stated‚ “it is neither extraordinary nor unexpected that the constitution offered to your consideration should meet with opposition. It is the nature of man to pursue his own interest in preference to the public good.” Their opposition and educated arguments ensured that everything that needed to be included in the constitution was included. We now know that the Federalists prevailed‚ and the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1788‚ and went into effect in 1789. In his speech Wilson concluded that he
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The Eighteenth Amendment had been in operation for an hour when the police recorded the first attempt to break it‚ with six armed men stealing some $100‚000-worth of "medicinal" whisky from a train in Chicago. From the very beginning‚ criminals had recognized that Prohibition represented a marvelous business opportunity; in major cities‚ indeed‚ gangs had quietly been stockpiling booze supplies for weeks. The most notorious American organized crime that many people know today was the American
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ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION PROCESS AS A MEANS OF ACHIEVING JUSTICE The law defines what a crime is and whether a particular act constitutes an offence. But laws alone would be ineffective without any means enforce them. The responsibility for enforcing criminal laws and ensuring they are adhered to lies with the police‚ thus it is the actions and findings of the police that are evaluated in terms of achieving justice in the criminal investigation process. Police may
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something was wrong and called for help from staff at Birmingham’s Calthorpe Clinic. The woman was rushed to a hospital for specialist treatment and her life was saved‚ although one of her kidneys had to be removed.” According to the U.S. Department of Justice somewhere in America a women is raped every two minutes
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The debate against homework is quite interesting‚ actually. There are people on one side saying that we should be given no homework‚ people on another side saying that we should be given “quality” homework‚ and then you have people that are indifferent on the topic saying that we should be given homework‚ however to an extent. There are studies proving that all three sides have some points to back up their opinion on their topic. Those who are against homework believe that homework has no benefit
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Criminal Justice System Criminal Justice System Introduction Criminal justice changes in rules‚ procedures‚ and terms from state to state. However‚ the punishment exercised on criminals cannot vary from the standards established by the United States. A crime is classified as an act that violates the federal laws of America. Consequently‚ all the violations are subject to different severities of punishment. Crimes in particular can be as minimal as a traffic violation and become as
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action was introduced to prioritize the inclusion of minorities in a number of aspects. Affirmative action in university admissions started in the late 1960s as an effort to jump-start racial integration. Affirmative action in college admissions decisions has certainly made an impact‚ some would argue an impact for the worst. Through numerous studies and findings‚ it has been shown that affirmative action does not increase enrollment of minority students on a large scale or
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been widely discussed in like America mostly‚ but there are protesters everywhere in the world‚ the drug is‚ after all‚ the most used drug in the world after alcohol. Most people are against it without really knowing much about it‚ they just hear the word drugs and automatically thinks it’s bad and only bad. The law against weed and cannabis takes a toll on the society‚ at least in America where they arrested over six hundred and eighty thousand in 2012. Most of those were non-violent low-level offenders
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written article‚ although I thought it could have had a little more information added on reasons for wanting to do background checks. I also agree when voters agree to favor the background check. This article does not really cover what the political system is doing to make this issue better. The only thing mentioned is the majority of the votes will go for a candidate who would support expanded background checks. For the second article by Chapman I also thought that it was a well written article. I
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seen the horrors of war and what it can do‚ but however in extreme cases it is necessary to engage in war if the cause is deemed just. In more recent times‚ there have been new debates as to whether or not the fight against terrorism is warranted. For example‚ America’s fight against the Taliban and Al Qaeda in the 2000’s has killed many civilians and erupted civil unrest in the Middle East making the situation much more explosive. Some may argue that under no circumstances is war justified and argue
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