In the case of Smith v. United States‚ the plaintiff‚ John Angus Smith‚ was convicted of engaging in drug-trafficking‚ which would have granted him a five year sentence had he not “used” a firearm in regards to the incident. As stated in statute 924(c)(1)‚ the use of firearm in relations to a drug-trafficking crime enhanced the sentence‚ and turned it into a 30-year sentence. The argument at hand is whether the term “use” was to be taken from a broad dictionary definition or in the ordinary meaning
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Kaly Flood University of South Florida “We Were Here”: We Will Remember David Weissman and Bill Weber recounted gripping testimonies of those who experienced the 1980’s AIDS/ HIV epidemic in the documentary “We Were Here” (Weissman & Weber‚ 2011). During this documentary several people told of experiences prior‚ during‚ and post the AIDs/HIV crisis. This review will illustrate how Weissman and Weber portrayed the AIDs crisis using the documentary title “ We Were Here” and relevance of the documentary
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In recent years‚ we have seen more and more suicides related to cyber bullying then ever before. An example of this can be seen in the case of the United States v. Lori Drew. Lori was an older woman who pretended to be a teenaged boy and began to talk and soon after started an online relationship with a 14-year-old girl. The girl eventually began to fall for the fake 16-year-old boy that Lori Drew created
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“A Nation Gripped in Turmoil”‚ “America- the Warzone”‚ and “Racism in the United States”‚ headlines like these have been cropping up across the globe in the past few years. Racism is a prejudice‚ discrimination‚ or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior and unfortunately it still exists in modern societies across the world. In order to address the issue of racism in The Free World; first let’s look back and see when the pseudo war
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Bravo Fernandez v. United States is a court case that deals with Double Jeopardy. Double Jeopardy can be defined as “the prosecution of a person twice for the same offense (dictionary.com). ” Bravo Fernandez v. United States was argued on October 4th‚ 2016‚ because of an incident that took place in May of 2005. Mr. Fernandez‚ whom is the president of a private security firm in Puerto Rico‚ and Hector Martinez-Maldonado who is a member of the Senate. Both traveled to Las Vegas to watch a boxing match
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The First Amendment is arguably the most controversial issue with regards to the constitution since it was ratified in 1787. Under the First Amendment‚ “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” However‚ the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) directly contradicts the
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The United States Constitution is one of the most significant documents in modern world history. Its official date of adoption was on the seventeenth of September in 1897. The Constitution itself represents the advent of democracy‚ justice and freedom in a once-was colony which thereafter gained its independence. It established three branches of government; the legislative branch‚ the judicial branch and the executive branch. Additionally‚ the Constitution outlined the relationship between the country’s
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Demographics of HIV/AIDS in the United States of America HCS/490 Health Consumer Trends and Marketing January 21‚ 2013 Jennifer Pharr Demographics of HIV/AIDS in the United States of America “Every 9.5 minutes someone in the United States is infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).” According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC)‚ there are approximately 1.5 million people living with HIV‚ and one out of five is not aware they are infected (CDC‚ 2011). The first documented case
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In his narrative‚ Imagining Native America in Music‚ Michael V. Pasani documents the musical representations of Native American culture. In his introduction‚ he states: “Music‚ which plays such an extraordinary role in organizing and shaping our societies and our social values‚ remains an unspoken and too often unacknowledged contributor not only to the social history of America‚ but to the creation of its folkways and myths as well. Cultural historians‚ while they may acknowledge the relevance
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Within the United States of America‚ there seems to be a consensus that this land was and is made for the free people of the earth. Most of us believe that the democracy we have in place is infallible‚ that nothing short of God could destroy it. And although some of us have complaints with what the government is doing‚ most of us believe that our voices are heard loud and clear‚ if only we would be caring enough to say anything. Yet I believe there are pros and cons to our "democracy"‚ that although
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