Write a brief essay in which you attempt to explain why the country may have been better off without political parties.

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Explanation:

Yes, I know how far-fetched this sounds, given the death grip of our two-party duopoly. That’s why I used the verb imagine. I’m asking you to imagine what would happen if we didn’t have this partisan shortcut to rely on, this reflex to root for a blue wave or a red tide.

- "schenck v. united states, case in which the u.s. supreme court ruled on march 3, 1919, that the freedom of speech protection afforded in the u.s. constitution's first amendment could be restricted if the words spoken or printed represented to society a “clear and present danger.” "

- speech aimed to potentially create danger could be banned.

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states

explanation:

as the old saying goes, all politics are local. state and federal governments affect our daily lives in numerous ways. yet, in our federal system, there is supposed to be a balance between federal and state power. as james madison envisioned it in federalist no. 51, “the power surrendered by the people” would be “divided between two distinct governments,” creating a balance of power that would enable the “different governments [to] control each other.”