American Political System

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Question 1

The states threatened to delay ratification until the amendments although the constitution originally did not contain the Bill of Rights The main purpose of implementing The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution were amended to prohibit interference with the existing rights and safeguard fundamental individual rights against seizure by the federal government

The current American Political system is called interest based politics . If a person wants to help bring about change as an activist he must work

through an interest group on a specific issue predetermined by the system , such as gun control , health care , abortion rights environment to name a few . The purpose and goal of a political system is to permit an appropriate degree of social change within an appropriate degree of societal ability

The most recent amendments include the twenty-second , limiting the president , to two terms in office the twenty-third , granting citizens of the District of Columbia the right to vote the twenty-fourth , giving citizens the right to vote regardless of failure to pay a poll tax the twenty-fifth , providing for filling the office of vice president when it becomes vacant in midterm the twenty-sixth , lowering the voting age to 18 and the twenty-seventh , concerning the compensation of US . Senators and representatives

Question 2

Bureaucracies need power in to function in the American political system . They derive the power from a variety of sources , such as external support , expertise , bureaucratic discretion , longevity and skills and leadership . There are many limits to bureaucratic power These limits come from the legal and political controls exercised by the presidency congress , the courts and other groups

In their operation , bureaucracies sometimes develop pathological behavior patterns . They may give excess attention to the interests of those they serve (clientelism , oppose change (incrementalism ) tend to be arbitrary and capricious (arbitrariness ) take and overly narrow view of the world (parochialism ) or yield to an urge to expand (imprealism Pathological behaviors have stimulated a variety of reforms efforts many of which have focused on reorganizations and changes in personnel policies . Ultimately , however , bureaucracies must meet the expectations of the public in carrying out their job . In many instances , those expectations are in direct conflict with the standards of business like performance . The government continues to play an important role in the development of the modern social and economic system

The constitution has not become irrelevant as much as people argue that the constitution is irrelevant today because the goals of the American government are not properly defined in it . It is still what drives the government . Americans idea of rights is shaped daily the Acts of Congress that cannot be amended and by the Bill of Rights . The constitution will always pertain to the needs of the society through the use of Lockean philosophy concerning the nature of man even though this thought is three centuries old . All the power of the arms government is regulated by the constitution through a system of balances and...