The development of the bureaucracy began with the Spoil System. This system was first used by Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson’s cabinet consisted of friends he hired for the job. Some of these people may have had previous experience in the field and some may have not. Over the years this has changed. Since then the bureaucracy has greatly grown and the way people are hired has also changed. The merit system began in the 1880’s after president Garfield was killed. He was because his killer was not given a government job. Now the Merit System is used. People have to qualify for a certain job or make it up in the ranks to get to higher positions.

The spoils system can still be found in our American government today. According to Dino Grandoni writer for The Wire, who wrote an article titled, “ Obama Likes the Spoils System as Much as Any President”, Obama has used the spoils system. People who raised money for his campaign have been guaranteed a government job, other presidents have done this; such as Bush. “ Obama has doled out ambassadorships, at the same rate as the Bush administration” (Grandoni 1).

cell phone blog

The founding fathers did not incorporate cell phones into the constitution in 1787 for obvious reasons, they were not invented yet. Though, that is why the supreme court is around today, to make sense of the constitution and see if certain things are constitutional and unconstitutional. The Riley vs. California case caught the attention of the supreme court, they then had to make a decision on whether a warrant was needed to look through an individual's cell phone just as a warrant is needed to look through an individual's home or car. Personally I believe that a warrant should be needed to look through a cell phone because it is personal property. “When the Founding Fathers sat down to write the Constitution and the Bill of Rights in the late 1700s, they made sure that the First Amendment protected the right to free speech… and that the Fourth Amendment protected the right to privacy” (14). The supreme court had the same mindset as me, “The Justices ruled that police need to ask permission or get a warrant from a judge to search inside someone’s home” (14). When a warrant is needed to search a cell phone it takes time, in that time lives could be lost and justice can be brought to criminals. In certain situations like this I believe that it should be alright to look through a cell phone without a warrant in order to save a life of bring a criminal to justice.