Is Censorship ever justified? Censorship is the act of redacting information that may be deemed offensive or immoral. The First Amendment‚ passed by Congress and ratified in 1791‚ was intended to protect the personal freedoms of its citizens‚ and protect society from censorship in most instances‚ by providing that‚ “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press‚…” By using the term abridging‚ the authors of the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights let it be known
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only time will tell if he truly will revitalize coal. He has put the image of “energy independence” in the mind of hopeful families and miners‚ yet what does that really look like? Potentially scraping EPA regulations that extend to the Clean Water Act‚ putting clean drinking water in danger (nationalgeographic).Even if the coal industry is restored it still will have to compete with natural gas. Hydraulic fracking has not only reduced the need for coal but is cheaper and easier to obtain than coal
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HIPAA‚ or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act‚ was created in order to help those people who are in between jobs maintain the ability to have good healthcare. The act also helped keep health information secure and private while also handling personal information with impudence. HIPAA was first introduced in the late 90s and during the early 2000s it was finally fully enacted. The act ensured a person did not have to pay an exorbeiant fee to keep their care if they needed to
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Although prisoners are no longer free persons‚ they are still afforded certain rights set out in the US Constitution. According to Schmalleger and Smykla (2015)‚ before the middle of the twentieth century‚ prisoners were treated like slaves and they were not afforded any rights. This began to change once the goal of incarceration became rehabilitation instead of punishment. One of the major rights inmates are afforded is the right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment‚ which is explained in
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requires a large quantity of land in order to produce enough material for the ethanol. Farm land is very scarce and difficult to come by‚ because of the constant increase in population. However‚ the need for land involves more drawbacks within itself. The act of farming includes the possibility of harming the environment in ways such as: fertilizer‚ pesticides‚ soil erosion‚ salinity‚ or deforestation.
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Why are gun barrels rifled? Background to rifling Rifling consists of lands and grooves in the inside of a barrel‚ the lands are the part of the barrel which is not cut away while the grooves are the part of the barrel which is cut away. Lancaster oval bore‚ eight groove rifling and polygonal rifling are only a few example of rifling forms. Lancaster oval bore rifles have a smooth barrel interior. Unlike Lancaster oval bore rifles‚ grooved rifles have grooves which are engraved into the interior
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they were brought to this country? Should Americans have to pay for illegal immigrants to become citizens? Dream Act stands for California Development‚ Relief and Education for Alien Minors. The Dream Act would allow a specific group of illegal immigrants to obtain state grants‚ community college waive fees‚ and legal permanent citizenship. To be eligible for the Dream Act you have to have arrived in the United States under the age of 16; be under the age of 30 on the day of enactment;
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The topic of assisted suicide and its benefits versus its cons is an ongoing debate that initially started after Oregon passed the Death with Dignity Act in 1997. The Death with Dignity act states that terminally-ill patients are able to end their lives with lethal medications prescribed by a physician. Oregon is one of the only six out of fifty states that have made physician assisted suicide legal. There are many pros and cons associated with assisted suicide‚ such as the patient is relieved from
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The idea of nationalism is one that sparks within many people of a nation. Nationalism is the driving force behind what most people get influenced to support‚ or in some cases not support. Even though nations have this bonding experience through nationalism‚ the government‚ and international organizations do not always listen to the opinions of those that are banded together through nationalism. International organizations‚ and national groups may have different opinions on the right steps to approach
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Essay 1: The Default In Human Nature The question of good or evil has plagued human thought for centuries. Every distinct society throughout history has had a unique philosophical mindset that guided the practices in structured daily life. The west was indoctrinating Christianity into their constructed idea of self; The east without psychologists or therapists had Confucianism to make sense of life. Philosophy like religion has a main objective that aims to explain what we experience within our
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