Machiavelli’s aim was not to ask the princes to be essentially evil, but prepare them to face critical situations that demanded them to act toward the greater good of the state. […]
According to Machiavelli, a ruler should learn ‘how not to be good’. He believed that a prince or a ruler cannot be effective if he is too righteous. […]
In one of his greatest works, ‘The Prince’, Machiavelli talks about political evil and states that a prince must learn ‘how not to be good'” in order to achieve the end goal, that is, to maintain safety and stability in the community. […]
Only the majority opinion of the Supreme Court has legal authority and can be cited in future cases as being part of the precedent set by the case. […]
The Supreme Court can hear appeals cases from the Federal Court of Appeals or state supreme courts. For the Supreme Court to hear a case it must satisfy three rules of access: controversy, standing, and mootness. […]
The executive branch of the US government has to work with the Congress when it comes to implementing and executing policies. But there are challenges. These can be understood as two types of principal-agent problems. However, there are several tools that Congress has for reducing its problem with the bureaucracy. […]
The United States federal government’s bureaucracy is part of the executive branch. It includes 15 cabinet departments, each with its own specific jurisdiction and function. […]
The United States federal government’s bureaucracy is a huge set-up. It is part of the executive branch of the government, and the executive branch is organized into a series of five buckets, all under the president’s leadership. […]
The presidential election must be conducted in total transparency and accuracy because the future of the country will be in the hands of the president for several years. Preventing fake news is of high importance. […]
There are three main factors that historically have the highest degree of predictive power in presidential elections. They are incumbency status, incumbent approval rating, and the state of the economy. […]
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