According to the system of the Electoral College the candidate receives all the members votes with the majority. In the last election Gore received 15 electoral votes from New Jersey. I voted for Bush but apparently that had no effect on the outcome. Obviously George Bush won, so this is not what I am concerned about. My point is that I feel as if my vote didn't count. If the election was based on the actual individual votes then Gore would be our president, and I wouldn't have minded because at least my voice would have been heard.
I think that if we counted each individual vote it would allow for everyone to have a voice in the election. I think that a better way of using the Electoral College to elect the president would be if each candidate received the ratio of electoral votes relative to the population from each individual state. For instance, if half of California voted for one candidate then that candidate would get 27 electoral votes because that is the ratio to how many votes California has total in the Congress. I don't understand why we have members of the House of Representatives elected relative to the population but the presidential election gives all the votes to one candidate or the other. If the votes from the election were based on the ratio system then at least my vote could have counted for something. I feel that everyone is entitled to vote for who they want too but the Federal system is set up in a way that minimizes the efforts of the individual voter. There are some things that I would change about our system of government and others that I wouldn't. I am a supporter of our system of checks and balances and if I knew of a specific way to make it run in a more efficient manner then I"m sure someone else who could make the change would know it too and do it. Our Federal system works to protect our Constitution which is our foundation in this great country and if we have to sacrifice expediency for thoroughness a safety then that is a price worth paying.
... amendment cannot be used to sustain forfeiture. Also in the legendary case of Mapp v. Ohio the court found that all evidence obtained by searches and seizures in violation of the constituion is inadmissable in a criminal trial. The fifth amendment is yet another very important right to us because it guaruntees the right to due process, not to be compelled to testify ... ...
... reponsible for providing information to Congress in a non partisan manor, like research stidies,, policy evaluations, budget reveiws. The president also has the power to exercise legislative leadership, as defined n the Constituion. Many Administrative agencies are involved in public polices. Agencies agencies, such as the EPS, FDA, and Dept of Defense, are specialists, and aid legislation in identifing changes, eliminating loopholes, determining ... ...
The Articles of Confederation were written on March 1, 1781. They were written to establish a framework of government that the states could follow while they took the first steps as a nation. They were written while the Revolutionary War was still being waged. One would have to assume that The Articles of Confederation were hastily constructed so as to ensure the new nation had a starting point. The Articles had numerous flaws that would later be identified. In order to identify the flaws that existed in The Articles of Confederation, I will compare them to the Constitution of The United State...
... plays more of a role that human rights. They feel if you are patriotic and want to remain "united we stand" that losing the flexibility of some rights garenteed by the constituion should not be a factor. Educated people understand that the bill of rights, like freedom of speech, press, are not absolute, especially in times of war. "Bin Laden is more beloved ... ...
... plays more of a role that human rights. They feel if you are patriotic and want to remain "united we stand" that losing the flexibility of some rights garenteed by the constituion should not be a factor. Educated people understand that the bill of rights, like freedom of speech, press, are not absolute, especially in times of war. "Bin Laden is more beloved ... ...
... values that our country stands for. So, do I think that that the Constitution is democratic? Do I think the Amendments have made this nation more or less democratic? I think how the Constituion was first written did not provide this nation with a democracy, but I do believe however, that the Amendments have made this nation democratic. And it has done so in the best ... ...
... the basic for a free government, and that the power contended for is incompatible with any notion of personal liberty. An attempt to maintain this doctrine upon the provisions of the Constituion is an exercise of perverse ingenuity to extract slavery from the substance of a free government. It is an attempt to show, by proof and argument, that we are subjects of ... ...
... that Congress and the courts have carefully approached wiretapping and bugging. So it makes one think is cellphone taping an invasion of the Fourth Amendment? The Fourth Amendment in the Constituion states: the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue ... ...
Does one generation have the right to bind another? Thomas Jefferson pondered this question and said "The Constitution belongs to the living and not to the dead." The Constitution was able to endure for more than 200 years because Thomas Jefferson had an epiphany that some of the laws which governend his time could not govern the people of later generation due to change in circumstances. The Constitution can be considered a "living" document because of recurring alteration and reexamination. This allowed Constitution to a set of laws that defined the goals of American government. The U.S. Con...
