Freedman. Although these are the documents the federal government stands by‚ the Jim Crow laws gives me less opportunity and puts me at a disadvantage compared to the average white man. Who is supposed to protect my right‚ protect my vote‚ and protect me as an individual when it is legal because of the Black Codes to segregate and oppress all blacks. There is not any place in America where I feel safe because these laws are nationwide. It is brazy how in the pledge of allegiance‚ we are “one nation‚ under
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on himself. Because of the shooting‚ gun control laws have been the center of political debate inside of the U.S. Most attention is focused on the United States proposed gun control laws announced yesterday by president Barack Obama. Of the many policies being demanded by anti-gun advocates‚ very few were approved yesterday. Of the few things that happened‚ President Obama passed a total of twenty-three excutive orders strengthening existing gun laws. These executive
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Gun control has been an major issue in our society‚ but there has not been any laws restricting the purchasing of them. Without gun control laws many people‚ with mental illnesses‚ are able to purchase these deadly weapons and cause mass destruction. Gun control law should not only target the mentally ill‚ but also regular‚ everyday people because it is unknown when individual can get violent. Laws should be in places to restrict the purchasing of guns because it has taken the lives of many people
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Fourteenth Amendment and applies to the states. No longer will State or local governments be allowed to ban most Americans from owning most types of handguns. The ruling effectively strikes down Chicago’s handgun ban‚ not unlike the Washington D.C. law that was already ruled to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court two years ago in D.C. v. Heller. Gun Rights Advocates hailed the decision across the Country as a major victory before the "conservative" majority
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A shot heard in the distance. People shouting‚ but their panicked voices get overwhelmed with the sirens of ambulances and police cars. Screams sound from everywhere and soon‚ news channels have let the whole world know about the catastrophe that occurred seconds ago. This has become almost second nature to many cities. More and more of those who carry guns have decided to let everything loose and at the end‚ many people are lost as well. As a result of weak gun control‚ mass violence has become
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that are required and forced by law to accept medical treatment. The argument is that this group of people are not rational autonomous individuals and that they are not able to give free and informed consent. In 1984 Congress amended our laws to mandate that all infants born in the United States receive medical care. No matter how sick or disabled‚ all newborns must be treated regardless of the wishes of the parents. This law is known as the Baby Doe Law. The law came about as a result of a baby
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In general‚ any law that only applies to a segment of a population is inherently a bad law. Minimum wage laws fall into this category because it only effects a segment in the socio-economic structure. Additionally it creates an artificial standard similar to trade tariffs. Economically this does little but creates economic waste. Raising a minimum wage will effectively increase cost for that socio-economic level. Some ways we see it happening here in this article is that while these people are making
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Dear Voters‚ I’m relying on your vote in November to revive our nation and return it to its former glory. As Americans‚ we are blessed to be able to live in this wonderful melting pot of a country. By uniting‚ we can overcome the obstacles our nation may face‚ and enrich it for the better. Without your support‚ our nation will fall‚ never to rise from the ashes again. If elected‚ I will strive to make women’s rights a priority. As a working class citizen‚ I realize how imperative this is in the
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Voters have described the selection of Trump and Clinton for presidency similar to choosing the unlikeable (Clinton) versus the unthinkable (Trump) (Black‚ 2016). This is due to their different personalities and ideologies that are atypical to the qualities of a traditional president. According to Ohio State University psychologists who created a test of political language‚ the reason why Trump and Clinton appeal to different audiences are because of the sheer contrast of their high and low intensity
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you a registered voter? You might expect a high rate of voting in the United States. A lot of people women‚ African Americans‚ and the poor fought for the right to vote; certainly their descendents would want to exercise their right to vote. I want to discuss with you today the importance of voting. There are three important aspects of voting. The first aspect is the group of people that fail to vote‚ the second is why there is such a low turnout‚ and finally is the voters ’ attitude. Voting
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