there is a pre project which I attached u must see:
PROJECT
Format essay in MLA, four to eight pages 1000 to 2000 words long (8.5×11), that is, at least four
full pages (excluding the separate title and works cited pages). Double–space with twelve–pitch font and
one–inch margins all around. Paginate at the lower right–hand corner of each page. The title page would
include option number, name, date, title of paper and class information including course and section
numbers. Use course materials, the Constitution, and three additional sources to complete your project.
Also, use all those resources. This would include, for example, relevant chapters in the textbook that
may not have been assigned reading. The project due to be uploaded on Canvass on 18 June 2024.
Assess the adequacy of the American Constitution for the practice of democracy in the national
political system by engaging one and only one of the following questions. What do you think about the
assertion that the structural provision you have chosen (i.e., I, II, or III) is an obstacle to the realization
of majority rule, even if tempered by the preservation of minority rights? In other words, does the issue
hinder governing according to the consent of the governed? If so, then reflect on what can be done to
repair what some perceive as one of the Constitutions flaws. If not, why?
I. In the history of America, the Electoral College has placed in the White House some five
candidates John Quincy Adams (1824), Rutherford B Hayes (1876), Benjamin Harrison (1888),
George W Bush (2000) and Donald Trump (2016) who did not get most of the popular vote. In
at least one of those elections, that of 2016 the election winner did not even come close to the
popular vote. In fact, presidential candidates and their managers do not necessarily try to win the
popular vote, except as an afterthought. Instead, they dedicate themselves to putting together a
coalition of states that would provide a majority of electoral votes, focusing on battleground
states such as Florida, and neglecting the rest.
II. There is a ten–week hiatus between Election Day and the associated presidential inauguration.
This period is explicable, in large part, with regard to the need of the Electoral College to operate.
In any case, during this period, the outgoing office holder is a lame–duck president with full legal
authority to make decisions. These actions are often controversial and could have adverse effects
on the country and the succeeding president–elect. For example, just before leaving office in
2001, President Clintons pardon of Marc Rich unleashed a firestorm of criticism. Outgoing
presidents might act this way because they can do controversial things that are desirable to them,
without penalty.
III. Supreme Court Justices, demographically unrepresentative of the American population, are
appointed to life tenures with good behavior. This is, in effect, a lifetime of service for judges
who are not elected to office. In fact, they serve up to about four decades, and resign at their
leisure. Also, having distinct ideological tendencies and sensitive to the political climate, justices
often time their resignations to mesh with their own political preferences as to their successors.
In so doing, they impact the selection of incoming justices. Moreover, the Supreme Court is
influential in the policy making process.
