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- 411: The Civil War
- ... abuses", yet, the general phrasing was only an advantage to abusers. There is no listing of the "privileges or immunities" offered to U.S. citizens. In fact, there is not even a clarification of what rights a "citizen" has. These generalities, and the abuses that went with them, prompted the adoption of the fifteenth amendment in 1870. The final major step towards democratic expansion during reconstruction, the fifteenth amendment granted " The ... of congress voted to refuse accepting the delegates, and appointed a committee to begin work on reconstruction. In 1866, Congress overrode a presidential veto for the first time in history, when Johnson vetoed a civil rights bill. The bill would have given blacks a considerable new amount of freedom from discriminatory southern actions. Johnson took his stand against the radical Republicans in congress when the fourteenth amendment was first passed. While ...
- 412: Mohandas Gandhi and His Life
- ... African company, accepted it and went to South Africa. When he arrived, he was shocked at the segregation and racial discrimination. In 1894 when he was ready to leave from Africa, he read about a bill that would take away the vote of Indians. Gandhi decided to stay and try to stop the bill. He was unsuccessful. After that Gandhi moved to Durban, began practicing law, formed the National Indian congress. In 1896 after being attacked and beaten by a white mob, Gandhi began to teach passive resistance. The ... Leo Tolstoy and an American writer Henry David Thoreau. In 1899, at the outbreak of the Boer Wars, he helped raise 1,200 men to defend Natal and support Britain. This did nothing for the rights of the Indian community. In 1906, a large movement began to take place to gain rights for the Indians. Gandhi negotiated many compromises in 1913 for more rights of the Indian people. Considering his ...
- 413: The Life Of Mahatma Ghandi
- ... would defend his dignity as an Indian and as a man. (see also Index: racial segregation ) While in Pretoria, Gandhi studied the conditions in which his countrymen lived and tried to educate them on their rights and duties, but he had no intention of staying on in South Africa. Indeed, in June 1894, as his year's contract drew to a close, he was back in Durban, ready to sail for India. At a farewell party given in his honour he happened to glance through the Natal Mercury and learned that the Natal Legislative Assembly was considering a bill to deprive Indians of the right to vote. "This is the first nail in our coffin," Gandhi told his hosts. They professed their inability to oppose the bill, and indeed their ignorance of the politics of the colony, and begged him to take up the fight on their behalf. Until the age of 18, Gandhi had hardly ever read a newspaper. Neither ...
- 414: Pornography Censorship
- ... Censorship The idea of censorship is nothing new to the American people. Censorship has been controversial since I can ever remember. The issue is so delicate because censorship by definition infringes on peoples First Amendment rights. Usually when that phrase is used, controversy follows quite closely. Pornography is another hotly debated issue. Parents have long wanted stricter laws to help prohibit young children getting a hold of magazines, videos and other ... are going to have no couth and continue to be indecent then the government will be forced to step in. Is this wrong to want something like this. Does this infringe upon our First Amendment Rights or is this doing what is necessary and proper. This is where the real dispute lies. The on-line companies need to find a happy median to statify everyone (which is extremely difficult at this ... totally make the Internet free and open to all. Bills such as Sentor James Exon's Communications Decency Act which would punish any person who makes available any indecent communications in any form. Another similiar bill is the Communications Act of 1995, introduced by Representative Cox of California and Representative Wyden of Oregon. This bill would prohibit Fcc regulations of speech on the Internet. There are many others that please ...
- 415: Affirmative Action - Does It W
- ... within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. (1)" Affirmative action can trace its roots back to the 14th amendment, although it did not really get started until Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act was passed, giving minorities equal employment rights. The overall strategy and outline for this plan were contained in Executive Order 11246, which was issued by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1972 (Gilbert et al. 2). This led to a wave of programs ... these suits, as well as others throughout the country is that any system that gives preference to certain groups is actually discriminatory in and of itself. In my view the original concept of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was that any type of discrimination is in violation of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution. Affirmative action programs that use quotas, no matter how they are implemented, result in individuals ...
- 416: Federalism's Role In Our Government
- ... things, the 14th Amendment guarantees equal protection under the law to all citizens. Since all citizens are guaranteed protection, it is left up to the national government to make sure all citizens are receiving these rights. Even though many thought that the 14th Amendment meant that the Bill of Rights was nationalized, its interpretation by the Supreme Court was much different. Just as in the 13th Amendment, the 14th in section 5 is given the power to enforce the article. The 15th Amendment gave ...
- 417: The Effects of Over-Population on the Earth's Water Supply
- The Effects of Over-Population on the Earth's Water Supply What would you do if your water bill and your food bill started to increase exponentially? It is scary for most Americans to imagine the price of food doubling every month. What if you could not get fresh water? In the coming years this scenario will become ... and Constitution has published a series of articles over the last ten years documenting a court battle between the State of Georgia, the State of Alabama, and the State of Florida. At issue are water rights to the Chattahoochee, Flint, and Etowah rivers, all of which run through Georgia and into Florida and Alabama. Charles Seabrook wrote most of these articles. In his most recent article titled Time, hope running ...
- 418: Japanese Americans During WWII
- ... William O. Douglas simply refused to judge the military action because of the military requirements of that hour. It was this kind of thinking that enabled the U.S. government to trample on the Constitutional rights that all people living in America should enjoy. Some may even call our government's behavior legalization of racism. How did Americans feel About The Internment Camps? When the news of Pearl Harbor reached the ... justification for the incarceration of ethnic Japanese on the west coast. They also said that there was a grave injustice done to individuals of Japanese descent Public Law 100-383 In 1988 Congress passed a bill providing 1.25 billion in reparations and a formal apology from our government to the Japanese American internees. Public Law 100-383 was passed on August 10, 1988. President Bush signed this bill which clearly stated that 110,000 Japanese Americans were interned without good reason. This decision to intern these Americans were largely motivated by racial prejudice. Today Not only were Japanese Americans living in the ...
- 419: Hillary Clinton
- ... developed her strong concern for protecting the interests of children and families, and served on the Board of Editors of the Yale Review of Law and Social Action. While she was there, she also met Bill Clinton, a fellow law student. In 1973 Hillary became a staff attorney for the Children's Defense Fund. A year later she was recruited by the Impeachment Inquiry staff of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives. Hillary left Washington and "followed her heart to Arkansas," marrying Bill Clinton in 1975. The couple taught together on the law faculty of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Their daughter, Chelsea, was born in 1980. Hillary Rodham Clinton served as First Lady of Arkansas for ... addition to her work at home, the Hillary serves as a goodwill ambassador for the United States during her visits abroad. From Europe to Asia, Africa to Latin America, Hillary takes her message of human rights, health care, and economic empowerment for women across the globe. During her trips, she has advocated for human rights, promoted microcredit as a means to economic self-sufficiency, pushed for equality in education for ...
- 420: Gun Control Is Needed
- ... stop the rise in violent crime by strengthening laws on the ownership of firearms. Persons in the group against gun control believe that gun control is wrong, and that it is a violation of constitutional rights. Those in favor of gun control believe that gun control is good, that the Second Amendment does not apply to regular citizens, and that guns should be taken out of the hands of criminals. There ... assault weapons. A lot of money is spent each year on legislation (See Appendix for figures). The Gun Owners of America is another group that is against gun control. The GOA preserves and defends the rights of gun owners through legislation. They publish books, articles, and videos on gun issues and how those issues affect people. They also conduct seminars for the press and Congress about issues on the Second Amendment ... in a gun club. Some accomplishments of HCI are laws prohibiting the interstate sale of handguns, and laws prohibiting the sale of "assault weapons." The main goal of this organization was to pass the Brady Bill. Some of its other goals are to ban multiple sales of handguns, to create gun-free zones around all of the schools, and to establish control over who can manufacture and sell weapons. HCI ...
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