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    passing new legislation and amending existing legislation. The U.S. Senate quickly passed the USA PATRIOT ACT‚ which mean Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. The USA PATRIOT ACT was a new tool to fight terrorism head on. The USA PATRIOT ACT bill was signed by President George W. Bush on October 26‚ 2011. The USA PATRIOT ACT bill gives the court authorize to issue the search order for any United States citizen who law enforcement

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    The impacts and consequences that the Alien acts ‚ Sedition acts and Kentucky and Virginia resolutions where important. These things are important because they strengthind our government and country. The Alien and Sedition acts were a series of laws passed by Congress in 1798. These acts where brought up to silence opposition to an expected war with France. It was supported by President Adams and his Federalist Party which controlled Congress. It was opposed by Thomas Jefferson and other Democratic-Republicans

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    its methods proven through the generations‚ and whose members were generally sumerist world outside- a world that mocked the spiritual life and whose mass culture denigrated girls and women”‚ p12 in The children act by Ian McEwan. This is small part of Adams poem on p180 in The Children Act by Ian McEwan. • “I took my wooden cross and dragged it by the stream. I was young and foolish and troubled by a dream. That penitence was folly and burdens were for fools. But I’d been told on Sundays to life by

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    Controversy of the Alien and sedition acts In 1796‚ the federalist‚ John Adams‚ was elected as the second president of the United States. At this time the french revolution had been going on for seven bloody years. the federalist party was antipathetic toward the revolution but the ever popular democratic republican party continued‚ as they always did‚ to espouse it. America under George Washington had professed neutrality in the French Revolution but the French disregarded this and attacked American

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    from the date of its creation‚ the debate over the validity of the Young Offender’s Act continues. Should the YOA remain in its current form as a part of the Canadian legal system? An examination of the reasons it is seen as being ineffective‚ the need for change‚ and the suggested amendments and substitutes will provide an accurate picture of the situation from which a conclusion can be drawn. The young offenders act in its current form is nearly optimal. However‚ there enough reasons for its alteration

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    to be treated with respect and dignity‚ we as adults must take reasonable steps to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the children. Failure to do this could be classed as professional neglect. We must always act and be seen to act in the child’s best interests. At the heart of The Children Act 1989 is the belief that ‘the welfare of the child is the paramount decision’. Duty of care safeguards children by our setting having carried out risk assessments and precautions taken to avoid accidents or

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    greater a force. The Stamp Act imposed so many taxes on such a variety of items‚ it was nearly impossible to make a living and to pay for things such as newspapers‚ pamphlets‚ bonds‚ leases‚ deeds‚ college diplomas‚ dice‚ and playing cards. Even when the government repealed the Stamp Act in 1766‚ they immediately placed into action the Declaratory Act‚ which stated that the government could impose any tax they saw fit to. On top of that‚ they also imposed the Quartering and Tea Acts‚ which only infuriated

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    Let’s look at a few cons of the Patriot Act. "Under the Patriot Act‚ law enforcement officials may have broad access to any record — academic‚ library‚ financial and medical — without probable cause of a crime. The Patriot Act prohibits the holder of such information‚ like university librarians‚ from disclosing that they have produced such records‚ under the threat of imprisonment. A University of Illinois survey of U.S. public libraries found that at least 545 libraries have been asked

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    industrial farms‚ it is automatically legal. The only federal animal welfare law that applies to farm animals is the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (factory Farm). This states that animals should be unconscious prior to slaughter in order to ensure a quick and relatively painless death. But chickens and turkeys however are exempt from the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (factory Farm). Since chickens & turkeys make up 8.75 billion of the 9 billion animals killed in the U.S. every year‚ this law applies to

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    was the one who stood out to people‚ trying his best to make executive decisions to help his nation and that led to the removal the Indians from their land. In 1830‚ Jackson had signed a very important document which enforced the Indian Removal Act. The Act had affected five “Civilized

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