The Federal Trade Commission (FDC)

County Commissioner’s Court In each Texas county is a County Commissioner’s Court with four commissioners and a judge. The commissioners are voted on by the people in one of the four districts in the county. All the commissioners serve four-year terms, including the elected judge. 10.

A representative must be at least 25 years old, be a citizen for at least seven years, and live in the state they represent. Their term length is two years. Their job is to start laws that require people to pay taxes and decide for a government official should go on trial in front of the senate for committing a crime against the country. Members of congress are elected by direct popular vote from by the state or by the district. Among congress, there are ten leaders.

After interviewing Sergeant Tumlin, an interview was conducted with Mr. Paul Owens who was an employee at MUV Fitness Forest Acres for approximately five years. Mr. Owens was asked about the community’s political structure and if it is active politically. He responded stating Forest Acres has a city/municipality political system and is influential politically; making it one of the more established communities in Columbia. Also, he reported that the city council members and state legislators impact the community and makes many of the decisions for certain policies and laws enacted in the area and that these members are of Caucasian decent as well. Mr. Owens was then asked if he had any knowledge about zoning and coding enforcement; responding that the community has a strict Zoning

The United States Government formally recognizes over five hundred tribes within the fifty states. These recognized tribes are qualified for funding and other various services through grants and contracts with the government along with other sources. The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians represents one of the federally recognized tribes in the United States. Located in eight reservation communities throughout Mississippi, it consists of almost 10,000 registered members. Throughout the past couple of years, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians has faced several financial burdens regarding funding for the tribe.

1. How, specifically, is the process of attribution illustrated in this case? In the process of attribution, "individuals attempt to determine the causes behind other 's behaviors" (Greenberg, page 73) through the process of correspondent inferences where, a person is judged based upon his/ her 's "disposition, their traits and characteristics" (page 76). Safeway 's "Superior Service" had been in place for five years before they started enforcing it.

Per the United States Constitution Article One Section Seven, “Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States.” (archives.gov) When a law idea is proposed, it MUST go to Congress, which is comprised of two chambers, House of Representatives and the Senate. The House of Representative consists of 435 members, the Senate has 100 members, and they both have committees and subcommittees that works with specific matters, for example the Education and the Workforce Committee and the Higher Education and Workforce Training subcommittee. ("The Legislative Branch"; edworkforce.house.gov) Currently, the Senate has 20 committees, with 68 subcommittees, and the House has 23 committees, with 104 subcommittees; there are four joint committees.

Legislative Branch in my government is unicameral legislative which only consists of a House of Representatives. The House of Representative elected thirty-five members that are divided among the states that have to be elected every two years but you had to follow by guidelines which are: Have to be at least twenty-five years old Is a U.S. Citizen for at least seven years Has to be a resident of that represents that state The House of Representatives forms a Congress which the constitution allows the Congress to pass legislation and to declare war. The One thing that makes my legislation different is not having a senate which goes in depth of determination of the bills. The determination of the bills allows them to look very deep into what they think the bills should be like which makes the senate slows down the process of the bills.

Define representative democracy. (5 marks) A representative democracy is a system of government where the citizens vote for someone to represent them in government. These representatives should use their position to help pass laws that would be beneficial to the people. A good example of this is the United Kingdom where we elect 650 Members of Parliament every 5 years to represent the people, one MP for each constituency.

The author describes this as “Fitzgerald skillfully arranges the story’s action in six sections, alternating between summary and incident to cover a period of 18 years” (Flibbert). Fitzgerald made each section focus on a specific incident in Dexter’s life. Between the first and second section, 4 years passed by. Those 2 sections summarize only a five-year span of Dexter’s life. The first section focuses on when Dexter departed from his job and witnessed Judy Jones for the first time.

The Bahamas governor acts as the official representative for the queen. Their prime minister commands a majority in the House of Assembly, and the 39 members of the House are usually elected for a five-year term. The usual elections are called by the prime minister, and must be held at least every five years. The voting age is 18. For transportation and communication, most Bahamians own a car.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 's (PPACA) “individual mandate” is constitutional under Congress ' taxation power. After many months of debate and countless modifications, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was passed by a democratically controlled House and Senate. On March 23, 2010, the President signed the comprehensive reform into law and dozens of lawsuits were filed across the Country contesting the bill’s constitutionality. As of this writing, five lawsuits have been decided by the district courts – three have found the bill to be constitutional; in one lawsuit the judge ruled most of the bill constitutional but found the “individual insurance” mandate in violation of the Commerce Clause; in the last and largest of the suits to be decided the judge found the entire bill to be unconstitutional.

Another example of an interest group is the National Rifle Association (NRA). NRA is an American nonprofit organization which advocates for gun rights. The NRA is the oldest continuously operating civil rights organization in the United States. NRA was founded in 1871 and has directly lobbied for and against legislation since 1975. In May 2013 membership surpassed 5 million.

In 1987, Cuellar becomes a representative for the Texas State House of Representatives and stays in office until 2001. During this time, serves as the Texas delegate for the National Democratic Convention in 1992 as well as enrolls himself in the University of Texas at Austin where he received his PhD in Government in 1998 . He serves for Texas until he was appointed secretary of state for Texas in 2001. It is in 2005 that Cuellar is elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Ninth congress and serves for the next five terms in office where he still serves.

MBA625_FINAL PROJECT 1 November, 2015 Internal Analysis: Longhorn Industries, Inc. v. Widget Corporation Widget Corporation has recently received a summons for a suit brought by a customer in Texas. While seeking legal counsel, an internal analysis was conducted to better understand the potential legal issues with this case. This report provides that analysis, looking at the procedural and substantive aspects of this suit. Background Widget Corporation Located in California, Widget Corporation (“Widget”) is incorporated in Delaware, a state where more than half the Fortune 500 companies are incorporated. (Top 5 Reason to Incorporate in Delaware, 2007)

Seven justices are elected in a state wide election to serve ten year terms. The Wisconsin Supreme Court receives about 1000 petitions per year and, and they accept between one hundred and one hundred twenty cases each year. The Supreme Court also has administrative authority over the inferior courts of