United States v. Lopez Citations: United States v. Lopez‚ 514 U.S. 549‚ 115 S. Ct. 1624‚ 131 L. Ed. 2d 626 (1995). Facts: Alfonso Lopez‚ Jr.‚ a 12th grade high school student‚ was convicted for purposely carrying a handgun along with bullets onto a school zone for resale under the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990. Issue: Did Congress really have the power to pass this act? Decision: The Court of Appeals took action and reversed the conviction on the basis that the commerce power
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com/locate/comphumbeh Impact of the Internet on our lives: Male and female personal perspectives Ann Colley *‚ John Maltby School of Psychology‚ University of Leicester‚ Henry Wellcome Building‚ Lancaster Road‚ Leicester LE1 9HN‚ UK Available online 30 October 2007 Abstract Gender differences in Internet access and usage have been found in a number of previous investigations. The study reported here extends this work by providing an analysis of the impact of the Internet on men’s and women’s lives. A
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Study Questions for APUSH Summer Assignment 2010 A Short History of the United States (Remini) Note to students: The following pages include a list of important events and discussion questions to assist you with the summer reading. As such‚ it is NOT a written assignment that must be turned in for credit. Instead‚ use this to check your comprehension and analysis of the content as you prepare for the test on the first day of school (it’s here to HELP you… ). Since these are all events‚ themes‚
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Crime in the United States is a fascinating phenomenon. It has changed throughout time and history. It evolved and progressed. There are visible waves in crime rates in the American history; this is often caused by changes in the economy‚ political situation as well as unemployment rate. Crime rates can also depend on the demographics of the area being studied. These are the several variables which can alter the outcome of crime rate measurement. The crime statistics in the United States‚ as well as
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elsevier.com/locate/compedu Gender and cultural differences in Internet use: A study of China and the UK Nai Li a‚ Gill Kirkup a b‚* Faculty of Education and Language Studies‚ The Open University‚ Walton Hall‚ Milton Keynes MK7 6AA‚ UK b Institute of Educational Technology‚ The Open University‚ Walton Hall‚ Milton Keynes MK7 6AA‚ UK Abstract This study investigates differences in use of‚ and attitudes toward the Internet and computers generally for Chinese and British students‚ and gender
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terroristic violence is increasing at an extremely fast rate. For the United States‚ the threat of domestic and international terrorism weighs on the minds of the federal government and private citizens. The 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review even went as far as to note that terrorism is one of the six strategic challenges that are likely to affect the United States throughout the next five years (DHS‚ 2014). However‚ the United States has been on high alert since the attacks on New York and the Pentagon
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Weak and failing states need the international communities’ attention because it acts as an important problem for international order. These failing states create danger for the international community because they can breed terrorism‚ create regional chaos‚ increase crime‚ diseases and environmental catastrophe (Mazarr 2014‚ 113). Successful conflict management can allow failing states to change for the good. To reconstruct weak states many different diplomatic components of conflict management
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democracy? Can the unequal economic outcomes of capitalism be considered “undemocratic”? In his 1651 Leviathan‚ Thomas Hobbes observed that without government‚ life would be “solitary‚ poor‚ nasty‚ brutish‚ and short.” Justify his argument. With this justification‚ justify the existence of government as it presently operates in the United States today. What demographic and socioeconomic factors do you think are related to democracy? Wealth? Education? A homogeneous population? Can you find countries
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Nuclear weapons were introduced to the Asian continent in 1945‚ by the United States. The United States succeeded in nuclear weapon development all thanks to the Manhattan Project team. Thus the United States developing its nuclear weaponry‚ the fears of the Soviet Union amplified and many other powers joined the nuclear arms race. President Truman at the time‚ approved the August 6‚ 1945 bombing of Hiroshima. Since the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima took place‚ more Asian nations have gone
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Life before the internet VS after the internet We have all been without the Internet and we have all worked with it. I’m going to show how one is better than the other. Why and how it has helped and hurt our kids. So by the end of this you can decide what you think about it. When I was in school we didn’t have the internet so we had to do our letter writing by hand‚ mail it and wait to receive on back‚ which took three to four days. We would take the chance that it would
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