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- 401: Gun Control
- ... The public is polarized on the issue of gun control, Anti-gun control activists believe that it is each and every American's individual right to bear arms. After all, the Second Amendment to the Constitution states that: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. Advocates of gun control say that ... 10-16,1993, pg 38) Few of these guns if any are purchased from retail gun stores. Gun laws will not keep guns out of these ghettos. The founding fathers included Second Amendment to the Constitution because they were very aware of the fact that there might once again come a time when American Citizens would have to fight for their freedom. Patricia Lee of Balch Springs, Texas was running for ...
- 402: The Bell Curve Of African Amer
- ... slaves in the rebelling territories were now free. The tension about the well being of the black race was loosening. The world had changed. When the war ended, the 13th amendment was added to the Constitution. “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction” (Thirteenth Amendment of Constitution). With this amendment, which was fueled by the Emancipation Proclamation, Black rights were at a better state than ever before. After the 14th amendment was established, which stated that all naturalized persons were American Citizens ...
- 403: Angel Island
- ... these presumed pioneers used immigrants to fulfill their needs and desires. Capitalists and businesses created deceptive propaganda in order to exploit the Asian and European immigrants to the American Dream. The American Dream portrayed the Constitution's promise of equal opportunity to all immigrants. To the Chinese, America and most notably California, was known as the "Mountain of Gold or Gold Mountain." Gold Mountain was more of a myth than a ... land where they could be exploited. Every time Chinese found a new industry that could be profitable, the government created new obstacles to hinder their progress. America's Supreme Court had to violate their own constitution multiple times to be able to put down the civil rights cases that America faced. Asian women were not allowed to be brought over so that the men would leave; yet, since the beginning the ...
- 404: Outline: Negative Debate on Effects of Hate Mongering
- ... are aware that you are recommending that we limit freedom of thought, even if the thought is deplorable? Are you aware that this is in direct violation with the first amendment of the United States Constitution? Do you realize that if such legislation were passed it would give precedence for Congress to be able to pass any law governing freedom of thought? Do you also realize that if the government could ... 1. The plan that my opponents have stated has many blaring inherent flaws. The first, and perhaps most obvious, is it total inability to be put into use. The first ammendment to the United States constitution states that, Congress shall pass no law violating anyones freedom of speech, religious belief, or right to assemble. It is obvious that this, one of the most important passages in the Bill of Rights, was ...
- 405: The Ineptitude Of The United S
- ... put it, ‘The question is simply this: Can a negro, whose ancestors were imported into this country, and sold as slaves, become a member of the political community formed and brought into existence by the Constitution of the United States, and as such become entitled to all the rights, and privileges, and immunities guaranteed by that instrument to the citizen…?’ The Court’s answer was, simply, ‘No.’ In ruling that Dred Scott, and by extension, any other black person, could not be a citizen under the Constitution…" The Court’s decision in Scott set precedence until Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and the conclusion of the Civil War. Even after Reconstruction, racism and inequality were still a part of U.S. society and ...
- 406: Bill of Rights
- ... expressed grave reservations before sentencing Isom and Douglas Rucks (convicted of selling 3.5 grams of cocaine in a separate but similar case). Judge Cauthorn called the sentences "Draconian." Amendment IX The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. OTHER RIGHTS RETAINED BY THE PEOPLE: This amendment is so weak today that I will ask not what infringements ... law can you appeal to a court to find you not guilty of violating because the law denies a right retained by you? Amendment X The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. POWERS RESERVED TO THE STATES OR THE PEOPLE: This amendment is also weak, although it is not so ...
- 407: Gun Control
- ... amendment the right "to bear arms". Opponents of gun control, including the National Rifle Association, better known as the NRA, argue that the "right To bear arms" is guaranteed in the second amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America and licensing restrictions penalize law-abiding citizens while in no way preventing criminal use of handguns. It is also argued that by making it difficult for guns to be ... four times in the head and killed. In conclusion there are valid reasons for why certain people feel that gun control is unfair. People against gun control feel that it is a violation of the Constitution to control the sale and distribution and the registration of guns and gun owners. But it is necessary for there to be certain limits on the way that firearms are handled in this country because ...
- 408: Gun Control And Violence in Canada and the US
- ... to be considered, though, is our national heritage or culture which holds traditions of passiveness and peace unlike the American Frontier heritage. From our textbook, Why Nothing Works , Marvin Harris points out that the "American Constitution guarantees citizens the right to bear arms, and this has made it possible for U.S. criminals to obtain firearms more readily than their counterparts in countries like Japan...". Marvin Harris indicates that "the high ... institutions to protect their security of person and property...". Robert Sherrill believes that the vast majority of people who own guns , "simply own them because it is a part of their American heritage, and the constitution gives them 'the right to bear arms'"(1973:225). He suggests that Americans choose to practice their civil liberties to its entirety. Other notable differences in the literature is Mauser's view for the differences ...
- 409: Issue of Gun Control and Violence
- ... to be considered, though, is our national heritage or culture which holds traditions of passiveness and peace unlike the American Frontier heritage. From our textbook, Why Nothing Works, Marvin Harris points out that the "American Constitution guarantees citizens the right to bear arms, and this has made it possible for U.S. criminals to obtain firearms more readily than their counterparts in countries like Japan...". Marvin Harris indicates that "the high ... institutions to protect their security of person and property...". Robert Sherrill believes that the vast majority of people who own guns , "simply own them because it is a part of their American heritage, and the constitution gives them 'the right to bear arms'"(1973:225). He suggests that Americans choose to practice their civil liberties to its entirety. Other notable differences in the literature is Mauser's view for the differences ...
- 410: United States v. Nixon, President of the United States
- ... our leaders may sometimes think themselves above the law has always been evident. The fear is that power brings corruptness. To prevent this, however, the system of checks and balances has been installed into the Constitution. No one branch of government stands above the law in this setup. This point was reasserted in the the Supreme Court case of 1974, United States v. Nixon. This case involved the President of the ... judiciary, not the President, was the final arbiter of a claim of executive privilege. The Court also argued that the Special Prosecutor was vested power by the Attorney General who had the right under the constitution to conduct the criminal litigation of the United States government. In its decision, the Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the District Court. They ruled that President Nixon's insubordinance was unjustified. They felt that ...
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