1st United States Congress

The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) expired in September 2015. The United States and African leaders explored the ways to improve the 14-year old legislation to make it more well-suited with the changing economic landscape in Africa. AGOA provides about 6,500 African products with preferential quota and duty-free access to the US market. The Act was renewed, enhanced and extended to 10 years by an act of Congress through AGOA Extension and Enhancement Act of 2015. However, the…

said to have been passed by an “opportunistic” congress who took advantage of public opinion at a time of declining popularity for President Nixon, who was embroiled in the turmoil of the Vietnam War, Watergate, and several other high profile political gaffs (Crook, J., 2012, p. 157). The end result was a piece of legislation intended to further check the executive branch’s power as commander-in-chief to commit US forces to hostilities by granting Congress a greater role in the process. However,…

convinced the government to create “an explicit statement of rights to secure the freedoms of the individuals and minorities for being violated by the federal government.” Henceforth the Bill of Rights was created in 1791, specifying in Amendment #1 that congress was not allowed to create any laws that limited the freedom of speech, or of the press, or prohibit the right of the people to assemble or petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The Sedition Act completely stripped the…

From watching the frontline documentary and reading the book, I think that interest groups have too much influence in American politics. Interest groups are seen to be everywhere in the nation and I believe that by them creating a great deal of controversy helps to create a division between the government and its people. Interest groups first objective is not political influence but simple survival, which helps to shape a group’s political activity. The issue that I see constantly arising is…

How does the Constitution guard against tyranny? Federalism in the Pursuance of the Constitution “Federalism isn’t about the states’ rights. It’s about dividing power to better protect individual liberty.”After the American Revolution, which lasted from 1775 to 1783, the newly freed United States of America wanted to created a framework for government that prevented anything resembling the reign of King George and Parliament. Although federalism was not directly mentioned in the…

the holocaust, adjured President Bill Clinton, along with his wife Hillary Clinton and a joint session of congress. Throughout the piece Wiesel stuck to a single theme with a grim determination born of experience: to constantly be aware of and fight evil. The speech reads as a piece of persuasion, dedicated to convincing both the legislative and executive branches of the United States’ government not to get comfortable in the relative peace that marked the Clinton years in the white…

legislative act by Congress meant to curb the military actions as directed under the president. The Act has great significance, and conflicts with Congress. The Act presents many problems. The War Powers Act is a legislative action that entails historical importance as well as determines the intentions of presidents who understand the law. War Powers Act What Is It The Wars Powers Act is a measure by congress passed in response to the Watergate scandal under president Nixon. The act states…

The Affordable Care Act decision could have been an expansion of the powers of the federal government under the Commerce Clause. Instead, Roberts sought to redefine the penalty as a tax, so to avoid defining it as a power under Congress power to regulate interstate commerce. Although I agree with Roberts reasoning so as not to uphold the law under the commerce clause, I also find the redefining of the individual mandate as a problematic precedent. However, I believe the greatest issues with the…

Colin Berger Ms. Maggert English III 08 December 2016 Americans Deserve Privacy The people of the United States are not getting the full privacy promised in the constitution. People such as Edward Snowden and Phil Zimmerman have uncovered government lies about the ongoing spy networks. We spend a majority of our lives on the internet, and have too much valuable information on there to leave it unprotected. The third party companies such as Apple are also part of the risk due to all the…

The average congressman brings home at least 170,000$ a year, but the US median income is only $52,000. The Government controls more than the public realizes and usually the biased advantage is inequitable, leaning in the Government's favor. The American nation is unaware of this huge salary gap. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins demonstrates what can develop when the government's rights become disproportionately greater than those of the people. Society today is working itself to death!…