To write an essay you want to do reasearch or if you need to then draft first. If you do reasearch though, you should paraphrase what you are researching about, then write another draft this time check for grammar/spelling ect... then type up your final paper and there you go, you got yourself an essay!
Though we have some say in our government I believe it's true because they do create the laws and enforce them. I'm so sorry if this is wrong I remember answering something very similar to this so i believe it is true. Hope it's correct!