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- 461: Internet Regulation
- ... world, legislative safeguards are imperative. The government gives citizens the privilege of using the Internet, but it has never given them the right to use it. They seem to rationalize that the framers of the constitution planned & plotted at great length to make certain that above all else, the profiteering pornographer, the pervert and the pedophile must be free to practice their pursuits in the presence of children on a taxpayer ... while "indecency" is generally allowable to adults, but that laws protecting children from this "lesser" form are acceptable. It's called protecting those among us who are children from the vagrancies of adults.8 The constitution of the United States has set regulations to determine what is categorized as obscenity and what is not. In Miller vs. California, 413 U.S. at 24-25, the court announced its "Miller Test" and ...
- 462: Gun Control: Simple Solution or Ticket to Trouble
- ... security checks need to be done on prospective gun buyers or that customary waiting periods should be enforced. The problem with all of these recommendations is that they infringe on the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. The amendment reads: 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. (Hofstadter ... the question: what is gun control and how far should our government go with these laws? You want to make the nation a safe place to live, but you also need to abide by the Constitution, which is the basis of our nation. As you can probably expect, there are many arguments on the pro side that are sound and quite relevant. Many of them are merely statistics that will help ...
- 463: Japan
- ... entirely separate from and independent of the executive authority. Except for reasons of health, judges may be removed only by public impeachment. The highest court in the nation is the Supreme Court, established by the constitution and consisting of a chief justice appointed by the emperor upon the recommendation of the cabinet and 14 associate justices appointed by the cabinet. Four types of lower courts are prescribed by the constitution: high courts, district courts, family courts, and summary courts. The Supreme Court is the tribunal of final appeal in all civil and criminal cases and has authority to decide on the constitutionality of any act ...
- 464: Ben Franklin
- ... otherwise provided for his family. From April 1775 to October 1776, Franklin served on the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety and in the Continental Congress, submitted articles of confederation for the united colonies, proposed a new constitution for Pennsylvania, and helped draft the Declaration of Independence. After the loss at Yorktown, in! 1781,he finally persuaded British leaders that they could not win the war, Franklin made secret contact with peace negotiators sent from London. Franklin had many accomplishments in his life. Franklin's final public pronouncements urged ratification of the Constitution and approved the inauguration of the new federal government under his admired friend George Washington. He helped the outcome of the United States of America and not to mention he helped the world of science ...
- 465: Honduras
- ... to our southern neighbors. in northwestern Honduras is a ceremonial center of the Old Empire of the Maya and one of the most important archaeological sites in the entire western hemisphere. "Type Of Government" The constitution of Honduras was formed in 1982. Under the Constitution, the people elect a president and the members of the legislature serve four-year terms. Presidents can only serve one term. The cabinet is appointed by the president. The military has allot of the influence ...
- 466: Same Sex Marriages
- ... blood-related weddings would soon be recognized. Although the argument is irrational, it seems to maintain many followers. The constitutional rights bring up a very important issue in the great debate over homosexual marriages. The constitution in no way signifies that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. The constitution allows the states to deal mostly with marriage and the laws and procedures that govern it, but due to the full faith and credit clause, the other states must recognize these unions. The problem with ...
- 467: The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
- ... getting something in return. (Northwest Ordinance packet, 40-41) (Billington) The temporary government of the territories, had one governor and three judges appointed by Congress. Because the territory was part of the United States, the Constitution still gave the people the same rights as other citizens. The planned future form of government was insisted on being republican. A republican government would be controlled by popular consent, most of the officials would ... a representative to congress, the governor though would still be appointed by Congress. When the population reached 60,000, the people could send a petition to become a state. They had to make a state constitution and have it approved by the congress. The Ordinance promised eventual statehood, on equal terms with other states. The writers of the Northwest Ordinance, knowing the territories would eventually become states in a Union, made ...
- 468: Frederic Douglass
- ... could not look at him as an equal Frederick Douglass still spoke out and made himself know on this view. Because of Douglass speeches and hard work black suffrage was know an amendment to the Constitution, the Fourteenth. That meant that voting was guarantied by the Constitution and could not be dined. As 1867 came Douglass was asked by President Johnson to take charge of the Freedman's Bureau. He dined this offer, for he did not want to be associated with ...
- 469: 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 ...
- 470: Philosophy Statement
- ... we leave to grow up, and what we go to war to defend; there, souls are conceived and sometimes destroyed. Today's politicians do not make up our government, but are only agents of The Constitution. Our literal constitution, our country's makeup, is steadfast; yet this is visually belied by the sweeping exchanges of incumbents and rookie politicians. It is evidenced in the unchanging archetypal structures that Americans recognize as well as their ...
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