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- 1231: Education vs. Corrections
- ... system should be one of our main concerns, especially since there is enough funds in the budget to make improvements in education, and keep prisons maintained. Congress was trying to cut education spending but president Bill Clinton vetoed several bills that congress came up with. They submitted a $792 billion tax cut bill to the white house that planned to “pay for their pet projects at the expense of our children’s education.” Clinton said the republican bill could mean layoffs for some five thousand teacher that were hired to reduce class sizes. However, Gray Davis’ notes the availability of $6.7 billion for k-12 school constructions. Up to $700 million ...
- 1232: Legalization of Abortion
- ... upon millions of unborn children have been ripped apart, burned with saline solutions, and sucked from their mothers' wombs. With every abortion that occurs another inaudible scream from the unborn child is silenced and the rights of that child are taken away . If someone where to be asked if murder was wrong, the general answer would be yes. When that same person is asked if abortion is murder, the answer may ... and Hitler. The citizens of the United States need to wake up and see that the holocausts did not end in Germany but continue today on American soil. At one time blacks did not have rights because the were consider below white and not citizens. America needs to realize that unborn children are also citizens and have rights. Even though these babies can not be heard and are not able to contact their congressmen to suggest that a law against the murdering of them should be legalized, society should realizes they have ...
- 1233: Leadership In Ancient Civiliza
- ... agendas were hastily assassinated. First consider Tiberius Gracchus. It is imperative to analyze his style of leadership and his political strategies. During his term as tribune, Tiberius’ major goal was to pass a land reform bill. This bill was biased toward the masses. Tiberius tried fairly and squarely to gain the support of the Roman senate, but this effort was to no avail. Tiberius then resorted to unfavorable tactics when he impeached another tribune, Octavius, the major opponent of Tiberius’ bill. Thus Tiberius willingly destroyed the long-held and quite favored notion of an immune tribune. However, this is what the common people wanted. Tiberius’ big mistake was blatantly opposing, thus disrespecting the Roman senate. ...
- 1234: John Marshall Harlan II
- ... intellectual leader of the conservatives on the Court." Harlan was known to clash with the other members of the liberal Warren Court, often authoring the dissenting opinion of the Court. Harlan strongly believed in states' rights as well as individual rights. Although Harlan was well known as a conservative, he frequently voted on the side of the liberals, and sometimes wrote the majority opinion. In 1955, Harlan was a part of the Court's unanimous decision ... court voted unanimously in favor of Gideon, and Harlan issued a concurrence. In Miranda v. Arizona, the question was whether or not Miranda's confession, which was coerced by police, had violated his Fifth Amendment rights. The Court found in favor of Miranda, with Harlan issuing a dissenting opinion. Harlan felt that the Miranda decision looked down upon the professionalism of law enforcement, and that it would hinder the outcome ...
- 1235: Methods
- ... They want to decide what is best for them, not some politician in Washington, D.C. A 90’s women is more independent than say a 50’s women. They are battling for women’s rights. Abortion is a very controversial issue which directly effects women’s rights. I believe that men are less likely to support women’s rights because it will take power away from them. Most of our government positions are held by men. By giving the decision of abortion to women, it is taking away more of their power over ...
- 1236: Abortion
- ... Reproductive Health Services and Planned Parenthood vs. Casey the court stopped short of overturning the landmark Roe vs. Wade ruling, but it upheld the power of individual states to impose restrictions. The battle over abortion rights moved to the state legislatures and to the streets as massive demonstrations for and against legalized abortion continued into the 1990s. Missouri's and Pennsylvania's laws to impose severe restrictions on abortion were partially ... finance abortions for poor women in cases of rape or incest, but President George Bush vetoed it. The most restrictive law in any state was passed in Idaho in 1990, but the governor vetoed the bill. A related controversy arose in the late 1980s centering on the use of tissues from aborted fetuses for medical research and treatment. Experiments using cells from aborted fetuses showed that these cells were uniquely capable ...
- 1237: Luke's Three Dimensions of Power
- ... by the court, it most often went to the highest bidder. The Company held obvious power in its economic advantage leaving no doubt to anyone, including the courts, who would win out. By basing ownership rights on economic capabilities, challenge on behalf of the mountaineers was made scarce and considered a futile effort. In this way the issue of Company ownership was 'organized in' and the people's land claims were ... causes more than those of the Mountaineers. "There was little regard for what law there was and money ruled the day"(Gaventa,1980:59). This could help explain why Acts were passed to protect the rights of the Company while demands for miners rights rarely even made it to the courthouse. This supports the view that non-participation was not the result of apathy but of a caste system, and that non-issues did not mean lack of ...
- 1238: Is Saddam Satan?
- ... a Lebanon style civil war or face another ruler no better than Saddam himself. While many people in this country believe Saddam Hussein should be destroyed, that he is a totalitarian dictator and gross human rights violator. He is, in fact, a stabilizing force in his country and the Middle-East, standing up to the only remaining superpower. The consensus currently prevalent in this country is that Saddam Hussein, the leader ... weaken Saddams power, freeing the people to take up arms and oust him. However, the sanctions have hurt only the people of Iraq, and if anything have strengthened Saddams position. If Saddam is a human rights abuser as many maintain then, the U.S. is a human rights abuser as well. When the Soviet Union fell, the United States became the sole superpower, thus, many countries no longer fearing the U.S.S.R. began to loosen their ties with the U. ...
- 1239: The Promise of Genetic Engineering
- ... send it to your governor. Works Cited Coates, Joseph F. “The Promise of Genetics.” Futurist September/October 1997: 18-22. Sirs Researcher. Online. Netscape. 9 April 1998. Office of Technology Assessment, Biology, Medicine, and the Bill of Rights, (1990, September 1). Chapter 4A Human Genetics and the Constitution, U.S. History. Bureau of Electronic Publishing. Pendick, Daniel. “Industry Serves Up the Fruit of Tomato Biotechnology”, Science News 11 Nov. 1992: 376 Population Council ...
- 1240: The Crucial Role of Mass Media
- ... personal scandals, and the triumphs of prominent celebrities. In other words, the definition of news has been. The two sides on the ability of the mass media to fulfill it’s role recognized by the Bill of Rights can be categorized into either the supporters of Jarol Manhiem’s essay on the ineptness of the media to realize it’s privileged role or the supporters of Douglas Rushkoff’s essay on the ability ...
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