Ralph Nader: An American Political Activist

young boy when he started working as a clerk in a telegraph company. He then worked for the

republican machines, he was ill fitted to end the system of whereby federal jobs were distributed

The presidential election of 2000 is the most controversial election in US history and led to a Supreme Court case between the two candidates, George W. Bush and Al Gore. Bush v. Gore has forever tainted the election and the integrity of the Supreme Court.

life in the US since before he had gained entry into Fisk University, his first attended college.

Third party candidates have the potential to play a significant role in influencing the outcome of elections. In 2000, Ralph Nader, the green party candidate for President, was said to have handed the election to George W. Bush after he received 97,488 votes in the swing state of Florida (Baughman). Ralph Nader was accused of taking votes away from Al Gore, evidently costing him the election. Most recently, third party candidate Gary Johnson was accused of swinging the election in Hillary Clinton’s favor when he received 9% of the popular vote in the state of New Mexico.

People went to bed one night thinking that Gore had won, but when they woke up they found out that bush had won with Florida’s twenty-five electoral votes. It happened on November 7, 2000. Bush charged that the recounts in Florida broke the rules of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. A 7-2 majority ruled that the Florida recount was being conducted unconstitutionally. The case was covered in controversy as the Majority versus minority opinion on the redress was split along the lines of the more reactionary justices voting in favor of Bush and the more liberal justices voting in favor of Gore. The minority disunity noted these issues and other including the principle of equality and

worked driving a grocery wagon at the age thirteen to help support his family. He had eight

but spent several years reading and studying law. At the age of 20 he was admitted to the bar.

other jobs such as janitor,fry cook,and field hand. He learned his work ethic at a young age from his grandmother these things helped him pay for college. He eventually

In 1965, he joined the U.S. Army Reserve during the Vietnam War. He served on active duty from 1968 to 1970, gaining the rank of captain, and stayed in the Army until 1971. Nelson began practicing law in Melbourne in 1970.

Ralph Nader’s book, The Seventeen Traditions, discusses several traditions, seventeen in total, which the author learned from his parents, siblings, and other individuals in the community and draws certain inspiring life lessons for the current society. The book is genially human and full of sensory chronicles. Through the key traditions outlined in the book, Nader looks back at his Lebanese background and childhood experiences that directly shaped his worldview. This review analyses some of the most significant traditions in the book such as family table, independent thinking, health, and business. These key traditions will also be vital in discussing the strengths and weaknesses of the book.

You could say the United States was a little crazy the night of November 7, 2000. We were awaiting the announcement of our 43rd President of the United States. We didn’t know it would come down to one state; a very crucial, Florida. There was a whole recount controversy, voting malfunctions, and basically everything that could go wrong, went wrong.

Bernie sander is pro for national legalization and ending the federal prohibition on marijuana. That the state of Vermont voted to decriminalize small possession amount of marijuana and he supported that. He supported the medical use of marijuana when he was mayor. When he was mayor ever few people got arrested for marijuana because the police had something better to do. Pluses lot of people live got destroyed in this country for non-violent offenses. Bernie believe that the states have the right to regulate marijuana the same way they sale alcohol and tobacco. This mean that businesses in states that legalized should fully be able to use the bank without fear of the federal system. Banks have been afraid to work with marijuana related businesses

A political activists and author, Ralph Nader, wrote the book Unstoppable to give a detailed explanation of the emerging Left-Right alliance that dismantles the corporate state. Nader covers many of the important issues that are occurring currently, and most importantly, he has explained past occurrences that many people have looked passed. As a student, I feel as though it is important that he explains many political things in ways where we can understand what is truly happening in the political world. Nader explains thoroughly the potential for an enduring Left-Right alliance and the obstacles it is going to take to over come them.

He went to work when he was sixteen, and for the next forty years he worked in a coal factory. Then he worked in a steel mill for another twenty years. He stopped working only because the steel mill closed and he was too old to find another job.