Carla Rodriguez GOVT 2305 Professor Ponce 25 April 2017 American Challenge no. 3 The United States federal bureaucracy currently leads with fifteen cabinet departments‚ each of which are tailored in a specific areas to govern and regulate the country. The most recent edition to the cabinet departments was the Department of Homeland Security which was added in 2002‚ in retaliation to the September 11th attacks the year before. Each department of the cabinet mirrors a significant moment
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P.M.S. RENUGA‚ M.A.‚ M.PHIL‚ (Ph.D) LECTURER‚ JAY SHRIRAM GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS‚ 61‚ GURUNATHA GOUNDER STREET‚ TIRUPUR-4 99948-40111 Protecting the Endangered Species: Marine Awareness in Tim Winton’s Shallows The earth is surrounded by two-third of water in the form of oceans‚ lakes‚ rivers‚ seas and ponds. The oceans are blessed with an amazing diversity of marine mammals. Today‚ the marine mammals face threats because of man’s greed. We believe that the first creature created
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Civil liberties are our natural rights‚ such as freedom‚ equality and pursuit of happiness‚ which the government cannot modify by making new laws or by judicial interpretation. Civil liberties are important because it helps restrain the power of the government to dictate how we behave. This ensures that our daily life is not interrupted by authoritative figures that may just try to intentionally cause harm. Civil liberties contribute to the protection of our personal choices‚ such as the right to abortions
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Times Company v. US (1971) Summary: The New York Times and the Washington Post both published classified government information in their newspapers‚ later referred to as the Pentagon Papers. The government warned these newspapers about making public any more information and sought a restraining order against the Times‚ which it received‚ and was also extended to the Washington Post. The newspapers‚ objecting to this ruling‚ appealed the decision to the United States Court of Appeals‚ which
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For many centuries humans have lived on planet Earth and being environmentally friendly is the least we can do. Earth must cope with various problems due to the constant change of society and it is unfortunate to say that it is us who has created the troubles. It is important that Earth stays healthy and we can always do our part to protect planet Earth. “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” So goes the ancient Native American’s saying‚ a phrase that
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eliminate social and political problems‚ especially corruption. These specific laws have been in place up until January 21‚ 2010 during the landmark case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission‚ when the Supreme Court ruled with a 5-4 majority that the government may not ban political spending by corporations in candidate elections. As a result‚ the court also overruled its 1990 case Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce‚ which upheld restrictions on corporate spending to support or oppose political
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AFFIRMITIVE Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart once said‚ "Fairness is what justice really is." It is because of this that I affirm the resolution stating Resolved: The US ought to extend to non-citizens accused of terrorism the same constitutional due process protections it grants its citizens. Before going further‚ I would like to define the following terms: Ought‚ according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ is used to express moral obligation. Citizen‚ according to the Blacks’ Law Dictionary
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Intro Background story: On March 25‚ 1931‚ seven young white men entered a railroad stationmaster’s office in northern Alabama. They claimed that while they were riding the rails‚ a "bunch of Negroes" picked a fight with them and threw them off the train. The stationmaster phoned ahead to the next station‚ near Scottsboro‚ Alabama. A Scottsboro deputy sheriff made deputies of every man in town with a gun. When the train stopped‚ the posse (group of people legally authorized keep the peace) rounded
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Landmark Supreme Court Case Project Dredd Scott v. Sandford 1857 In the Dred Scott case‚ Scott filed for a lawsuit to gain freedom for him and his family. He was once obtained a slave in a slave state‚ but his master had moved around and ended up in Illinois‚ which had been a free state in 1836. His rights that were being withheld from him were freedom. The way they pleaded their case was that he lived in a territory where slavery was illegal; therefore he can’t be enslaved again. Scott lost
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The Civil Rights Movement was by far‚ the most significant reform movement in history. What is the meaning of citizenship? Citizenship is the character of an individual viewed as a member of society; behavior in terms of the duties‚ obligations‚ and functions of a citizen. But African Americans were on a “second” level of society. Segregation‚ on a social level is the practice or policy of creating separate facilities within the same society for the use of a minority group‚ and had become deeply
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