officially take off until the 1980s with president Ronald Reagan. He coined the term “war on drugs”‚ created the Drug Enforcement Agency‚ and enacted a court procedure that the country is still feeling the effects of to this day: mandatory minimum sentencing. Mandatory minimum sentencing is a procedure in which a judge must sentence a citizen convicted to a minimum amount of years in prison for a crime regardless of circumstance. Because of this‚ the amount of prisoners in federal prison has skyrocketed
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Why banning the use of cell phones while driving should be mandatory nationwide Keys‚ check‚ seatbelt‚ check‚ music‚ check‚ cell phone- ah maybe not! Sorry to say but this checklist has become the norm in many situations when drivers get into their vehicles. Our cell phones have become part of our lives‚ our busy lives‚ where we multitask more than ever. Our office is virtually anywhere we can conduct business or a phone call‚ making our cars well in most cases our only suitable choice. But
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Democracy is a foundation of a country’s success. The idea of mandatory voting goes against the democracy of the United States. Mandatory voting is a violation of our civil rights that might become a law in the United States. Although many believe that mandatory voting helps to strengthen a democratic government by increasing the number of voters‚ mandatory voting violates people’s freedom of choice in the United States. Mandatory voting is the government’s oppression to its citizens. Force people
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Influenza Vaccine The flu shot produces the best way to reduce everyone ’s chances of getting the influenza virus‚ but previous research has shown that it does in fact cause all sorts of different side effects. The flu shot does not always prevent the virus. Sometimes it can even cause harmful side effects. Each year the flu shot affects ten to twenty percent of the US population‚ and over one hundred thousand people are hospitalized including twenty thousand deaths (Marshall). People should not receive
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States use to have a Mandatory enlistment of any male of the age of 18 years old‚ but in 1973 the United States ended that Mandatory enlistment. It should be mandatory for teens to go into any branch of the military for at least two years. Volunteer military was born. Mandatory military service would be good for teens because it teaches knowledge and experiences they can use in life‚ not to take things for granted‚ and it can also inspire them to work harder in life. Mandatory military service is
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Mandatory school vaccination is one of the most intensely debated issues in society. All 50 states and the District of Columbia have vaccination requirements for children attending public elementary and secondary schools. Over the years the debate has moved from whether states have the right to mandate school vaccinations‚ to should vaccinations be required for school attendance. I believe immunizations should be mandatory for students because vaccinations protect public health‚ are cost-effective
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A mandatory minimum sentence occurs when judicial discretions are limited by law (Famm). Those who are convicted of certain crimes must be punished with at least the minimum number of years depending on the offense. Amanda Dollak who received her criminal justice degree at CTU‚ states “Mandatory sentences require every individual to receive the same punishment for similar offenses‚ regardless of how much a judge may object to the sentence”. These mandatory sentencing laws however
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Mandatory Retirement Has to Go Traditionally‚ people retire from their jobs when they reach the age of sixty-five. In some jobs‚ this is not an option but a requirement. I object to mandatory retirement for capable workers because it violates personal choice‚ discriminates against senior citizens‚ and wastes valuable skills as well as money. First of all‚ I believe that mandatory retirement violates an individual’s personal choice of continuing to work or retiring. The older working person should
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Mandatory Attendance Policies While studying or even registering for a class presents a challenge to some college students‚ the greatest obstacle remains‚ going to class. Attending college is supposed to signify a new found freedom to make many important choices regarding education without high school mandatory attendance policies. However‚ students everywhere are coming to the staggering realization that college is not too different from high school. Teachers still take class roll and students
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Major food companies across America are launching a last ditch effort in congress to have mandatory GMO labelling scrapped before the year ends. According to The Associated Press (via Yahoo)‚ the food industry is pushing to make the labelling a voluntary process and is trying to get the legislation passed in a spending bill that lawmakers from both the Republican and Democratic parties are trying to finalize before the holidays. If this proposal were to become law‚ companies would not be required
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