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If the society puts the power to make laws in the hands of one man, then it is a monarchy. A mixed government combines forms of any of the described governments.
4. According to Locke, what is the 'social contract'?
The social contract refers to the idea that people in a state of nature will willingly come together to form a state. People form a state to provide a neutral magistrate that can protect the lives, liberty, and property of the people of the state. Moreover, the power of the legislators are limited in the social contract, because their laws are only legitimate if they achieve a common good.
1. Read Federalist Papers #10, 51, and 78. Prepare a short summary of what they said.
Federalist paper #10 addressed the issue of faction. In it, Madison (the assumed author) suggested two ways to limit faction: removing the causes of faction or controlling its impact. Because it would impair liberty to remove the causes of faction, Madison believed that one could not remove the causes of faction in a free society. Therefore, Madison believed that one could only limit the impact of factions. He believed that factions were only dangerous when they were minority factions because minority factions could never gain power. Because it is impossible to prevent a...
Federalist # 51 was also presumably written by Madison. In it he discusses the separation of powers and a system of checks and balances to ensure that no branch of government can grow more powerful than any other branch. Federalist # 78 discusses the role of the judiciary under a government with separate powers. He believes that the judiciary was the weakest of the three branches, which would make it unlikely that the judiciary could overpower the other three branches, and that judges should therefore have life-long terms.
2. How might the anti-Federalists have responded?
The anti-Federalists might have responded to No. 10 by suggesting that members in a republic had to have the same interests in order to survive and that the vast size of territory involved as well as the diverse interests of the various states made a republican form of government impossible. The anti-Federalists might have responded to No. 51 by suggesting that three branches of government would create mutually independent sovereign agents, which
Suppose I was asked to donate money to "Citizens for Better Schools," what would I need to find out about the group first? The first thing would be find out if they are a bona fide public charity -- a 501 C3 -- and if they were, I would examine their bylaws and mission statement. Secondly, I would locate board members and examine public statements they have made and projects
The contact between the two groups is not always straight forward, and is often fought officially, through judicial practices, and unofficially, through dubious backstage arrangements and activities. However, there is also a legal manner through which interest groups have been given the right to influence political decisions and the laws voted upon. Lobbying is one such activity. Although lobbyists are the subject of heated debate, as many citizens consider them to
American Government Response Summarizing the Readings: In his article "Constitutional Democracy and Bureaucratic Power," Peter Woll discusses the administrative branch of the government and the various departments who are in control of the funds which keep federal and state governments working. The bureaucracy is a highly influential part of the government and has a degree of control over both the President and Congress with far fewer legal checks to their actions than
S. Constitution. The court ruled, "Proposition 8 served no purpose, and had no effect, other than to lessen the statutes and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California" (Dolan, 2012). Hence, the will of the people can become law through popular initiatives, but on the other hand, the argument can be made that if citizens object to the constitutional amendments enacted in any given state -- for any political
It was during the same period that hostilities with the communist leadership culminated into the bombing of Libya, loggerheads with the Soviet Union and a stiff arms race with the U.S.S.R. It is also significant to note that it was during the same time that he successfully engaged Mikhail Gorbachev who was then the Soviet General secretary and culminated into the signing of Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty that signaled
American Government How does a bill become a law? Please explain where bills originate and how they go through the process. Also include information about the role of interest groups and political parties in bill formation. Before a piece of legislation can become a law, the initial proposal, called a bill, must go through a process of debate and approval by both houses of the United States Congress. The initial step is