The government structure is important to understand as a nurse leader. There are three branches of the federal government: the executive branch‚ the legislative branch‚ and the judicial branch. The function of the executive branch is to enforce laws (Porche‚ 2012). The president leads the executive branch. The executive branch is important because it is responsible for implementing laws created by the legislative branch (Porche‚ 2012). In the event the president is unable to arise to duties; the
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Two different plans were devised in a convention. The Federalists‚ the majority‚ implemented the Virginia plan‚ a statewide government based on the population. “The federalists supported the constitution and preferred a strong national government‚” (pg. 57). The Anti-Federalists supported the New Jersey plan‚ where each state gets the same amount of representation. “The Anti-Federalist opposed the constitution and preferred a decentralized federal government; they took their name by default‚ in reaction
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Throughout the history of the United States‚ there have always been arguments over what power the state governments should have‚ and the powers the Federal Government should have. More recently there have been instances where the Federal Government was questionable in some of their actions. Today’s Federal Government has too much power because issues such as gun control and healthcare would be better handled on the state level. One example of an issue that would be better handled on a state level
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Early Americans were hesitant to create a federal government that was too powerful. After the failure of the Articles of Confederation‚ the Founding Fathers created the Constitution of the United States of America. The new Constitution was based on several basic principles that limited the power of the federal government. A federal government holds the three distinct branches‚ such as‚ legislative‚ executive‚ and judicial‚ whose powers are vested by the U.S. Constitution in the Congress‚ the President
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Practice Federal State Local Answer the following questions about federal‚ state‚ and local governments. Directions: Answer each of the following questions with a brief essay. (8 points) 1. What level of government do you think should be in charge of security from foreign enemies? Write a paragraph explaining why this level of government is most appropriate. Answer: The Federal Government should be in charge of security from foreign countries. The Federal Government is much better at protecting
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India has a federal form of government‚ and hence a federal finance system. The essence of federal form of government is that the Centre and the State Governments should be independent of each other in their respective‚ constitutionally demarcated spheres of Action. Once the fundamentals of the government are spelt out‚ it becomes equally important that each of the government should be provided with sources of raising adequate revenues to discharge the functions entrusted to it. For the successful
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The Constitution and in our lives wherever they see fit. I believe our founding forefather’s did a fantastic job constructing The Constitution and it should be left as is. Liberals Love a big ass Federal Government. It makes them feel safe and warm. Someone to lobby to when they see a travesty of justice like transgenders being able to use whatever bathroom they "identify" with.‚ because the 1% of 1% of the population’s Feelings could be hurt.. WTF is that..!!? Fuck You! Greater Good I say! You got
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Separation of Powers: States vs. National Government “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution‚ nor prohibited by it to the States‚ are reserved to the States respectively‚ or to the people.” (U.S. Const. amend. 10). Ratified in December of 1791‚ the Tenth Amendment in the Bill of Rights states that the national government does not have the authority to control the state government’s concerns that don’t intervene with the U.S Constitution and vice versa. I believe that the
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American Government Marlys Mildenberg Colorado Technical University Online Power between federal and state governments Professor John Ragan Phase 1 Individual Project 04/11/11 Abstract In this paper‚ you will discover what differences and similarities that the U.S. Constitution points out between the federal and state governments. The constitution states in the Articles of the “Bill of Rights” what laws pertain strictly to each the federal and state governments. What is
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of Rights lists our basic rights and place limits on the federal government. They include the freedoms of speech and religion‚ the right to bear arms‚ the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures‚ and an assurance that the powers not delegated to the federal government in the Constitution are reserved to the states and the people. Many of these provisions were based upon similar protections provided by state constitutions that limited the power of state and local government authorities
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