USA Law

Category: Political Sciences

  • Early Vote

    Early Vote in the United States (Source: National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS)) This type of convenience voting allows voters to cast a ballot in person by visiting an election office or another designated location before Election Day (some participants characterized no-excuse […]

  • Early Vote

    Early Vote in the United States (Source: National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS)) This type of convenience voting allows voters to cast a ballot in person by visiting an election office or another designated location before Election Day (some participants characterized no-excuse […]

  • Invisible Hand

    Invisible Hand in the United States Invisible Hand in the Political and Economic Sciences Adam Smith used the phrase invisible hand just once in Wealth of Nations from which you may infer the meaning: But the annual revenue of every society is always precisely equal to the exchangeable […]

  • Ballot

    Ballot in the United States Ballot Definition A paper bearing the names of candidates for designated offices, and delivered by electors to the election officers in expressing (in accordance with the definition of Ballot based on the Cyclopedic Law Dictionary) their choice for such offices. […]

  • Ballot

    Ballot in the United States Ballot Definition A paper bearing the names of candidates for designated offices, and delivered by electors to the election officers in expressing (in accordance with the definition of Ballot based on the Cyclopedic Law Dictionary) their choice for such offices. […]

  • Nathaniel Prentiss Banks

    Nathaniel Prentiss Banks in the United States Nathaniel Prentiss Banks (1816-1894), American politician and soldier, was born at Waltham, Massachusetts, on the 30th of January 1816. He received only a common school education and at an early age began work as a bobbin-boy in a cotton factory […]

  • Republican Party

    Republican Party in the United States United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled REPUBLICAN PARTYThe Republican party was organized in response to the kansas-nebraska act (1854) , which allowed slavery in the Kansas and […]

  • Republican Party

    Republican Party in the United States United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled REPUBLICAN PARTYThe Republican party was organized in response to the kansas-nebraska act (1854) , which allowed slavery in the Kansas and […]

  • Lawmaking Procedure

    Lawmaking Procedure in the United States Lawmaking Procedure in the U.S.S States: Online Resources Alabama : Lawmaking Procedure in this State available at www.legislature.state.al.us/misc/legislativeprocess/billpassage.html Alaska : Lawmaking Procedure in this State available at […]

  • Lawmaking Procedure

    Lawmaking Procedure in the United States Lawmaking Procedure in the U.S.S States: Online Resources Alabama : Lawmaking Procedure in this State available at www.legislature.state.al.us/misc/legislativeprocess/billpassage.html Alaska : Lawmaking Procedure in this State available at […]

  • Senate Membership

    Senate Membership in the United States Senate: Membership Introduction to Senate Membership The Constitution requires a senator to be at least 30 years old, a U.S. citizen for at least nine years, and a resident of the state from which he or she is elected. It is more difficult to win […]

  • Self-Determination

    Self-Determination in the United States The Measure of Self-government in the United States Given the resources available to the electorate for informing themselves on all sides of every question, it has become an axiom that, in a democracy, the people get the kind of government they […]

  • John F. Kerry

    John F. Kerry in the United States Republican Party: Bush Reelection Introduction to John F. Kerry Bush was reelected in the 2004 presidential contest against Democrat John F. Kerry, and the Republican Party widened its majority in both the House and Senate. Although Bush’s approval ratings […]

  • George W. Bush Administration

    George W. Bush Administration in the United States Republican Party: The 2006 Midterm Elections Introduction to George W. Bush Administration The Democrats regained control of the House and Senate in the 2006 midterm elections. Democrats also took six state houses from the Republicans, giving […]

  • Bull Moose Party

    Bull Moose Party in the United States Progressive Party (United States) The Bull Moose Party Introduction to Bull Moose Party The first Progressive Party, known colloquially as the Bull Moose Party, was founded after a bitter fight for the Republican presidential nomination among the incumbent […]