The Fair Sentencing Act (FSA) of 2010 (Public Law 111-220) was an act by Congress‚ and became law on August 3‚ 2010 ( ). The FSA intent is to reduce the gap between the amount of crack cocaine and powder cocaine needed to initiate federal criminal penalties from a 100:1 weight ratio to an 18:1 weight ratio. The FSA also eliminates the five-year mandatory minimum sentence for the possession of crack cocaine (Reid 2012). The FSA replaced the controversial Anti-Drug Abuse Act (ADAA) of 1986‚ that
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The Animal Welfare Act was first first passed in 1876 in Britain and titled “the Cruelty to Animals Act of 1876”. It was created to approve all animals used in research. Since there were initiatives to protect laboratory animals it took many years until there was a national law to protect laboratory animals in the U.S. There were multiple numbers of states that passes anti-cruelty laws between 1828 and 1898 in the U.S. and fourteen states exempted animal experiments. There were also a number of bills
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lands‚ americans petitioned natives to be removed leading to the Indian Removal Act where authorized president‚ Andrew Jackson‚ signed a treaty to remove native tribes east of the Mississippi river and provide land west of the river. In difference‚ I believe this act wasn’t justified for several reasons; such as laws being disobeyed‚ natives being disrespected‚ and the Trail Of Tears The Indian removal act wasn’t justified because laws were disobeyed throughout the supreme court; for instance
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III. JUDICIAL ACTIVISM The Equal Remuneration Act was passed about thirty two years ago but number of violations detected‚ prosecution launched‚ and convictions obtained have been extremely small. In fact‚ almost all the cases have been in the central sector‚ though most of the employments covered area in the state sectors. The Equal Remuneration Act is insufficient and ineffective. Firstly‚ it seeks to provide for payment of equal remuneration to male and female workers‚ but it does not guarantee
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outcomes or disease prevention. The supplier-induced market has forced medical providers to base treatment recommendations on economic necessity. Complex billing and insurance operations have caused administrative costs to skyrocket. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) aims to correct these inefficiencies by reducing personal
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Security Act of 1935‚ enacted during President Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ has become a third rail in today’s American society. By third rail‚ various scholars explain that if a politician these days were to try to alter or change the structure of the law dramatically‚ then they could essentially destroy their political career. One must understand how the United States gained this transformative law through our country’s history‚ both the official and non official actors involved in enacting the act‚ different
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Recently‚ the Pink Tax Repeal Act and Trump’s six-week paid family leave plan has been revealed to the public eye. Introduced by Congresswoman Jackie Speier‚ the Pink Tax Repeal Act is a bill that aims to put gender specific pricing to an end. The Consumer’s Union‚ Consumer Federation of America‚ and many other organizations support Speier’s idea. In addition to the bill itself‚ experts are reaching out to consumers in attempts to offer a helping hand. “Consider buying products that aren’t specifically
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The Second Chance Act has taken initiative by acknowledging there are significant social problems such as offenders returning to their perspective communities without being afforded the same opportunities such as education‚ employment training‚ and housing in order to sustain a productive life. Additionally‚ those individuals arrive in their community with multiple disadvantages: drug and alcohol dependence‚ mental illness‚ inadequate or outdated job skills and limited educational attainment. Offenders
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Proposal for New Healthcare System Today the healthcare system is considered a crisis due to health insurance premiums that have doubled‚ the high co-pays and deductibles that has threatened some people’s access to healthcare. Many insurance plans have limitations to which doctors are covered in the healthcare plan‚ and how many days that are spent in the hospital and this is causing the some to be responsible for the financial burdens after the insurance companies pay their portion. There
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Class Name 14 November 2013 ObamaCare: Reforming Our Healthcare System In the 2008 election‚ Presidential candidate Barack Obama focused on healthcare reform. Barack Obama stated that the high costs of health insurance were‚ “a threat to our economy” (“History of the Passage”). He made it publicly known that health insurance should be every American ’s right (“History of the Passage”). Obama began his journey to establish a working healthcare plan‚ and succeeded. Now that this plan is on the verge of
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