Alexander Hamilton: The Weakest Branch Of Government

This of course is predicated on the belief that the public’s opinion will influence the actions of their representatives in Congress since representatives want to be reelected. In modern use, particularly with television and looser campaign finance regulations, Presidents now are more sending a message to party leadership or interest groups, letting them either take up the issue in Congress or mobilize the people. Of the powers a President has, the power of influence; especially in modern, media-driven society, is paramount. Although another aspect of Presidential power is the idea of executive privilege, or being able to keep all conversations the President has private. This is perhaps one of the more controversial powers given to the President because it begs the question of how a President can be held responsible if the people don’t know what they are doing?

“The president 's power is felt all over the world.” No nation is so remote from the U.S. that they can avoid the repercussions of American diplomacy. The president can abuse their powers and it will affect the U.S as well as other countries that associate with us. “The formal powers as listed in the Constitution say little about a modern president 's real power.” Modern presidents have way more power than was is listed in the constitution, they do not have to follow the guidelines completely like past presidents would have had to. Informal powers are granted to the president now, in order to “better the country.” The president is capable of hurting other countries with his powers and modern presidents have a lot of powers that are not specifically given in the

He speaks badly of Burr but says, ¨Mr. Jefferson is a man of fair character for probity.¨ This shows that despite how much he dislikes Jefferson`s political views and disagrees on almost everything with him, he would much rather see Jefferson win than see Burr win the election of 1800, which makes Burr seem very dishonorable in Hamilton`s eyes. Jefferson and Hamilton’s feud created the foundation of our political views and system. They both helped to form the factions that led to the dual party system under which the U.S. operates today. The rivalry between Jefferson and Hamilton led to the founding of two political parties, Democratic and Republic, which are still relevant to our political system.

The system may seem confusing or unnecessary, but its importance is revealed by the care taken by the Founding Fathers in designing the Electoral College, which was described in more detail and at greater length than any other issue addressed in the Constitution (Guelzo and Hulme). Despite this, many still call for a shift to a popular vote system for the presidential election; however, such a change would be a mistake. The Electoral College should not be abolished and replaced by a popular vote because it is necessary to uphold the structure of the United States government, to protect the interests of the whole nation, and to preserve the integrity of the presidential election. Opponents of the Electoral College frequently argue that the Electoral College is outdated to the point of becoming obsolete, that it contradicts America’s identity as a democracy, and that it gives too much power to states with a small population. Critics of the Electoral College condemn it as a relic of a bygone era.

There is no clear narrative from either of the seconds, Van Ness said that Hamilton fired first at Burr, Pendelton said that Hamilton being hit by Burr caused him to pull his trigger as an involuntary reaction (Ellis, 28-29). Both seconds gave an account which would make their mentor look better, but the public ignored any attempts to humanize Burr and instead dubbed Hamilton the martyr. Chapter Four of Founding Brothers detailed the events surrounding President George Washington’s Farewell Address, published in newspapers in 1796 (Ellis, 121). Washington was reluctant to take the position of president when he was asked in 1789, as was evidenced by the fact that he had already retired in 1783 from the military (Ellis, 134). He thought about voluntarily giving up the presidency in 1792, but with advice from his cabinet officers, he agreed to a second term (Ellis, 149).

The federalists formed in 1791 led by Alexander Hamilton, who were mainly New England merchants. They were for a strong central government, the newly written constitution, and the national bank. During the 1970s, the Federalists’ ideologies and beliefs were against the norms of society. The Federalist eventually collapsed and never held power again after 1801. Their opposing party was the Democratic-Republican Party led by Thomas Jefferson and former Anti-Federalists.

The Constitutional Convention was where the delegates from states met in 1787 to discuss how the Articles of Confederation were a weak form of government. The Constitutional Convention was held in Philadelphia from 1787 to 1789.The Constitutional Convention was held because they wanted to discuss the failures of the Articles of Confederation.The ideas from the past the writers then used to help create a better government for the United States, they called this government the Constitution. The Constitution is a document that was created in 1789 and written by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and other United States founding fathers. These United States founding fathers experienced Britain’s rule and had to live through it. They realized that some of Britain’s methods of ruling were ineffective, and that some methods were successful.

In 1787, years after the founding of the United States, the Constitutional Convention met to decide how the new nation would govern itself. The delegates understood that the need for a leader was necessary but still bitterly remembered how Britain abused of its power. The delegates agreed that the President and Vice President should be chosen informally and not based on the direct popular vote, thus gave birth to the Electoral College. The Electoral College is defined as “a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.” Since 1787 the Electoral College has been the system for voting in the United States, but with our nation ever more changing and growing it

For a globalizing world, people who favor the strong party government suggest that responsible parties are essential for problems such as global warming and terrorism. However, the advantage of party government cannot compensate its disadvantages. First and foremost, the nature of party government would increase the conflicts in American politics. The party government does represent the majority, meaning that there is potential for some minorities and interests groups are not properly represented. This would lead to further conflicts in politics.

How The Constitution Guards Against Tyranny The constitution, the american law. The constitution was made in Philadelphia in 1787 with the intent to replace the Articles of Confederation as the papers of american law. Because of the unfairness and the tyranny that the americans suffered at the hands of the british kings and rulers they set up the constitution in a way that certain writings would act as a guard against tyranny, an example of these guards are federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, bicameral. Tyranny is defined by James Madison as “ The accumulation of all powers … in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many (is) the very definition of tyranny.” The first guard against tyranny is Federalism, federalism is the shared powers between the central and state governments. According to what James Madison wrote in Federalist Paper #51 1788 federalism guards against tyranny because “,The different governments will each control each other, at the same time that each will be controlled by itself.” This quote means that because both the states and central government have powers they can control each other meaning the governments have the right to go against each other and control each other but they

Our national government has not always dad this much influence over matters concerning this country. Under the Articles of Confederation, power for the national government was vastly limited compared to the current central government today. The people who wrote the Articles where worried about a strong central government that would oppress them like the King did. In turn they came up with the Articles of Confederation which gave greater power to the states instead of the national government. Under the Us Constitution the central government know has more power than it did under the Articles of Confederation to stabilize the United States.

This had and still has a tremendous and significant impact on the United States because if not for it, the laws passed could not be declined or conferred further about, or in other words, struck down and reviewed. Our judicial system would be limited. The outcome of this case balanced the privileges and superiority of the three branches, specifically the judicial and executive

The 17th Amendment changed that by allowing Senators to be elected by popular vote from the state that they are representing. One of the most important power is given to the judicial branch; this is the power of judicial review, where a judge can rule over any law that seems to be unconstitutional, even if it is signed by Congress and the President. Dahl feels that the judiciary branch has repeatedly used its power over authority to change the Constitution. Therefore, the judicial branch can be also interpreted as an independent branch due to their strong use of passing limitations by the government. Federal and State Power became a very controversial debate which was limited more than the other.

When the United States of America began to fight the Revolutionary War in 1775, they would need a governing body to run the new country. However, seeing as they had just escaped from a tyrannical government under England, the Articles of Confederation gave the states a very large amount of power so that they would not have the same problem again. However, although this government gave many states what they wanted, it was not strong enough to run a country. So, when writing a new Constitution the founding fathers gave more power to the federal government than the states because of the former government. The Articles of Confederation had many things that it could not do, things that were needed in order to have a strong central government.

2 soldiers were guilty of manslaughter, but were later released after being branded The Seditious Committee of Correspondence British acts were not following through. King George III (1770) was attempting to assert the power of the British monarchy.. good man but bad ruler- surrounded himself with “yes men” (LORD NORTH) Townshend Acts failed to produce revenue & non importation acts were hurting the British Sam Adams organized the committees of correspondence (first in 1772, but later they were in 80 different towns) Function: spread resistance and British opposition Evolved in America’s first congresses Tea Brewing in Boston The dispute over tea taxes finally settled down, but then the British East India Company faced bankruptcy and had 17 million pounds of unsold