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- 721: The American Oligarchy
- ... democracy is anything but equal. The original Bill of Rights was very clear about having one person represent many. The very first article stated After the first enumeration required by the first article of the Constitution, there shall be one Representative for every thirty thousand, until the number shall amount to one hundred
there shall be not less than one hundred Representatives nor less than one Representative for every forty thousand ...
- 722: Synthesis On Race And Ethnicit
- ... have answers to these questions, they should be looked over and the immigrants who decide they would like to live in America should abide by our laws and policies as our forefathers dictated in the Constitution. It is all about perspective which has everything to do with our personal and collective experiences; from our histories we build myths, legends that both guide us and constrain us; legends that include both fact ...
- 723: Should We Legalize
- ... 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 ...
- 724: Race
- ... homosexuals, who historically endured prejudice because of social and sexual taboos. Few state or local laws exists to protect rights of lesbians and gay men against discrimination. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution does not protect private homosexual relations among consenting adults. This decision led to aggressive action by the gay community to counteract prejudice and to lobby for legal protections. In response, conservative groups in some states ...
- 725: Protecting The Innocent
- ... own. The death penalty was abolished in the United States from 1972 to 1976 after the Supreme Court ruled it cruel and unusual punishment and therefore violated the 8'th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. When new execution methods were introduced the decision was reversed (www.brittanica.com). However even if the death penalty is no longer considered cruel and unusual, it is still unethical. Our legal system is not ...
- 726: Prostitution
- ... that prostitution should be legalized and regulated ("Database" 16). From the technical aspect, prostitution should not be illegal because the act itself does not infringe upon anyone's constitutional right. Furthermore, no where in the constitution does it state that accepting or offering money for sexual acts is illegal. Many people, however, argue that our forefathers did not envision a nation where sex was a profession and taxable. Conversely, prostitution has ...
- 727: ABORTION
- ... injunction against it obtained by her lover, Gregory Murphy. A man can neither stop an abortion from occurring nor can he induce a woman to have an abortion if she does not wish to. The Constitution ensures that the man is not given the power to decide to have the woman destroy the fetus or carry it to term. It is believed that "any man's right to control the destiny ...
- 728: Assisted Suicide
- ... people having the right to avoid unwanted medical treatment, including food and water.5 It recognized the right to terminate unwanted medical treatment even when death would be the result.14 People often use the Constitution as a basis for argument. The 14th amendment prohibits the state from depriving "any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law." So to deny a dying patient medical assistance when requested ...
- 729: Facism
- ... agenda to deal with. Even though these groups have differences generally they do agree on certain main issues. With their core administration dealing with issues centering on anti-government. The issues are gun control, taxes, Constitution liberties, and federal regulations. These militia groups believe that the government is tyrannical, and there is a secret elite conspiracy on controlling the government, the economy, the culture, or all three. Just as Hitler used ...
- 730: Hand Guns Must Go
- ... their guns primarily used for hunting. Guns were kept in each household to hunt for food. Today, Those who still use guns to hunt for food could still use hunting riffles. The framers of the constitution had no idea of the technological advances that would exist in the twenty-first century changing guns into a device capable of killing several people with the push of a trigger. Tougher gun control laws ...
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