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In the United States of America the federal government was created to protect the rights of the individual. However, this federal government created has found creative ways to circumvent the Constitutional constraints placed upon them, mostly through the creation of Administrative agencies otherwise known as bureaucracies. The federal reserve, a "quasi-public" agency has kept strict control over the interest rates of loans and has kept them lower than the rate of inflation. What this has accomplished is discourage people from saving their money as it is a losing strategy. Of course, without savings people lose. The Internal Revenue Service has traveled so far out of the scope of their jurisdiction they take peoples property with out any due process of law. The Securities and Exchange Commission has so intruded into the daily lives of people they imprisoned Martha Stewart for selling stocks based on information she received in regards to that stock. Of course, she was not imprisoned for receiving the information as people tend to believe, indeed as the SEC wants you to believe, she was imprisoned for perjury because she lied in an early interview because she also believed there was some valid law that could prevent her from acting upon "insider information". The Federal Communications Commission has decided it has the authority to ban speech. The Center for Disease Control has continually sought to impose commands of testing and quarantine for diseases that are arguably mild concerns. The Food and Drug Administration has made it so difficult for certain small businesses to operate that it has helped give rise to a corporate nation. Returning to that most draconian and oppressive bureaucracy the IRS, they have become so powerful they regularly investigate churches based on what a priest or pastor said on the pulpit. Too powerful? Apparently not, for if they were, surely the people would rise up against them and demand some accountability...or maybe not.
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In what ways do the courts and congress have oversight over Bureaucracy?
Congress can oversee the Federal Bureaucracy in many ways... 1) They can conduct investigations into an agency suspected of misconduct and can subpoena people for questioning. 2) They can shape the laws that agencies may put into effect 3) Most importantly, Congress has the "power of the purse" meaning they control how much money agencies are authorized to spend and how much money they actually get. Courts on the other hand really only have the power of judicial review over the Bureaucracy, meaning they can declare certain actions unconstitutional.
What is the major power congress has over the bureaucracy?
The "power of the purse" ---congress can withhold funds from any sector of the bureaucracy which is why the agencies try so hard to influence Congress. In fact, Congress has the power to abolish government agencies and department and eliminate jobs filled by bureaucrats. ( They don't because government workers are also voters and campaigners and there as now so many of them that they can swing elections. Congressmen want to keep their jobs as much as the bureaucrats want to keep theirs. )
What is a separation of power and the historical evidence?
the speration of power is to prevent any single group instiuion in government from gaining to much authority or to much power. to seperate them into 3 branches, Legislative who makes the laws, Executive who carries out the laws, and Judical who applies the laws
What was The branches of government provided for in the Constitution were designed to do?
Prevent any one part of government from having too much power.
Does the US Congress hold the power to execute laws?
The Executive branch has the power and the DUTY to ensure that the laws are faithfully executed. It doesn't always happen that way, and much less so now than previously.
Why do you have Checks and Balances in the US Government?
Checks and balances ensure that one branch cannot gain too much power. The legislative branch creates laws. The judicial branch interprets the meanings of the laws and determines if they are unconstitutional. The executive branch is responsible for enforcing the laws.
What we're some reasons for the fall of the song dynasty?
a large bureaucracy and constant wars cost too much. The army was run by civilians and became in effective.
What is an example of modern day bureaucracy?
Modern bureaucracy takes many forms, and different forms in different countries. In the U.S. some examples would include the Department of Motor Vehicles, the prison system, the police, bureaucrats in congress. In general, bureaucracy is part of the executive wing of government, so wherever you have enforcement of legislation (other than the judiciary), you usually have some kind of bureaucracy. That's a bit too much of a generalization, as we tend to think of bureaucracy as public sector, and in some countries (including the US) private agencies are responsible for implementing certain aspects of public legislation. I hope, however, that this gives some general idea of the kind of thing that is an example of bureaucracy.
How does a government bureaucracy develop?
to slow things as much as possible,prevent progress
What do people mean when they complain that there's too much bureaucracy?
There's too much red tape, rules and regulations to follow
What are the responsibilities for the executive branch?
The power of the Executive Branch is vested in the President of the United States, who also acts as head of state and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. The President is responsible for implementing and enforcing the laws written by Congress and, to that end, appoints the heads of the federal agencies, including the Cabinet. The Vice President is also part of the Executive Branch, ready to assume the Presidency should the need arise.In a nut shell that's pretty much it.
What disagreements about the powers of Congress did the Framers have How did they resolve these disagreements?
The framers disagreed about how much power the congress should have. To resolve this problem they passed laws that set boundaries to the congresses power.
