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My passion is ...

spending time with my family and friends, politics, sports, and music

I know too much about ...

politics

My parents always told me ...

i talk to much

My childhood ambition ...

to be an architech

My favorite memory ...

getting off the plane from Korea for the last time

Why I write ...

to express my opinions and views...as well as to maybe change someone's opinion

My first job ...

was at a grocery store

My best moment ...

when my fiance Christine said yes

Politics, News & Issues > Constitutional & Contract Law Checks and balances in the US government: Why we need them and how they work

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The concept of checks and balances is that of a dream that has existed since the Roman Empire: a fair government, where all are treated as equal, and one in which no branch has more power or control than the other. The United States Constitution has satisfied that dream: the creation of the three separate branches of government; a system of checks and balances. Checks and balances are a fundamental key to this country and one of the driving reasons for its success. A prominent example of checks and balances in use is the Roe v. Wade case. The fact that a citizen of the United States of Ame...

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