UNIT 3 ESSAY: THE FOURTH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT Norma Rogers January 4‚ 2011 Kaplan University Dr. Warren PA165-01 The Fourth Branch of Government It has been taught since elementary school that the United States government consists of three branches‚ including the Executive‚ Legislative‚ and Judicial. However‚ in those early days‚ there were no lessons on the influential fourth branch of government that operates alongside the other three and plays a central and increasingly
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A Class Divided Racism‚ a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement‚ usually involving the idea that one’s own race is superior and has the right to rule others (“racism”)‚ has been a significant problem for decades. In the 1960’s‚ Martin Luther King Jr.‚ a U.S. civil rights leader‚ was assassinated‚ which lead to an upsurge in animosity between the Caucasian and African American people. Jane Elliot‚ a teacher at Community
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To what extent does the parliament hold the executive to account? Parliament does not govern‚ but its role is to check or constrain the government of the day. Many therefore argue that parliament’s most important function is to ‘call the government to account’’‚ there by forcing the members to explain their actions and justify their policies. There are three groups within the UK parliament‚ the House of Commons‚ the House of Lords‚ and the Monarchy. The HoC consists of 646 MP’s and each MP is
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The Texas Judicial system is a puzzling topic to most citizens and has its pros and cons. The system is not liked by everybody because of the way it selects our judges. When comparing it to other states outside of Texas‚ it is different in many ways. For years many citizens and government officials have fought to reform the system. Many have failed‚ been rejected and have given up‚ while others take rejection has a reason to fight harder and fix the Judicial system. The Texas Judicial system is
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Refresh your brains. 1) The primary goal of the American Revolution was to A) establish a new political system B) create a new economic order C) institutionalize new social values based on equality D) restore rights the colonists felt were already theirs as British subjects 6) Right after the Revolutionary War‚ a dramatic change swept through the new country: A) a dramatic increase in democracy and freedom. B) a population shift from country to city. C) an explosion in prosperity
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Pros and Cons of Judicial Review Adam Kimball Pol. 1110 Instr. Madigan 12/10/96 Judicial Review is the power given to Supreme court justices in which a judge has the power to reason whether a law is unconstitutional or not. Chief Justice John Marshall initiated the Supreme Court’s right to translate the Constitution in 1803 following the case of Marbury Vs. Madison‚ in which he declared the Supreme Court as the sole interpreters of Constitutional law. This is one
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What Could Our World Be? What would life be like today if the federal government had absolute control? No freedoms for anyone whatsoever. The government controls when citizens may sleep‚ eat‚ do a job‚ and even control when citizens are allowed to speak. Would life really be worth living? We as readers are able to gain a small taste of what this would be like after reading the classic novel 1984‚ written by George Orwell. In the lonely‚ lifeless setting it is clear that the government has gained
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follow previous decisions in similar cases to help maintain a degree of consistency in the way the law is applied in similar cases. It is based on the maxim “stare decisis” which means stand by what has been decided. donoghue v Stevenson followed in grant v Australian knitting mills. The Ratio Decidendi (reasons for deciding) is the only binding part of a judge’s decision but how judges interpret this can vary thus changing the impact it can have on future decisions Other than ratio decidendi there
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A Class Divided was an experiment conducted by a third-grade teacher named Jane Elliot. When Martin Luther King Jr was shot‚ one day later Jane Elliot knew teaching her third-grade class that discrimination was wrong‚ wasn’t such an easy task but a difficult challenge since their parents raised them to believe discrimination of the blacks was the right thing to do. According to the video uploaded by Jshapplet‚ Jane Elliot stated on the first day of the experiment that: It just might be interesting
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For you‚ what is normal? After browsing lousily in the blog topics given and after three garbage drafts of different topics‚ at last‚ I found the one topic I really get to put my mind on. Actually‚ it interested me to write about this topic because this is one topic which a friend and I debated about. At that time‚ we had different views on how we say that a certain person is normal. I think everyone is just too normal and ordinary that everyone does different things
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