Absolute Power The right to privacy means controlling your own personal information and the ability to allow or deny access to others. As Americans‚ we feel it’s a right not a privilege to have privacy. IT technology and the events of September 11‚ 2001 are diminishing that right‚ whether its workplace privacy or personal privacy. From sending email‚ applying for a job‚ or even using the telephone‚ Americans right to privacy is in danger. Personal and professional information is being stored
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fictitious state of Xanadu passes a law that states "All people are welcome at all state-run swimming‚ beach and golf facilities‚ as long as they are white. Non-whites may not use any of those facilities." Within 24 hours after passage‚ Brenda‚ a civil rights attorney‚ brings a cause of action in federal court to have the new regulation ruled unconstitutional. The federal court immediately rules that the state law violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment and issues an injunction against
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To be a citizen of this country we have certain rights and privileges. We also have certain responsibilities to be active in positive change. Society is a form of extended family. We all contribute to society‚ either in a positive way or a negative way. To vote is to have a voice and play a role for a positive change. Many men died for our rights to vote‚ as well as the other rights we now take for granted. Women could not vote for many years because they were not considered an important part of
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Is healthcare a right or a privilege? With the advent of the Affordable Care Act in 2010‚ and the next presidential election less than a year away‚ such a profound philosophical question is no longer confined to mere academic debate‚ but instead already has‚ and will continue to have‚ major policy implications. Proponents claim that countries such as the United States‚ which remains one of the few industrialized nations that does not not guarantee health care coverage to its’ citizens‚ represents
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Is Eminem Right? In the essay Eminem is Right ‚ there is a lot of discussion about the links between the music that our teens listen to and the amount of violence and rebellion that is occurring. The teens of today have enshrined a new generation of music idols who share generational signatures in song after song is to rage about what not having a nuclear family has done to them (Eberstadt 251). Broken homes‚ family dysfunction‚ checked out parents and (especially) absent fathers ‚ all have a big
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Women Rights No Rights? Are You Kidding Me? In the early 1900s‚ women barely had any kind of rights. There were many laws that prevented us from doing anything. For one thing‚ women were EXPECTED to stay at home and take care of the cooking and cleaning. Women were also considered as the “property” of men once they got married. They couldn’t do anything without the permission of their husband. Women couldn’t sign any contracts‚ and so they wouldn’t be able to start any businesses without their
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On 12 April 2012‚ in its historical decision the Supreme Court (SC) of India threw its weight behind the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act‚ 2009. The court upheld the constitutional validity of RTE Act that guarantees children free and compulsory education from the age of 6 to 14 years of age. The judgment makes it mandatory for the government‚ local authorities and private schools to reserve 25 percent of their seats for ‘weaker and disadvantaged sections’ of society. The
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Today there are many issues facing workers’ in this country. Every day there is a threat of loosing a job‚ more benefits‚ or not being able to pay off debt and support a family. In Masssachusetts the issues are the same as across the country jobs being shipped away leaving workers’ to scramble for any job they can find. Most workers’ in today’s economy are under employed. Companies are aware of the desperation that is felt by most American workers to just stay above water. Instead of trying to help
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Gay Rights “I’m a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid‚ I have never been able to understand attacks upon the gay community. There are so many qualities that make up a human being... by the time I get through with all the things that I really admire about people‚ what they do with their private parts is probably so low on the list that it is irrelevant.”- Paul Newman‚ an actor who gave his thoughts on the gay rights movement. The Gay rights movement
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matters of marriage and family life is one of the liberties protected by due clause.” Thus banning same sex marriage is unconstitutional. Banning an issue doesn’t make it go away. The American Constitution states that everyone deserves the same‚ equal rights -- that includes gay people. So banning same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. Making this issue illegal is also a form of discrimination. Homophobes ridicule and abuse gay citizens and gay teenagers. Most of those people are scared to go to school
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