Examples Of Cultural Views Of Legislation

The events in the congress show who minority and majority groups are dividen even inside and outside the congress.

The Texas anti-abortion law has taken the country’s attention by storm. It is an issue on many different woman’s minds, especially those who live in the state of Texas. The new laws are forcing many woman to have to cross state lines in order to receive an abortion and medical care. This includes woman who needs abortions due to preexisting medical conditions and those who are carrying fetuses which are diseased and are expected not to be born as healthy babies. The Texas Governor Rick Perry and Senator Ted Cruz are leading the fight for the abortion laws to become permanent, laws that are considered the strictest abortion laws that this country has ever seen.

Ted Cruz has strong views on abortion. Americans tend to be more ambivalent. House of Representatives on Friday passed two abortion-related bills (Sept 2015) — one aimed at cutting federal funds to Planned Parenthood, the other at punishing doctors who fail to provide medical care to infants that survive abortion attempts.(Danielle Kurtzzleben)

I also found it interesting that he is a licensed pilot. Though he isn’t a Texas native, he has been very active around the community. However, his voting record on many issues in Texas are problematic. It is disturbing that he supported bills like HB 15. This bill requires women to view sonograms before getting an abortion SB 14 is another bill that is alarming to many Texans. The base of this bill would require ID verification when voting. Bills like these and several others restrict Texans ability to participate in the voting process, and the “Sonogram Bill” is just another useless and harmful hurdle that women must go through when making the difficult decision to have an abortion. My personal values to no align with those of Representative Frullo, therefore I would not vote to re-elect Rep. Frullo. Though he has done good in regards to combating abuse of children and strengthening law enforcement, his stance on social issues is a big red flag for

As a decorated combat veteran, having served 11 years, his stance on veterans and their health services upon returning from combat has a lot of credibility. Focusing on the care and future health of veterans in Texas as well as being critical of over medicating by the VA could earn him votes from the 64,000 veterans in this district. According to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs about a third of this population is 65+; meaning that they are more likely to vote but in order to GOTV they will need paid media, likely in the form of mail pieces and broadcast television.

“Texas Gov. Rick Perry has spent years on the political stage. During that time, not only has he consistently opposed LGBT equality, but he’s used his opposition to LGBT rights as a campaign issue against other candidates.” “Perry supported a ballot measure to ban same-sex marriage in Texas, supports a federal constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage nationwide, and has attacked judges who have ruled against same-sex marriage bans. He even defied a Department of Defense rule that would have granted LGBT service members access to domestic partner benefits.” Living with a governor for 15 years that has been so adamant against the equality of same sex relationships, how can our state change for the better? Even our current governor, Greg Abott is against same sex marriage. He believes the ruling goes against the religious beliefs of Texans and has been against it since it was passed. “The Supreme Court has abandoned its role as an impartial judicial arbiter and has become an unelected nine-member legislature. Five Justices on the Supreme Court have imposed on the entire country their personal views on an issue that the Constitution and the Court’s previous decisions reserve to the people of the States. Despite the Supreme Court’s rulings, Texans’ fundamental right to religious liberty remains protected. No Texan is required by the Supreme Court’s decision to act contrary to his or her religious beliefs regarding marriage. The Texas Constitution guarantees that no human authority ought, in any case whatsoever, to control or interfere with the rights of conscience in matters of religion. The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees the free exercise of religion; and the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act, combined with the newly enacted Pastor Protection Act, provide robust legal protections to Texans whose faith commands them to adhere

All members of the Texas state legislature should have one common motive. That is, to represent the citizens of their state. Champagne et. al. states that “…members…are responsible for bringing the interests and concerns of their constituencies directly into the democratic political processes” (2017, p.211). In order to effectively do so, a member of the Texas House will represent roughly 168,000 citizens while a senator may represent more than 811,000 constituents (Champagne et al., 2017,

The topic of race, redistricting, and minority representation in Congress has emerged as one of the most salient issues in contemporary political thought. The creation of so‑called majority minority districts has been attacked as unfair and racially polarizing by some observers and ultimately struck down as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. The study of race in relation to American politics and institutions, and, in particular, to the institution of Congress, has produced a wealth of research and literature in recent years. This scope of budding research ranges from legislative activity and Congressional voting to the electoral process and campaigning. This study examines the effects of

The public officials representing Michigan are a diverse group of people. Prior to completing the Michigan Officials journals I thought majority of Michigan officials were Caucasian wealthy republican men. My research for the public official journals allowed me to see that wasn’t the case. Throughout my research I’ve learned about different positions of U.S and Michigan government and how each role works together to create a successful government.

Still, liberal feminists assure that banning SSA will not get rid of it, as has been argued in the U.S. regarding abortions in general. With such a tremendous amount of societal pressure to have boys, women will continue to find ways to have SSA; however, they will be forced to seek out unregulated practitioners who provide riskier services (Moazam 216). Again, this will cause harm to the very people that the laws aim at protecting, and without even stopping the actual practice of SSA. Even some in favor of legally banning SSA admit that current laws aimed at combatting the missing girls phenomenon must be questioned. For example, Rogers et al. admitted in 2007 that the laws banning infanticide, abandonment, and neglect of female children in China and India, though they may have slowed down the practice, “do not appear to be effective in stopping SSA” (523). For liberal feminists, the protection of women from unsafe medical procedures that will undoubtedly occur with SSA bans is essential. However, a ban will still symbolically take a stance against gendered discrimination even if SSA still occurs at some level. Moreover, additional action can be taken to ensure women’s safety. Shelters and health care provided for women being forced to consider backdoor SSA by those around them could provide a form of escape from this seemingly inevitable “choice”. Support for women affected by domestic violence would also help to

No, Governor Quinby was not correct when he stated that Lieutenant Governor Smithers did not have the power to assign the abortion bill to the Health and Safety Committee. The Lt. Gov. has the complete authority in deciding which bill is assigned to which committee because he is the President of the Senate. In the text it says that “by not accepting his committee recommendation he was abdicating his LT. Gov. responsibilities,” however, that is not true because his responsibility as the president of the senate is to assign bills to the committee who he sees best fit. It also states that the LT. Gov. thought that the bill imposed the Governor’s religious beliefs on the people of Texas therefore he thought that the bill was not something he wanted to pass. He assigned it to the Health and Safety committee so that the bill would not pass and that is okay because he has the power to do so.

This week’s topic of California becoming such a diverse powerhouse in the U.S and also how California being such a diverse state plays an important role in the U.S. government”. California is a hybrid democracy which means there are two types of democracies within California’s government. Representative means that we elect of political officials that best represents our interests. This also happens on a federal level which is why we have various elections throughout the years that allows us to vote for who we want in Congress, also on who we want to be our president. Direct Democracy gives power to the people in California allowing us to have a voice in how we want to see our state government run California (The Basics, 3:33). These two democracies

Now for Senator Royce West, he is an African American who has been serving the constituents of District 23 since 1993. His preference in religion is Baptist and he is an active deacon of Good Street Baptist Church in Dallas, Tx. In our District, the different cultures that are scattered around tend to stick to their same kind of people and culture the neighborhood has; for example, a Hispanic family tends to look for a home near people of their same cultural background, Why? Because they share the same values and traditions as them. I see this both as an advantage and disadvantage because it is nice to have other people you can understand each other with, but not everyone is coming together and finding common ground among them. Mostly, different races do not really interact with each other, so this makes it hard to solve problems within their neighborhoods, problems such as crime, poor education, poverty and more. To solve this issue there needs to be more involvement in the community, such as organizing meetings in the neighborhoods to discuss problems that need to be

In 1971, Jordan entered the race for the Texas congressional seat encompassing downtown Houston. The district had been redrawn after the 1970 census and was composed of a predominately African-American and Hispanic-American population. In 1972 Jordan was elected to the u.s. house of representatives. During that time, she was set to help the lives of minorities, the poor, and disenfranchised and also bill that expand worker’s compensation

American society is becoming increasingly culturally diverse. The 2010 Census indicates that the racial and ethnic makeup