Political Science:The Bureaucracy, The Courts, and Interest Groups.

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The Bureaucracy, The Courts, and Interest Groups
The principal-agent behaviour in a government's context involves the government legally delegating a function to an agent to act on its behalf. This means that the government should not have any conflict of interest with the agents(Carpenter, 1870). For example, during census practices, the government entitles counting its people to the bureau of statistics to conduct the exercise. This way, the bureau is acting on behalf of the government. However, these agents sometimes decide to act on their interests and forgetting their principles.
Cartels like to take advantage of situations for their benefits. In the case of the census, they might want the number to go higher so that they can benefit in terms of supplying inputs to government arms and other agencies. These cartels include the wealthiest in society. They often dictate and manipulate agencies to act on their behalf, betraying their agencies and making them work on their interests for fear of being killed or for the benefits they get through hefty handouts from the cartels. In such a dilemma, the government can decide to fire the executive staff of the bureau because they are often the ones who get manipulated. Similarly, the officials in such agencies can be given short contracts to prevent cartels from convincing them to act on their behalf since their time would be over within a short period of a year or less.
The agent-principal relationship teaches us that almost everybody is selfish. When we get a chance to serve the master, who is the principal, we end up manipulating our services to fit our interests or to benefit our families(Cerchia). We should, therefore, be cautious about who we pick to act on our behalf. Being careful will ensure we achieve our goals and objectives. In a case where we sense mischief, then we should act immediately and stop the agents from performing any more work.
The Courts
The judiciary is an independent arm of the government in several countries in the world, including the US. They have the mandate to ensure that justice is done to the oppressed and other entities whose rights are infringed (Ryszhanova et al.). However, it is regarded as the weakest arm because it does not have the power to enforce its decisions. For example, courts sometimes give orders stopping certain government operations, yet the governments disobey them. In such an instance, the courts do not have any power to enforce its order apart from bashing the defiant arm, which is often the executive. Similarly, famous people walk scot-free even when the court of public opinion finds them guilty. Still, the judicial branch cannot do anything to punish them because of their political status.
The authority of the judicial service has evolved. In 1869, the number of supreme court judges was set to nine with 13 appellate courts sitting below it. The Judiciary Act of 1875 brought the most changes to the judicial system. The act moved some trials to the district from the circuit courts. It also gave the circuit courts a more significant mandate to hear and determine appeal cases. Another development the judicial branch went through was the expansion of its power to almost the full extent prov...