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    with Civil liberties and Civil Rights (or given when they become a citizen) They are very important and are a fundamental part of the constitution. Civil Liberties and Civil Rights are both almost the same except civil liberties protect individuals from the government and civil rights are rights every US citizen has.. Civil rights are rights that are given to US citizens they are rights to political and social freedom and equality. They include the first ten amendments of the bill of rights these

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    Civil Rights or Civil Liberties Civil liberties are more important than civil rights for these reasons. First‚ our lives are better when the government doesn’t interfere. Second‚ civil liberties protects us from our government from causing us harm and last civil liberties makes civil rights possible. Our lives are better when the government doesn’t interfere because government shouldn’t get in the way of people’s daily lives‚ day after day. Let people be. We shouldn’t have to live with the mentally

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    textbook‚ civil rights is the protection of historically disadvantaged groups from infringement of their equality rights by discriminatory action. Civil rights involve the rights of the minority groups being violated‚ such as African Americans and women. Civil liberties are described as the personal freedoms of individuals that are protected from government intrusion in the textbook. Civil liberties can be found in the Bill of Rights. The government protects minority groups in civil rights while civil

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    Individual Rights vs. Public Order Individual Rights vs. Public Order Antoine Brown‚ Lisa Hammond‚ Bobby Harper‚ Sean Sabulsky‚ and She’Londra Smith University of Phoenix Individual Rights vs. Public Order A great deal of controversy surrounds the debate about whether individual rights or public order is more appropriate and which is better for the country. The United States was founded on many different ideas and ideals and public order along with individual rights was an important

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    Civil Right Acts of 1957 On September 9‚ 1957‚ President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The 1957 Civil Rights Bill aimed to ensure that all African Americans could exercise their right to vote. It aimed to increase the number of registered black voters and stated its support for such a move. Up to 1957‚ and for a variety of reasons‚ only 20% of African Americans had registered to vote. Plessy v. Ferguson On June 7‚ 1892‚ a 30-year-old colored shoemaker named

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    Civil rights and civil liberties have a great impact on the way the United States has evolved over time. During the 1800’s there was a lot of segregation and inequality among African Americans and white people. The civil rights movement paved a way for African Americans to be treated as equally as everyone else. Also the Civil liberties gave U.S citizens freedom to do and have many different things. The civil liberties gave the U.S citizens rights that made them feel like they had some freedom

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    Pro Gun Control Debate: Our Right to Safety Many arguments for and against gun control in our country revolve around the second amendment. Unfortunately the majority of those arguments are based on an individual’s perception of what the second amendment means. The second amendment was adopted into the United States Bill of Rights in 1791‚ which was 222 years ago. The second amendment states‚ “A well regulated Militia‚ being necessary to the security of free State‚ the right of the people to keep

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    Civil rights and civil liberties are distinctively different in a few ways. Civil rights can be defined as the different actions that the government takes to prevent discrimination or to create or provide equal conditions to its people‚ mainly in regards to unequal treatment based on groups and characteristics such as race‚ gender‚ disability and more. Civil rights are meant to provide equality to the citizens of the United States in circumstances of education‚ housing‚ job opportunities‚ etc.‚ per

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    and Disadvantages of Individual Rights vs. Public Order. There are advantages and disadvantages to just about everything you can think of in this world. Two topics that can be very controversial to have an advantages and disadvantages discussion on are our individual rights and public order. We hold our individual rights very close to us and pride ourselves on the freedoms that these rights provide. We also see the devastation that can occur when the rights and freedoms we are given land

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    Ethics and Public Safety Contemporary Public Safety Leadership PSF8601 USA Patriot Act I believe that ethics is very important in the public safety and should be considered heavily when planning operation‚ but I think that some polices that are established in the public safety sector‚ allows and promotes unethical behavior; for example the USA Patriot Act. The USA Patriot Act was passed by Congress as a response to the terrorist attacks of September 11‚ 2001. The Act allows federal officials

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