After scrutinizing the 2000 Presidential Election of Al Gore vs. George W. Bush in the movie Recount focusing on the issues of votes in the state of Florida‚ I believe that the election was not legitimate. While trying to find evidence to support them in court‚ Al Gore’s team found that there was a “voter purge list” (1) where the Governor of Florida told Secretary of State for Florida Katherine Harris that if there are people with similar names to felons to put them on that list that does not allow
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Professor Blonna Govt 170 6 October 2012 2000 Supreme Court’s Ruling‚ Bush vs Gore In December of 2000‚ the United States Supreme Court made a decision that ended the dispute about the 2000 presidential election in favor of George W. Bush. The Court ruled that the Florida Supreme Court ’s method for recounting ballots was a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The reason for this was the lack of equal treatment of all the ballots cast in Florida. The Court also
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SUMMARY OF GORE VIDAL’S ESSAY—DRUGS: CASE FOR LEGALIZING DRUGS In an article entitled “Drugs: Case for legalizing Drugs” by Gore Vidal‚ Gore Vidal makes a case for legalizing drugs in the United States. In his essay‚ he declared to the world that to stop drug addiction in the United States‚ the government should “simply make all drugs available and sell them at a cost”. He explains why making drugs illegal does not stop drug use and trafficking. He explains that he himself has tried everything
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Cite as: 557 U. S. ____ (2009) GINSBURG‚ J.‚ dissenting 1 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _________________ Nos. 07–1428 and 08–328 _________________ 07–1428 FRANK RICCI‚ ET AL.‚ PETITIONERS v. JOHN DESTEFANO ET AL. FRANK RICCI‚ ET AL.‚ PETITIONERS v. JOHN DESTEFANO ET AL. 08–328 ON WRITS OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT [June 29‚ 2009] JUSTICE GINSBURG‚ with whom JUSTICE STEVENS‚ JUSTICE SOUTER‚ and JUSTICE BREYER join‚ dissenting
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High-profile rape cases in the Philippines Researched and compiled by GMA News Research using the following Sources: Inq7.net‚ Philippine Headline News Online. Supreme Court decisions | | |Year |Victim(s) |Suspect(s) |Notes | |Chiong rape case
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Gore Vidal’s essay‚ "Drugs" mainly discusses his opinions of who is to blame for America’s drug problems. He states that drugs exist in the means they do because of the United States government. Because our government makes drugs illegal‚ it only makes people want them more. Vidal states that the government has learned nothing from prohibition in the past‚ referring to prohibition of alcohol in the 1920s and how many problems it caused. Vidal’s solution for America’s drug problems is to simply legalize
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Amiri Baraka “Soul Food” The argument of fact that Baraka was explaining is how black Americans have their own language and their own characteristic food because a young Negro novelist mentions that there is a flaw with black Americans. For example‚ the young novelist proclaimed that blacks neither have their own characteristic food nor their own language and how many people do not know what soul food is. Also‚ some slang terms have developed the names for soul food which creates the foods own uniqueness
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example‚ take the case of W.L. Gore and Associates which has an organic structure. W.L. Gore and Associates has a lattice organization and there are no fixed or assigned authority4a. When the company had a crisis in 1978 when customers discovered that the Gore-Tex material was leaking‚ the company’s fabric and research divisions were able to offer a solution to wash the material to restore its waterproof quality. But when a mountain guide complained that his Gore-Tex parka was leaking while he is
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PESTLE ANALYSIS Political Gore operates in over 45 countries so has the potential to be affected by a range of different political developments and policies as they apply in the countries concerned. Major events such as war or political upheaval can halt production at Gore’s factories‚ interfere with its supply and trade chains‚ or reduce demand in its markets. Political instability can result in frequent changes in government policy‚ and resulting legislation‚ which can adversely affect Gore’s
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The Fluidity of Water Desalination Period 2 Desalination‚ desalinization‚ or desalting refers to any processes that remove some amount of salt or other minerals from salt water. More specific‚ desalination is also the removal of salts and minerals‚ as in soil desalination. Desalination is used on many ongoing ships and submarines. Most of the modern interest in desalination is focused on developing cost-effective ways of providing fresh water for human use. Along with recycled wastewater
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