Essays on Legislatures

Currently, the affordable Care Act is on the verge of being “repeal and replace”, this is with the consistency of turn of events after the inauguration of the Donald John Trump as the new presidents of the United State (Landman). However, the law is still intact and in force (ObamaCare Facts). It is worth to note, when president Trump assumed office he issued an executive order minimizing expenditure, regulations, and activities which are considered to be economic burden associated with the Act (National Conference of State Legislatures). This order gives States governments more power to initiate open free health ...

Capital punishment is one of the debatable forms of punishment in the United States. There are various views that have been raised in support and against capital punishment. Historically, capital punishment has existed for many decades. Reformist continue to support the use of alternative forms of crime. The capital punishment was inflicted in America to punish those who spied against the state and committed dangerous crimes. Also, the death penalty began to be used in the correctional facilities (Mandery, & Mandery, 2011). The legislatures inflicted capital punishment to reduce crimes in society. The legislatures believed that capital punishment was the ...

Why do Some Students Fail to Finish College in the U.S.?

Introduction

One of the major reasons why there are individuals who could not attend or finish college is poverty. In the United States, for example, poverty is the biggest hindrance to successfully completing college. Over the past several years, college tuition has increased dramatically. As compared to other primary goods, tuition fee increases almost twice as much while the average income of the majority remains almost the same. In just two decades, it has been observed that college tuition fees have increased by 500% while basic commodities increased only ...

Youths are not generally tried in adult court for the crimes that they commit. This is because most of the crimes committed by youths are not serious enough to justify incarcerating them alongside adult offenders. Most youths are tried in juvenile court and are sentenced to serve time in juvenile detention facilities if convicted. However, this does not apply to youths who are convicted of more serious crimes, such as murder. The age at which a person can be tried in adult versus juvenile court differs between states. In forty-one states the maximum age of a juvenile before being ...

Childhood obesity is a growing health concern with the National Conference of State Legislatures (2014) estimating that 31.7% of children and adolescents are either obese or overweight. Consequently, such a health concern has an impact on nursing. This is especially the case considering that obesity is associated with the patient being at a high risk of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and liver complications (Joshi, 2015). It is therefore important that policy imperatives be developed to tackle the problem. Some of primary areas of concern for a policy touching on childhood obesity include school nutrition, insurance coverage for affected ...

Chapter 3: The Case of Barr v. Goldberg

The answer to the question of whether the cases from New Jersey, Michigan, Oregon are precedent depends on whether the trial judge is sitting in a federal court in Nevada or a Nevada State court. If it is a federal court, then the Oregon case would most likely be precedent whereas the Michigan and New Jersey cases would be persuasive. The reason for this is that the court system at the federal level is in essences, the same court divided into 13 circuits or regions that span the whole country. In other words, all federal courts apply federal law, ...

Introduction

The Constitution Act of 1982, which introduced some of the most important changes to the Canadian Constitution since it came into force in 1867; has and continued to play a significant role in changing the framework of Canadian politics (CDOJ, 2016). These changes, on the whole, have had a substantially positive effect on the Canadian political community. In order to understand the benefits of Canadian constitutional reform on the political community, one must first understand how the Constitution had arranged, regulated, and influenced Canadian politics in the past. The Canadian Constitution of 1867 had a number of characteristics that ...

2016 is a general election year. One person will be chosen as the next president of the United States, and several others will be elected to the U.S Senate, and the U.S. House of Representatives. It is the first time in the history of the United States that a woman has been nominated for the highest office in the land. Many issues have come to the forefront of this election year, and several will be considered in the coming months by all states. Texas is no exception. This paper will explain the system of the Texas legislature, the issues ...

Communication in Social Networks

Abstract Everything in world undergoes its continuous changes. Though unknown is always frightening, it also affirms the beginning of something new and thrilling. The same can be said about the invention of social networking. In the midst of social media revolution such social networks as Facebook, Twitter and Skype have opened before their users an amazing world of opportunities and unlimited online communication. Knowledge and information could now be shared among various groups of people and even between different nationalities. People got the possibility to connect with the whole world and highly improve their communication skills. Although social networks ...

In the United States, apportionment describes the process of distributing seats in the House of Representatives among the 50 states. Each state is given seats according to its population as stated in the constitution. Every state must get at least one seat. Redistricting is a constitutional process that takes place every ten years where American districts of the state legislatures and U.S. House are redrawn. This occurs after the new population is announced by the U.S. Census Bureau. Some states lose some seats, others gain while others remain with the same number depending on the population change. Sometimes gerrymandering ...

Brief Summary

Argument strategies are the ways in which an individual presents his arguments or justifications. Even though some arguments are just mere deduction and generalizations that are based on the daily life experiences, people still need to be tactful while presenting these arguments. Furthermore, there are several argument strategies that people can put into practice while presenting their arguments or justifications. Nonetheless, a clear understanding of these argument strategies is likely to do an individual more good than evil. Individuals with such knowledge are likely to argue more clearly and effectively. Basically, there are four major argument strategies, that is, ...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) usually referred to Affordable Care Act (ACA) and nicknamed Obamacare is a U.S federal bill that was signed into law in March 2010 by President Barrack Obama, it is the latest healthcare transformation law that seeks to enhance quality and accessibility of healthcare services to all Americans (Ornstein, 2015). The PPACA empowers consumers to be in control of their own healthcare by giving them the flexibility of making well-versed choices concerning their health; this is provided for in the ACA under the Patient’s Bill of Rights (Levy, 2010).

Stakeholders in evolution of Affordable Care Act

Many stakeholders ...

Introduction

Although the legal system of the United States of America is one well-known in the world due to its extensive depiction by the media, basic familiarity of other legal systems, and, relevant aspects of international cooperation issues is an indispensable element of a law enforcement professional expertise. This research discusses the differences in substantive and procedural law, judicial review, policing systems and international police cooperation between the United States of America and the United States of America.

Substantive Law

Substantive law matters in the USA and the UAE are dramatically different. Thus, both civil and criminal substantive law provisions in the ...

Phase 3 – Behavioral and Environmental Diagnosis of Vaccinating Children

Vaccination among children is one of the most controversial issues in health care. There are both behavioral and environmental reasons in relation to parents’ decision to accept or decline the vaccination for their children. Using the phase three of precede-proceed model, this portion will provide further ecological assessment that will analyze such determinants of the parents’ decisions as well as the present policy factors that affects the implementation of vaccination for children. The emergence of different viruses call for the implementation of policies that will promote the vaccination of children ages between 1 and 5 years old. However, there ...

Segregation in the South during the 1960s And 1970s

Abstract Segregation in the south was mainly by race and resulted to distinctions with regards to income, education, residence, and employment. Segregation in the south brought forth the ancient and even recent societal and organizational segregation. Segregation took many forms including, gender segregation, residential segregation, employment segregation and even educational segregation among other types. Some actions which portrayed the highest degree of these segregation included Africans enslavement in huge plantations, involuntary blacks emigration, forced relocations to reserves, the internment of minorities including the Japanese Americans, setting up of immigrant enclaves and forced displacements among other actions which were inhumane. ...

Advantages and disadvantages of breastfeeding

Benefits of breastfeeding: It is the most useful product for normal growth and weight gain of baby Breast milk is the source of the immunity for the child, he rarely catches illnesses It is convenient for the mother because the milk is always with her; it is warm, fresh and ready for use around the clock

It is harder for the kid to become overweight

It is easy to calm a crying baby with the help of breast milk The baby vomits less (or doesn’t vomit at all) because smaller amount of air enters the stomach (Melissa Conrad, 2015). Disadvantages of breastfeeding: The breast may lose its ...

The Fair Sentencing Act

On August 3, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, for the first time in the History of the U.S (Grindle, 2010). This law was a response to the then claims of racial biases of the law in convicting drug dealers. This Act established new quantity thresholds, which were meant to trigger statutory mandatory minimum and maximum penalties for offenses related to cocaine. By so doing, this law amended the Controlled Substance Act and the controlled import and export of substance. This new law saw to it that the quantities of cocaine that ...

Judicial Philosophy, Activism and Restraint

Judicial philosophy is defined as the way a prosecutor or judge interprets and understands the law. The laws that are followed around the world are considered to be universal but some have reservations when it comes to certain cases under unique circumstances. In scenarios like this, the judge would investigate and determine the real meaning of the written law and find out the real intent of why it is written. There are two main types of philosophy which is essential in decision making – the judicial activism and judicial constraint (The American Prospect n.p). Judicial activism is very much in ...

The constitution emerged to create a structured society through the creation of a stable system of government and protection of individuals’ powers. It creates three branches of government with different responsibilities and mandates that complement each other in achieving the government objectives. The legislature has a responsibility of making laws, the executive implements the laws, while the judiciary undertakes their interpretation (Cox, 1987, p.42). The Constitution regulates the powers of these branches so that none is superior to the other, but rather work in harmony. It also outlines the powers of the federal government such as printing money, controlling ...

OVERVIEW

The Electoral College is a uniquely American system of electing the President and Vice President of the United States not unlike the “Roman Catholic Church of the College of Cardinals” that selects the Pope . In this system, voters do not directly vote for the candidate on the ballot, but vote for their candidate’s group of state Electors. This slate of electors is tasked with directly voting for their candidate in the Electoral College – one vote for the President and another for the Vice-President. There is typically a slate of party electors in each state, and depending on which ...

Women’s Reproductive rights in the US.

Uppal 1 Women’s Reproductive rights have always been the topic of debates. Sexual rights of an individual are the most important and sensitive human rights. Reproductive rights include the right to make free and informed decisions about human body and sexuality. Women’s Reproductive rights are not only limited to abortion rights. These rights include the right to express sexuality, individual sexuality and reproductive decisions, and freedom of reproductive health information, education and services. By this means, women should have full freedom to gain knowledge about her sexual health. Being a human, women should not be required to ...