The Constitution of the United States of America has become one of the most essential documents of legislation in history. The modern government of America that exists today is built upon the Constitution. Found within the document is another important piece of legislation that is called The Bill of Rights which is composed of the first ten amendments. The purpose of this bill was to protect the rights of the citizens‚ granting the people certain freedoms and preventing the government from becoming
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Corrections in America Zachary Gene Mooney Notre Dame College The American correctional system has its flaws like many other programs in America today. A hot topic in today?s society is whether or not the American criminal justice system is effective; often times‚ this leads citizens to believe that the United States can no longer be considered the land of the free because of its various flaws. America has the highest imprisonment rate in the entire world along with a shockingly high rate
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democracy. A government for the people by the people. The main purpose of democracy is to avoid corruption and tyranny. Yet America has flaws in their system of democracy. America creates contradictions to the very government they have protected. Yet through all the flaws America government checks and balance the people to ensure a democratic government. The citizens of America have a powerful voice and have the right contribute to the government. If the citizens feel the need for a change they
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According to Feeding America (2015)‚ more than six billion pounds of fruits and vegetable go unharvested or unsold each year. The reason? Aesthetic trifles. It is a beauty pageant. Due to overly severe quality standards‚ healthy and delicious produce is rejected and thrown away. Neff‚ Spiker‚ and Truant (2015) state‚ In the United States‚ forty percent of post-harvest food supply goes to waste and this waste has immense harmful environmental‚ ethical‚ and economic consequences. Imperfect produce
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I’m in a situation most others don’t have to experience‚ there are universities that won’t accept me due to my legal issues. Albeit I’ve lived in the United States since I was seven‚ I’ve always been cast aside by society and the media as a lowly immigrant‚ an "alien." I’ve spent ten years in this education system and have grown and developed in this society‚ however just because I wasn’t born here I’m treated as a second rate citizen‚ it wasn’t my decision to make whether my family came here or
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Justin Siersma A29851780 SW 200 4/21/2005 Homeless Children in America To be homeless is to not have a home or a permanent place of residence. Nationwide‚ there is estimated to be 3.5 million people that are homeless‚ and roughly 1.35 million of them are children. It is shown that homeless rates‚ which are the number of sheltered beds in a city divided by the cities population‚ have tripled since the 1980 ’s (National Coalition for Homeless‚ 2002). Worldwide‚ it is estimated that 100 million
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The Second Amendment has brought up major arguments in American politics ever since 1876. Was it meant to insure that people in general have arms for personal safety‚ or was it to insure arms for the military service only? Gun control in America has its pros and cons‚ but the nation needs to decide which way the government goes on this topic because more school shootings will occur and terrorists can still get there hands on them. The nation’s powerful gun lobby‚ the National Rifle Association‚ or NRA
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Raquel Tejeda Mr. Francev Homeless Women in America Imagine not having all the luxuries that embellish one’s life. All the things that make someone happy can be a mere memory in an instant. It is a reality that many women are becoming homeless at an alarming rate. Many for the reason that one parent works and the other stay home. The husband comes home with no money to provide nor give to his children because he rather spend it on beer or on drugs and not even have a thought that he has
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Homeless Epidemic In America Being homeless is the biggest epidemic in modern day America next to health care. As the numbers climb the local and federal governments have no answers as to why. As 407‚966 people are homeless the local cities need a answer to this problem. With the homeless drug addicts roaming the streets and committing crimes. Also with them bringing down the looks of the local neighborhoods we need to build a bigger homeless shelter for this people to be able to go. That is
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Literature Review- Gun Control Gun control has been a very controversial issue in American history in part‚ because America is the most armed nation in the world‚ with American citizens owning about 300 million fire arms. In fact‚ this is even more than a quarter of the whole world’s firearms. Besides‚ Guns have always been a hobby of Americans because of the gun culture that is unlike other states. American gun culture has survived since the earliest days of the republic because hunting has been
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