However, the Court disregarded this argument and instead supported the notion of the individual mandate as a tax. The Commerce Clause was rejected as supporting the provisions of the ACA because it could be read as giving Congress the right to compel people to engage in commerce and "the court ruled that Congress can regulate existing interstate commercial activity, but it can't directly force people to enter into a market (by, say, requiring them to purchase health insurance)" (Plumer 2012)
The act attempts to enhance availability of affordable healthcare, to provide consumers with protections against discriminatory practices by health insurance companies in terms of underwriting and to reduce uncompensated healthcare using a comprehensive set of economic regulations and tax measures. In March of the same year, the president signed the Act into law, marking the most significant shift in healthcare policy since the establishment of Medicaid and Medicare in 1965 (Kamiat, 2012)
Opponents of the legislation argue that it is improper constitutionally. Others have similarly argued that is not only economically unnecessary but also politically questionable (Miller, 2012)
The differences in cultures, environments and traditions in the world mean that whatever one society may view as deviant may be the convention or the norm in another. Similarly, at the individual level, what one may view as deviant, another individual may not (Samara, 2012)
These constitutional models that dominated governance practices in the 18th Century differ from the normative democratic theory of Barker in Government. Barker's theory postulates that governance system must proceed through different stages including party, electorate, parliament, and cabinet (Barker, 1942)
In Federalist Papers no. 48-50, James Madison mourned that developing a government and a Constitution to oversee governmental powers is not an adequate protection against intrusions that result in tyrannical concentration of all governmental powers in the same individuals (Garrison, 2008)
In essence, a feeble executive contributes to feeble execution of governance-related processes and activities. Hamilton emphasized the need for a strong unitary president on the basis that energy in the executive is important towards safeguarding the community against external attacks and for strong administration of the laws (Hamilton-Federalist, 70)
Rational choice is one of the dominant and competing approaches or theories in democratic theory or norm. Generally, this concept or theory comprises analytical and empirical theory and entails analytical focus on the individual (Landwehr, 2005, p
As a result, he introduced a constitutional model that divided governmental powers between federal and state governments, three arms of national government, and separation of the Legislative Department into two i.e. House of Representatives and Senate (Madison-Federalist 47,48, 51)
As a result, he introduced a constitutional model that divided governmental powers between federal and state governments, three arms of national government, and separation of the Legislative Department into two i.e. House of Representatives and Senate (Madison-Federalist 47,48, 51)
homeland security department was a cabinet-level office established in the year 2003 by George Bush's government. One among the costliest and most poorly effected reorganizations in American history, the venture basically wasted several hundred billion dollars of government funds on meaningless, irrelevant government initiatives aimed at rewarding Congressional members who took the President's side (Pares, 2010)
Homeland Security / Constitutional Issues Civil Liberties: These are fundamental freedoms interpreted by policymakers and courts over the years or assured by the Constitutional Bill of Rights (Pearcy, 2003-2016)
executive branch endeavors to uproot the lives of innocent people privately, and this is how democracies perish. An end-2005 New York Times edition disclosed the fact that, in the year 2002, President George Bush had, in secret, authorized the NSA (National Security Agency) to wiretap emails and domestic telephone without the procurement of legally-necessary warrants (Rowen, 2000-2016)
Thought Crime: This refers to a case of controversial or unconventional thinking, which is regarded as socially unacceptable or as a crime (Oxford Dictionaries, 2016). Big Brother: A 'big brother' is an ever-present, apparently benevolent personage who represents the tyrannical control over the lives of individuals as exerted by a government of an authoritarian nature (Tuna, 2006)
He enlarged the nation's Navy and Army, allocated funds towards weaponry purchase, suspended the habeas corpus writ, and set up a blockade (which represents an act of war), all without the approval of the Congress. According to Lincoln, these actions were aimed at quelling the rebellion rather than declaring "civil war" (Williams, 2004)