Once the candidate has been declared the winner of a presidential election, so begins the transition of power. The Presidential Transition Act of 1963 sets out the “peaceful transition of power” and allows for the cooperation between outgoing and incoming administrations. Once a candidate’s nomination has been declared by their party, they can then receive…
The role of Vice President is largely determined by the President, the Constitution names the Vice President as the president of the senate and provides them with the power to break a tie in the Senate votes. Other than that the office has grown through precedent and tradition. An often-derided office, Former Vice President to…
An ongoing topic in US politics is that of gender. Women remain largely underrepresented in political offices at all levels in the United States. In the current Congress out of the 535 seats, 150 are occupied by women. This equates to 28%. When we break this down into the two chambers in the legislative branch,…
The last 6 months of President Biden’s foreign policy was centred around two of America’s allies, Ukraine and Israel. President Biden has remained a staunch ally of President Zelenskyy’s during the Ukraine crisis following the invasion by Russia, and this has not changed over the last 6 months. Whilst initial support for aid to Ukraine…
The constitution provides minimum ages for people wising to run for office. A person must be 35 years old to hold the office of President, 30 for a US Senator, and 25 for a House Representative. However, the constitution does not provide any age limits in terms of the oldest an office holder can be….
