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.
Illinois has a population of 12 million people and 22 electoral votes. This means have one vote per every 550,000 voters. This is a very unbalanced form of voting, not capturing the popular vote at all. Durbin also points out that we use a direct popular election system for Senators, Governors, Congressmen, and mayors, but not for our President. The Founding Fathers knew during their time that people running for congress lived closer to the people voting for them, so at that time, the people voted directly for them but only for them.
NEW WORLD ORDER COMBAT ARMS SURVEY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question # 46 "I Would Fire Upon U.S. Citizens..." The RESISTER has confirmed that US Navy SEAL platoons, including SEAL Team Six, Marine combat veterans stationed at Twenty-Nine Palms, CA, and Marine basic trainees at Camp Pendelton, CA, have been administered a questionnaire asking, among other things, if they would "...fire upon US citizens who refuse or resist confiscation of firearms banned by the US government." The questionnaire was first administered to operators by the commanders of SEAL Team Six on 15 September 1993, then subsequently to the remaining SEAL platoons throughout September and October. Rumors
Currently, these two states are the only two in the union that diverge from the traditional winner-take-all method of electoral vote allocation. Offices from Nebraska up for election to U.S. Senate in 2012 Voters in Nebraska will elect one member to the U.S. Senate in the November 6, 2012 elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ben Nelson decided to retire instead of running for re-election to a third term, so his
It is happening because the powers of the prime minister are not well defined and mostly contained in unwritten conventions which are a mystery to most people. This means an individual prime minister like Thatcher or Blair can act in a presidential way without any constitutional controls. In the USA the written constitution states clearly what powers the president has and if he oversteps the mark the Supreme Court can step in. The British Supreme Court cannot do this because we do not have a codified constitution. This
The final paragraph presses home the conclusion of the Declaration and the actions thus taken by the colonies. To what authority(ies) does the Declaration appeal in order to justify becoming "Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown"? It appeals to the authority of Great Britain and establishes that political connection be totally dissolved 8. What is the final "pledge" the Signors make to support the Declaration? (Last sentence.)
Terri’s law was ruled as unconstitutional in a seven to zero vote by the United States Supreme Court. We are a country built on laws and we must govern our decisions by the rule of that law and not by how we feel. Anyone with a heart can understand the grief demonstrated by the members of Terri’s family. But that is not the letter of the law. What is in the Constitution always must always be up held over
The Tea Party movement believes no American President, Democrat, nor Republican should ever go beyond the Constitution, regardless of the issue at hand. Neither person nor issue can ever precede the Constitution, because it is the basis of the American people and their rights. They claim the government has become too powerful, and have lost connection with the American people that they are supposed to represent. Ideologically, the Tea Party movement believes in complete freedom and individual rights because freedom is what this country is based upon, and without freedom our country is restricted and American people and society as a whole will not be able to grow. They have received hateful ridicule from many socialists and leftists but the Tea Party has stood their post and will not stop despite any criticism.
At the polls, citizens are actually voting for a state of electors who are committed to supporting a particular presidential candidate but are not required to. The candidate with the highest number of popular votes in a state wins all of its electoral votes. In December they conduct a meeting with the Electoral College and the electors vote to determine the next President. Although, this meeting is only a formality for the results of this vote are known immediately after the popular votes are tallied a month earlier. Finally, inauguration day is here.
But backtrack four years ago during the 2004 election when President George W. Bush received only 35 more electoral votes than Senator John Kerry, at 286. If the apportionment had been based solely on only U.S. citizens, President Bush would have gained five more electoral votes. It is absolutely illogical that illegal foreigners should be permissible in the selection of the President of the United States of America; they didn’t gain citizenship to our country nor did they earn the right to occupy our country and contribute to a victory between two