Essays on Government

This report will examine the United States 56th quadrennial presidential election held in 2008. The 2008 race between Democratic Barack Obama and Republican John McCain for the White House ended on Tuesday 4th of November with Obama being elected president. The election became a major historical event since it led...

The actions of Officer Jones The actions that Officer Jones portrayed are unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment. The Fourth Amendment to the American Constitution sets the constraints on warrantless searches, stating that the rights of individuals to remain secured within their houses shall not be violated, and that no warrants shall...

Upon examining the court’s decision as it relates to cell phone searches incident to arrest, I agree with it. I understand that cell phones contain private information about individuals and they have the rights to hold such information. However, there are situations whereby, it is critical for the police to...

Democracy has always been a key to success of leadership in many leading countries globally. It refers to a rule of the people whereby their voice matters in every decision making in a country ("Democracy"). Since the beginning of humanity, laws, politics, and policies have always influenced the way of...

The Authority of a State The authority of any state is the body responsible for regulating and conducting affairs in the state. There are several factors that make an authority legitimate as they can also face opposition from the subordinates they rule over. Authority is responsible for maintaining law and order...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is located in Central Africa is the second-largest countries in the African Continent. Also, is has one of the highest population amounting to 78 million making it one of the most populated states in the world (The World Bank in DRC). The country attained independence...

The Issue of Government Accountability and Corruption The issue of government accountability and the plague of corruption are issues that should make citizens lose sleep at night. In a world where transparency, integrity, and answerability are key issues that politicians and other government officials in numerous positions are very vocal about,...

Many nations in our modern world are divided on the political movement they should adopt in order to remain relevant in modern politics. In different countries, nationalist and populist parties have secured positions in parliament at the local, regional and also the national level where they have gained popularity and...

Every government has a responsibility of protecting its citizens/country against external aggression. During wartime, the decisions that the presidents make determine the fate of their citizens in the war and periods after the war. In this respect and considering my position as the president of a country in war, my...

The world today is experiencing a myriad of political and social issues which cut across different spheres of the society. Therefore, political scientists have tried to come up and explain the causes of such events and provide solutions through the use of tools and techniques made available by political analysis. ...

Nuclear Program in North Korea Nuclear program in North Korea do not comprise of the instability’s main sources in the east Asian place and the peninsula of Korea but it also outlines and explains the potential risks brought about by the proliferation of nuclear. The two thousand and three initiated Six-Party...

This logic asserts that the citizens have the power to prevent the cost of war should they reckon it to be too high through the electoral influence over their sovereignty (Rosato 2003, p.587). Democracies have also established systems of “checks and balances” such as political competition, pluralism and executive selection...