... the New York Penal Law under Article 125(Homicide, Abortion, and Related offenses) as obtained from the Internet site http://members.aol.com/abtrbng/ny125.hym only a licensed physician can perform an abortion and only when either the life of the mother is in danger ... be appreciated until compared to the abortion restrictions in other States. According to the National Abortion Rights Action League, at their Internet site www.NARAL.org/ Mississippi for example has a completely opposite policy to that of New York's. They have yet to repeal unconstitutional (and ... conservative religiou...

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... " and if we give them that argument, The Geneva Convention and the Constitution should still play a solid role in this situation, neither negating the rights of the prisoners of war. WWW.THEGLEANER.COM outlines the United States opinion perfectly, "The administration has insisted that neither U.S. laws nor international treaties, like those governing prisoners of war, apply to the detainees, and it has ... Opinion is that we have tainted our due process system". We are no longer the champions in defending the rights of humanity. Much hippocracy has been laid on our shoulders. WWW.THEGLEA...

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... the United States, we have the freedom to openly discuss issues, and we have the right to be wrong in our opinions without punishment. References U.S. Constitution-Bill of Rights, http://www.lawcornell.edu/constitution.billofrights.html Miller and Jentz, (2001) Business Law Today, fifth edition, (p. 125). Joel Bleifuss, The Cattlemen's Beef with Oprah,"" In These Times, April 5, 1998, (p. 15). "Product Disparagement ... ...

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... Rights and what it means today. Oklahoma: Norman, University of Oklahoma press. American Civil Liberties Union-ACLU. 1997. The Bill of Rights a Brief History.? Online: www.aclu.org/library/pbp9.html. National Archives and Records Administration. 1998. The Bill of Rights.? Online: www.nara.gov/exhall/charters/billrights/billmain.html. Archiving Early America. 2001. Historic documents from 18th Century America.? Online: http ... ...

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... crime. In countries that have abolished capital punishment, homicide rates have actually declined. In Canada, the homicide rate has fallen 42 percent since the death penalty was abolished in 1975 (www.deathpenaltyinfo.com). This proves that countries need not fear a rise in crimes if the death penalty in abolished. Public opinion shows a decline in the support of capital punishment. The United States ... than those who murder blacks. Does this seem like justice? A report from Amnesty International found that the use of the death penalty in the United States was racially biased (http://w...

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... . Parental concern is only increased by the possibility that executions may become televised. These ratings are to keep those underage children from watching unnecessary violence. In a recent poll taken from www.about.com on whether or not you would view a live execution, only twenty percent of the one hundred, twenty-five thousand hits would watch. To conclude the nation we live in ... ...

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... pregnancy and also bans partial-abortion. This is a very serious matter to many women in the US as well as myself. I found this article in an archive from http://www.newsday.com from November 11th 2003. To understand my argument on this very sensitive and controversial matter, we must go back to the facts and where it all began. In 1973, in ... ...

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... fact states that 70% of American residents are in favor of capital punishment and would rather see the convict be sentenced to death, than to live next door to him. (www.electronicreferences.com) Human psychology proves over and over that members of a community feel safe in the absence of a potential threat to their lives. Ask any member of any race or origin ... ...

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... make would be to allow their subjects to possess arms . history shows that all who have allowed their subjects to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so" (www.dgroup.com/dg_ html/dgroup_gun_control.htm). The right to bear arms protects citizens of the United States from such tyranny, and gives us no reason to fear dictatorship. It ... ...

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... make would be to allow their subjects to possess arms . history shows that all who have allowed their subjects to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so" (www.dgroup.com/dg_ html/dgroup_gun_control.htm). The right to bear arms protects citizens of the United States from such tyranny, and gives us no reason to fear dictatorship. It ... ...

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... make would be to allow their subjects to possess arms . history shows that all who have allowed their subjects to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so" (www.dgroup.com/dg_ html/dgroup_gun_control.htm). The right to bear arms protects citizens of the United States from such tyranny, and gives us no reason to fear dictatorship. It ... ...

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... media. Similarly public opinion was in favor of American intervention in Somalia and Bosnia, after watching news reports on the starvation in Somalia and the civil war in Bosnia. (www.pinkmonkey.com) It is also known by the majority of educated people in America that not everything our government does foreign policy wise is covered by the media or even open to ... ...

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... criminals use? The outlawing of assault weapons is nothing more than a first step towards banning all types of firearms. In 1996 there were 1,354 murders with semi-automatic weapons. (www.opensecrets.com) Automatic weapons have been severely restricted in this country since 1934. (Bruce 86) It is long overdue for semiautomatic weapons to join them: such guns are only useful to kill ... ...

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... only one percent of Japanese live in the countries bottom ten percent of income. This is a balance of wealth which exceeds even U.S. standards (www.libraryofcongress.org.) As of the year 2000 the yearly Gross Domestic Product for Japan was $3.15 trillion and the average per capita income was $24 ... to Japan's economy are motorcycles, electronics, chemicals, and textiles. The main agricultural products of Japan are rice, sugar beets, and fruits and vegetables (www.worldbank.org.) The island of Japan has also become known around the world for its peoples healthfulness and longevity. The a...

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... Hall. Charles Hall is dying of AIDS and challenged the State of Florida to let him die by a self-administered lethal injection without fear of prosecution(http://www.rights.org/ deathnet/open.html). On January 31, 1997, a Judge ruled that Charles Hall could take his own life with the aid of a doctor ... 1981 through a blood transfusion. Some of the complications he is encountering from the AIDS virus are arthritis, hepatitis, pneumonia and a brain cyst (http://www.rights.org/deathnet/ open.html). The Oregon Death with Dignity Act allows terminally ill adults who are mentally competent to ...

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... "Charles Hall is dying of AIDS and challenged the State of Florida to let him die bya self-administered lethal injection without fear of prosecution"(http://www.rights.org/ deathnet/open.html). On January31, 1997, a Judge ruled that Charles Hall could take his own life with the aid of a doctor ... through a blood transfusion. "Some of the complicationshe is encountering from the AIDS virus are arthritis, hepatitis, pneumonia and a brain cyst" (http://www.rights.org/deathnet/open.html). The Oregon Death with Dignity Act allows terminally ill adults who are mentally competentto ask for a p...

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... "Charles Hall is dying of AIDS and challenged the State of Florida to let him die bya self-administered lethal injection without fear of prosecution"(http://www.rights.org/ deathnet/open.html). On January31, 1997, a Judge ruled that Charles Hall could take his own life with the aid of a doctor ... through a blood transfusion. "Some of the complicationshe is encountering from the AIDS virus are arthritis, hepatitis, pneumonia and a brain cyst" (http://www.rights.org/deathnet/open.html). The Oregon Death with Dignity Act allows terminally ill adults who are mentally competentto ask for a p...

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... to create the Bill of Rights, it seems logical that they would not place an excessive amount of faith in state governments either (http://guncite.com/gc2ndpur.html). The purpose of including the clause "A well-regulated militia" in the Second Amendment which states, "A well-regulated militia, being necessary ... to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" (http://gunnerynetwork.com/files/historic.html) has been interpreted by some to mean that the right to bear arms is limited to the members of well-regulated state ... governmen...

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... describe themselves as Roman Catholics, although only one third of Italian Catholics (15,908,000 people) attend mass regularly (adherents.com). In all of Europe in 1998 there were only 286,124,000 pronounced Catholics making up 39% of the population (adherents.com). In Russia in 1995 only 0.88% of the population (1,306,000 people) considered them self catholic. At Geneva in ... 1998 it was found that one third of all German Protestants go to church during the Christmas season, whereas only 4%-8% attend on a regular Sunday (adherents.com). Canada is considered linked with the United stat...

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... was furious about the sudden placement of Federalists in Judiciary positions. He ordered to the remaining unsent not to be delivered at all. Marbury never received his earned commission (http://www.oyez.org) Understandably angry, Marbury decided to take action on his own hands and filed a case under the merits of Section 13 of the Judiciary Act of 1789, the writ ... that violated the Constitution. Gibbons vs. Ogden in 1824, allowed Congress control over foreign and interstate commerce. The majority of Marshall's cases dealt with the state and national government. (http://www.oyez.org) I...

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... THE UNITED STATES, (Grolier Encyclopedia 2002) Louis Fisher Presidential War Power, (2000 University Press of Kansas) Gene Franchini Patriot Act is assault on Bill of Rights (El Defensor Chieftain ) http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters_of_freedom_8.html Bill of Rights US Constitution "The Constitution of the United States is the fundamental law of the United States of America ... William Marbury, who sought a low-paying appointment as a District of Columbia Justice of the Peace, emerged a Supreme Court decision that established one of the cornerstones of the Ame...

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... was furious about the sudden placement of Federalists in Judiciary positions. He ordered to the remaining unsent not to be delivered at all. Marbury never received his earned commission (http://www.oyez.org) Understandably angry, Marbury decided to take action on his own hands and filed a case under the merits of Section 13 of the Judiciary Act of 1789, the writ ... that violated the Constitution. Gibbons vs. Ogden in 1824, allowed Congress control over foreign and interstate commerce. The majority of Marshall's cases dealt with the state and national government. (http://www.oyez.org) I...

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... feel that the Google website invades their privacy to an extreme extent. The users have discovered that if you type your phone number, including your area code, into the Google.com search engine, very personal, reserved information is given out. After approximately 3-5 seconds, the results show on to your screen as you sit there rather surprised. Because you have typed in ... it to their advantage. In my opinion, not only is internet privacy important, privacy in general is significant. Invading ones privacy by getting road maps to their homes from Google.com and the findings of the "Co...

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... the Virgin Islands, which conduct sobriety checkpoints. There are 13 states prohibiting the use of these checkpoints including Texas based upon each state's interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. Retrieved from http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/laws/checkpoint_laws.html. 3. Law enforcement officers are allowed to use drug dogs without reasonable suspicion at check points and road blocks. In Illinois v. Caballes, 543 ... ...

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... . Jay Nixon decided to sign house bill 1525, which would send fewer people to prison for technical violations of probation and parole, which has missed meeting or failed drug test. (www.aclu.org) House Bill 1525, which Gov. Jay Nixon signed into law July 6, establishes strategies for dropping parole and probation for certain offenses by requiring the division of corrections to ... ...

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