Is Congress a watchdog or lapdog? Personally, I believe that Congress is a watchdog, whether it is a united or a divided government. However, many people may disagree with this because they may believe that whether or not the Congress is a watchdog or lapdog depends on the government being divided or united. The reason for this is: if it is a united government, Congress will not want to embarrass the President by constantly putting him into account. However, this is not true because the Congress is both an independent and co-equal branch of Government.
The principle organ of the US state is to legislate, represent and scrutinise the other, safely separated, branches of the government. First of the three elements in which Congress’s primary role plays is in legislation. The very first article of the Constitution lays out how this is done. Bills initiated by both the President and members of Congress are almost certain to be substantially modified as they go through the legislative process, making it very difficult for the President or any political faction to force through their policy agenda. Congress has been somewhat effective in passing laws such as the PATRIOTIC Act under Bush and the Healthcare Reform Act under Obama both show’s that Congress can legislate when it needs be, especially with a majority in both houses.
Higher unemployment rates lead to a more devastating economic crisis resulting in the failure to re-elect a democratic President or more precisely, our current President. These “truths” are not openly admitted to the general population and one can argue that they do not serve to benefit the good of the people of this economic state but rather benefit the political party. One can argue that politicians are mainly focused on their personal success but aren’t all of us
The first one is that our rights are not well enough protected. If we had a written constitution with a proper Bill of Rights, as they have in America, we would feel safer and more sure that we would be protected from governments that wish to take too much power. We have lost many of our rights in the UK and this is because we do not have a written Bill of Rights and because government and Parliament have too much uncontrolled power. Another argument is that the people of the UK would feel more patriotic and identify more with politics if there was a written and codified constitution as they have in the USA. Every American citizen knows about their constitution and they are proud of it.
Laura Torres Torres1 Mrs. Hyde Honors US government December 13, 2013 The importance of the bill of rights The bill of rights has a huge importance and impact in the life of an US citizen. It l help you to be electorally functional; helps to address significant issues and clarify the history of the systems through resolutions as giving the states more defined rights. Firstly, the bill of rights limits the congress’s power and it is important to know that the first article of the constitution defines the powers of congress. At the same time in the bill of rights
With the defendant they get a shot at leniency from the judge. Then there are some that say plea bargaining is unconstitutional. “Plea bargaining rests on the constitutional fiction that our government does not retaliate against individuals who wish to exercise their right to trial by jury.” (Lynch, The Case Against Plea Bargaining, 2003). essentially this means if the defendant believes in their innocence and want to go to trial the will be punished for standing up for their constitutional rights. It is my belief that plea bargaining is an utter necessity, and though it may not seem just at all times; we as a society can see how hectic the court would be if all cases were brought to trial.
It is so evident of a problem in our political process. So what can be done? Do we smack the cooperation’s on the hand and tell them to stop, or do we continue to allow this. I believe that we need to bring the hammer down on these groups and let these companies know that is not okay to abuse our legislative process. But the problem is none of this will happen in congress, the representative’s will not budge on this and everyone knows that because they must protect their reelection funding.
But in reality, especially in the “domain of foreign affairs”…the central legal issues rarely come before the Court at all. The law is effectively settled within the executive branch or by the informal agreements between the president and Congress” (Caplan 21). The other branches of government are aware of the overuse of presidential power but do not know how to address the issue to somehow resolve or better the situation. Too much executive power could lead to the abolishment or stacking of Congress, the judiciary system, the House and the Senate. By doing this it would lead the democracy to a dictatorship.
They review what occurred in the trial court to make sure that the proper law was applied and that the proceedings were fair. Each side presents a written argument to the appellate court in a document called a "brief." The arguments made in briefs vary. However, common grounds for an appeal include claims that the trial was conducted unfairly or that the trial judge incorrectly applied the applicable law. a party may claim that the law that was applied violates the United State constitutions.
They wanted to have a system that could be changed when necessary. Self-Government was and still is important because people want to be able to participate in their government and help create laws that are fair to everyone. The third and final basic principle of our constitution is Separation of Powers, also known as Checks and Balances. Checks and balances are a system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one