|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 941 - 950 of 4643 matching essays
- 941: Australia
- ... reatail trade 20.1%, manufacturing and industry 16.2%, agriculture 6.1%(1987). Political System Australia has a federal system of government, and a long history as a multiparty parliamentary democracy. There is no written Bill of Rights, but fundamental rights are ensured by law and respected in practice. The Commonwealth (federal) government and the six state governments operate under written constitutions that draw on the British tradition of a Cabinet Government, led by a ...
- 942: V-Chip and Television Censorship
- ... far too much sex and violence available to our children today. Appropriate steps must be taken to shield our young ones from these dangerous influences. Fortunately Congress and the President have signed into legislation a bill allowing parents to block sex and violence from their television sets. The Television Decoder Circuitry Act of 1993 required all new televisions sold in the United States to contain a chip to decode closed-captioning4 ... been signed into law by the President, it remains at the heart of a heated political battle. The strongest objection raised to the V-chip by its opponents is that it violates the First Amendment Rights of the broadcasters. They claim that the government is imposing a system of censorship that will lead to "blander" and "less dramatic" television.14 I feel that the V-chip is a wonderfull tool for parents to use in raising there kids. I also don't think anbodies rights a being violated because you
- 943: Checks and Balances In The Government
- ... later that year. During the presidency of Ronald Reagan, there were several times, where the code of checks and balances came into play. Two instances were the congressional override of Reagans veto of civil rights enforcement bill and a congressional refusal to renew funding for contra military operations. Lastly, over the next 127 years, the system of checks and balances was practiced on a daily basis, but more specifically when the legislative branch passed President Bill Clintons 1993-1994 fiscal year budget. The package called for $500 billion from the deficit over five years reducing spending by $255 billion and raising $241 billion in new taxes. Altogether, the practices ...
- 944: Homeless 2
- ... If a person makes over a certain level of income then the government should make it mandatory to donate so much of their money to a charity that can help people less fortunate. For instance, Bill Gates is the wealthiest man in the world. He has a net worth that topples over ninety billion dollars. If he were to donate thirty billion dollars in helping out the poor, he could place ... disease or violence, or else intimidated by the regulations, look for refuge in such public places as train stations and church doorways" (Kozol 23). A policy the government could pass to prevent this is a Bill, which makes it mandatory for all cities to build a homeless shelter that can hold all the homeless people in that city. In the shelters they must include bathrooms, showers, food, and clothing. Also inside ... when people begin to have problems. No matter how long this society is around there will always be homeless people. Society is going to have to learn to except this and allow them the equal rights they give the general public. As a civilized society, people must realize that in order to advance, they must treat everyone in this country equally and help him or her overcome the dilemma.
- 945: Death Penalty
- ... executions. It will go into further detail on arraignment and the trail details of defense and sentencing. The federal law on capital punishment begins with the constitution, which states in the eighth amendment of the bill of rights that, no person shall be subject to cruel or unusual punishment. Despite this and for the reason that it is the government that decides what is cruel and unusual, capital punishment is still federally legal ... determined and probable cause has been established, a warrant will be issued for the individuals arrest. Upon arrest the individual will be made clear of the crime of which he is being charged and his rights. He will then be taken into custody. Once in custody he will make an initial appearance in court, if the charges are not dropped the case will move on to a preliminary hearing. At ...
- 946: Richard M. Nixon
- ... same year Eisenhower and Nixon ran for reelection, Frank Nixon, Richard Nixon's father, died. In 1957, Nixon and Martin Luther King, Jr. met in Washington and discussed Nixon's efforts to promote a civil rights bill. On Nov. 25, 1957, President Eisenhower suffered a stroke, and again Nixon acted President. In 1960, Nixon was nominated to be the Republican candidate for President. His opponent was John F. Kennedy, to whom he ... During Nixon's first term as President, he accomplished many things. He passed strong new anti-crime laws, he had the military draft reduced then eliminated, he cut taxes, and he made progress with civil rights and equal opportunities for women. He also made great strides in foreign relations. In 1972, Nixon talked to Russian leaders and came up with the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (known as the SALT agreement) ...
- 947: Lincoln's Legacy
- ... to solve our disagreements and keep our country together. The idea that many men had died for our country and that we should not forget them was strongly emphasized in he Gettysburg Address. In the Bill of Rights it is conveyed that no person should be deprived of their basic rights. These men that died in order that we could all be sovereign, and that nobody could own anyone else, were deprived of everything when their lives were taken. It is our responsibility to never ...
- 948: Separation And Survival In
- ... family, a hope which sustained him in his twelve years of bondage. The defining moment of that bondage the moment in which it became clear to him that he was now a slave, with no rights to his own person occurred not when he awoke to find himself in chains, but when he informed his new "owner" that he was in fact a free man. The owner, a slave-dealer named ... institution which denied him every right, and used every strategy available to him. On arriving in New Orleans he discovered that even his name was not his own: he was listed as "Platt" on the bill of lading, and Platt he was thenceforth called. Recognizing the danger to himself in asserting his rights as a free man (Burch had explicitly threatened to kill him if he continued to do so) he never again told a slave owner that he was free. He sought instead the help of ...
- 949: Discrimination In The Workplace
- ... which occurs when a person is given a position, privilege, perk, or other resource that historically and typically has been granted to Whites. For Whites, a scandalous paradox occurs when a person possessing neither legal rights nor social status receives preference over someone possessing both. An example is seen when a black person is given a position over a white person that historically has been granted to whites. (The Journal Of ... is a plan to offset past discrimination in employing or educating women, blacks, etc. Affirmative action was implemented with the idea and hope that America would finally become equal. The tension of the 1960s civil rights movement had made very clear, that the nations minority and female population were not receiving equal social and economic opportunity. Americas first honest attempt at solving a problem, it had previously chosen to ignore ... workplace is having the right employers. The laws they have established has helped, but I think if you have people in the workplace who arent raciest then you should have no problem with discrimination. Bill Clinton has changed a lot of laws for the minorities in the workplace also. Affirmative action I think causes more problems with discriminationbecause a lot of people think that businesses hire different minorities just ...
- 950: Thomas Jefferson
- ... Burke had it republished with emendations of his own. Great Britain viewed the paper as the extreme of insolence and punished the author by adding his name to the list of proscriptions enrolled in a bill of attainder. Jefferson was present as a member of the convention, which met in the parish church at Richmond, in March, 1775, to consider the course that Virginia should take in the impending crisis. It ... within its limits the enforcement of the Sedition act. The Alien and Sedition laws were declared unconstitutional, and the sister States were invited to unite in resisting them, "in order to maintain unimpaired the authorities, rights and liberties reserved to the States respectively or to the people." These views were not only those of Jefferson, but of Patrick Henry, George Mason and nearly all leading Virginians. Kentucky, the child of her ... by itself; error alone needs the support of government." Jefferson's committee abolished the frightful penalties of the ancient code; he set on foot the movement for the improvement of public education; he drew the bill for the establishment of courts of law in the State, and prescribing their methods and powers; he destroyed the principle of primogeniture, and brought about the removal of the capital from Williamsburg to Richmond. ...
Search results 941 - 950 of 4643 matching essays
|
