Prior to the actual lesson which deals with the poem {\tql}Halifax blues{\tqr} by George Elliot Clarke and the eponymous city, the class is to be introduced firstly to Canada as a country. The teaching unit thereby chooses a top-down approach to the topic by looking at the overall aspects as for instance {\tql}Government{\tqr}, {\tql}Provinces and Territories{\tqr} and {\tql}People{\tqr} and then closing in on the capital city of the Province Nova Scotia, Halifax, and the poem that draws a gloomy picture of a night around the harbor of this city. During this lesson of getting introduced to Canada, the students are supposed to learn the following about Canada: Canada is the second largest country in the world and occupies, apart from Greenland, Alaska and the French islands of St-Pierre and Miquelon, the northern region of the North American Continent. Canada is divided into ten provinces and three territories, whereby the capital is Ottawa.…
The president is neither dismissible or appoint-able. He is a single headed executive. In the semi presidential system, the president exists along with a prime minister and a cabinet. The prime minister and the cabinet is responsible for the legislature of a state.…
The President of the United States of America has more duties than we think. In fact, the President wears seven hats, all of which are equally important. Five of the seven hats include Chief Executive, Chief of State, Chief Legislator, Commander-in-Chief, and Foreign-Policy Chief. All of these hats describe the President’s powers and jobs. These hats are divided into political, economic, and social branches.…
While the president is able to pass executive orders to change policy, these orders may be defunded by congress, counteracted by congressional legislation, or deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. In addition, although a president is able to veto legislation, if a president continually vetoes legislation, the public may not look on him/her favorably, which would impact their electability. These factors seem to limit the president’s power greatly; however, so long as the president’s executive order is not unconstitutional, the president still wields remarkable power, as Congress would need a majority opposition in order to defund the president’s executive order. Furthermore, many of the president’s constituents could be swayed if the president were to deliver a speech concerning the necessity of his executive order. The executive branch, being the largest branch in government, requires that the president divides his power among the vice president, department heads, and heads of independent agencies in order to accomplish all of the administration’s tasks.…
The Constitutional Convention was a very special event that shaped American history, it all started with one bright idea. After the Articles of Confederation, James Madison and others noticed that the central government created by the Articles of Confederation was weak and ineffective. So many famous political attended a convention to revise the Articles of Confederation. The convention was held at the State House of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in May through September of 1787. They created a strong central government still used today!…
Colonial freedom from Britain brought many political effects towards the United States. The Articles of Confederation provided a weak central government that politically hurt the nation . In addition, the establishment of the United States Constitution impacted the ways of the government and helped build a strong federal government. On the other hand, the president provided leadership to the nation’s government. Also, the separation of powers was created as the basic kind of government that equally distributed powers amongst different branches, so no branch could have more power than the other .…
To What Extent is an Increase in Presidential Power Justified? The United States of America has been built upon the provisions of checks and balances and federalism, the division of power between the three branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial. This form of government has been founded in 1776 when our founding fathers created the supreme law of our land, the United States Constitution. Power between these three branches has been intertwined together and no justification has been made for an increase in the executive power especially when it comes to the appointment, ordiance, and removal powers of the President.…
The “Texas constitution is one the of longest and oldest still in effect. The Alabama Constitution, although ratified 25 years after Texas' had been deemed the longest and most chaotic having been amended almost 800 times” (Ballotpedia, 2016). The Texas Constitution allows for some interesting differences in comparison to the United States Constitution. The one that will be focused on is the difference in the Executive Branch.…
The Executive Branch contains the President and his Cabinet. The President acts as Head of State, which is the Chief Representative of the United States. The Cabinet is appointed by the President and carries out the duties of the Executive office under the authority of the President. There are multiple government agency’s that the president appoints the heads of, including the CIA, EPA and many more, the President also appoints the head of over 50 independent government agencies.…
Many historians believe that the power of the President has decreased over time. This assumption usually results from the President’s inability to line item veto, or rejecting individual provisions of a bill. However, after much reevaluation, many other historians argue that the power of the president has increased over time because of his unique powers that he does not share with Congress. A key role model during this increase of power is Andrew Jackson, symbolizing the expandment of presidential authority due to his significant enlargement of the use of vetoes. Mandates, or official orders from the President to do something, also symbolize an independent expansion of presidential power.…
Executive authority typically falls in the hands of our nation’s leader, the president. That being said our constitution explains the responsibilities our president has to face. For example; the executive authority has to be sure the laws are carefully executed, this also give the Congress a chance to set some laws. A large piece of our government relies on our upper power, because this is such a huge piece to the puzzle there are still a few rules that the president and congress have to follow. For instance, if one feels our leader is not doing an appropriate job or has committed treason it is possible to impeach our upper power.…
First, in presidential systems, the president and elected assembly have competing claims to legitimacy. Both powers are popularly elected and claims to legitimately represent the aspirations of the people. If a majority of lawmakers favor policies that are in sharp…
Presidential Power Studies over the years have shown that presidential power has been on the rise. This happened despite the fact that the last eight presidents have left the office under a cloud. Almost every president’s approval ratings dropped by the end of their terms. This may be happening because the citizens of the United States don’t like the idea of a very powerful president. Yet many aspire to be the president because of the power they receive, since presidency is a unitary institution in the federal government and there is no collective action problem.…
Compared to the Presidential system, the Parliamentary system is more favourable to a healthy democracy. This essay will discuss the relationship between the Parliamentary and Presidential systems’ executive and legislative powers and the ways they differ from one another. Within the Parliamentary system, the executive and legislative powers are fused together to set and control the government (Mintz et al. 331-332).…
Congress is known to be powerful, but the face of the government is the President of the United States. However, the president roles of government are the commander-in-chief, head of state and leader of a political but one takes precedence over the other. The presidents are held to high standards, and the media do not help. In Article 2, it tells you what are the requirement for to become a President and what are the duties of the President.…