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    ------------------------------------------------- Broken Families and Broken Laws Before 1981‚ when the Patients ’ Right Act was enforced‚ seriously mentally ill people could be institutionalized. While some people claim that is inhumane‚ families who had to deal with dangerously ill patients at least had a choice and knew where the patient was and that there would be some kind of treatment. Now we have multitudes of homeless people on the streets‚ and many of them are mentally ill. They can

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    of “executive departments”. It does go into detail about the structure or organization of the president’s branch of government. The framers of the Constitution knew what they wanted from the presidency‚ to include national leadership‚ statesmanship in foreign affairs‚ command in times of war‚ and enforcer of laws. They did not have a precise sense of how the office would work in practice‚ so they chose to describe the powers of the president in general terms. In order to become President of the

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    Running head: FEDERALISM Federalism in the Modern Era: How Much Do We Need Federal Money? Danielle Diel Recently there has been a lot of focus on the federal government’s involvement in aid for local economies and public service projects. It is no secret that the United States is currently suffering from the greatest economic downturn since the great depression in the 1930’s and there is a lot of pressure for the government to step in and help the American people. American federalism is

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    Our Founding Fathers never expected Congressmen to serve life-long terms. They had intended on a system of citizens serving for a few years and then returning to their respective communities. Nowadays‚ our representatives are making permanent careers out of Congressional positions. They are able to maintain their place in government and make a living off of pay raises and benefits. Polling of voters has shown that there is a general distaste for political careerism. The practice of Congressmen keeping

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    Government Legislative Branch There are many important parts in the process of the legislative branch. The legislative branch creates laws‚ and during that process many things must happen. The bill must pass majority votes for the House‚ the Senate and then the President must sign the bill into law. If the President vetoes it‚ the Senate can override it. The legislative branch is very complex but important to our country’s government. The most important step of the legislative branch is when a bill becomes

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    So Much to Tell You is Marina’s story of how she is able to heal and develop into a confident young woman. Marina‚ a young teenage girl who is troubled by her father’s traumatising actions‚ now has to recover and overcome her tormenting past. Marina has been severely affected by her history and she stops communicating with others. Throughout the novel‚ Marina becomes more mature as she slowly improves in her behaviour‚ emotions and her relationships with family and friends. The author‚ John Marsden

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    The novel "so much to tell you” by john Marsden‚ explores the concept of change and growth of the main character marina. The novel is about her personal struggle to become whole again after the tragic events that have occurred prior to the beginning of the novel. We see this through‚ the contrast of marinas character at the beginning to the end. We trace her personal journey and her healing through the novel and are given more insight as she develops. John Marsden has written this novel in the first

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    Legislative‚ Executive and Judicial Branch. The Legislative Branch makes the law‚ the Executive enforces the law and the Judicial Branch interprets the law. Recently‚ there have been questioning on the government on whether the practice of the Executive branch was correct. In the case of King v. Burwell‚ the Supreme Court was asked to evaluate whether the executive branch’s implementation of the Affordable Care Act was consistent with the language of the law written by Congress. The

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    Change can be intimidating‚ and though humans evolve‚ we can see ourselves in the past and the future. People enjoy being different. Everyone believes they stand out from their peers‚ but we can find ourselves in our pasts‚ and more broadly‚ in the history of humanity. This urge to understand and explore one’s soul is what led to humans standing on the moon‚ sailing across oceans‚ and writing thousands of years worth of life down. The confused‚ write to comprehend; the unable‚ attentively watch.

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    AP Essay- Congress The framers of the Constitution created a bicameral legislation where there were two chambers of congress made. There was the Senate and the House of Representatives and these two chambers split the necessary duties that congress needed to fulfill. The framers of the Constitution chose a bicameral legislature because they did not want all powers of the government concentrated in a single government institution as they would have been if a unicameral legislature was used. They

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