But people still need to recognise we have an institutional responsibility to do oversight on the President” Garry Bass, Congress. This quote supports my view on the Congress being a watchdog. If the Congress is a lapdog, the President can have a free ride on running the country how he wishes and not represent the people’s view. However that is not the case as the President cannot do everything which pleases him. However, looking at the statistics such as Bill Clintons presidency, in the first 2 years which was a united government, Congress exercised limited oversight, and when needed to, asked softball questions, however , when Republicans took over Congress, things got much harder as they seek to hold the President to account, and after a while, impeach.
Hamilton begins by telling the readers that this paper will discuss the importance of an independent judicial branch and the meaning of judicial review. The constitution proposes the federal judges hold their office for life, subject to good behavior. Hamilton laughs at anyone who questions that life tenure is the most valuable advances in theory of representative government. Permanency in office frees judges from political pressures and prevents invasions on judicial power by the president and congress. The judicial branch of government is by far the weakest branch.
In the end he says that in order to have a balanced government the majority must agree on justice. The historical significance of this article is, during this time if no separation of powers or checks and balances were enforced the government would have collapsed. If the powers were not limited; with time a certain person would end democracy and bring forth once again a tyranny government. It is also important that the government was equal yet had power to control its people because if not there would be no type of
It is clear that president choose his nominee from people who share the same (similar) political philosophy and ideology. Therefore, when the nominee will be standing in front of the Senate Judicial Committee he or she would have some sort ideological record based on their previous decisions and thoughts. This is especially true for the nominee who comes from lower, Federal Courts of Appeal because cases are usually heard in there before they arrive to the Supreme Court. This suggests that judges are chosen by executive branch because this is a chance for a president to leave ‘presidential echo’ in one of the branches even after he leaves the office. This means that it is very important to choose a nominee who would be reflecting president’s political philosophy in the Court.
He seems to lean to the left in the political spectrum, and yet, he always seems to be running against the democratic candidate for presidency. Nader has the country's best interests at heart when he runs for president, however, and it is the right of every citizen to run for president and to vote for whomever they wish. Hopefully Nader will continue to live a long life so that he may further defend the rights of consumers. But even after Nader is gone (he is 75 years old after all) his non-profit organizations will live on to extend the power of democracy in this nation, organizations like Appleseed, Democracy Rising, and Essential Information. Perhaps in 2012 America will find that Nader is running once more for president.
I think the judicial system should not be in politics. Although NC has used the merit system for years, in my opinion appointed judges would be more appropriate. This would remove citizens from the judicial selection process in favors of an unelected and unaccountable committee. Rather a committee of unelected legal elites will take the politics out of judicial selections and provide a better Judiciary in the state. Electing judges the way North Carolina does certainly has its disadvantages.
To what extent can the Congress and the Supreme Court limit the powers of the President? In the United States of America, the government is divided into three main branches; The Executive Branch- which the President belongs to, Legislative Branch made up on the Congress and finally the Judicial Function – The Supreme Court. The President is the most powerful person in the USA but his power is held in check by the Congress and The Supreme Court. If these institutions don’t like what the President intends to do then they have the power to prevent him. The Presidents greatest powers lie within foreign policy.
They are able to serve under the condition of “Good Behavior” . Good behavior is not a well defined term, and as such there is much wiggle room for any good lawyer to play with, and in order to become one of our justices a person would most likely be a lawyer. These things considered though the president may seam like top player in our political system, I believe that the Judicial branch has the power to pull strings from the shadows to make them our countries true
Thomas Gordon argued against this because he thought that if anyone would know how the government worked, it would be the private men. They would be the people who were directly impacted by the laws enacted and executed by the government. All people, therefore, should have the opportunity to have a say in what goes on in the government. The second concern for the Founders was to what extent the people should be involved in the government. Although the people had a right to be involved in the government, the author of Caesar No.
Both houses have to pass a bill before it becomes a law. An other advantage is allows for representation on a reasonably equitable footing for both large and small states. Only the House can impeach a President or executive officer in government. Then the Senate plays judge and jury in all impeachments bought on by the House. The disadvantages are the recurrent gridlock seen in Congress, even if the a House passes a bill it still has to go to the Senate.