major domestic policy issue is the war of guns. The United States has the highest total guns in the world with a total of 270 million guns. The people’s rights to bear arms has been protected under the second amendment but unfortunately with this right‚ there has been a rise in gun deaths. Such incident can be seen in the Sandy Hook shooting- an elementary school massacre-. Not only that but there has been multiple mass shootings in the United States on December 2‚ October 1‚ August 8‚ July 23‚ June
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT What is government Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) said the purpose of government is to establish peace and security for the people. Government: The formal institutions and processes through which decisions are made for a group of people. Main components are people‚ policies‚ and powers. Government consists of elected officials who have the authority and control over others and the other half are the public servants who carry out the daily functions. Power is the government’s
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Privacy‚ the state of being free from a public attention‚ is a very sensitive and debatable topic in today’s world. What is an invasion of privacy? It is the invasion into another personal life of another individual‚ with no cause. Law enforcement cameras are cameras‚ body worn police cameras‚ and hidden cameras of all types. Closed circuit television‚ also known as surveillance‚ is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place or close observation‚ especially of a suspected spy
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Cyberbullying is widely recognized as a major issue in the United States and‚ when applied to teens and adolescents‚ is often credited as a major factor of Internet-related suicides. Although cyberbullying is the broader term applied to suicides caused by cruel comments online‚ the more specific term would more often than not be suicide baiting‚ which is exactly what it sounds like: taunting and coercing and pushing someone into suicide. In her article “Twitter Trolls and the Refusal to Be Silenced
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Immigration in the United States Immigration has always been in existence in the United States since the beginning of American History. At the turn of the 20th century immigration has been an issue for the people in this country. There are many problems that the United States faces and the one that is causing several debates is illegal immigration. Thousands and thousands of illegal immigrants have come from many different places. All of them have different desires. America is supposed to be
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I was nineteen years old when I started my career in law enforcement. I had applied at several places to attempt to become a police officer. I was told by a local police chief that I should start working in a jail or prison and get some experience‚ then I could become an officer after that. In pursuing a career in law enforcement I had to wait two years till I was 21 years of age‚ I did not have any college credits and most agencies required a 60 credit hour degree‚ and I did not have the backing
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History of Tort Law in India and Tort Law in the United States Of America A tort can be known as that area of law wherein the courts provide remedies of permitting a lawsuit for damages in acknowledgement of a private or civil wrong. In India and the United States Of America‚ resemblance in law‚ if any‚ seems to have been inherited from the legal practices as took place in the British era. In India‚ tort law has been only in implementation since towards the end of the British rule. However
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AGENCY 1. Agency Relationship Cases Definition Principal authorizes Agent to enter into legal transactions (contract) with Third Party on Principal’s behalf Agency relationship between P and A A’s obligations to P: 1. Act according to terms of appointment and within scope of authority 2. Not liable to P or TP 3. Carries out duties with care and skill‚ keep true and proper accounts 4. Cannot conflict P’s interest / act for personal gains 5. Cannot delegate whole duty to others P’s
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In 1607 about 110 settlers tried to settle in Jamestown‚ which is located in Virginia‚ but many of the did not survive. Why did so many colonists die? Some of the reasons why the colonists died were because of disease‚ bad water and droughts so they couldn’t grow food. The diseases were bad because the English were coming with disease which was bad because when one person got it pretty much everyone got it. In the summer of 1607 nearly half of the settlers died from disease. In total‚ nearly 130
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Hawaii was important to the United States for its military potential‚ as well as many economic reasons such as its rich agrarian industry. Without Hawaii‚ the United States would have had to negotiate more for navy bases from which it could launch aquatic assaults on the Axis Powers and Japan. This significantly increased our participation in World War II‚ while decreasing our debt to other nations for allowing us to use their ports. The first settlers of the islands were probably Polynesians from
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