PRO Resolved: On balance, the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission is undemocratic. We affirm. To better the round, we clarify the following: First, the definition of “election process” ELECTIONS are based on three organizing concepts: equal respect, free choice, and popular sovereignty are the building blocks of fair and just elections. The democratic process should treat all citizens as free and equal persons. As applied to the electoral process this requires
September 2014 Police Corruption: How bad is it and how does it affect our perception of the United States legal system? The broad or basic dictionary definition of corruption is dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery ("Corruption |Usage Example Sentence, Pronunciation, Web Definition | Google Dictionary."). My definition of corruption is the same, but my definition of corruption in law enforcement is different. This is my definition of corruption in law enforcement;
billion in USD, or United States Dollar, and are actively building up their military power through both their own efforts and aid from the United States. Why then does Mexico have so much trouble with drug cartel forces, who are considerably less armed and populated with manpower? One of the biggest reasons is corruption. In 2015 the United States Army had refused to fund the Mexican Secretary of National Defense, or SEDENA, on counts of misconduct of human life and corruption (Attanasio, 2015),
There has been more than 25,000 people in the United States accused of corruption in the justice system during the past two years (Dincer and Johnson Para. 1) The American Justice system was given to us by our brilliant forefathers, but would they be proud of the way it is run today? They designed it to provide justice for the innocent and punish the guilty (Davidson Para.1). In today’s society that is greatly debated. Many child rapists and murderers get off with no punishment and many innocent
War: Defined by Corruption The following publication is rife with manipulation and corruption of Mexico 's highest regarded political positions and jurisdictions. Former Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado officially declared drug trafficking a national security threat in early 1988. The United Nations estimate that 70% of the drugs flowing into the United States comes directly from Mexican drug trafficking cartels. Mexican cartels rely heavily on bribes and corruption as a means to
Founders of the United States of America believed in providing the people of this great nation with a fair, and impartial judicial system. The basic rights of the people, which are listed in the Bill of Rights, needed to be respected and protected by the government. Abraham Lincoln once said “Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth”. Every part of the United States government has a duty to protect the people that gave the government power, and one
my experiences and the once reality of political life in Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. I have fond memories of my early teens which included going on family trips to my grandfather 's ranch in Puerto Penasco, a city at the northeastern part of the state of Sonora. I can remember the road trips from California through Arizona along the Mexican border to cover as much ground as possible on American soil to avoid the poor highway conditions crossing Baja California. Then once entering Sonora through
after such a long battle with corruption, and the hold it has inside the Bulgarian government, will Bulgaria ever become “normal” or are they stuck in an unending cycle of corruption? Before discussing this highly interesting topic, I would like to give some basic facts about Bulgaria. Bulgaria was emancipated by Russia after the end of WWII and subsequently the Bulgarian Communist Party came to power. The Communists converted Bulgaria into a new industrialist state with heavy emphasis on industry
These draw causal links between socio-economic rights and grand corruption, however, the reasons advanced here and in chapter six attempted to answer research question no 4. The lower status accorded to socio-economic rights in domestic legislations is reflected in the 1999 Nigeria Constitution where chapter II classify them as “Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principle of State Policy” rather than a “Fundamental Right”. However, as argued in chapter three of this thesis
acts, classified by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: bribery, embezzlement, theft, fraud, extortion, nepotism, favoritism, and clientelism. However, it is important to note that this is not an exhaustive list. Progressive development could enlarge this list to include other acts in the future. Since, bribery is frequently found and seen as “popular” among white-collar employees, like higher government officials, I am going to address to this kind of a corruption. Bribery perhaps is the