issues some of those issues are education‚ tax the wealthy‚ creation of new jobs‚ same sex marriage
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The United States Cabinet (usually referred to as "the Cabinet") is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government. Cabinet officers are nominated by the President and confirmed or rejected by the Senate. There is no explicit definition of the term "Cabinet" in either the United States Code or the Code of Federal Regulations. Authority for the Cabinet rests with Article Two of the U.S. Constitution‚ which gives the President the authority to seek
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people of the United States. The Constitution separates the powers into branches in order to keep each branch’s power in check. The Constitution is protected from tyranny by allowing government officials to be elected by the people of the United States. The Constitution divides the powers of our government into many different departments that keep one another in check. The United States government has three main branches and those are The Legislative Branch‚ The Executive Branch‚ and The Judicial
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Americans‚ and for the first time the United States was technologically behind their Communist counterparts. During 1952 the International Council of Scientific Unions decided to officially designate July 1‚ 1957‚ to December 31‚ 1958‚ as the International Geophysical Year (IGY). This period was designated because scientists knew that solar activity would be at a point that would allow for mapping of the Earth ’s surface. Both the Soviet Union and the United States set plans in place to launch artificial
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Security Service (NSA/CSS) was established in November 1952 to provide a cryptologic organization for the civilian and military leaders of the United States and to provide them with timely information. The National Security Agency (NSA) coordinates‚ directs‚ and performs highly specialized activities to produce foreign intelligence information and protect United States information systems through two main missions‚ Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Information Assurance (IA). The Signals Intelligence (SIGINT)
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Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defines patriotism as love for or devotion to ones country. However‚ the word patriotism strikes lots of mixed emotions all over the United States. Some people describe themselves as involved patriots because they fly their American flag outside in their yards‚ when others see the word patriotism as disgusting‚ the seed of racism. Patriotism to me‚ along with many others‚ means of course to have love for our homeland‚ our country‚ to support‚ serve and defend
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terroristic violence is increasing at an extremely fast rate. For the United States‚ the threat of domestic and international terrorism weighs on the minds of the federal government and private citizens. The 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review even went as far as to note that terrorism is one of the six strategic challenges that are likely to affect the United States throughout the next five years (DHS‚ 2014). However‚ the United States has been on high alert since the attacks on New York and the Pentagon
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Abstract The court system in the United States serves as a tool to ensure that the society keep certain order and respect the law created by the Legislative and Executive power. The court system will ensure that crimes receive the deserve sanction applying the law (severe or not that severe‚ depending on the type of the crime) (Siegel L.J.‚ Schmalleger F.‚ Worrall J.L. 2011) How fair is the court system? How the court system that is used in today ’s America was created or developed? How it works
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Homelessness is a big problem throughout the United States. Homelessness means someone is living on the streets without a roof over their head.There are many factors that contribute to a person becoming homeless such as‚ job loss‚ mental illness‚ poverty‚ unaffordable housing‚ drugs‚ etc. A large number of people become homeless because a lot of jobs don’t hire them if there isn’t a current address or if they don’t have reliable transportation. According to The National Alliance to End Homelessness
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