Abstract
This paper compares and contrasts the executive branch of government at the federal and state level -- i.e. the presidency and the governorship. The paper studies how both use the budget as a tool. The paper investigates the principles set forth in the U.S. Constitution regarding the Executive branch, specifically the powers of the U.S. President, such as the role of Commander in Chief. The paper also looks at the broad scope of activity of governors at the state level.

Tags:governor, president, executive branch, states, federal government

Abstract
This paper discusses how the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas, reveals the bad logic and belief system of both govenment officials and the media, in addition to David Koresh.

From the Paper
"On Sunday, February ..., dozens of agents of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) approached the Mount Carmel commune to execute a warrant for its leader, David Koresh. Within seconds, the confrontation had erupted in a hail of gunfire. When the shooting finally ended, four ATF agents and several Branch Davidians were dead. What followed was a day standoff that captured the attention of the world. (Holgersson) And so did the world wait on events in the saga of Waco. From..."

Tags:Branch Davidians, Waco, Logic

Abstract
This paper explores the three branches of the US federal government: legislative branch, the judicial branch and the presidential branch. Specifically, the paper looks at how this system is balanced and controlled as well as the very beginnings of the government we know today.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Three Branches of the U.S. Federal Government
The Interactions of the Three Branches of Government
The Success or Lack Thereof of the Three Branches of Government
The Choice of Strong Federal Government or State Rights?
A More Efficient Government
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Our forefathers wanted to ensure that if one specific branch of government overstepped its bounds or was not operating properly that it wouldn't be able to execute its plans without the agreement of the other two branches of government. These branches were a stark difference from the all-powering rule the people had experienced under the rule of Great Britain. The government the U.S. had established was of the people, by the people and for the people and not an inherited title down an immensely long line of royal lineage."

Tags:utopian self-regulation values, decision-making power, state

Abstract
The structure of the judiciary branch of the government in the United States and the United Kingdom are quite different. The paper points out that textbooks in relation to the American government and politics pay substantial attention to the role of the judiciary; while many textbooks on the government and politics of the United Kingdom have virtually ignored the role of judges in Britain. The purpose of this work is to research and examine the lack of information and attention to the role and function of the judicial branch of the British government and to compare and contrast the judicial branches of the U.S. and the United Kingdom.
Statement of Thesis
Introduction
I. The Legislative and Judicial Branch in the U.S. versus the U.K.
A. The United States
B. Great Britain
Summary and Conclusion

From the Paper
"It is common knowledge that the Constitution of the United States is preserved very studiously in a vault that is lowered into an airtight and secure chamber each evening. The United States Constitution in its written form is a treasured patriotic document symbolically as well as in substance as it states the premises on which America was declared to be independent and free of the sovereignty of the Crown as well as stating other inalienable rights that are held to be sacred by Americans who are patriotic and love the United States. There is a pronounced difference in the form of the U.S. and British Constitution in that the British constitution is not preserved in written form as is the constitution of the United States. Instead it is formed by statute in part, by law in part, by convention in part, and can be altered by general agreement for the creation, variation or abolishing of a convention and finally may be changed. Finally the constitution may go through changes or alterations due to an Act of Parliament. Although the sections of the government in the United Kingdom can often be observed overlapping one another each part of the government has a specific role to fulfill."

Tags:parliament, england, america

Abstract
The paper discusses how the United States Constitution mandates that each of the three branches of the federal government exists in order to provide a constitutional check on the powers of the other two branches. The paper describes how Congress has express and implied powers, as does the chief executive and the judiciary, and these respective powers are intended to serve as checks and balances in order to prevent any one branch of government from abusing its power.

From the Paper
"The United States Constitution mandates that each of the three branches of the federal government exists in order to provide a constitutional check on the powers of the other two branches. Congress has express and implied powers, as does the chief executive and the judiciary, and these respective powers are intended to serve as checks and balances in order to prevent any one branch of government from abusing its power. Congress has the power to declare war, regulate interstate commerce,..."

Tags:american, government, powers

Abstract
The paper explains that when comparing the executive branch of the US government and the executive branch of the German government, it is essential to keep in mind that the essential difference between the two relates to the fact that the US political system follows the presidential model, while the German political system follows the parliamentary model. The paper shows how this essential difference is the source of the differences we find in the two countrys' executive branches.

From the Paper
"When comparing the Executive Branch of the US Government and the Executive Branch of the German Government, it is essential to keep in mind that the essential difference between the two relates to the fact that the US political system follows the presidential model, while the German political system follows the parliamentary model. This essential difference is the source of the differences we find in the two country's executive branches. As we will see, it is difficult to say which system is "better" - both have their own advantages and proponents. However, as will..."

Tags:parliamentary, presidential, executive

Abstract
This paper takes a look at the events leading up to the standoff between the FBI and the Branch Davidians and the ensuing confrontation. The paper also describes the crimes the Branch Davidian's were suspected of committing that gave the FBI the authority to go after the Branch Davidians, the aftermath of the confrontation and the criticisms leveled at the FBI for the way they handled the entire episode.

Introduction
The Immediate History
The Crime
The Confrontation
Aftermath
Excesses

From the Paper
"On April 19th, 1993, the standoff between the FBI and associated agencies and the Branch Davidians, in their compound and led by their religious head David Koresh, cam to end when the wooden compound containing the Branch Davidians burned to the ground in a spectacular fire. 72 men, women and children died in the confrontation that had started the previous February 28th (Barrie-Anthony, 2002). Since then, a continuing debate considers whether the government, especially as represented by the FBI and AFT (the Department of Alcohol, Firearms and Tobacco) used excessive force: whether the situation could have possibly ended without such tremendous loss of life, which included over 20 children (Stone, 1993). The subject is a difficult one to sort out because the events are so recent and so emotional that it is hard to find reports of the incident that have been presented in an unbiased way (Ramsland, 2005)."

Tags:david, koresh, charismatic, religious, leader, group, followers, waco, religion, stockpiling, supplies

Abstract
This paper describes the structure of the three branches of the federal government as defined by the framers of the U.S. Constitution. Starting with the upholding of the Supreme Court case "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas", the paper traces the battle for civil rights changes through the courts, the strong direction of the executive especially Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and the eventual passage of the Civil Rights Act by the legislative branch of government. The paper concludes that this act of Congress brought the civil rights issue in line with the ambitions of the judiciary and the executive branch.

From the Paper
"Upon Kennedy's assassination in 1963, his vice-president and the formerly powerful Senate, Lyndon Baines Johnson demonstrated the way in which the two branches sometimes interact. In this case, he used his influence and power to apply pressure upon representatives to pass the bill. This dynamic, in fact, is perhaps most uniquely indicative of the way the branches interact with one another. Based upon the perception that a precedent had been established by the judicial branch in its striking down of any rationale for segregation, the executive branch, channeled through very different but equally instrumental personalities in Kennedy and Johnson."

Tags:structure inequality compromise, public mandate, collective interaction

Abstract
This paper briefly describes the 1993 raid carried out by the FBI on the Branch Davidian complex in Waco, Texas and then discusses the legal suit brought against the U.S. government by family and friends of the Branch Davidian members as a result of the raid. The paper explains that the suit filed against the FBI accused them of acting recklessly and thereby endangering the lives of the people on the Davidian complex. The paper describes the legal issues brought up in the trial, developments in the trial and the final decision that cleared the FBI agents.

From the Paper
"In 1994, more than 200 family and friends of the men and women killed in the 1993 fire filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. government in the order of $100 million dollars. The plaintiffs claimed that the fires which killed the cult followers were the result of the careless and unprofessional actions of federal agents. The plaintiffs also claimed that when FBI and other agents fired pyrotechnic tear gas into the building, several of the canisters ignited, sparking the fires that killed everyone inside, and that the FBI later blocked fire trucks from the scene. Lawyers who represented various families of the dead alleged that the FBI conduct showed a "reckless disregard for life.""

Tags:leader, david, koresh, weapons, charges, gunfight, erupted, killing, agents, bureau, of, alcohol, tobacco, and, firearms, surrender, standoff, cult, followers, siege

Abstract
This paper examines the changes that have occurred in the judicial branch of the American government over the decades. It argues that under Chief Justice Marshall, the Supreme Court further established its powers using the ultimate power of the U.S. Constitution. It shows that by striving to interpret the Constitution in a broader sense, Marshall strengthened and used judicial review in his landmark cases and, most importantly, created the powerful third branch of the government that the United States maintains to this day.

From the Paper
"Today, the United States judicial branch has become equally powerful as the executive and the legislative branches of the American government. Still, according to Charles Hoffer, today the people of the United States "take for granted the tremendous power of the Supreme Court to interpret our laws and overrule any conflict found in the Constitution," (Hoffer 3). In order to achieve the judiciary power the United States holds today, one man in particular, Chief Justice John Marshall, interpreted the Constitution in his particular manner constructing monumental decisions in a series of court cases that centralized around the concept of judicial review. Through these landmark cases, Marshall established a body of property rights that provided "a constitutional foundation for the subsequent economic growth of the United States," (Blum 206). Armed with judicial review, Marshall elevated the power of the judiciary by establishing the Supreme Court as the law of the land and as the final interpreter of the Constitution while he fought as an advocate to "free business from the restraints of state and local governments, to enhance the federal role in interstate commerce, and to thereby help construct an open, vital, national economy," (Greenberg 65)."

Tags:business, cases, constitution, court, economy, government, judicial, judiciary, marshall, national, political, politics, ruling