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- 1261: Gun Control: Overview
- ... problem arises with states not willing to accept this bill for some reason are using the 10th amendment to ignore the Brady Bill. The 10th amendment gives the powers, not given or prohibited by the constitution, to the states. It is a slim chance, if any, but some lawyers in these states are fighting the Brady Bill. Another restriction on the purchase and owner ship of guns is a mandatory permit ...
- 1262: Gun Control
- ... background check for gun buyers. However, more recently than now Republican-controlled Congress, with the backing of the NRA, has reignited that battle with plans to repeal the Brady Bill. The second amendment to the constitution guarantees Americans the right to keep and bear arms without government interference. gun control advocates seem ready and eager to disregard this right which is currently being exercised by 70 million Americans. (METSKA) I believe ...
- 1263: Government Funding for the Arts
- ... Institute, the National Gallery of Art, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (Janowitz 56). Dick Armey (R-Tex), the National House Speaker, says, "My own view of the matter is [that] the NEA offends the Constitution of the United States. My own view is [that] there is no constitutional authority for this agency to exist" (Janowitz 56). The only hope is with President Bill Clinton (D-Ark). Mr. Clinton calls for ...
- 1264: Canada's Institutional Landscape and The Government's Ignorance of Farmer's Needs
- ... the senate is an extremely arduous task. Senate reform would most likely have to follow the current amending formula of the seven-fifty rule. The seven-fifty rule declares that any amendments made to the constitution have the support of two-thirds of the provincial legislatures (seven, in the current Confederation) containing fifty percent of the population agreeing to the modification. The modifications would be difficult to achieve because the politicians ...
- 1265: The Triple E Senate of Canada
- ... which is elected rather than appointed would ensure that representatives were more responsive to the public. It would also give the Senate the authority to exercise the substantial powers given to it by the Canadian Constitution. Any political institution can obtain formal or legal powers, but if the public does not want them to use it, these powers may not be exercised. In addition, most Canadians have reservations about appointments to ...
- 1266: Time For Reform? Considering The Failures of The Electoral College
- ... at Risk," Policy Review, Winter 1993: 79-81 3 R. Gordon Hoxie, "Alexander Hamilton and the Electoral System Revisited," Presidential Studies Quarterly, v. 18 n. 4 p. 717-720 4 John F. McManus, "Let the Constitution Work," The New American, v. 8 n. 14 p. 19 5 William P. Hoar, "The Electoral College: How The Republic Chooses its President," New American, v. 8 n. 16 p. 23-28
- 1267: The Rise and Fall of McCarthyism: An Explanation Of How the Media Created and Then Destroyed Joseph McCarthy.
- ... delivered it didn't even mention McCarthy. James Reston described the actual statement of Eisenhower as a "note on the principals that should govern the relations between the legislature and the executive under the US Constitution." (Bayley, 1981, p.188) Willard Edwards of the Chicago Tribune said that; the American people had seen a kick in the groin, and they would not forget it. To Willard Edwards, this was the "day ...
- 1268: The Right To Keep And Bear Arms
- ... many shades of gray. At the one end of the spectrum you have the National Rifle Association (NRA) which currently views any type of gun control as an infraction against the Second Amendment of the Constitution ("What is the NRA" 1). At the other end of the spectrum you have groups like the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV) and Handgun Control, Inc. seek to make most firearms accessible only to ...
- 1269: The Press and Media Cause Rampant Swaying of the Election Votes Through Their Opinions and Reports
- ... support of major newspaper editors which was for sale (Cole 1993). Jackson's ideas of government were consistent with his character. He agreed that there should be three equal parts of a government, as the Constitution had decreed, but he insisted that he was the first among equals, as the popular voice responsible for policy. The press, of course, could change the "popular voice" very easily with lies, half-truths, and ...
- 1270: The Effect of Third Party Candidates in Presidental Elections
- ... party system is the most stable and efficient means of running a democratic nation as a mono-party system leads toward tyranny, and a multi-party system creates over- diversification and gridlock (Mazmanian 6). The Constitution of the United States does not in any way limit the structure of the political system to two parties. In fact, there has been no presidential election where there were only two candidates; however, third ...
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