Legal Brief 10/24/11 Citation: Charles T. Schenck v. United States‚ Supreme Court of the United States‚ 1919 Issue: Whether distributing anti-conscription literature during war time is protected under the First Amendment. Relief Sought: Schenck did not want to be convicted of violating the Espionage Act of 1917 so he appealed to the United States Supreme Court. Facts: Charles Schenck was the general secretary of the Socialist Party of America. Socialists believed that the war had been caused
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The definition of government is the governing body of a nation‚ state‚ or community. This definition does not always come to the head of sum of the fellow Americans when asked on whether the government does what its supposed to do and keep the people informed on it ‚instead some Americans think the that the government should be more careful with its finances and really take a look at what they are financing in because some don’t think the government is doing what its supposed to do with its finances
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Today I will be talking about how farming has changed in the United States of America from 1990 to 2010. Farming has changed a lot in the United States from what it used to be. Two hundred years ago 90% of the people in the United States lived on farms. If you compare that to today you can see a big difference not only in farming but how people moved. From 1990 to 2010 the number of farms has been dropped by 63% in the United States. In 1970 more than half the farm had off-farm but in 2010 93% of
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The United states is undoubtedly one of the better counties in the world. The U.S has a high ranking status in bounteous fields such as space research‚ quality of life‚ sports and movies but in one area the U.S is lacking. The Education system in the United States has been steady if not slightly climbing in the past few decades but‚ so is the rest of the world and they are climbing the education ladder as a much more rapid pace than the U.S‚ especially in the math and science subjects. Even though
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In a Free State‚ individual rights are important. The government administers laws and regulations that apply to all—the citizens‚ officials‚ law enforcement—to make sure these rights are authenticated. In the United States of America‚ the constitution serves as the Law of the Land‚ in which all Americans are held to the same laws; this “Rule of Law” that defines a Free State is meant to ensure equality for all (Framework). Based on these characteristics‚ the United States would rightly be deemed
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The United States has been an expansionist country since the pilgrims landed. Until the US established them selves as a definite world power‚ they had shown themselves to be a very expansionist country. The imperialism of the 1900s may have departed from past actions in terms of size and ambition‚ but the fundamental reasons and drive for expansion remained the same throughout much of America’s history. Past expansion of the US includes the Manifest Destiny-driven push to the West coast‚ the annexation
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The United States Beer Industry Over the last few decades‚ the United States beer industry has been characterized by a very clear trend toward an increase in the concentration of the market. Today‚ some 80% of all beer consumed in the United States is produced by just three companies-Anheuser-Busch (which is now owned by In Bev of Belgium)‚ SAB-Miller‚ and Molson Coors-up from 57% of the market in 1980. Anheuser-Busch had almost 50% of the market in 2008‚ up from just 28.2% in 1980. SAB-Miller (formed
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Poverty and Homelessness in the United States Poverty in America is a subject that though everybody recognizes is existent‚ most do not pay attention to very often. In 2010 the poverty line for a family of four was $22‚314.00 and 15.1% of Americans were living off of less than that (Tavernise‚ 2011). While 15.1% is a high number to begin with‚ the truth is that many more people are living on the verge of homelessness. Countless families are split up every night with children going to a friend’s
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discovery motion and then dismissed the notice after the government stated that it would not comply with the discovery order. Supreme Court ruled incorrectly in the United States v. Bass: The rulings of the Supreme Court against the case of United States v. Bass were incorrect because of various reasons; the courts in the United States had charged many blacks with offenses which were death-eligible‚ which blacks were twice more than the whites. It is more often engaged in a plea bargains with the
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Since the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11‚ 2001 and various other terrorist threats‚ the United States has used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)‚ or drones‚ to eliminate terrorists or potential terrorists. The US should continue using and developing drones as combat weapons because they have less collateral damage than impractical alternatives‚ keep our own troops safe‚ and aide military generals with photography and mapping of foreign countries. Moreover‚ because UAV’s cannot guarantee
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