The Governor’s major duties are to oversee other executive branches of the state and governs through executive order while also managing state budget. They are also the Chief legislator, Chief negotiator, and crisis manager. They also have the power to Line-item Veto, which gives the Governor the power to cut out certain portions of new legislation while keeping the rest of the bill. The Lieutenant Governor’s duties are defined by the Governor. The Attorney General is the State's chief legal officer and gives legal advice to the state government while representing the State in legal action. The Auditor of Ohio is the State’s “Watchdog”. They carry out performance and fiscal audits for Ohio public agencies. The Ohio Secretary of State oversees business licensing and filling and maintains legislative and administrative records. …show more content…
They oversees investments for pension funds, Ohio tuition trust authority, and other funds. A major advantage in the way Ohio selects its executive branch would be that ohio voters elected that person into office through the democratic process. Although that person may not be the best suited for the job, they will be inclined to act in Ohio voters best interests. Another advantage would be that there doesn’t necessarily mean that all executive branches have to be from the same part. We could have a democrat as governor and republicans as all the other executive positions. A disadvantage in the way Ohio would be that the person doesn’t necessary need to have a political background to be elected into
The role of an executive branch is to carry out the law. Many states switched to the plural executive form of government because state governors were known for abusing their power when appointing friends to political positions or handing out favors when they requested. A plural executive system which means the power of a governor is limited and distributed among other government officials. Which means, that there is not an government official in Texas that has the solely responsible for the Texas Executive Branch. Some of the members of the Texas Plural Executive and their roles are Lieutenant Governor serves as the presiding officer is first in line of succession for governor, is elected to 4 years terms by the public with no terms limits. Attorney General serves as the lawyer for the state also represents the state on civil matters and is responsible for the interpretation of the
Based on the Mayflower Compact (Nov 11, 1620), Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (Jan 14, 1639), Ordinances for Virginia (Nov 28, 1618/Jul 24, 1621), and the Frame of Government of Pennsylvania (Apr 25, 1682), the colonists from each of the different colonies all had some primary laws. However, when I compare these individual colonies and their laws, values, and goals, I recognize that they are not all exactly the same. On the contrary, all of the documents do contain some similarities.
This passage places emphasis on one of the three arguments James Madison makes in Federalist 10. Madison explicates the deficit of factions specifically factions that could cause nothing but “mischief” for the United States. In this particular passage, he explains how factions are inevitable in our country, however, controlling the effect of factions would diminish their “mischievous impact.” Thus, prohibiting factions assists in reducing the probability of “[a] weaker party or an obnoxious individual” from gaining power over the minority. These smaller factions that Madison hopes to avoid are a direct result of “pure democracy” that he accounts as have “general[ly]…short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.” Therefore, this particular fragment from federalist 10 serves as the precedent to the introduction of a mixed Constitution of a democracy and republic, in this case, a large republic.
7 Roles of Chief Legislator One of the seven duties is the Chief of State, this role is very important to the citizens in America and even in foreign countries to see that the leader of our country is a genuine, caring person. Th... ... middle of paper ... .... (2013).
Direct elections add to the public’s control and power. In contrast to the presidential election of the United States. The people vote and then electors vote for the final decision or another example. Being able to directly vote for the plural executive, ensure that the governor does not tell the other what to do because the elected work for the people (Benson, Clinkscale, and Giardino 216). This presents or assists in the governor not being “all-powerful” in the executive branch. The plural executive weakens the governor’s control in the executive branch, which reasserts some power and control to the public
Despite American government being characteristically dominated by cooperative feudalism, there is a persistence of national supremacy elements, state’s rights, and dual fideism. The current situation can, therefore, be regarded as balanced federalism. A cooperative relationship between state government and the national government is specifically rooted in a transfer of payments done from the national government to government in lower levels, which is referred to as fiscal feudalism (Bednar, 2009). There are mainly two types of grants which are block grants and categorical grants. This is a federal aid which is spent by states within a given policy area, although with much state discretion. General revenue sharing (GRS) was used back in the 1970s and 1980s. GRS awarded the state maximum control over policies, but gaining political support was difficult for them.
Plans fail without proper direction. After the Revolutionary War, the Founding Fathers wanted to become an established nation that had no ties to Britain. After enduring several years of scrutiny from King George III, America had been pushed to the limit. The governing officials came together to accomplish the task of planning an efficient society. In 1777, the Continental Congress created the Articles of Confederation to serve as Americas first Constitution. The agreement could not withstand the test of time and as a result it was ratified many times. Although the Articles of Confederation served as a helpful blue print for the establishment of America, it lacked many key issues. In September 1787, the Constitution was formed and is still used today.
In the beginning, Canada was not a united country. It was split into four, Canada West, Canada East, and Lower Canada, Upper Canada. The were numerous advantages and several disadvantages of the Canadian confederation. Some advantages were more beneficial to some parts of Canada. The railway is one of the benefit
After the Declaration of Independence, U.S. became a nation but didn 't have a government to guide the nation. People, the early settlers, suffered by the excessive power of the Monarch so they wanted to incorporate the ideas of ordered government, limited government, and the representative government. Based on these ideas the Article of Confederation was created. Although it was too weak and inadequate to manage all of the states. As the weakness became palpable, the nation required stronger government system and that 's when the Constitution was created as it saved the nation from the crisis. One thing that made the creation of the Constitution possible was the Great Compromise, which was
Why should we question our government? Why should we doubt the decision that was taken for the better of the people years ago? Before federalism was even considered did we not have an anti federalist government? Did we not try to make it work? If anti-federalism is for the better of the people why did we feel the need to question it? Why did we feel the need to change it? The answer to all of these questions is simple. Anti-federalism is not and will never be for the better of the states, but most importantly it’s not for the better of the people as a whole.
By focusing on the merits of a strong central government in Federalist Paper 10 and the disadvantages of the Articles of Confederation in Federalist Paper 15, Madison and Hamilton address the Anti-federalists fear of the tyranny of the majority and ultimately succeed in persuading the Anti-federalists that the necessity and institution of a new form of government will inherently represent the majority without infringing on the rights of the minority.
Functioning under the Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, it works as representative of the people of Texas, and has powers which can only be limited by the Texas and United States constitutions and valid federal laws. The legislative department is also the state 's policing branch, which promotes and safeguards the safety, health, morals, and welfare of the citizens of Texas. In addition, it has the traditional legislative power of the purse (to tax, spend, and borrow money for public purposes), and to organize and confer powers on the executive and the judiciary departments only as much as they are allowed in the Texas Constitution. Legislative powers of the State of Texas are under The House of Representatives and a Senate, which combine to make the Legislature of the State. The head of the House of Representatives is the Speaker of the house and who currently is Honorable Joe Straus. He is selected by the members of the House of Representatives from among their ranks and his main duties include conducting meetings of the House, appointing committees, and enforcing the Rules of the House. The proceedings in the Senate are run by the current Lieutenant Governor, Honorable Dan Patrick, who was elected by a statewide vote. He is the one who controls the work of the Texas Senate and controls the budgeting process as a leader of the Legislative Budget Board. Under the Texas
...tes approves appointments of judges. 2) May remove judges through impeachment, and 3) Creates lower courts. The Executive Branch is given the power to carry out the laws and has some checks over the Legislative Branch like: 1) Ability to call special sessions of Congress. 2) Can recommend legislation, and 3) can appeal to the people concerning legislation (Arnold, 2004). The Judicial branch has the power to interpret the laws and check over the Executive branch like: Courts can judge executive actions to be unconstitutional through the power of judicial review
Although the power has shifted back and forth from stronger decentralized government to a dominant centralized government, the balance between the two has yet to fall completely. Thanks to the limitations the Founders installed into our Constitution, there has yet a time where the states or national government has the total power to control the nation as a whole. We call this type of government system as the federal system. In a federal system, there are different but separate levels of government who has their own powers. Furthermore, in order to ensure that the centralized government is not oppressing the states there are also limitations on certain national powers (McDaniel and Shaw, 2014). However, through the various Supreme Court controversial cases, we see that the Supreme Court is giving the states the choice to legalize or not laws such as same-sex marriage and gun control. Yet on the other hand, states have increasingly depended on the national government for funding various activities such as educational funds and national security funds (Kollman, 2013). Since states have to rely on the national government for the various funding, it seems as if the national government essentially has the upper hand over what the fifty states can and cannot do.
The executive branch includes the head of government/head of state and their cabinet. As the leader of the state, the executive is considered the “top-tier of government.” Their job is to be the political leader of a country. In the case of