elections

In today's elections, people use money and popular to get elected over having good political skills that will help the person run whatever office he or she is in. The smaller the elections, the less money and popularity pays in and the more that having good skills to run plays in. But in the smaller elections there is a small voter turnout. This is because only the people who really do care about the election will vote so the party member must work on having good leadership skills over being more popular. In the presidential election, the candidates talk less about the issues and they are never clear on what they are talking about to be more popular to please more people because there is a bigger turnout because people who don't care as much will still vote. They try to make their beliefs as close in the middle of the political scale as possible, but in order to get their ideas out to people, they try to put their name out as much as possible. And in the effort in putting their name out, they start putting more effort on being more popular and the only way to do that is having lots of money. But in order to have lots of money you have to be rich or be strongly supported by one of the political parties, which is the Democratic or Republican. There are different ways candidates can get money to help their election. One way is with hard money, this is money that is given straight to the candidate. Also their is soft money, this is money that is not given straight to the candidate. They also get contributions from PAC which are organizations made by corporations or interest groups that give contribution of their members into political campaigns. But even with be the most popular candidate getting lots of money, having the media give bias to a candidate also greatly affects them. John McCain had a great shot at winning the elections but with much of the media bias pointing against Sarah Palin, John McCain's chances dropped and he ended up losing the election.
People think that low voter turnout is bad for America. And although it would be great to have everyone in America to vote and be knowledgeable in the elections, it will never happen. By having only the people who want to vote, vote, you get a better chance of the best person winning because you wont have people who have no idea on the election voting to anyone.

freedoms and protections collide

What happens when freedoms and protections collide? You will get court cases. Everyone is pushing the limits on their protection and freedom. And when you meet in the middle, grey area of where protection and freedom meet, then people will have problems. The Freedom of speech is a big issue on how much freedom of speech do we really have. And when students are in school verses when students are out of school will changes their freedom of speech rights. In the Bethel v. Fraser case, Fraser made a sexual comment in a school speech and was suspended. People who argue that it was a violation of the 1st amendment, but on school grounds, the school had every right to suspend him for vulgar language. Students in school and on school grounds are protected under every little amendment, and instead are under the rules of the school. For example, in the New Jersey v. TLO case a girl was thought to of smoked in the bathroom and the school search her purse and found weed in it. The girl thought the school violates the 4th amendment. But the court voted for the school because they had reasonable suspicion and under school grounds they were legally able to search her belongings. When any student is in school, they are given more protection and have their freedom taken. But when someone is out of the school grounds and the school rules and regulation, the person is protected under all the amendments. If a kid gets suspended for burning a flag on school grounds the school could suspended him if they want, but if the kid did it off school grounds, the school has no control over him, and same with the police. In the Texas v. Johnson case, Johnson was charged for burning the flag in a protest. He was sent to jail for that. In the case the court found that burning the flag is a form of free speech and they ruled for Johnson. Although burning the flag is disrespectful to America, it is still part of our freedom. We are given our amendments to protect our freedom as well as giving us freedom in our protection. When anyone is in court, people are protected under the 6th amendment. In the Gideon v. Wainright case, a man was denied to be appointed an attorney and was sent to 5 years of jail. They found the court was in the wrong because lawyers in courts are necessity. People’s freedoms are there to protect them from the government. But when people think that the government has cross the line on their freedom is when the issue of freedom vs. protection get started.

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