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    Patriot Act Case Study

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    Should Congress have enacted the patriot act to combat terrorism and protect citizens after 9/11/2001‚ or was it an extreme measure of legislation that violated our civil liberties? As a patriotic citizen‚ I feel as though sacrifices are necessary when large-scale devastation occurs. So‚ yes‚ they should have enacted the patriot act which allowed them to invade our privacy and impose unusual treatment of suspected terrorists at that time. Furthermore‚ as long as ISIS is a threat they should use

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    I remember it just like it was yesterday‚ the stamp act. It was July if 1765. My parents and I was gathered around the kitchen table eating dinner. Then a tall man came banging on the door‚ like we owned him something.My dad rushed over to the door‚ and he peeked through the peep hole on the door. When he opened the door I was told to go upstairs in my room. I jolted up the stairs‚ skipping every other one‚ to look out my window. There was a faint sound in the distance when I opened my bedroom door

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    In Romeo and Juliet‚ William Shakespeare uses young love to suggest that young love can make you do foolish things. He establishes this message in Act I‚ Scene V‚ Act II Scene II‚ and Act II‚ Scene VI. In act Act I‚ Scene V Shakespeare states that young love can make you do foolish things.In this scene‚ Romeo and Juliet quickly fall for one another after they exchange a kiss.Romeo says “Then move not while my prayer’s effect I take. Thus from my lips‚ by thine my sin is purged.” and Juliet

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    discussed this issue. “The Stamp Act is an unfair tax that must cease. If the Parliament meets no resistance about this tax‚ then they will surely add even more taxes similar to this‚” I began as my family gathered by the

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    different tone. “Honey please calm down. Come sit‚ we will have a family discussion.” “Julia! We do not need to have a discussion. We need to fight!” I hate hearing mom and dad fight. It doesn’t usually happen‚ but when it does‚ it’s bad. The Stamp Act‚ that is what they are calling‚ is dated to go into effect on November first of this year (Fradin). That is five months from now. They are going to require us to buy a stamp for all of our printed documents. Papers‚ newspapers‚ wills‚ and even my playing

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    The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is a mandatory legislation which had came into force in 2002 with the changes in regulation of corporate governance and of financial practice. There are Periodic Statutory financial reports which are to include certification that the financial statements and related information fairly prestent the financial condition and the results in all material respects information on any fraud that involves employees who are involved with internal activities. There are some requirements

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    Disabilities Act History

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    The history of the American Disabilities Act did not begin on July 26‚ 1990 at the signing ceremony at the White House. It did not begin in 1988 when the first American Disabilities Act was introduced in Congress. The American Disabilities Act story began a long time ago in cities and towns throughout the United States when people with disabilities began to challenge societal barriers that excluded them from their communities‚ and when parents of children with disabilities began to fight against

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    American Disabilities Act

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    Disabilities Act. This act was established in order to eliminate discrimination of people with disabilities and to break down barriers in society that limits the freedom a disabled person. According to Section 2 Subsection A part one‚ "some 43‚000‚000 Americans have one or more physical or mental disabilities‚ and this number is increasing as the population as a whole is growing older." As the number suggests there are a lot of people that would be classified as disabled making this act very important

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    Data Protection Act

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    confidentiality. They are: • Data protection act 1998 • Access to personal files act 1987 • Access to medical records act 1990 The following have to follow legislation mentioned above: • Nurseries-private/government based/child minders/nannies • Hospitals-private/government funded • Schools-private/government funded • Doctor surgeries • Care homes • NHS Data protection act 1998 The Data protection act was developed to give protection and

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    The Communications Decency Act The U.S. Government should not attempt to place restrictions on the internet. The Internet does not belong to the United States and it is not our responsibility to save the world‚ so why are we attempting to regulate something that belongs to the world? The Telecommunications Reform Act has done exactly that‚ put regulations on the Internet. Edward Cavazos quotes William Gibson says‚ "As described in Neuromancer‚ Cyberspace was a consensual hallucination that felt

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