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- 621: Rutherford Hayes
- ... the deal. He swiftly ended Reconstruction and pulled federal troops out of the last two occupied states, South Carolina and Louisiana . During the brief period of radical reconstruction the negro enjoyed both civil and political rights. This political bargain contained three generally recognized parts: 1) The north would keep hands off the negro problem . 2) The rules governing race relations in the South would be written by whites. 3) These rules would concede the negro limited civil rights, but neither social nor political equality (page 787) . It is clear, however, that by 1876-77, a majority of white Americans were weary of continuing to battle southern retaliation to the reconstruction, especially when there appeared some possibility that the South was ready to give more than lip service to the rights promised by the Civil War Amendments. This bargain quickly caused an uproar by its opponents. Democrat William Clay said, "Instead of withdrawing, he should have sent more troops in there". Hayes was convinced that ...
- 622: Internet Censorship and the Communications Decency Act
- Internet Censorship and the Communications Decency Act Last October, congress passed and President Clinton signed into law a new "sequel" to the unconstitutional Communications Decency Act. This new Internet censorship bill, the Child Online Protection Act or COPA (a.k.a. "CDA II"), would establish criminal penalties for any commercial distribution of material deemed "harmful to minors". Although I feel that this law will probably be overturned like CDA, it shows how determined some politicians are to ignore our constitutional rights to free speech and impose their own views of what's "indecent" and "harmful to minors" on others. I believe that the government should have no business imposing these unconstitutional laws. The laws themselves are ... laws like these. Politicians could misuse these laws to ban things that they personally consider immoral or simply don't like even if they aren't considered "offensive to minors" by most people, abridging our rights to free speech even further. Aside from the vagueness of these proposed laws, they could prove impossible to enforce. Many people who push laws like these are ignorant of how the Internet works or ...
- 623: Cyberspace and the American Dream: A Magna Carta for the Knowledge Age
- ... in theory) consume society's entire output. Rich and poor alike, we all run information deficits. We all take in more than we put out." The Nature and Ownership of Property Clear and enforceable property rights are essential for markets to work. Defining them is a central function of government. Most of us have "known" that for a long time. But to create the new cyberspace environment is to create new ... class -- doctors, lawyers, consultants, architects, etc. -- are already being paid directly for their intellectual property. Who needs copyright when you're on a retainer?" Copyright, patent and intellectual property represent only a few of the "rights" issues now at hand. Here are some of the others: Ownership of the electromagnetic spectrum, traditionally considered to be "public property," is now being "auctioned" by the Federal Communications Commission to private companies. Or is it? Is the very limited "bundle of rights" sold in those auctions really property, or more in the nature of a use permit -- the right to use a part of the spectrum for a limited time, for limited purposes? In either case, ...
- 624: The Beak Of The Finch
- ... against natural selection producing new species. Time and time again the book tells of individual variation among finches. The average person would not notice these differences. The Grants noticed. Some of the subtle differences in bill thickness could mean the difference between survival and death. The Fortis finch, the main subject of the Grants' study, with a slightly narrower bill had an advantage in good growing years because the more general bill could eat a variety of available seeds. One with a thicker bill would do better in dry seasons when the only available seeds were those survivors with thicker hulls that the smaller bill could ...
- 625: Mexico
- ... land. In 1936 an expropriation law was passed enabling the government to seize private property whenever necessary for public or social welfare. The national railways of Mexico were nationalized in 1937, as were the soil rights of the oil companies. A government agency called Petrσleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, was created to administer the nationalized industry. The expropriations seriously affected the Mexican oil industry, for it became difficult for Mexico to sell ... employers and by the hostility of U.S. farm labor organizations toward the competition of Mexican migratory laborers willing to work for substandard wages. In March 1952, the Congress of the United States passed a bill providing for the punishment by fines and imprisonment of those recruiting and employing aliens who entered the country illegally. The Mexican economy grew at a healthy annual pace during the period from 1970 to 1974 ... Spanish. They want titles and protection of the lands where they live. Finally, they say that the governments should ratify the International Labor Office's (ILO) resolution 169 on the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous people. The group is named for Emiliano Zapata, a 19th-century Mexican revolutionary leader and agrarian reformer. The EZLN has organized itself among some of the most dispossessed people of the world. ...
- 626: Computer Crime: A Increasing Problem
- ... information gained or lost. As our government tries to take control of the information that travels through the digital world, and across networks such as the InterNet, they also seem to be taking away certain rights and privileges that come with these technological advancements. These services open a whole new doorway to communications as we know it. They offer freedom of expression, and at the same time, freedom of privacy in ... cannot be controlled by our government in it's current form. In order to control information, the government would have to induce a drastic change. The first amendment, in reality, is the foundation of the rights of the citizens of this country. This amendment, in it's most basic form, guarantees our right to inform and be informed. The government can not and will not be able to control digital information as a whole, or govern the right to this information without sacrificing the keystone of our nation and of our rights as Americans. 1 We see about 50-70% more computing power per year, and hardware prices drop about 25-50% per year. Since 1978, raw computing power has increased by over 500 times. "80x86 ...
- 627: Capital Punishment: Injustice of Society
- ... capital punishment was common, the value of life was less, and societies were more barbaric--capital punishment was probably quite acceptable. However, in todays society, which is becoming ever more increasingly humanitarian, and individual rights and due process of justice are held in high accord, the death penalty is becoming an unrealistic form of punishment. Also, with the ever present possibility of mistaken execution, there will remain the question of ... suitable substitutes that require fewer resources. I ask society, ...why dont we stop the killing?(Grisham 404). Bibliography Bright, Steven B., and Patrick J. Keenan. Judges and the Politics of Death: Deciding Between the Bill of Rights and the Next Election in Capital Cases. Boston University Law Review 75 (1995): 768-69. Cavanagh, Suzanne, and David Teasley. Capital Punishment: A Brief Overview. CRS Report For Congress 95-505GOV (1995): 4. Frame, ...
- 628: JFK: His Life and Legacy
- ... belief. Kennedy returned to Senate and participated in the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was also chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Labor. JFK believed strongly in education, equal job opportunity, and the civil rights movement. His biggest success came in the form of his Labor Reform Bill which passed by a margin of 90 to 1 in Senate debate. Kennedy's first child, Caroline, was born during this time. Due to his enormous success in Congress, the Democratic party nominated him for ... voters, the factory workers, and the liberals(Gadney 61). During the Kennedy Administration, a great deal of events were going on. Jackie had given birth to JFK, Jr., while all over the south, the civil rights movement was going in full force with incidents breaking out. Specific attention gathered around a black air force veteran, James Meredith, applied for admission to the University of Mississippi. In Cuba both the Bay ...
- 629: The French Revolution
- ... spotaneous peasant uprisings all over France. On Jult 14 a Paris mob stormed and demolished the Bastille, and old fortress housing political prisoners. On August 4, the assembly, led by certain enlightened nobles, abolished feudal rights and privileges with compensation to owners. A few years later the compensation was also abloished. On August 27 a Declaration of the Rights of Man, similar to the American Bill of Rights, was issued. The new constitution was completed by July, 1790, and the king accepted it. But Louis XVI's behavior was never consistent. In July, 1791, he tried to flee the country ...
- 630: Idealism Or EthnocideA Clash O
- ... plan to open agricultural potential of the West, procure land for the railway and bind the prairies commercially and economically to Canada. As long as the plains Indians remained strong and capable of defending their rights and their land , they would be of concern to the imperialistic ideals of Ottawa and London . However the reality of the situation in 1871 was that Canada did not have a plan to deal with ... way of relief would be to corral the Indians onto reserves spread throughout the country . In treaty six it states "all Indians ... do hereby cede , release , surrender and yield up to the government forever , all rights , titles and privleges whasoever to lands included ". The particular area of land which this quote is referring to is 121,00 square miles . In case one clause failed to make clear , another clause was added to the surrender : And also all their rights , titles and privileges whatsoever to all other lands in the Northwest". The Indians virtually had no say , without the bison , they had no choice . The treatiesdesignated reserve lands , reserves in which the Indians had ...
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