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- 291: Djibouti
- ... President. Civilian authorities generally maintain effective control of the security forces, but there were instances in which the security forces acted independently of the Government's authority, and some members committed a number of human rights abuses. Djibouti has little industry; services and commerce provide most of the national income, which is largely generated by the foreign expatriate community of 12,000, including 3,300 French soldiers, and the state- controlled ... business interests and to hold personal and real property. That part of the gross national product that benefits citizens (and thus excludes the expatriates) is estimated at about $250 per capita. The Government's human rights record remained poor despite a limited multiparty political system. Members of the security forces committed several extrajudicial killings. There were credible reports that some members of the security forces beat detainees and denied proper medical ... down heavily on union leaders and politicians critical of the President. Discrimination against women persists, and the practice of female genital mutilation continued to be nearly universal. Discrimination against ethnic minorities persists. RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Section 1 Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom from: a. Political and Other Extrajudicial Killing Security forces were responsible for at least five extrajudicial killings. On January 9, while trying to ...
- 292: Unity Amid Diversity
- ... American. With the war in Vietnam and the war for equality, people were fed up with all of the hate. The public cried, Make love, not war (Tallulah). During this time of hardship, the Civil Rights Movement introduced us to many influential Americans that helped make equality possible and also made everyone proud to be American. From the famous court case of Brown vs. Board of Education and the refusal of ... of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X and Anne Moody, equality emerged in the United States and a positive, patriotic and respectful outlook was placed on what it is to be an American. The Civil Rights Movement was like a time bomb waiting to go off. African-Americans throughout the south looked at each other as if saying, wait, just wait. Surprisingly, the initiation came from a young, black girl who ... races and ages were inspired by her actions and the news traveled through telephone lines and word of mouth like rapid fire. Little did Mrs. Parks know that she had just officially started the Civil Rights Movement. Rosa Parks was a very prominent figure in the fight for civil rights along with many other respectable African-American men and women. One of the most influential leaders of the movement was ...
- 293: Bill Gates
- Bill Gates William H. Gates III and His Giant Bill Gates, cofounder of the Microsoft corporation, holds 30.7 percent of its stock making him one of the richest people in the United States. He was the marketing and sales strategist behind many of Microsoft ... the industry standard in the early 1980s and has just increased in distribution as the company has grown, so much that the Federal government is suggesting that Microsoft has violated Sherman and Clayton antitrust acts. Bill Gates' first interest in computers began at Lakeside, a private school in Seattle that Gates attended. There he wrote his "first software program when I was thirteen years old. It was for playing tic- ...
- 294: Important Cases of the US Supreme Court
- Important Cases of the US Supreme Court The United States Supreme Court has interpreted the constitutional guarantees contained in amendments to the constitution. Among these Guaranteed rights are the freedoms of religion, speech, and press, along with the right of protection against illegal search and seizure, equal protection under the law, and the right to counsel. These rights all contained in the first amendment to the constitution are arguably the most important rights guaranteed to citizens of the United States. However these rights are not absolute. Throughout the course of time many controversies have occurred concerning the limitation of rights. Many of these controversies have called upon ...
- 295: Nonviolent Resistance
- ... He stated that the Negroes must earn the respect of the white people. But how can the Negroes win the respect of the whites when they are being cowards? They must stand up for their rights and must not accept that they don't have freedom to become citizens of the United States of America. The Negroes are Americans and the Constitution's Bill of Rights applies to every single American. The Negroes did know that the system was corrupted, but why did they accept to adjust themselves to their oppression? I don't know. By accepting to conform their ...
- 296: State Constitutions In Colonial America
- ... also needed to write constitutions of their own.(Alderman, 109) Each state has a constitution that sets forth the principles and framework of its government. Like the United states Constitution, each state constitution has a bill of rights.(World book, 347) A few states drew up constitutions before the United States Constitution was adopted, but only the one drawn up by Massachusetts is still in use today. (World book, 348) The early state ... state. After the State constitution was approved then the state would be accepted into the union and it could go about doing its normal business. Also in each of the state constitutions there is a bill of rights. These rights are given to the citizens of the state by the state. They are similar to the ones mentioned in the United States Constitution but they go into more detail in ...
- 297: Abraham Lincoln 3
- ... and made a lasting impact in shaping the office of chief executive. Once regarded as the "Great Emancipator" for his forward strides in freeing the slaves, he was criticized a century later, when the Civil Rights Movement gained momentum, for his caution in moving toward equal rights. If he is judged in the historical context, however, it can be seen that he was far in advance of most liberal opinion. His claim to greatness endures. Early Life The future president was born ... his public responsibilities. He had been elected on a platform that pledged not to interfere with the "peculiar institution" in states where it already existed and had sworn to uphold a Constitution that protected Southern rights. From the first day of the war, however, he was under pressure from the more extreme antislavery men in his own party to strike at slavery as the mainspring of the rebellion. Counterbalancing this ...
- 298: American Exceptionalism
- ... traced back to the country's origins as the "first new nation" (besides Iceland) to gain newfound independence. These "revolutionary origins" based upon the principles declared in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, which caused certain upheaval centuries ago, no longer excite Americans today. In fact, Alexis de Tocqueville a French aristocrat credited with having begun the cycle of American exceptionalism literature, once phrased: "The Constitution of the ... revolutionary way, when spirits, were high, enticed by a rampant desire to create a stable government. Nowadays, as a result of the embedded individualistic principles taught by America's forefathers, Americans are more "legalistic and rights- oriented" than other countries in comparison, though they may not realize it. Lipset notes that the Bill of Rights, for example, has caused more and more people to sue not only the government but ...
- 299: The Life of Adolf Hitler
- ... contained her son Edward, Adolf's younger brother, who died from measles at age six. The next day, Christmas eve, Hitler and his sisters paid a visit to Dr. Bloch where they settled the medical bill. The doctor gave the family a break on the charges considering the many home visits he had made to his patient. Adolf Hitler expressed profound gratitude to the doctor. "I shall be grateful to you ... Nazis to new heights of daring and would even prompt Hitler into attempting to take over Germany. In April of 1921, the victorious European Allies of World War One, notably France and England, presented a bill to Germany demanding payment for damages caused in the war which Germany had started. This bill (33 billion dollars) for war reparations had the immediate effect of causing ruinous inflation in Germany. The German currency, the mark, slipped drastically in value. It had been four marks to the US dollar ...
- 300: The Second Amendment
- ... delt with it. Therefore the security of a free dtate is protected by the national establishment, this eliminates the need for military type weopons for a so called defense. Those opposing the limitation of gun rights can easily quote numerous examples why not to repeal the Second Ammendment. The NRA for example uses the slipery slope until every weapon is accounted for even though this is true "one of the major ... strong rulers in line. Then in English society the right to bear arms was insured, " when William and Mary were invited to occupy the throne of England in 1687, they were presented with an English bill of right. This bill included a specific right for Englishmen to have Arms for defense" ("Gun Control"8), in fact if this right was not exersized during the Revolutionary War with England our constitution would never have been ...
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