American Government System Research Paper

I believe that one of the most powerful attributes of the America government system is democracy, defined as government by the people. As Americans we are able to exercise our governing power by electing officials into office who share our political values, which gives us the capacity to totally govern ourselves. The American political system has a balance of power, and is ruled with checks and balances. Checks and balances with separation of powers refers to the split of government responsibilities into distinct branches to limit any of the branches from exercising the core functions of another. This was put into place within American government so that there is not a concentration of power within any one branch. The legislative, judicial and executive branches of government work together to ensure that the will of the

As Americans, we do not have to turn to violent measures and chaos to express our displeasure with the government because we have the power to be heard through our vote. Examples of this power was shown when voters took Congress away from the Republicans in 2006; voted the Democratic Party into the White House in 2008; returned the House of Representatives back to the Republicans in 2010, and retained the Democratic Party in the White House in the 2012 elections. As an American, we have a voice and power, and we are able to use express that power by voting. An absolute monarchy government is a type of monarchy in which the monarch has absolute power over their people. An absolute monarch wields unrestricted political power over the sovereign state and its people. This type of government system is in place in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, the governments in these countries are headed by a monarch who typically received power hereditarily. Countries with absolute monarchies in place can learn from the United States and become more just, by embracing the idea that the will of the majority surpasses the divine right of the monarch