The Endangered Species Act was written to protect and recover the at risk species and the ecosystems that those animals depend on. It was passed in 1973 in hopes of recognizing the natural resources are very important to our nation and people. The U.S Fish and wildlife Service and the Commerce Department’s National Marine Fisheries Service are administrators of the act‚ and they both have their own responsibilities when it comes to implementing the ESA and the animals it protects. “The FWS has primary
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The Sarbanes –Oxley Act of 2002 has increased integrity of business dealings and financial reporting. Over the past decade‚ there were a huge number of corporate fraud cases. Companies were creating fraudulent accounting statements. In order to accomplish massive fraud‚ fictitious sales‚ inflated inventories‚ and phony profits were invented by corporate schemers. Companies such as Sunbeam‚ Waste Management‚ Rite-Aid and some others were some of the earlier cases before getting to the larger scandals
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The Indian Removal Act The U.S got the Louisiana Territory in 1803. Then during his presidency‚ Andrew Jackson got Congress to pass the Indian Removal Act. This act stated that all Indians that wished to follow their own tradition must move to the Indian Territory where they would have more than 70‚000 square miles of free land. When this act was passed‚ all Indians but the Cherokee signed the Treaty of Echota agreeing to move. Jackson thought it was necessary to take action against them to enforce
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Running Head: Patriot Act‚ Pros and Cons Steve M. LAW/101 Mr. Smith September 18‚ 2009 Patriot Act‚ Pros and Cons Abstract The Patriot Act was signed into law by President Bush in response to the tragedy of the events of 9/11. This report explains the issues that warranted this law‚ as well as the advantages and disadvantages of the Patriot Act of 2001. Passed in the weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks‚ the law expanded the government ’s powers in anti-terrorism
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Even though the Stamp Act‚ the laws passed by the English Parliament to tax all paper used for legal or commercial purposes‚ has disturbed extremely within the colonies. However‚ John Dickenson still using a respectful tone in his words towards the British‚ “with the warmest sentiments of affection and duty to His Majesty’s Person and Government‚ inviolably attached to the present happy by a sense of the present happy establishment of the Protestant succession …”. Let us examine the reasons that
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The much talked about Right to Information Act came into force on October 12. The Union government says the Act is revolutionary‚ as it opens all official departments across the country to public scrutiny. The government also claims the new law will help it share power with the humblest‚ and empower the weakest The Right to Information (RTI) Act is a law enacted by the Parliament of India to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens. It was passed by Parliament
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Indian Removal Act & Nunahi-duna-dlo-hilu-i In the 1800 ’s‚ the United States was a nation still learning how to efficiently run a government‚ and establish credibility as a force to be reckoned with. Expansion was the first priority in which they were determined to achieve. The greatest onslaught of discrimination towards a group of non-resisting people occurred in 1830‚ when President Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act; Jackson passed this act in order to further expand the country
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The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was a heated topic in Congress. Defend the passage or rejection of the Act with reference to the moral‚ political‚ constitutional and practical concerns of a congressman. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was at the time‚ thought to be justified and acceptable. There were two groups‚ the people who wanted the Indian’s gone‚ and the people who believed they should be allowed to stay. I believe forcing the Indians out of their territory was immoral‚ had no effect on
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The Speech Acts in English Legal Texts A Master Thesis Submitted to Graduate School‚ Southwest University of Political Science and Law In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Master Degree of Forensic Linguistics in Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics April‚ 2008 Acknowledgements I would like to extend my gratitude to the following people‚ without whose support and encouragement‚ I could not complete the thesis. My deepest appreciation first goes to my thesis instructor
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The Sedition Act of 1798 For the first few years of Constitutional government‚ under the leadership of George Washington‚ there was a unity‚ commonly called Federalism that even James Madison (the future architect of the Republican Party) acknowledged in describing the Republican form of government-- " And according to the degree of pleasure and pride we feel in being republicans‚ ought to be our zeal in cherishing the spirit and supporting the character of Federalists." Although legislators had
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