Political Science paper samples

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Federalist Paper #15

In the article in question, Alexander Hamilton presents his views concerning the nature and purpose of the Union. He asserts that the powers of states should be abridged in favor of the federal government in order to ensure observance of existing laws by local aut... read more

The U.S. Congress is the chief legislative body of the United States, the bicameral legislature of the U.S. federal government. It comprises the Senate, and the House of Representatives - the upper and lower houses, respectively. The 535 voting Members of Congress hold meetings in the Capitol in Washington, D.C. The powers of Congress are stated by A... read more

Merchant of Venice is one of the most famous works by William Shakespeare. It represents Shylock as the antagonist, who is a wealthy moneylender. Shylock is considered by many critiques as the most memorable character of the play and his characterization is the main reason for that.

It is necessary to pay attention to the fact that Shylock might be viewed both as a villain, and ... read more

Health Care Reform

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Introduction/Thesis: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed by President Obama on March 23 in 2010 has both supporters and opponents (Ryan, n. d.). The battle over the necessity of the law and the tax imposed by the law on those Americans who refuse to buy (or simply cannot buy) one of health insurance plans (The Patient P... read more

Are California voters different from the rest of the country?

The state of California is the third biggest American state after Alaska and Texas (Lawrence, 2012). It also has a larger population than other US states (over 35 million), which is why it has the biggest number of districts (53); as a result California’s influence upo... read more

This Monday teachers of Chicago participated in a sudden strike, which left 350,000 children with no classes. Conditions of work of teachers, which are quite tensed nowadays, became the main reason of the strike.

This strike is the first one for the last 25 years. It revealed the rift which exists between various unions and it led ... read more

Nowadays judicial activism is a popular term. However, its exact meaning remains unclear for scholars and for general public. In general judicial activism can be understood as a practice by judges to outlaw policy options for governmental officials when there is no clear prohibition of such options (Kmiec, 2004). Judicial activism can be also seen as a practice of invalidation of judicial en... read more

One of the most important external factors of the situation in the Central Asia is the policy of the United States of America, the increasing role of which in the region is directly connected with a steady tendency of strengthening of their influence on the processes of formation of the modern international relations as a whole. The United States aspire to keep and strengthen the global lead... read more

A bill is the text of the law offered to the adoption and prepared for the introduction into the legislative body or referendum. The process of a bill preparation includes the decision-making on its development, text development, discussion and completion of an original project, its coordination with all the interested bodies and organizations. After the completion of preparation a bill is s... read more

The American federalism was never simply a set of the stiffened rules fixed in the American Constitution. The American federalism is a dynamic multidimensional process in which it is possible to single out not only the constitutional aspects, but also economic, administrative and political. It especially belongs to the modern period of the development of the American government.

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