How do congress and the presidency function exactly? (USA)

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How do congress and the presidency function exactly? (USA)
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~~Doggo Champion 2k17~~	Oct 27 2015, 02:29 PM Post #1
Posts: 7,931 Group: GTFO Member #6,380 Joined: June 20, 2011 Country United States Favourite Anime here comes What Browser do you use? o shit waddup! Favourite Manga dat boi	A Facebook friend of mine posted this recently, and I'm sad to say I don't exactly know the answer to her question, which is why I'm making this thread. Educate me, guys! Or post links. Links are great too. "So question. If Bernie wins the election, can he actually do what he's wanting to do as far as democratic socialism? I'll be honest and say my knowledge on how the system works isn't the greatest but doesn't everything he wants to do have to go through other people first to get passed? And no offense to anyone but please only respond if actually know what you are talking about..."



+ Pelador	Oct 27 2015, 02:39 PM Post #2
Crazy Awesome Legend Posts: 25,663 Group: Legend Member #4,634 Joined: December 12, 2009 Gender Not Specified Country None Favourite Anime HunterxHunter What Browser do you use? Firefox Favourite Manga Dragonball	The President cannot write bills. He can propose a bill, but a member of Congress must submit it for him. A bill is proposed by either the Senate or the House of Representatives. Both of these bodies must then agree on the bill. Then the President has to approve it. If the President vetoes the bill then 2/3rds of Congress can vote to veto the veto. But this usually doesn't happen.
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peep	Oct 27 2015, 03:09 PM Post #3
Posts: 1,104 Group: Member Member #9,326 Joined: April 7, 2013 Favourite Anime Cowboy Bebop, Rurouni Kenshin What Browser do you use? Chrome	pretty much what pelador said. the three branches of government exist to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful, which is why a liberal president and conservative-majority congress, for example, takes forever to do anything because each of them will impede the progress of the other. if both branches are of the same mind then things (theoretically, anyway) would flow smoothly. to be honest i don't really know what the judicial branch does other than examine the laws and judge whether they're constitutional
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Mihawk	Oct 27 2015, 03:26 PM Post #4
Posts: 4,804 Group: Prodigy Member #4,783 Joined: March 2, 2010 Gender Not Specified	America isn't ready for socialism yet. Even if he wins (longshot) the Congress won't sync with anything he wants.



Rockman	Oct 28 2015, 09:05 AM Post #5
hoighty-toighty Posts: 11,070 Group: Guardian Member #48 Joined: December 17, 2004 Gender Male Country United States What Browser do you use? Firefox, when it isn't crashing.	ObsessiveFanGirl Oct 27 2015, 02:29 PM "So question. If Bernie wins the election, can he actually do what he's wanting to do as far as democratic socialism? Short answer, no. He won't be able to do everything. Like Pelador said, he can only really sign bills into law and persuade congress. He will be able to direct lobbyists for his cause to persuade congress to push for new bills just like Obama did with the healthcare system. President also elects supreme court justice and his cabinet to help run the diplomatic stuff. And that's the issue with our elections. People spend 95% of the time focusing on the presidential election while you have s*-stains like Ted Cruz sitting in congress. It has become a f*ing popularity contest hosted by MTV and it's sickening.
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+ Ginyu	Oct 28 2015, 09:15 AM Post #6
Leve Feyenoord 1! Posts: 4,490 Group: Elite Member Member #9,685 Joined: June 30, 2013 Gender Female Country Netherlands Favourite Anime NJPW What Browser do you use? Chrome Favourite Manga Reading is for nerds, yo!	Are U.S. citizens allowed to vote for members of congress? Or is the presidential election the only time they get to vote? If it's the latter the U.S. could barely be considered a democracy
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Rockman	Oct 28 2015, 09:55 AM Post #7
hoighty-toighty Posts: 11,070 Group: Guardian Member #48 Joined: December 17, 2004 Gender Male Country United States What Browser do you use? Firefox, when it isn't crashing.	GinyuTokusentai Oct 28 2015, 09:15 AM Are U.S. citizens allowed to vote for members of congress? Or is the presidential election the only time they get to vote? If it's the latter the U.S. could barely be considered a democracy You only get to vote for your state house and senate reps. Voting for either happens every two years. Which is why I specifically get to dog Ted Cruz because Texas elected him and I didn't vote for him. That means there is a lot of, "What was Arizona thinking! How could you elect that thief! Arizona sucks!" going on.
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Gearfried	Oct 29 2015, 12:18 AM Post #8
Posts: 283 Group: Member Member #12,609 Joined: August 31, 2015 Gender Male	use google or whatever search engine, look into free masons, builder burg and rothschild. like what George Carlin said, Edited by Gearfried, Oct 29 2015, 12:25 AM.
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+ Pelador	Oct 29 2015, 12:23 AM Post #9
Crazy Awesome Legend Posts: 25,663 Group: Legend Member #4,634 Joined: December 12, 2009 Gender Not Specified Country None Favourite Anime HunterxHunter What Browser do you use? Firefox Favourite Manga Dragonball	None of that has anything to do with how legislation is passed.
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Rockman	Oct 29 2015, 12:35 AM Post #10
hoighty-toighty Posts: 11,070 Group: Guardian Member #48 Joined: December 17, 2004 Gender Male Country United States What Browser do you use? Firefox, when it isn't crashing.	Gearfried Oct 29 2015, 12:18 AM use google or whatever search engine, look into free masons, builder burg and rothschild. like what George Carlin said, http://dbzf.co.uk/topic/8152070/1/#new Rule still stands because I still stand.
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lazerbem	Oct 29 2015, 12:39 AM Post #11
Posts: 10,662 Group: Forum Moderator Member #10,435 Joined: November 1, 2013 Gender Male Country United States Favourite Anime Asura's Wrath(it counts) What Browser do you use? Google Chrome	If such a conspiracy existed, then they deserve to run the country because of how impeccable their management is. So impeccable that none of their employees have ever squealed, so impeccable that no one believes in them.
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* Ketchup Revenge	Oct 29 2015, 12:50 AM Post #12
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the war room!" Posts: 6,083 Group: Retired Forum Moderator Member #9,012 Joined: February 9, 2013 Gender Not Specified Country Chile Favourite Anime FMA: Brotherhood, Dragon Ball, Samurai Champloo, Soul Eater, Assassination Classroom What Browser do you use? Firefox Favourite Manga Dragon Ball, Fullmetal Alchemist, Assassination Classroom, Deadman Wonderland	Quote: Are U.S. citizens allowed to vote for members of congress? Or is the presidential election the only time they get to vote? If it's the latter the U.S. could barely be considered a democracy Congress: Voted in by the People. Makes bills to be turned into Laws. Same with Senators (who are part of congress). President: Voted in by the People. Head of the Military, and signs bills that are then turned into Laws Supreme Court: Appointed based on education in Law. Regulates Laws that have been signed in by the President and can either deem them as constitutional or unconstitutional. Only on rare occasions is the President allowed to write an Executive Order, which allows him to make a law without consulting Congress and waiting for democracy. However, Executive Orders can be deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, just like any other law that's been signed in. If the president abuses his Executive powers (or does anything that is considered unconstitutional), he can be impeached by Congress. The Supreme Court then decides if Congress has the grounds to impeach the president. So in essence, the President and Congress fight over the Bills that get passed, but the Supreme Court are the ones who have the true final say. The president also is the only one who can formally declare war, but Congress must come to a majority vote of "Yes" in order for the president to declare it. Our most recent Supreme Court Ruling was that gay marriage is legal in all 50 states. The issue was that some states wouldn't recognize some gays as being married, while others would. Most of the objection to this was due to religious reasons. Some states are much more religious than others, and still continually fail to separate religious accommodation of the majority from legislation. In other words, a lot of states consider Christian belief as more important than other religions or lifestyles, and laws are often made to accommodate that discrimination against people who don't conform to that belief. The First Amendment of the US Constitution states that the government can't establish a single religion as a "true religion", and can't make laws to accommodate or prioritize any one religion; or can't make laws against another religion. So to put this into perspective, there's plenty of courthouses with monuments of the Ten Commandments on their lawns, and that's considered unconstitutional because it's promoting one religion as priority. I'm sorry, I went off on a tangent. But... President, Congress, and the Supreme Court have equal power... they just don't have the same powers. Edited by Ketchup Revenge, Oct 29 2015, 01:15 AM.
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~~Doggo Champion 2k17~~	Oct 29 2015, 01:38 PM Post #13
Posts: 7,931 Group: GTFO Member #6,380 Joined: June 20, 2011 Country United States Favourite Anime here comes What Browser do you use? o shit waddup! Favourite Manga dat boi	So basically everyone blames the president for everything that they don't agree with, but it usually isn't the president's fault at all? I've always known that people who make these sort of claims were wrong, but I've never known how to rebut them. My high school government classes were extremely lacking.



Rockman	Oct 29 2015, 01:56 PM Post #14
hoighty-toighty Posts: 11,070 Group: Guardian Member #48 Joined: December 17, 2004 Gender Male Country United States What Browser do you use? Firefox, when it isn't crashing.	ObsessiveFanGirl Oct 29 2015, 01:38 PM So basically everyone blames the president for everything that they don't agree with, but it usually isn't the president's fault at all? I've always known that people who make these sort of claims were wrong, but I've never known how to rebut them. My high school government classes were extremely lacking. That's more correct than you know.
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* Ketchup Revenge	Oct 29 2015, 10:34 PM Post #15
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the war room!" Posts: 6,083 Group: Retired Forum Moderator Member #9,012 Joined: February 9, 2013 Gender Not Specified Country Chile Favourite Anime FMA: Brotherhood, Dragon Ball, Samurai Champloo, Soul Eater, Assassination Classroom What Browser do you use? Firefox Favourite Manga Dragon Ball, Fullmetal Alchemist, Assassination Classroom, Deadman Wonderland	ObsessiveFanGirl Oct 29 2015, 01:38 PM So basically everyone blames the president for everything that they don't agree with, but it usually isn't the president's fault at all? I've always known that people who make these sort of claims were wrong, but I've never known how to rebut them. My high school government classes were extremely lacking. That's basically correct. However, people also don't realize that a candidate who is going for the Presidency may make a lot of promises that he can't keep once he becomes president. After he's elected, to the time of his inauguration, he is given an "in a nutshell" version of top secret information, and that can sometimes change his plan. We as the people don't know what this information is, so we just perceive it as him breaking promises he made during his campaign to become president.
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