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- 4271: The Electoral College
- ... considered 'The result of a truly creative compromise that satisfied proponents of legislative election as well as popular election.' Many people were still upset with America's decision to incorporate such blatant disregard of constitutional rights. William Grayson argued its' existence stating that his mathematical calculations prove it to be a farce. He concluded that a small number of states with powerful interests could elect a president of their choice. Thus ...
- 4272: Communications Decency Act: Regulation In Cyberspace
- ... fingertips. The ability for anyone to send pictures and words cheaply and quickly to potentially millions of others seems to terrify the government and control freaks. Thus, the Communications Decency Act destroys our own constitution rights and insults the dreams of Jefferson, Washington, Madison, Mill, Brandeis, and DeToqueville. It's funny, now that we finally have a medium that truly allows us to exercise our First Amendment right, the government is ...
- 4273: The Infamous Watergate Scandal
- ... Millions of people watched the committee vote on television. There were twenty-seven votes for the impeachment and only eleven against it. He was accused of misuse of his authority and also violating the constitutional rights of citizens by ordering the FBI and Secret Services to spy on American citizens. The last thing he was charged with was refusing to obey congress's subpoenas. Nixon had broken his oath to up ...
- 4274: The Infamous Watergate Scandal
- ... Millions of people watched the committee vote on television. There were twenty-seven votes for the impeachment and only eleven against it. He was accused of misuse of his authority and also violating the constitutional rights of citizens by ordering the FBI and Secret Services to spy on American citizens. The last thing he was charged with was refusing to obey congress's subpoenas. Nixon had broken his oath to up ...
- 4275: United We Stand for The Red, White, And Blue
- United We Stand for The Red, White, And Blue America has given its citizens many liberties, privileges, and rights, and it's citizens should be proud to be a part of this country. The red, white, and blue has become a symbol for a great way of life, and everyone should recognize this. There ...
- 4276: Presidents and Affirmative Action
- ... Congress. Affirmative action was silently being "killed" by our federal administrators. But among this destruction there was one positive aspect, the passage of Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (5). Finally to the Presidency of Bill Clinton. The Republicans are attempting to scare people into changing their party lines by misusing affirmative action. They are saying that affirmative action is nothing more than a quota (6) or reverse discrimination (7). As ...
- 4277: The Need For Affirmative Action
- ... against minorities in the American society. Perhaps the biggest complaint that one hears about affirmative action policies aimed at helping Black Americans is that they violate the 14th Amendment of the Constitution and the Civil Rights laws. The claim is that these programs distort what is now a level playing field and bestow preferential treatment on undeserving minorities because of the color of their skin. While this view seems very logical ...
- 4278: 1984: A Political Statement Against Totalitarianism
- ... guilty of crimes are erased from having ever existed. "Your name was removed from the registers, every record of your existence was denied and then forgotten" (Orwell 19). Again people were taken away without any rights. "...there was no trial no report of arrest" (19). The actual purpose of the Ministry of Truth is to spread lies and to have control over its citizens using memory erasing techniques. "...the distinction between ...
- 4279: Veterans Day
- ... I have the most important reason why we should always respect our veterans, that is freedom. Without freedom, we could have half of the things that we have now. We would have no respect, no rights, and no happiness, In other countries, people don't have freedom, and they are suffering and dying. Without freedom, we would have nothing. In conclusion I just wanted to tell everyone what I feel is ...
- 4280: Affirmative Action
- ... the Fourteenth Amendment extend to all persons. It's language is explicit: "No State shall... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." It is settled beyond question that the rights created by the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment are, by its terms, guaranteed to the individual." (Bakke, p.485) In the past, we were fighting to abolish racial separation, but today, we have affirmative ...
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