THe judicial system is supported by judges, not the president. The president appoints the supreme courts judges. The other branches of the government have no say in the judicial system.
It is the courts and judges that decide if a new law is constitutional or not. If the law is vetoed, the court goes in and re-written. It is not the job of the government to do this. but instead that of the courts. It's nice to think this because it allows our court system as a society to do what it was designed to do with no setbacks from other systems or the parties.
THe nice thing is that in the lower levels of the judicial system, if someone fells they are being treated or charged unfairly. They may select to go to a higher authority. This is where more judges are on the board. It is up to our legal system to vote on new laws to be out in place, or laws that need to be re-submitted. This causes boo-koo problems sometimes.
I perceive the vision and mission of the blog to learn more about government and get a different take on previous opinions formed. It is done by reading and watching articles, videos, and political cartoons.
ReplyDeleteThe blog offers a variety of entertainment. There are political cartoons on what role judges and the judicial system play in supporting freedom and the roles the President and Congress play. I really enjoyed looking at the one about the roles of the President and Congress play. It is supposed to be in a restaurant and there are 4 people in it, 2 are sitting with each other. 1 of the people says Congress keeps writing unrealistic budgets every year. Next, another person says the President sets the budget but Congress makes recommendations on spending levels. After that they send it back to the President and he can sign it or veto it. They say it’s a lot like watching two addicts fight over who uses the cleaner needle. That is a great comparison.
I think there could be a couple improvements made. One is that the political cartoon on what role judges and the judicial system play in supporting freedom is a bit small. I tried saving it onto my computer and zooming in so I could read it. That didn’t work because it became blurry. Another area that could need some work is creating a critical discussion question. I see that the only blog that had a critical discussion question was the one on how individuals and groups of people influence the political process. The other area it could improve a bit is the amount of writing done of the topics. There could be more writing done to some of the topics. What writing is done is good but I think there could be more.
Overall, this is a solid blog. There are a lot of good ideas and good uses of visual aid. I really like the political cartoon. Another thing I liked was how you changed up the visual aid every week. It is not always a political cartoon along with other sources. One week it is a political cartoon. Another week it is a video. The next week it is an article. The only problem is perhaps there needs to be more expansion of the ideas.