checks and balances

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Wowzer! We (Nation) Lost a Lot Today..

its-logos-plus-logic @flowerchilde (12529) • United States 28 Jun 12

We (the U.S.) lost a lot today, lots of protection.. the further blurring of the lines of our checks and balances, checking government power.. especially as the Supreme Court not only decides based on the constitution, as in times...

checks and balances

constitutional law

health insurance

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I've been thinking about this a lot lately..

its-logos-plus-logic @flowerchilde (12529) • United States 26 Apr 12

According to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed or elective, is...

balance of power

branches of government

checks and balances

thomas jefferson

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Does Obama Understand the Constitution?

AnjaP @Rollo1 (16676) • Boston, Massachusetts 4 Apr 12

For a "Constitutional scholar", President Obama seems to lack a true understanding of one of the most important governmental structures created by the Constitution: the system of "checks and balances". The point of creating the...

checks and balances

health care law

individual mandate

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Improving the political process

clrumfelt @clrumfelt (5597) • Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee 24 Sep 08

I think the political process is in a mess because legislation that would help our nation immensely often can't be passed. It won't be passed, not because it is bad legislation, but because bipartisan politics make it bad before...

checks and balances

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