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- 1171: Capital Punishment
- ... or class bias in its use, these kinds of discrimination are not a sufficient reason for abolishing the death penalty on the idea that it discriminates or violates the 8th Amendment of the United States Constitution. Opponents of capital punishment have replied to this by saying that the death penalty is subject to miscarriage of justice and that it would be impossible to administer fairly. In the 1970s, a series of ...
- 1172: Capital Punishment
- ... or class bias in its use, these kinds of discrimination are not a sufficient reason for abolishing the death penalty on the idea that it discriminates or violates the 8th Amendment of the United States Constitution. Opponents of capital punishment have replied to this by saying that the death penalty is subject to miscarriage of justice and that it would be impossible to administer fairly. In the 1970s, a series of ...
- 1173: Case for Legalizing Marijuana What
- ... for the individual. The strong belief in personal freedom appears early in the nation's history. The Declaration of Independence speaks of every citizen's right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." The Constitution and Bill of Rights go further, making specific guarantees. They forbid the government to make unwarranted entry into dwelling places. They forbid seizure of personal property, except when very clear reasons are approved by the ...
- 1174: Gun Control - A Firing Issue
- ... of violent crimes in New Jersey. A police officer has a better chance of encountering an escaped tiger from the local zoo than confronting an “assault weapon”. Gun control should not take place. The constitution prohibits it, common sense when it comes to protection invalidates it, many statistics prove it, and any reasonable person when confronted with the facts will disagree with it. Guns are not health hazards, nor dangers ...
- 1175: “Smoke” The Prohibition!
- ... is atrocious and threatens our freedom. Drug users are not the only ones crying out for their rights in this war. Even Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall called many polices "the drug exception to the Constitution." For example, one drug policy is that customs officials can detain people for no less than 24 hours and not release them until they agree to defecate in the examiners presence, they allow the feces ...
- 1176: Capital Punishment: Pro
- ... or class bias in its use, these kinds of discrimination are not a sufficient reason for abolishing the death penalty on the idea that it discriminates or violates the 8th Amendment of the United States Constitution. Opponents of capital punishment have replied to this by saying that the death penalty is subject to miscarriage of justice and that it would be impossible to administer fairly. In the 1970s, a series of ...
- 1177: “To legalize or Not to Legalize”
- ... the American History and have played a vital role since the time of the Boston Tea Party and that free use of drugs should be part of the American Tradition. Many recall back to the constitution and say that there are amendments which say that the government can not control the sale and use of drugs or regulate personal health habits. Personal intoxication is also regulated by the 21st amendment and ...
- 1178: Capital Punishment: Injustice of Society
- ... Court has steadily reduced the availability of habeas corpus review of capital convictions, placing its confidence in the notion that state judges, who take the same oath of office as federal judges to uphold the Constitution, can be trusted to enforce it.”(Bright 768) This makes for the biased trying of a defendant’s appeals, “…given the overwhelming pressure on elected state judges to heed, and perhaps even lead to, the ...
- 1179: Drug Prohibition
- ... is atrocious and threatens our freedom. Drug users are not the only ones crying out for their rights in this war. Even Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall called many polices "the drug exception to the Constitution." For example, one drug policy is that customs officials can detain people for no less than 24 hours and not release them until they agree to deficate in the examiners presence, they allow the feces ...
- 1180: Failure of Gun Control Laws
- ... of self-defense. To fully understand the reasons behind the gun control efforts, we must look at the history of our country, and the role firearms have played in it. The second amendment to the Constitution of the United States makes firearm ownership legal in this country. There were good reasons for this freedom, reasons which persist today. Firearms in the new world were used initially for hunting, and occasionally for ...
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