Today the office of the United States President is considered the most powerful elected position in the world. Unfortunately it was not always so powerful. In 1789 the United State was a nation of only four million people. It had a new and untried government and also it had an agricultural econom...

Within the last decade, the Office of the President of the United States Federal Government, part of the triad of the Executive, Legislative (US Congress) and Judicial (the Supreme Court) branches, has come under fire, due to the views of some Americans who consider the Executive branch to be far le...

Joe Bertholf Brazil was discovered in 1500 by a Portuguese navigator named Pedro Alvares Cabral. The territory was named after the dye wood trees found there. In 1822 Brazil declared its independence from Portugal. In 1890 the Emperor was overthrown and the First Republic was established. In 19...

The founding fathers framed the United States Constitution to protect the weak from the strong, and to guarantee fairness, liberty, and equality to all. In doing so they would avoid a centralized, tyrannical authority that could infringe on individual human rights. It formed three branches of gover...

The process by which the United States follows according to the election of the commander in chief – the president, is systematically implemented according to an official infrastructure of dynamics that are dictated by an array of sub-systems that are essentially of the people and by the peop...

I am the President of the United States, the figurehead of the American people, all decisions go through me, I answer to none other than God, except maybe the senate, the house, and the American people. I am the leader of the greatest country known to man, that has, over a two centuries, cast off...

The United States Supreme Court, the highest federal court, is made up of nine judges. The judges are nominated by the President, confirmed by the Senate and appointed for life. The Court reviews decisions made by lower courts and its decisions are final after a majority vote. Recently, the Supreme...

Andrew Jackson is widely regarded as one of the most popular Presidents in United States history. While his Presidency was certainly well-intentioned, Jackson's negative aspects have lasted longer than many of his positive ones. Considering all aspects of the administration, Jackson's years in off...

Amendment 2: The second amendment gave the people the right to own an "arm" for protection of themselves and their country. Amendment 3 : The third amendment says that soldiers are not allowed to stay at a citizen's residents without the owner's consent. Amendment 4...

The issue of same sex marriage has been lingering for a while. Until recently, the President of the United States endorsed a constitutional amendment that would restrict the marriage of two people of the same sex. Yet the possibility that civil unions, which is basically a non-legal marriage...

The Preamble to the Constitution contains powerful language that is the bedrock of American political tradition. The opening line: "We the People of the United States" proclaims that the states remain in a unity and that they are not independent of one another. With these words the loose c...

During both the civil war and civil war reconstruction time periods, there were many changes going on in the Union. The Emancipation Proclamation, as well as legislation such as the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments, was causing a new awakening of democracy; while the renou...

There has never been a President of the United States that has been removed from office. However, there have been Presidents that have been impeached. Impeachment is when Congress and the Supreme Court exercise what the Constitution calls "Checks and Balances." Contrary to popular belief, impeachm...

Rule of Law is a very important value to the United States. The Core Democratic Value of Rule of Law states that everyone, including government officials must follow and obey the law. This includes the President, Senators, normal citizens and other important officials. Rule of Law is on the minds of...

"The land of Freedom, Equality, and opportunities," is what is known to the world about the United States of America from the beginning of its origin. Here people from all around the world come for higher education, for better living, and seeking more opportunities. Each people in this co...

Every four years, on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, millions of American citizens go to their local voting booths and cast their vote for the next president and vice president, as well as other officials, of the United States. The votes are counted and recorded, and a winner is an...

Jefferon and his people had become a political group that favored the adoption by the states of the Constitution The Federalists were conservatives; they favored a strong centralized government, encouragement of industries, attention to the needs of the great merchants and landowners, and establ...

Following the American Revolution, the United States were stuck in quite an undesirable situation. The situation was that they did not have a government to live or grow under. This problem was readily and quickly solved though with the creation of the Articles of Confederation. For nearly ten yea...

Dr. Strangelove (How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb,? (Colombia Pictures 1964) Director: Stanley Kubric Cast: Peter Gellers, George C. Scott This movie's story takes place in the sixties in the present time in which it was made. The story begins when a United States Army General...

The Articles of Confederation were drafted by John Dickerson in 1776 and were submitted to the states for ratification in November 1777. The Articles were not ratified until March of 1781 since it was required that all states ratify the document. Many states had problems with the Articles and throug...

James Madison was the fourth president of the United States, he was also one of its founding fathers. In his political career he worked for American independence and helped to establish the government of the new nation. He was secretary of state, and finally president. James Madison was born in ...

James Madison was the fourth president of the United States, he was also one of its founding fathers. In his political career he worked for American independence and helped to establish the government of the new nation. He was secretary of state, and finally president. James Madison was born in ...

A momentous chapter in American history is the story of the making and ratifying of the Constitution of the United States. The challenge before the Constitutional Convention was to draft a document that would harness political power in a responsible fashion. The direction of the young country&apo...

Guardians of Freedom? The first and truest ideals of democracy were embodied in the political ideas of Andrew Jackson and the Jacksonian democrats. Calling themselves the guardians of the United States Constitution, the Jacksonian politicians engendered wide spread liberty under a governm...

Powers and Limitations of the Executive Needless to say, the executive branch of our government is historically and presently a key role in our approach to an envisioned perfection of democracy. The executive has such a substantial effect in nearly every aspect of our political and economical...