party affiliation. GerryMandering is a manipulation of the process to gain an unfair advantage for one party over an opposition party. Since the legislative branch is charged with creating equal districts‚ meaning of the same geological size and population The legal argument to be made in opposition to Gerrymandering is derived from the 14th Amendments which has the line “one person‚ one vote”. Districts can be won with ease when legislators redraw district lines in their own favor. Gerrymandering
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When the USSR began supplying weapons and ‘volunteers’ to the Spanish Republic during their Civil War‚ it seemed as if Stalin was coming to the aid of international communism to defeat Franco. However‚ most modern historians believe this view is too simplistic and that the USSR’s aid was more motivated by the opportunity to advance the needs of their own foreign policy. Stalin attempted to regain support through Spain‚ which some historians believe was to unite international socialism against fascism
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There is now a current demand for higher standards and accountability‚ teacher involvement‚ and an increasing amount of diverse student population that requires teachers to have a greater amount of skill sets. When examining both salary schedules and merit pay it is evident that there are both positives and negatives for both methods of pay. There are a number of pros to the salary schedule. A possible strength of this pay method is that giving proportionally more generous raises to newer teachers would
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“I know everyone is saying it’s bad. But why don’t they come and give us jobs? Tell me‚ who will feed me?”[7] To large population of war affected civilians who are living in abject poverty‚ peacekeepers are the best employers available. They ensure availability of food and clothing in exchange of sex in times when there is no one to help them It is said that the Zero tolerance
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Since 2002‚ the United States has had the highest incarceration rate in the world. Although prison populations are increasing in some parts of the world‚ the natural rate of incarceration for countries comparable to the United States tends to stay around 100 prisoners per 100‚000 population. The U.S. rate is 500 prisoners per 100‚000 residents‚ or about 1.6 million prisoners in 2010‚ according to the latest available data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). Prison is a place used for internment
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throughout the years.. Many parts of it only work for the 13 colonies and not for today. The people of the United States do not have equal opportunities in work such as how they are paid and how they get treated in the workplace. The liberties of the population is not secured anymore due to the new government and the way people perceive the authority of those higher in power. Also‚ the government isn’t a Democracy anymore‚ we’re an aristocracy because people who have more money have more power over those
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Ever since the 1960s‚ there has been an influx of high-income populations moving into urban areas from the suburbs. This phenomenon was coined ‘gentrification’ by sociologist Ruth Glass in 1964 to describe “the movement of upscale (mostly white) setters into rundown (mostly minority) neighborhoods” (Hampson). Proposition 555 has stated that in order to increase government funding and provide citizens a better life with a cleaner environment and safer community‚ the process of gentrification would
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for drug offences] prescribe punishment that exceeds the constitutional limits set by the Charter… they mandate punishment that is grossly disproportionate to what an appropriate sentencing disposition can be in some circumstances” (R v. Dickey). A large portion of the offences carrying MMS‚ specifically drug offences‚ have the effect of targeting marginalized groups. Since the implementation of the Firearms Act‚ minorities have been disproportionately affected‚ none more than Aboriginal people. Professor
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It is said‚ that forests cover 31% of the land area on our planet (WWF). Reducing the number of trees and the surface area of a forest is called deforestation. Deforestation is one of the biggest problems in today’s economic system. There may be a lot of positives behind the idea of cutting down trees; however they are all outnumbered by the negatives. If one is not careful with the removal of a forest‚ it may lead to more deserted areas. First of all‚ deforestation is one of the reasons for the
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is an extremely common joint disease that is most frequently seen in the knee and in the older population. Since OA oftentimes leads to disability‚ the patient’s proprioception is negatively altered. Decreased proprioception can cause unstable joints and make the effected joint more prone to traumatic injury. Unstable joints increase the likelihood of falling which in turn can also increase the already high chance of traumatic injury. In order to counter this change‚ physicians
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