When it comes to Proposition 8 I would have voted against it all the way. I have often thought what gives anyone the right to take away civil rights from anyone gay or straight. I personally have struggled with this debate on so many different levels it still unbelievable to me that in court in the world would deny civil rights down to such a basic level. The fourteenth Amendment clearly has a double standard attached to it when it comes to Proposition 8. Basically saying that we can’t deny gays
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The debate over health care has been going on for a long time‚ now it’s time to end it. The purpose of health care is to make sure the price is affordable so you can help the person or family member that has an illness or sickness. Americans should encourage health care because‚ one of the most important documents that we follow‚ the Declaration of Independence clearly shows this‚ and also because lots of people can die without health care. The historic document that helped shape America‚ the Declaration
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consider‚ they catch criminals‚ rescue someone by sacrificing themselves‚ they even go to death for other ordinary people. However‚ not every police officer is not the same and many of them use their power against unarmed‚ innocent people. Some police officers have biased opinions about other race representatives and they judge people by their color‚ religion‚ gender‚ etc. Police brutality is the use of excessive and unnecessary force when dealing with civilians. This police brutality is the ongoing
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side with the second opposing argument. The first argument talks about theoretical things that can never happen. Instead‚ the second argument talks about a real solution to the problem. The solution to “ boost the defensive capacities of prospective victims.” This is more realistic in my opinion. They both talk about how it is inevitable and how there is basically nothing we can do to stop someone from killing people if they really want to. If I were to add to each argument I strongly add upon the statement
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and Transracial adoption has been a huge controversial issue for many years. Adopting a child of a different race has both benefits and misfortunes. The well being of the child is not taken into consideration as much as it should be. The main focus in some people’s minds is that the child will not know their culture and won’t be able to come to terms with the fact that they are a different race than their adoptive parents. However‚ interracial adoption should not be ridiculed because children receive
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agreeing to give their consent‚ the prisoners were actually forced to do so or given a compromise. Medical research on prisoners violates the protection of prisoner’s rights. According to the United States Constitution‚ cruel and unusual punishment against prisoners should be prohibited. This means that the government has no right to inflict prisoners with cruel‚ degrading‚ and inhumane treatment regardless of their crime. To treat prisoners that are on death row with nonconsensual medical experiments
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exclusionary rule is a law that prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence in a criminal trial. Now imagine how our system would function without the exclusionary rule. A police officer could detain‚ arrest or search an individual and his property based on bias‚ a hunch or because they just felt like it‚ without reasonable cause. If the officer discovered in criminating evidence‚ it could be freely admitted at the individual’s criminal trial. And that evidence that is found without the search warrant
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Standardized tests argument Have you ever thought you were taking to many tests? If you do it is because of the standardized tests. Some people think we test too much in schools. Other people think there is not enough tests or we need to keep the tests the same. I think standardized test should change because they are to much money‚ the tests are so long‚ and there is a lot of tests in school. The first piece of evidence I have is there are to many standardized tests and the tests are to long
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Reasons were because of legalized abortion‚ declining birthrates‚ the greater acceptance of single-parent families‚ and fewer white children were available for adoption. Another reason was that the Civil Rights Movement changed the national dialogue on race‚ emphasizing the value of ethnic diversity in American culture. Also‚ international adoptions had become more common‚ and the majority of these were also transracial. The largest number of adoptees in the United States during this time came from South
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For instance their studies have shown that although around 20‚000 drug offenders have been sentenced to mandatory minimums in Massachusetts alone‚ rate of drug abuse and addiction has not declined. Their argument stands that if mandatory minimum sentences are repealed then that drug offenders should be sentenced like any other case in which someone breaks a law. A judge should look at the person’s criminal history‚ their involvement and severity of the crime
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