A few days ago Representative Liz Cheney was removed from her leadership position of House Republicans. She was the third highest ranking Republican in the House. It was a quick vote and the meeting was finished within 20 minutes.

She was one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump for inciting the insurrection and has openly spoken on her disapproval of him. Before the vote that ultimately ousted her she gave a speech “warning her party that she ‘will not sit back and watch in silence’ as Mr. Trump makes baseless claims that he won the election.” She has also said “We have seen the danger that he continues to provoke with his language,.. We have seen his lack of commitment and dedication to the Constitution, and I think it’s very important that we make sure whomever we elect is somebody who will be faithful to the Constitution.”

While I may not always agree with her, I do believe it was wrong to remove her and agree with her defiance.

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/liz-cheney-removed-gop-leadership/

Florida became yet another state to sign off new restricting voting laws. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said that these laws were “necessary to shore up public faith in elections.” One of his justifications for this law was to prevent ballot “harvesting.” This is when a person stuffs filled out ballots into unmonitored drop boxes. However there was no evidence that this had occurred last election.

These laws are similar to those passed in Georgia where it “restricts the use of drop boxes and prohibits any actions that could influence those standing in line to vote, which voting rights advocates said is likely to discourage nonpartisan groups from offering food or water to voters as they wait.”

However there is still a ray of hope for Florida as this law was immediately challenged in federal court. “Voting rights advocates including the League of Women Voters of Florida, the Black Voters Matter Fund, Common Cause and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund filed two lawsuits arguing that the law is unconstitutional.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/florida-voting-law/2021/05/06/f2bd20b6-ae0f-11eb-ab4c-986555a1c511_story.html

After reading chapter 10. I now understand why political parties came into effect; they came in because of the fact that society needed to find away how to turn their problems into solutions. Normally such issues were usually solved two significant organizations. They are called interest groups and political parties. I understand that these political groups may have similar interest ; they’d work together in order to create and implement polices. Also that Plurality voting which is referred to as the first-past-the-post. Is the most simplest and effective way of identifying the most fit representative in a democracy.

part:2 President Joe Biden has been in office for the past five months. Now other political parties are calling for a recount because they believe the votes wasn’t counted correctly . According to The Washington Post article “Republican chairman of Arizona county calls state led election review dangerous as tensions rise over 2020 recount”. It all started when former president Trump claims that the presidential election were marred by fraud. With no proof of such accusation his claim got dismissed and swept under the rug. I think it’s so unfair that trump would throw around accusations like that especially without any proof of such. The fact that the voters voted for who they felt fit to run office and he’s all bitter towards the outcome is just straight deranged. Just his claim alone started this unnecessary tension in Arizona.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/politics/arizona-recount-gop/2021/05/14/330bc808-b4c7-11eb-a980-a60af976ed44_story.html%3foutputType=amp

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I am finally fully Vaccinated. I thought after the second Pfizer shot I would have horrible symptoms. In reality I was pretty Ok. The Only effect the Pfizer shot had on me was arm pain and tiredness in my body. If getting vaccinated is something you are worried about you should talk to your doctor and vaccinated people. I am actually glad CUNY  is requiring a COVID-19 Vaccination in order to return to classes.

When it comes to the vaccine I know some people’s biggest concern is the symptoms it can have on your body. I think it’s a risk people should be willing to take because not getting vaccinated is also putting yourself at risk to get COVID. I promise COVID-19 symptoms are way worse than the vaccine.

After reading this week’s chapter and watching the crash course videos, I’ve learned a new term – The Plurality Rule. This states that the candidate with the most votes wins. The amount of votes does not have to be a majority but more than the other candidates. This leads me to another term I learned, The Majority Rule. This states that a candidate has to get 50% plus 1 vote.

After reading Chapter 9 I believe that all citizens eligible to vote should vote. If you are 18 years of age and older, registering to vote should be mandatory. Some people may feel as if they do not vote it won’t make a change which is not true. Everyone’s Vote Matters.

Several years ago, I was called in to serve on grand jury. When serving grand jury duty, it would be different than serving normal jury duty. Instead of a trial you would hear several different cases and the jury would vote on an indictment, if indicted the case would then go to trial. When I served it was a duration of two weeks. I was in a group of about 20 including a foreman for our group.

Since this is not a trial, there is no judge present. We would just hear from lawyers and testimonies from witnesses. We would then vote on an indictment. If there is a vote of at least 12 to do so the case would then go to trial.

It was an interesting experience and because I served grand jury duty I would not have to serve on another jury for 8 years.

While the Constitution does not have any specifics in regards to age, education, profession, or even citizenship. Since there were not many law schools in the 18th and 19th century, Justices at that time only studied law under a mentor. Due to this there is no current law or rule that a Justice has to be a lawyer or even have a law degree.

However in order to become a Justice, the current President would have to first nominate that person when there is a vacancy in the Court. The Senate then votes, and they would only need a majority vote to confirm the new Justice.

I have linked below some frequently asked questions of the Supreme Court.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/faq_general.aspx