The Electoral College: Is it Still Necessary? Dawn Moore SOC 315: Cross-Cultural Perspectives Mitra Rokni May 4‚ 2009 Electoral College: Is it Still Effective? Article II‚ Section 1 of the United States Constitution established the Electoral College‚ although‚ at the time‚ it was not specifically referred to as the Electoral College. That term did not appear in any federal statutory law until 1845 (Cain‚ Basciano & Cain‚ 2007). The Electoral College as we know it today‚ is
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the key aspects of current legislative requirements and codes of practice relevant to your subject and type of organisation within which you work My role as a dementia awareness trainer and assessor requires me to have an understanding of the wide range of legislations and codes of practice affecting my work role. These provide guidelines to protect staff and learners‚ whilst in the teaching environment. As an assessor‚ I need to ensure the welfare and safety of learners‚ whilst supporting their
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Birmingham). This means the law must coincide with what is deemed right‚ creating harmony in society. It is the citizens’ job to help create this type of environment and if a law goes against it‚ they should have the obligation to go against the law. For example‚ Martin Luther King Junior: he‚ as well as others‚ met together in Albany to try and change the
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Why have a minimum wage? The minimum wage is again the focus of debate. As unemployment rises and young workers in particular end up on an unemployment benefit‚ some commentators have argued that the minimum wage is to blame. If only the minimum wage were lower‚ so the argument goes
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really necessary? This paper will look at the origin of Miranda Rights and why they are necessary through the use of court cases. Before these rights were known as the Miranda Rights‚ they stem from the Fifth and Sixth Amendments: “No person shall be held to answer for a capital‚
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Beginning with a letter from Albert Einstein‚ the knowledge of possible construction of the atomic bomb surfaced. This discovery led into the launching of the Manhattan Project. This project became a success and those involved found it necessary to inform the USSR because the felt that failure to do so would result in suspicion and hostility. At the Potsdam Conference‚ President Truman decided to tell Stalin that the U.S. possessed “a new weapon of unusual destructive force” (Text ??). Stalin’s response
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educational system. The first test American children take is before they start even kindergarten at times. They’re evaluated on if they can read or write‚ if they know how to add or subtract‚ if they know how to write their name or not‚ to place them in the class that fits them the best. From the moment they take that test‚ they take them leading all the way up to the end of their senior year in high school. Some say standardized testing increases stress levels in children‚ hurts their creativity‚ and boxes
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cities are unconstitutional and I agree with you‚ but I do not agree with your reasoning as to why. After reading your stance on sanctuary cities‚ I have to admit that I am confused by your explanation of them. First‚ you imply that being an undocumented immigrant is a crime‚ when in fact it is only a civil violation. What is illegal‚ and actually classified as a crime‚ is the improper entry. An example of this is illegal border crossing. Furthermore‚ you seem to imply that if an immigrant in a
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led movements without violence and succeeded. This means that non-violent acts are not useless or ineffective‚ but they are more difficult. Violence is quite effective in its own way and it has been useful in many cases‚ it works but is it necessary? Is it necessary to frighten‚ kill‚ shoot‚ and destroy to make a change or to bring peace? There are other options we are just too lazy and scared because it takes more work. Look at the case with Syria there have been demonstrations against the Baath regime
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will analyse why managers introduce change initiatives to the company focusing on various factors such as what provokes change? Benefits of change? However on the other side what does the change process involve? Why does transformation fail? How do management systems differ from before? And what management schemes are introduced by change. Wilkinson et al (1991) argues that organisations have this complex interactions and social relations in the internal environment of work which is why it makes it
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