The Texas v. Johnson (1989) supreme court case is very important. It was a landmark supreme court case‚ and decided for all future court cases how the first amendment would be interpreted. They had to look at and determine the extent of the phrase‚ "freedom of speech". Johnson’s action of burning an American flag was to be reviewed and they would have to decide whether his action counted as "freedom of speech‚" and if it was protected by the first amendment. It turned out to be that his action was
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I have lived in Texas all my life‚ Fort Worth‚ and I have traveled to multiple countries and states but there’s no place like home. Being a fortunate person‚ I’ve been able to meet people from all over. I met most of these people off a cruise I went on with my family porting out of Galveston. As you know during the summer cruise ships are known as the most thought of family or couple vacation. While I was on the cruise I met a significant amount of people from all regions of Texas. As surprising as
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Why Did Texas Almost Fail as a Spanish Colony? Why do the ventures of man fail? The ventures of men fail primarily due to a lack of planning. In the case of Spanish colonies in Texas this holds true. The Spanish first set eyes on the Texas coast in 1519 and in 1821 they lowered their flag for the final time in Texas. The Spanish had about 300 years to try and colonize Texas and the attempt to colonize and settle Texas was not very successful. The initial boats that came to Texas were shipwrecked
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Community Environmental Issue Central Texas‚ especially Travis County‚ has been under drought conditions since La Niña‚ a weather pattern where the surface temperatures are cooler in the Pacific ocean‚ thus creating drier weather in the southern part of the United States‚ in 2011 (StateImpact‚ n.d.). Although this type of weather pattern is typically combated with the arrival of El Niño‚ which has the opposite effect‚ it failed to occur in winter of 2012 and central Texas was left with the driest conditions
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The North Texas State Hospital has two locations one being in Vernon and the other in Wichita Falls. It is considered the largest state hospital in Texas serving over 30 counties. The Wichita Falls Campus provides general psychiatric inpatient services for child‚ adolescent‚ adult‚ and geriatric patients. Patients admitted to the state hospital are typically on a court ordered temporary commitment‚ 46-B commitment for competency restoration‚ voluntary or an emergency commitment. Patients are
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Young Guns in Texas Colleges The Constitution states; “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.” The Constitution was signed on September 17‚ 1787‚ and the Second Amendment has been highly debated ever since. (Second Amendment; Cornell University Law School‚ law.cornell.edu) Furthermore‚ America today doesn’t have luxury of interpreting what our forefathers where thinking at the time the Second
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The role of the LVN in Texas consists of providing focused safe care along with compassion to assigned patients who have predictable health care needs. They must be under the appropriate supervision and must comply with the scope of practice of an LVN. An RN in Texas accepts the responsibility of working within the scope of practice of an RN and is capable of working in any health care setting. They are also not only in charge if providing comprehensive nursing care to patients but their families
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Softening Marijuana Laws in Texas Softening Marijuana Laws in Texas Every year hundreds and thousands of Americans are arrested for marijuana possession‚ and or violations. According to an article on the Huffington Post www.huffingtonpost.com (Wing‚ 2012)‚ there are far more people arrested for marijuana possession than those arrested for violent crimes in America. It also states that societal cost dealing with the war on drugs concerning marijuana exceeds 12 billion
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out on a ranch around here in Texas. I was born in Texas‚ and I have always loved this state. The reason I would want to live in Texas would be because it’s close to my family‚ the ranching lifestyle is family oriented‚ and Texas has a strong historical background. I find as I get older I seem to value things more like money‚ clothing‚ transportation‚ but what I value the most is family. My family is fairly unified; my mother’s side of the family lives here in Texas‚ and my dad’s side lives in Mississippi
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The Texas Rangers and the Mexican Revolution: The Bloodiest Decade‚ 1910-1920. By Charles H. Harris III and Louis R. Sadler (Albuquerque: Univ. of New Mexico‚ 2007. Print.) This is the most comprehensive collection of The Texas Rangers during the Mexican revolution that has been published. Charles Harris III and Louis Sadler share the details behind this unstable period by uncovering the views and actions of the Rangers during the highest point of border violence up until that time. The Rangers
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