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    Electoral College Essay

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    they the people would decide on voting for the President and Vice president of the United States of America. Within the qualification of voting, each presidential candidate running to become the next president of the United States of America, must have their very own electors of the state that they reside in. The future president of the United States, must make a selection of electors, from the political party in their state. In some states laws and restrictions, may apply to future presidential

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    responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is ‘to be prepared.’” This is one hundred percent accurate because the vice president must be prepared to take over from the president at any moment if something were to happen to him. Two great vice presidents, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, were both always prepared to take over. That is one reason why they were so effective. These vice presidents had a great impact on politics, society, and the economy. The Vice president is an important member

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    For about one hundred and seventy eight years, since the first President of the United States of America, George Washington, took office, the constitution was lacking a clear plan of succession.What would happen if death, removal, or resignation of the president, who would take office and control of the country.The president as well as the majority of the federal government were left to interpret and come up with their own way for vacancy in office. The one article of the constitution pertaining

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    Abstract The National Government of the United States of America consists of three branches. These branches of government, which include the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch, separate the government 's power into a form of checks and balances. The system of checks and balances has been set in place to allow the three branches to limit the power of the other branches, this way, no branch is more powerful than the others. Each of these three branches of government will

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    The Three Branches Research Paper To start off I will be talking about the Legislative Branch. And the definition of the Legislative branch is: the part of the United States government that creates laws. Whenever you read about congress people in the Senate or House debating a law, you 're reading about the legislative branch: the branch of the government that writes, debates, and passes laws. Making laws can be called legislating. First is how the Legislative branch uses the checks and balances

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    and ratified by the states on June 15, 1804. This amendment was adopted, after the 1800s Presidential Election, to fix a mistake in the Constitution. The 12th amendment replaced the procedure that the Electoral College originally functioned. (1) The 12th Amendment-Choosing the President and Vice-President. “The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves;

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    the president by voting in congress and electing the president by popular vote of citizens who are qualified. Existing for a long time by Article Two of the United States Constitution in the result of United States presidential election system to hand-pick the President of the United States and Vice President of the United States. The people of the United States get to vote in each state at a widespread election to choose a list of electors pledged to vote for a party’s candidate. Each states is entitled

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    On January 20, 2001, President George W. Bush was inaugurated into office as the United States’ 43rd President. Within eight months of the President Bush’s term, the United States was hit with the most horrific terror attack in United States history. On September 11, 2001, America was assaulted by an Islamic terror group, Al-Qaeda. This attack on 9/11 significally affected the Bush administration. These attacks also had an impact on the affected Presidential administrations to come. September

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    Joe Biden Qualities

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    As the fourth-seventh vice president of the United States Joe Biden is the forefront for many influential bills and acts that see their way through the Executive Branch in the Government of the United States of America; however, Joe Biden did not always have the power to obtain knowledge of nuclear codes or future legislation of America. Throughout Biden’s former law career, thirty-six years as Delaware's Senator, and positions on several dominant boards he had to establish strongly developed leadership

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    Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, was born on January 9th, 1913, in Yorba Linda, California. Nixon was a Republican congressman who served as vice president under Dwight D. Eisenhower. He ran for president in 1960 but lost to charismatic Massachusetts senator John F. Kennedy. Eight years later, Richard Nixon returned to the race and won the White House by a solid margin (Networks). After successfully ending American fighting in Vietnam and improving international relations with

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