the PM and the Cabinet‚ in the Parliamentary system‚ they are elected members of the parliament. The legislative branch is parliament includes the opposition. This shows that the government is very complex. In the parliamentary system we have separation of powers meaning each branch is separate. The US system is not as different as the Canadian system because check and balance. Example‚ president appoint judges. currently‚ congress refuse to confirm. 100 judges not confirm. 2. Should the office of
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The Separation of Powers devised by the framers of the Constitution was designed to do one primary thing: to prevent the majority from ruling with an iron fist. Based on their experience‚ the framers shied away from giving any branch of the new government too much power. The separation of powers provides a system of shared power known as checks and balances. Three branches are created in the Constitution. The Legislative composed of the House and Senate. The Executive composed of the President
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Emily Dickinson. At first Dickinson was not known of as a great poet‚ since she did not actually publish any of her poetry before her death. It was only after she died that Lavinia‚ Dickinson’s sister‚ found the hundreds of poems Dickinson had written throughout her lifetime. Without these poems American Literature would have been set back many years and may have never reached where it has so far in today’s society. There are many reasons why Emily Dickinson was significant
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Epimetheus‚ the son of Uranus and Gaea‚ was a very important Titan. The Titans were the second generation of people. Epimetheus and one of his many brothers Prometheus were supposed to give characteristics to all the animals on earth as their job or duty. Although he wasn’t a genius and was often called foolish‚ he was worshiped like the other Titans for multiple reasons. He also had a huge family that would build mythology as we know it. His family was a very controlling family‚ meaning that they
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George Washington was a very important person in history... Some of the important things he did effected the outcome of Present Day United States. President Washington was born on February 22‚ 1732 in Westmoreland. He served as a Commander in the colonies during the American Revolution. Most people didn’t know but in George Washington’s time he was a spy. He found ways to use secrets codes‚ use invisible ink and find ways to decode them. How they used invisible ink‚ or known as lemon juice is
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Donald Trump‚ our elected president promised to make America great again. He promised to do many things‚ some of them seem possible to fulfill‚ others are unlikely to happen. Since The USA has a strict principle of separation of powers‚ his power must be shared with the Congress and the judiciary. Other factors like the media‚ public opinion ‚and the American political traditions can limit the execution of his promises as well. He promised to fully repeal Obamacare. Knowing that the repeal of Obamacare
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Declaration of Independence was a statement of ideals and principles for the revolution and the new republic while a constitution is an outline for government. List those ideals and explain their significance. Which ones‚ do you believe‚ are most important today? Why? There were eight ideals of the Declaration of Independence: 1. The laws of nature and nature’s god‚ which was the explicit appeal to natural law over the King’s positive law‚ 2. All men are created Equal which was human rights/equal rights
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Patrick Henry was one of the leading figures in the American Revolutionary time period and left an impact in later years. An outspoken opponent of the Stamp and Townshend Acts imposed by England‚ he stirred the conflict with his famous “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” speech and although he opposed the formation of the U.S. Constitution as a threat to the liberties and rights of the individual states‚ his criticisms helped bring upon the amendments that are known as the Bill of Rights. Furthermore
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One of the greatest periods of time for this thriving empire was that of the Pax Romana‚ in which peace and prosperity were prolific. The time of Pax Romana and therefore the success of Rome was initiated by the rule of Augustus Caesar‚ which was further built and nurtured by the five good emperors‚ and their contributions like roads‚ bridges‚ and new government structures. Pax Romana literally translates to “Roman peace”‚ which was a period of stability within Rome both in regards to the economy
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Since the bill of rights‚ the 14th Amendment is perhaps the most important amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Although the 13th Amendment is very significant because it abolishes slavery‚ the 14th Amendment provided citizenship for the former slaves and provided the same legal benefits as the rest of the Americans. Also‚ the 14th Amendment can be seen as a foundation for follow on Amendments and policies that were passed to remove restrictions on voting by other races‚ allow women to vote and
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