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The Legislative Branch is run by Congress, which includes the House of Representatives and the Senate. Its powers are making bills/laws, approve treaties, and impeach officials when necessary. Overall, the Legislative Branches tasks can be very complicated and, at times, can be one sided. A huge part of that has to do with representation in the House of representatives. The Legislative branch is majority white and it does not represent non-white people enough. Minorities need to be a bigger part of the Legislative Branch. Minorities have a lack of representation Just like with the seniority system. The seniority system discourages younger members of Congress and it ignores people's true abilities. Its main focus is who has served the longest. …show more content…

With problems with racism always occurring, the people who are mostly affected by it cannot be heard due to lack of representation. Minorities cannot be understood either, so the only options that congress has is either ignore the problem or make assumptions because the can only see the problem from their perspective not everyone else’s. There are a few ways that these problems can be solved. One is if people reached out to minorities and said they would like a bigger minority representation. Another is making minorities feel welcome in the House or Senate. Usually this problem is ignored or pushed away. People don’t talk about this issue enough and treat it like it’s okay. There have been lots of regulations and bills that have been made without the consent of Hispanics or Asians or African Americans or Native Americans. This country will be able to become a much better place if there is equal representation in the Legislative Branch. Congress needs more representation from minorities. Everyone’s input should be heard not just one race. Also minorities need to be understood rather than assuming what their problems are. Finally, the problems should resolved by accepting minorities rather than ignoring them as a whole. WIth this, our Country will blossom into what Americans want it to …show more content…

This Amendment wasn’t ratified until 1951, but Presidents had been serving two terms before this Amendment ever happened. Franklin D. Roosevelt sparked the Amendment by becoming the only President to serve more than two terms (he served four). Even though all but one President have served no more than two terms, the 22nd Amendment violates the concept of democracy by limiting people's choices on who they can vote for, not considering who is best fit for the position, and consistently placing people lacking experience in the front office. A democracy is where citizens elect representatives of their choice. With the 22nd Amendment in place, citizens have limitations on who they are allowed to elect. All presidents after Roosevelt were taken off of the ballot after serving their second term. “If the people wanted him to serve another term, why shouldn’t they be allowed to award him one?" (Jonathan Zimmerman). The American public deserves a free choice of who will be their President and an Amendment reduces people’s

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The legislative branch creates laws for the United States citizens to follow. The legislative branch has bicameral structure with the branch being made of the Senate and the House of Representatives. This branch is known as the people's branch due to the fact that the citizens of the U.S. elect each branch member. The members of each branch has a different term limit, the House of Representatives have a two year term limit and the Senate has a longer term of six years. The legislative branch has the control of the national budget.

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As of 2012, only fourteen percent of judges were Latino and what is even more disturbing is that only two percent are African American. Nevertheless, the percentage is small, and that has raised concern within minority groups that feel the "larger partisan judicial races make it difficult for minorities to get elected to judgeships, and that Texas judges do not reflect the diversity of the state." (Champagne & Harpham, 2013, p. 292) Ultimately, this will change over decades more and more, as minorities in Texas become the

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The separate powers from the 3 branches were established so that one branch is not too powerful than the other. The legislative branch is made up of congress which includes the senate and the house of representatives. The role of the legislative branch is to make necessary laws and proper laws that reflect the constitution. According to Article 1, section 1 “All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives”. This is showing what the legislative branch is made up of, and how it differs from what the other branches are composed of.

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Race has always been a source of discrimination and tension in this country. A current source of tensions is that mixed race people are not very well represented in the US Census. In the article " Census Racial Categories Aren't So Black and White" by Jill Cowan, she discusses the lack of options for mixed race people on the census. I agree that adding more options will not only improve the accuracy of the census but also be more inclusive of mixed race people.

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A Bumpy Ride on the Even Road: Still Separate and Unequal with Pluralistic and Two-tiered Pluralistic Society in the United States In order to illustrate the U.S. politics, especially in terms of racial and ethnic minority issues, many political models used as analytical tools to understand the political resources and opportunities of U.S. racial and ethnic groups in contemporary U.S. society had been proposed. Among these politically important models, two of the most fundamentally important are Pluralism and Two-tiered Pluralism (DeSipio, 2015: Week 2 Lectures; Shaw et. al., 2015).

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Term Limitation of Congress In America, it is a constant debate whether members of congress should be term-limited. Many people believe that the current members of congress have been in their position for too long and are subject to prejudices and old ideas. Although, the terms of house and senate should not be limited due to the fact that, the power to change a representative is in our hands as well as we, as a country, do not need a congress with little experience.

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The amendments are very important to the constitution and to the people that live in our country. The amendments also have other name that is mostly know better called the bill of rights. We have the freedom to religious and political freedom, and the right to bear arms, the right of quartering troops, the right to search and seizure, and the rights of accused persons, the right to a speedy ,public, the right to have a trial by jury in civil cases , the right of limits of fines and punishments , the rights of people , the right of powers of states and people.this are all the most important amendment of the constitution and all the

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As the Latino population of the United States continues to burgeon, so does its influence in all aspects of American society. The far-reaching influence of Latinos has exploded in the past few decades, with 17% of the U.S. population who identify as Latino controlling over $1.5 trillion USD in spending power. A section of society where Latino influence continues to rise is in the American political process and the formation of public policy. Latinos have managed to fill a vacant position in nearly every spot of government, culminating with a U.S. Latino holding a crucial stake in a fierce battle for the presidency. As Latinos continue to grow in size and influence, attention should be invested in promoting civic engagement and enhancing political representation of Latinos at all levels of government.

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