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The article focuses on the role of the U.S. federal government as a welfare state, and discusses whether it should also play a proactive role in ensuring the well-being of its people. It refers to the 'New Deal,' programs introduced in the 1930s by then president Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. It examines the Whig Party's arguments on the government's role in economy and the Party Platforms of 1844, 1848, and 1852, with reference to its statesmen Henry Clay and Daniel Webster's views.

A conference paper about development of the right to privacy in the U.S. is presented which is to be discussed at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Seattle, Washington, in September 2011. The paper focuses on topics including Supreme Court cases involving privacy, NAACP v. Alabama, Griswold v. Connecticut, and Meyer v. State of Nebraska.