becoming insured both nationally and state wise for Ohio. According to a Cleveland news website the U.S. Census Bureau released information about uninsured rates in the U.S. the article states‚ “Nationally‚ the uninsured rate dropped 13.3 percent in 2013 to 10.4 percent last year (referring to 2014)” (source 1). The article further states “Ohio’s uninsured rate dropped from 11 percent in 2013
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Texas Voting History The Lone Star State: Reliably Republican Leslie C. Lee Liberty University Abstract In 2012 President Obama spoke to a group of people at a fund raiser event in Texas and seemed optimistic that Texas would soon be a battleground for the Democratic Party (Parker‚ 2013). Unless Democrats possess an extraordinary strategic plan this could prove to be a challenging task to accomplish. Recent voting in Texas has faithfully been favorable toward the Republican ticket for over
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its most important ones like the “power of the purse” (encompassing taxation and spending decisions) and the ultimate authority to declare war Understood Congress as essential to sustaining federalism (guaranteeing two senators to each state without regard to state population) and maintaining separation of powers (ensuring that no lawmaker be allowed to serve in either of the other two branches while n Congress) Also viewed it as linchpin of system of checks
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Americans today are displeased with and have expressed their discontent with the lawmaking actions—or the lack thereof‚ rather—of members of Congress. However‚ solutions to resolve‚ or at least improve‚ public approval of their congressional representatives are unclear and plagued by some of the following questions: are term limits the answer‚ will they do more harm than good‚ and is it just a trade-off for different‚ yet equally adverse issues? Why Term Limits? Dissatisfaction from Americans It
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a powerful debater‚ properly nicknamed ‘Little Giant’ because of his short stature of 5’ 4”‚ he became Lincoln’s running opponent in his couple attempts at taking the American presidency. While he did not finish his campaign in office in the White House‚ he kept his efforts closely in the Congress and political matters until his death at the early age of 48. Douglas was born in a small town of Brandon‚ Vermont‚ in April 23‚ 1813. He never met his father as the man died three months later in July
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with social order Balancing property rights with equality Changes in laws of inheritance – end of primogeniture Property qualifications for voting reduced Capitols moved to enable better representation for frontier settlers Separation of church and state Continued uneven distribution of wealth Varying answers resulted in variety of republican governments Abolitionist sentiment spread in wake of the Revolution African Americans embraced Declaration’s stress on natural rights and equality Slavery – biggest
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James Garfield was an advocate for free-soil principles and soon became a supporter of the newly organized Republican Party. And in 1859‚ he was elected to the Ohio Legislature. During the succession crisis‚ he advocated coercing the seceding states back into the Union. During the Civil War‚ he helped to recruit the 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry and became the infantry’s colonel. He fought at Shiloh in April 1862‚ served as a chief of staff in the Army of the Cumberland‚ saw action at Chickamauga
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Constitutional process Article II‚ section 4 specifies the procedures to be used to remove a public official from office(CNN/All Politics). The constitution states that and president found guilty for bribery‚ treason‚ or other high crimes and misdemeanors. There has been a long debate on what should be considered a high crime. Different people in the House share different views. Ultimately it is up to the Hose to decide to drop the charges or further the investigation. If the public official is found
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said that the law is free from passion. The United States does not enforce laws based on the feelings of others; we enforce them for the better of the people and society. Passion should not dictate our rule; reason and precedent should be the most absolute principles included when determining the laws to safeguard the country. The sovereignty of the United States would diminish if laws were not based on virtuous causes. If the prosperity of the United States could be harmed‚ why should the citizens
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Roberts KAPLAN UNIVERSITY LS500 Legal Method and Process Unit 3 Oct 18‚ 2010 This paper compares and contrasts the political and ethical aspects of the three presidential impeachment trials‚ Andrew Johnson‚ the seventeenth president of the United States‚ William J. Clinton‚ the forty-second‚ and rather than face impeachment and conviction‚ President Richard M. Nixon‚ the thirty-seventh president‚ resigned. Legally‚ the impeachment is not as self-evidently insupportable as it once seemed. Scholars
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