Let’s look at a few cons of the Patriot Act. "Under the Patriot Act‚ law enforcement officials may have broad access to any record — academic‚ library‚ financial and medical — without probable cause of a crime. The Patriot Act prohibits the holder of such information‚ like university librarians‚ from disclosing that they have produced such records‚ under the threat of imprisonment. A University of Illinois survey of U.S. public libraries found that at least 545 libraries have been asked
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The Patriot Act vs. Civil Rights The Patriot Act clearly violates the constitutional rights of those living directly under it. There are many reports of United States citizen’s civil rights being violated. Phone conversations being listened in on when no terrorist conversations were taking place. Private medical records being looked at‚ personal computers being tapped into and web site visits being checked and arrests taking place with no solid proof that any crime took place. The accused weren’t
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The issue regarding child soldiers is one that is familiar to most persons‚ yet the progress in the process of addressing such problem moves at a very slow pace due to its increasing depth in the past twenty years. According to past reading‚ women and children were involved in many battles conducted during the time of the American colonization (Camacho‚ 2003‚ 5). However‚ it was a case in February‚ 1999 that truly opened the public’s eye towards the issue of child soldiers for it was regarding a 17-year
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My freedom cost many lives‚ and now it is my turn to pay back the debt to the men who fought for my beautiful country. My responsibility as a citizen of America consists of voting‚ respecting‚ submitting‚ and serving my country. Responsibility is defined as the state or fact of being responsible‚ answerable‚ or accountable‚ for something within one’s power‚ control‚ or management. Personally‚ I agree with that statement‚ but it means more to me than just being accountable it means to fulfill your
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American Citizens Duties To The Government: According To The Constitution Christopher J Morin College Of Central Florida Abstract What is our duties and obligations to our country. What is the importance of these duties to our nation‚ government‚ and the other citizens of the united states. What is questioned to be the beliefs of those who do not know what is our duties as citizens. and brief examples of our duties and obligations to the government based upon the constitution. It is our
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they see a doctor. Once evaluated‚ they are given a name with a lot of technical jargon to follow. However‚ no soldier is told what it is‚ does‚ or how it will change their life forever. It has gone by many names: Shellshock‚ Battle Exhaustion‚ Aftershock‚ Post-Vietnam Syndrome‚ and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is not an uncommon occurrence for soldiers. It has been taking place under many names and many different forms since the First World War. However‚ even though
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9/11 turned out to be a turning point in every Americans life. I remember so vividly what I was doing when I found out a plane had hit the World Trade Center. I had just got back home from dropping my son off at daycare and was laying on the couch trying to decide whether to take a nap or fix me some breakfast. I had just found out the week before that I was almost out of the woods for a miscarriage. For almost a month I went to doctor appointments every week because there was an amniotic sac
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Should voters elect judges or should they be appointed? It would be better if a chief executive like a governor‚ mayor or county executive nominated judges vetted for their professional qualifications and judicial outlook. When it was first introduced‚ the idea of electing judges was meant as a way to avoid corruption‚ but it seems to have the opposite effect today. Holding judicial elections requires judges to campaign for their seats‚ which can adversely impact their ability to make independent
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Running head: INTERVIEW TO A SENIOR CITIZEN Interview to a Senior Citizen Mary Gilbert PSYCH 101 May 14‚ 2012 Interview to a Senior Citizen Having the opportunity of interviewing a veteran from the World War II and Pearl Harbor has been the most rewarding experience I have had in a long time. He is ninety-two years old and it is amazing to see how good he still looks. I have known him since my family and I moved to Fort Campbell‚ KY. He has an amazing spirit and everyone in the neighborhood
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Abandoned Seniors Citizens Carla Crull COM/220 December 13‚ 2009 Carol Parker Abandoned Senior Citizens Are Americans prepared for the increasing numbers of elderly population? In the next century the oldest of old will be the fastest growing population in the nation. According to The AGS Foundation for Health and Aging (2005)‚ the size and character of the elderly in the United States is rapidly changing. Since the 1900 most of the US population was under the age of 65‚ but this
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