War on Drugs Solution: Legalization? Proposal Much like the exclusion of alcohol back in the 20s which was aimed to evict various substances from our civilization‚ the drug war today has not only ruined its mission‚ but has made its mission unfeasible. Today various failures‚ whether it is the huge amount of money being spent erroneously or the increasing number of crimes and users‚ one thing is for sure; the war on drugs has fallen short. There is no
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In the article titled " Hobby Lobby Ruling Much More than Abortion" discusses the supreme court ruling regarding abortion and birth control. The author expressed that family owned businesses have been ruled in court to opt out of the federal requirement to pay for birth control in health coverage for their workers. The family owned business did not feel it was fair to follow the recent mandate by President Obama regarding contraceptives. Hobby Lobby was targeted by social media for being unfair and
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been found to measure only about 18 percent of the things that it takes to do well in school‚ and thus is not a very good predictor of how a student will do in college” (PBS). Seeing that the test fails to fulfill the purpose it was made for‚ this a major indicator that the test is greatly flawed. The SAT was created on the notion of determining a student’s innate mental ability‚ to predict how well they would do in their freshmen year of college. Since‚ the test fails to do so‚ then there is no purpose
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segregation among our society may not be as explicit as the Jim Crow era; however‚ it is still very prevalent as the research on residential segregation by race reflects. According to David R. Williams and Chiquita Collins‚ legislation‚ the support of major economic institutions‚ federal government housing policies‚ judicial system enforcement‚ which are all legitimized by the racial ideologies behind white supremacy‚ are the contributing forces of racial segregation among neighborhoods (Williams and
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Animal Rights Animal rights protect species from mistreatment by humans. The advocates of this regulation demand that the government establish more laws governing the rights for animals because of their empathy toward animals‚ similarities to human behavior‚ moral status‚ and biomedical research. They mandate equal rights to all species; however‚ I believe the existing laws are adequate and should not be expanded‚ but enforced and have minor changes. Victoria Braithwaite‚ author of the article
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because it makes the Constitution the Supreme law of the law instead of specifically banning Sharia law. Unlike the Oklahoma Law‚ SQ 755‚ which specifically banned only Sharia law and was deemed unconstitutional because of how it was discriminatory against a specific religion. Based on certain things I have read and watched‚ it suggests that the two legal systems can not coexist and that many of their values infringe upon another. Therefore‚ suggesting to make the Constitution the supreme law of the
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Westward Expansion Although the United States had good reasons for kicking the Indians off their land like mining and housing for the extreme population growth‚ the United States wasn’t justified in its treatment of the Native Americans during the period of Western Expansion. The United States forced the Indians to move from their land and go more west every time they kept finding gold. The Indians had been there for years before the Americans even started their colonies so they had ancestral
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Most people have heard of the case of Amadou Diallo‚ a black man slain at his doorway by police‚ which for some reason was questioned to be a case of racial profiling at all. But the fact is that there are many other cases and complaints made against law enforcement officials‚ mostly involving traffic stops of minorities. The following are examples of cases and complaints made to the American Civil Liberties Union‚ which are posted on their web site‚ of racial profiling from various newspaper
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By supporting racial profiling we are supporting racism‚ and by supporting racism‚ we are supporting hate. As this practice is becoming common procedure‚ entire groups of people are being discriminated against. This erroneous view of a complete race‚ induced by racial profiling‚ demonstrates the overall misconception and ignorance people have regarding people who are different from them. Labeling a particular group of persons as terrorists not only is unfair
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The Internet is an amazing place where people can communicate‚ transfer and research information‚ and find entertainment sites. It also allows freedoms that major media enterprises did not have. The concern with the Internet is it contains sites that are not appropriate for children. Some people believe the Internet should be free from censorship while other argue the Internet should be controlled. We all want the Internet to be fun and safe place where everyone can go and enjoy the great benefits
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