POLS 1101 – US GOVERNMENT Take Home Test: UPLOAD TO D2L by April 27 in DropBox 1. Explain the Functions and Operations of State Government from the standpoint of each of the Three Branches of State Government. a. Judicial Branch powers interpret federal laws and U.S. Constitution. They review the decisions of lower state and federal courts. b. Legislative Branch powers pass all federal laws‚ pass the federal budget‚ declares war‚ and establish lower federal courts and the number of judges. c. Executive
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James Madison‚ Jr. (March 16‚ 1751 -- June 28‚ 1836) was an American statesman‚ political theorist and the fourth President of the United States (1809--1817). He is hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for being instrumental in the drafting of the United States Constitution and as the key champion and author of the United States Bill of Rights. He served as a politician much of his adult life. After the constitution had been drafted‚ Madison became one of the leaders in the movement to ratify
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Solving the Big Fat Problem As of 2010‚ more than one third of children and adolescents in the United States were overweight or obese‚ and obesity has become a major problem in the United States. Some blame the obesity epidemic on fast-food restaurants‚ others blame it on the person consuming the food‚ and others blame the government. All of these are factors in the problem‚ but the government can make a difference in reducing the rising issue of obesity by providing school-age children with healthy
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The first 52 words are the most important because they state the core purposes for which the constitution was written. Those six core purposes are used to interpret the rest of the Constitution. 3) The various parts of the Constitution A. The first 52 words B. How the three branches of government are to operate C. Amendment process and the relationship between the states E. Signatures 4) The three branches of government A. Legislative - The House of Representatives was given
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The Roman Government consisted of Consuls and a Senate. Instead of having a king‚ the Romans chose consuls‚ two of them. The community elected neither of them but instead appointed by the popular assembly the Comitia Centuriata. Each consul serves one year‚ it’s nonconsecutive‚ term‚ he could help a second or a third later. Consuls possessed supreme executive power‚ commanding the army‚ presiding over the Senate‚ the proposing legislation‚ but they could veto the others decision. At the end of their
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Each state has its own government that is structured like the federal government. Each state has the three branches‚ executive‚ legislative‚ and judicial. The size of the state determines the size of the government. For example New York is a larger state than Mississippi therefor the size of the legislative branch differs. This is just one of the differences in these two state governments. The executive branch is the main law enforcement branch and in both states consists of governor‚ lieutenant
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and Walker who describe systematically four serious deficits shaping the U.S. economy: budget‚ savings‚ the balance of payments‚ and leadership. As of the early 2008 release of the film they had created a national debt of over $9.6 trillion‚ $30‚000 for each American.[3][4][5] • The budget deficit section highlights the 53 trillion dollars in unfunded benefits (medicare‚ medicaid and social security) that will come due and can only be paid by tripling taxes or cutting all government spending except
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Totalitarian Government: Communism Communism “aims to replace private property and a profit - based economy with public ownership” (Dagger). This form of government was founded by Karl Marx and Frederich Engels. Marx a “revolutionary activist‚” and German thinker Engels published “the Communist Manifesto.” In the Communist Manifesto‚ they “outlined their idea of complete equality between the people.” They both predicted that the upcoming proletarian revolution would sweep aside the capitalist system
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Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837‚ seeking to act as the direct representative of common man. Born in a Backwoods settle men in the Carolinas in 1767‚ received sporadic education. Before Jackson’s military exploits‚ back in 1790’s he played an instrumental role in developing North Carolina’s western lands into the state of Tennessee. Dishearten by the antics in Washington‚ Jackson resigned to Tennessee immediately he and his supporters began laying the
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As the first president of the United States‚ George Washington was greatly influential in shaping the government to be the one we have today. Prior to his political career‚ Washington began as a soldier in the French and Indian War‚ where he was rewarded with the rank of colonel for leading a poorly trained army of 150 men to defeat a French force and kill a French minister. However‚ Washington resented the Royal government’s lack of respect for colonial leaders and resigned. After his resignation
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