The Constitution and the Federalist

          In Federalist 23, Hamilton says this about the Union, the term used to describe the national government as representing all the states together: “The principal purposes to be answered by union are these--the common defense of the members; the preservation of the public peace, as well against internal convulsions as external attacks; the regulation of commerce with other nations and between the States; the superintendence of our intercourse, political and commercial, with foreign countries.” 

          For me the meaning of this passage is that the power to regulate interstate commerce is a critical one. Without commerce power , Congress could not pass policies ranging from protecting the environment and civil rights to providing health care for the elderly and the less fortune.

           I chose this paragraph simply because the Constitution gives Congress the power to regulate interstate and international commerce. American courts have spent many years trying to define "commerce" In 1824, the supreme court in deciding the case of GIBBONS v. OGDEN, defined commerce very broadly to encompass virtually every form of commercial activity. Today, commerce covers not only the movement of goods, but also the radio signals, electricity, telephone messages,  the internet, insurance transactions, and much more. 

Trans-national America by Randolph S. Bourne

          We are all foreign-born or the descendants of foreign-born and if distinctions are to be made between us, they should rightly be on some other ground than indigenousness. The early colonists came over with motives no less colonial than the later. They did not come to be assimilated in an American melting pot. They did not come to adopt the culture of the American Indian. They had not the smallest intention of 'giving themselves without reservation' to the new country. They came to get freedom to live as they wanted to. They came to escape from the stifling air and chaos of the old world; they came to make their fortune in a new land. They invented no new social framework. Rather they brought over bodily the old ways to which they had been accustomed. Tightly concentrated on a hostile frontier, they were conservative beyond belief. Their pioneer daring was reserved for the objective conquest of material resources. In their folkways, in their social and political institutions, they were, like every colonial people, slavishly imitative of the mother country. So that, in spite of the 'Revolution,' our whole legal and political system remained more English than the English, petrified and unchanging, while in England law developed to meet the needs of the changing times.

          For me the meaning of this passage is that when all sorts people come together in unity like the United States has been in several centuries great things happen. The early colonist came to North American not to be colonized once again nor to be emulating the American Indian culture after emancipating themselves from the Great Britain colony; but to create one great nation founded with the whole legal and political system remained more English. This country was formed on the basis of pooling people and resources from all over the world. This is because when there's brain drain other nations lost their professionally trained personnel to the United States who in turn offered tremendous greater opportunities.

          I chose this paragraph simply because it is obvious that millions of diverse people are migrating to the United States legally and illegally year after year bringing together with them all different kinds of professions and talents taken upon themselves low class jobs the native Americans aren’t willing to do.

Americans Name Government as No. 1 U.S. Problem

                  " Although issues such as terrorism, healthcare, race relations and immigration have emerged among the top problems in recent polls, government, the economy and unemployment have been the dominant problems listed by Americans for more than a year".   

                     I chose to talk about these national issues listed above from Gallup as to why most Americans named the government the number one problem because the U.S. political science studies has numerous methods of interpreting and measuring political values by conducting public opinion polls. A small sampling of a few thousand people were given a questionnaire to fill out, the results of which are combined and calculated in a way that is believed to reflect the general attitude of the entire population.
                    Considering Five years into medicare spending cuts that were supposed to devastate private medicare options for older Americans, enrollment in private insurance plans through Medicare has shot up by more than 50 percent, confounding experts and partisans alike and providing possible lessons for the Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchanges. When Congress passed President Obama’s signature health law nearly six years ago, it helped offset the cost by cutting payments to Medicare Advantage plans, offered by private insurers operating under contract with the government. insurers and Republican said the cuts will drop about $150 billion over the period of 10 years would “gut” the program, a major theme in the 2010 and 2012 elections. The Congressional Budget Office predicted that enrollment would fall about 30 percent. In fact, more than 17 million people are now enrolled in such plans, up from under 11 million in 2010. Nearly one-third of Medicare beneficiaries have chosen private plans, offered by insurers like Humana and UnitedHealth Group, over the traditional fee-for-service Medicare program.
                      Global war on terrorism has been the talking point for most Presidential candidates because it has to do with our national security. For every government in power be recognized as one of the most successful in office depends on how well it protects its citizens and properties locally and abroad. ISIS IN AMERICA. 82 people have been accused
                     Race relations and immigration. The Republican presidential race has erupted in an incendiary new round of attacks over immigration, laying the groundwork in South Carolina for a months long fight that is likely to amplify hardline talk about border security and migrants before a national audience.
                    With Donald J Trump leading the way, the candidates have offered contentious proposals to build a wall on the Mexican border, block Muslims from entering the United States and turn away even 5-year-old refugees from Syria Party leaders had hoped some of the most provocative speech would have subsided by now as the race moved past Iowa, a state known for its fiercely hawkish immigration politics, and as more conventional candidates, like former Gov. Jeb Bush and Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, turned their attention toward the general election. Instead, the battle lines over immigration have only deepened, as Mr. Trump has maintained his upper hand in the race and the primary campaign has moved into South Carolina and a series of Southern states that vote over the next month.
by American officials of trying to help the Islamic State. How serious is this threat in regards to National Security? By KAREN YOURISH and JOSH WILLIAMS FEB. 4th 2016. New York Times