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    of the exigent issues of public discourse. The underpinning factors influencing the views of many people hinge on public morality‚ culture differences‚ religious considerations‚ human rights and so forth. Today‚ prostitution has been legalized either partly or wholly in Denmark‚ Canada‚ France‚ Mexico‚ Netherlands‚ Israel‚ England and Wales. Meanwhile‚ prostitution remains illegal in Ghana and all the states (except Nevada) in United States as well as others countries. Notwithstanding‚ prostitution

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    object with the use and disposal of the object subject to the whims and mercies of the state. Under this latter view‚ the state retains ownership and may at any time regulate or even repossess the property it temporarily cedes to individuals. The Founding Fathers upheld the economic view of property. They believed that private property ownership‚ as defined under common law‚ pre-existed government. The state and federal governments were the mere contractual agents of the people‚ not sovereign lords

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    candidates running for the presidency but only one candidate from each party is chosen to run for president. Representative Democracy is when the get to people elect representatives to run the government which is also known as Democratic Republic. The United States is a Representative Democracy. The citizens elect representatives such as the president‚ members of congress‚ and senators to run the government. The government is divided into three separate branches of government. This ensures that none of the

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    major issues because of acidification‚ that’s the livelihood of most people who live in the Keys." To further clarify‚ the coral reefs that are currently struggling to handle all of the harmful forces and acidification would create other factors that would cause unhealthy coral reefs. The reefs would start to corrode in the more acidic seas. Not to mention‚ the coral reefs draw approximately 4 million tourists each year and the most economically prominent fish species like groupers‚ jacks‚ snappers

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    nationalities for religious‚ recreational‚ and medical use. While it is currently illegal in the United States‚ marijuana is legal in European countries such as Holland and Belgium‚ and Amsterdam. Marijuana‚ in its natural form‚ is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man. It can be safely used within a supervised routine of medical care. For marijuana to be illegal in the United States when alcohol poisoning is a major cause of death in this country and nearly half a million premature

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    is an act of vesting the legislative‚ executive‚ and judicial powers of government in separate bodies. (Losco and Baker 2013‚ pg 23) The United States is focused on this thought of discrete branches of government with distinct responsibilities. Power is divided in the U.S. government in two significant ways. Originally‚ power is distributed amongst the state and national government‚ and following‚ power is shared between the three branches of national government. Separation of powers‚ hence‚ refers

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    increased exponentially from the 1980s into the late 1990s. If the growth is following this same pattern‚ current police militarization is continually on the rise. Some factors that contribute to this increase can be larger threats across the world from terror groups‚ such as ISIS‚ or from growing violent crime rates in the United States. Many organizations‚ including the American Civil Liberties Union‚ believe that the growing militarization of police is a threat to the freedoms of American citizens

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    The United States of America has an extensive history of oppressing essentially everyone who is not a straight‚ white‚ land-owning‚ wealthy‚ cis-gender man and included within this list of oppressed is women. Throughout the ages‚ women have had to and continue to fight for many rights through social‚ economic‚ and political venues. One of these rights‚ and area of public policy‚ are reproductive rights. Reproductive rights are a broad area of public policy that encompasses sexual education‚ family

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    Recent Developments in Geographical Profiling Geographical profiling is defined as a method for evaluating locations connected to a crime in order to identify the probable area of an offender’s home location‚ place of work‚ or other relevant locations based off of nomothetic data and assumptions (Turvey‚ 2012). Dr. Darcy Kim Rossmo‚ a Canadian criminologist‚ is accredited for his influence on geographical profiling. Rossmo concluded in his research that offender’s geographical correlation to a crime

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    of Religion in the United States In the United States today‚ there are many inadequate arguments that attempt to limit human rights due to religious beliefs. These rights include abortion‚ gay marriage‚ and sex education in public schools. In America‚ religion is a deciding factor when it comes which politicians we vote for‚ bringing religion into the forefront when it comes to political decisions. As our country was founded on the principle of separation of church and state‚ it is unAmerican for

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