the weaker party

We touch on power in this class and try to figure out where it is located.  One possibility is that it is embedded within the decisions made...

Seen after I picked up my cat after having him neutered (sorry bud). - I took him(?) here . You have to earn one of these from the state of ...

There are many ways to measure it. This is just one of them.

  https://youtu.be/LxiHj-ETMq4?si=93ko_qkCs-ehyoNA

- Congress.gov . - Telegram’s Pavel Durov built a haven for free speech — and child predators . - How California Became a New Center of Poli...

For out look at the Bill of Rights and Free Speech and Press. - Click here for the story . Like many North Carolina residents, Susan Hogarth...

We had a brief talk in class about this section in the U.S. Constitution because one student expressed an interest in becoming a patent lawy...

We will discuss the unenumerated rights. Might this be one?  Would this be recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court? - Click here for the articl...

An independent presidential candidate has withdrawn from the race, but the ballots in some states have been set and can no longer be changed...

This article illustrates a current conflict between the executive branch and the judicial branch. - Click here for it . Let's define a f...

A lot of public state level policies start small, and then spread quickly.  This just might be the latest.  Notice that this is framed as a ...

Pearland and Turner High Schools are both in the Pearland Independent School District. I'm not sure what its policy is, might be worth a...

https://www.theleadernews.com/community/greater-heights-super-neighborhood-council-discusses-trees-boutique-hotel/article_afe0b0c0-63e5-11ef...

  https://www.axios.com/2024/08/23/kamala-harris-unrealized-capital-gains-tax

  https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6889&context=faculty_scholarship

 

Worth perusing:  - Head of Latino Democratic group among those targeted by AG Ken Paxton's voter fraud raids . Longtime Bexar County po...

As you are probably aware, the United States has a two party system. Since the 1850s the two major parties have been the Democrats and the R...

Since the 1990s Texas has been a reliably Republican state. While this isn't the case for local elections in the major metropolitan area...

- Federal judge strikes down FTC rule banning noncompete agreements . A federal judge in Texas on Tuesday struck down the Federal Trade Comm...

- Interactive: Texas vs. the Federal Government . - Multistate lawsuits against the federal government during the Biden administration . - A...

Vice President Kamala Harris laid out her economic proposals in a speech on August 16 given at a community college in North Carolina. Let...

 

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/19/artificial-intelligence-mayor-cheyenne-vic/

Critics of Donald Trump argue that this is a possibility.  How might they do this?  The thinking is that elections results will be challenge...

For our look at the people managing the presidential campaigns this year. - Click here for it .  Chris LaCivita  - Co-campaign manager Susie...

For our look at the people managing the presidential campaigns this year. - Click here for it .  Julie Chávez Rodríguez  - Campaign manager ...

 Harris County Dems pick Turner to replace Jackson Lee https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/precinct-chairs-select-sylv...

  https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/08/02/climate/electricity-generation-us-states.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=ar...

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Build_Back_Better_Plan?wprov=sfti1

  https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-project-2025-secret-training-videos-trump-election

Who is running the campaign for the people running for president? - Click here for the link . For Kamala Harris: Click here . For Donald Tru...

- Click here for a transcript .  9/6/1875 - Proclamation by Richard Coke - - Richard Coke . - - Charles S. West . - - John Wilkins Whitfield...

  https://www.dallasnews.com/news/elections/2024/08/05/texas-voter-suspense-list-tops-21-million-heres-what-to-do-if-youre-on-it/

  https://kinder.rice.edu/research/texas-school-district-funding-gaps

A central concern of the national government was regulating the relationships that existed between Americans and the indigenous populations....

A great analysis of political power in the current environment.

- Click here for the hearing .  WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at 10:00 a...

On the first day of the constitutional convention Edmund Randolph explained that the purpose of the new constitutional system was, first, to...

My GOVT 2306 2IN01 students are looking into conflict between the state of Texas and the national government. I reasoned that a good place t...

The names and institutions below apply to much of what we will cover both in both 2305 and 2306. I'll add detail later. What is a Petiti...

Biden joins the list below. I pulled these from the Wikipedia entry titled:  List of presidents of the United States by time in office . Jo...

The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts is one of the members of the state's plural executive. - Click here for Wikipedia's entry ...

The best way to understand the differences between the two major parties is to compare their platforms. Here are links to the platforms deve...

Until her death, she represented the 18th District of Texas - just north of us in central Houston.  For more information about her:  - Wikip...

For GOVT 2305 2INS3 and 2INP3 1 - What is the question raised in the case? Do your best to figure it out. Think about why the Supreme Court ...

The internet is the term used to describe the infrastructure that has been built up to allow us to do what we're doing right now. It too...

Other than being the people responsible for the internet shutting down. - Wikipedia: 2024 CrowdStrike incident . - Click here for the entry ...

 

  We are currently experiencing a global Microsoft outage that may affect some of our online services. Our ACC IT department is aware of the...

Wikipedia: What is a Public Utility ?  A public utility company (usually just utility) is an organization that maintains the infrastructure ...

  https://youtu.be/Nh8pU8jsPi8?si=gU1d9wyW9n0XyVxd

 

Below are a variety of links that tell part of the story. I'll keep adding to this and make it part of the class material.  - CenterPoin...