Public Order

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This paper examines how it is time for a change of American government philosophy and how the Founding Fathers' glorification of governmental gridlock through checks and balances of legislative, executive, and judicial powers is no longer possible in today's changing world. It looks at how a more parliamentary-style system, where both legislature and executive come from similar branches may be, along with election and campaign financing reforms, necessary lest the American populace, which votes in fewer and fewer percentile numbers with every election, particularly young people, becomes entirely alienated from the American system.

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"The legislative branch is composed of the Senate and House of Representatives. The Senate, until the 20th century, was appointed by the state legislature and remains the more reflective and limited body of governance in terms of its responsiveness, in contrast to the House, which has always been composed of directly elected representatives from designated, gerrymandered electoral districts. The Senate was supposed to be the more deliberative body of the two legislative bodies, because it was smaller and less responsive to electoral whims, as senators were elected every six years, rather than every two years like members of the House of Representatives. Thus a structural balance between reasoned judgment of professional politicians and the populace was instituted early on in American ideology of balancing powers and checking the popular whims."

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