... when he turns 18 he will be able to fight for his country, it just makes no sense to me. I want to be able to vote for what I believe in. It is not official yet but I believe that I heard in the news that a 26th amendment is being proposed to congress to lower the voting age to 18. If president Nixon certifies this amendment formally soon you can be sure I will be at a voting ... booth. It looks really positive at the moment but one is not always ... sure. Today is July 5,1971. The 26th ... ...

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... that if there is an unjust law it is part of the necessary friction if the machine of government. Thoreau says that if you think the law is unjust then let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine. He says this because if the is enough counter friction then the people who run the machine will have to fix that machine. Van Dusen says that civil rights and ... other laws should be changed be persuasion of congress and other legislative bodies and be the decision of the courts. When people take the ... away other peoples rights and if we take away other people's rights then we ...

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... Americans" (Sullivan J.). Stand Your Ground should exist because we need equal rights to fight, when cops are always around, and to protect loved ones with self defense. The protection of loved ones and self defense is a reason why stand your ground law exists. America wants to protect their citizens. "We will continue to defend the right of every law abiding Americans regardless of race, color, and creed ... come late or not at all. If someone is attacking you and you can't call the cops, you should able to fight for yourself (Martin S. etc.). Most people would call the police but the ti...

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... had emperors that did not exactly exist at the start of the empire, but then the Romans felt that one man was needed to be the leader of the empire. Julius Caesar was not just a ruler but a dictator as well. Romans did not want one man to make all of the laws, so that is when they deeded to split the power of the government between three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial ... branch. The executive branch- two leaders of the branch, the consuls, were elected for one year by the upper class. They supervised the senate and ordered the Roman army during wars. Other member of ......

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Corruption in our Government To most people, corruption appears as the receiving of bribes or wrongfully issuing favors to certain peoples or persons. In some cases this is true. However, this only scratches the surface. The true corruption is occurring right in front of our eyes in the hall of legislature. This corruption occurs on a regular bases now. Unfortunately, the people of our beloved nation do not recognize it. You can rest assured ... that if our founding fathers saw how carelessly our government has disregarded liberty and justice they would be in no way at all pleased. In my opin...

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... it is very hard to amend the constitution. I think that the amend process is a good idea. Farmers did not want the amendment process to be simple, thus they made it so that the amendment process may take months or years to complete. The farmers knew that the nation would change, so they wanted the constitution to last a very long time. The amendment process was ... has to be approved by special conventions held in the states. Since the constitution has been written only 17 amendments have been added. The 13 through 15 were made for the purpose of the Civil War. The thirteenth abolished s...

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... Many may view Creon's decision to kill his niece Antigone to be cruel and inhumane. However, in his defense, this decision was the only one that would gain him a certain respect in the eyes of his people. He struggles through his role as king and works hard to prove to the people of the kingdom that he is a worthy ruler. King Creon locked himself into a commitment in issuing a decree warning of ... the ensuing death of whoever buries Polynices ... that by obeying civil law rather than divine law, he must conform to the state power and punish her; she accepted her death like the strong ...

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... when a person dies. The law states that a person has the right to live ones life. If someone takes another person's life away, then that person's life should be taken as well. That person who was killed did not want to die but that person did. I believe that only God can decide when a person is supposed to die. If the death penalty is enforced more in the United States, then ... crime rates will go down. Most people do not want to take the chance of the death penalty for committing a crime. And every time I watch the news, I notice that all the murders that take place, the criminals act...

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... topics these days. Discussion about this subject started along with attempts to legalize euthanasia in some European countries. This idea has as many supporters as enemies. People who are against are usually basing only on religion beliefs without any effort to understand it thoroughly. In my opinion, euthanasia should be legalized, and people should be able to end their lives when pain and suffering left no ... point decision of using euthanasia, or legal suicide as some people call it, appears to be the only way, what's more only humanitarian way. For me it is a very good excuse for s...

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... fair treatment or conduct, but is it really so fair? Back in the days when laws first came into practice, Justice was not important when it came to punishing. To the Babilonians justice was payback. The British beleived that if a person was guilty then the gods would send them a sign. The greeks held their trials in front of the public and let them decide whether a person was guilty or not ... and if he was then what punishment was suitable. Nowadays, with all our laws and court systems, do ... we really treat people fairly depending on whether they are guilty or not? White Collar Crim...

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... of time, for example: as abolitionists aided runaway slaves before the American Civil War. Slavery was very much accepted back in those days, but if you aided a runaway slave then you were to serve the consequences of the law. Now can you sit there and tell me that it was morally wrong to do this and to morally disobey the law? Of course not, we've been fighting against slavery for ... you have an obligation to do the same? The answer to this would have to no. Why Melanie Millan should you? You didn't ask for it and didn't tell that person to get it for you. Why should the awarding of b...

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... ten of the twelve amendments to make them permanent additions to the Constitution which are called the Bill of Rights. Freedom of religion, speech, and the press; right of assembly and petition, right to bear arms, housing of soldiers, search and arrest warrants, rights in criminal cases, rights in civil cases, bails, fines, and punishments, rights retained by the people and powers retained by the states and the people are the ten amendments ... of government. This system ensures that both houses of Congress will have a voice in making laws. In conclusion, the delegates of the Constitut...

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... place, wrought with moral controversies of every kind. One of these controversies that carries subtantial weight today is that of the death penalty. The death penalty should be abolished because it is a risky punishment in which the final judgement is made by a human jury, and it takes away a person's right to live. What I mean when I say that the death penalty is a risky punishment is that the judgement made ... killing an innocent person. There are many "precautions" made to make sure this does not happen, but the jury is only human. Because the jury is human, they rely highly on thei...

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Should the Flag Follow the Constitution I think before you, the American public, can come to a conclusion on the matter of "Should the Flag Follow the Constitution," you have to look at the constitution at every angle. Also you need to examine our flag and what the red, white, and stars represent. Then I think you can come to a good answer to a puzzling question. First, let's start with the constitution. In my opinion the Constitution is the basis of our laws and legislative system. However ... , there is an aspect that the ... ...

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... on alcohol. A pessimist would figure the human damage as much greater. 115 million Americans who consume alcohol, 85 percent rarely become intoxicated; with drugs, intoxication is the whole idea. As you all know alcohol consumption in the United States averaged 2.6 gallons per person per year. It fell to 0.73 gallons during the Prohibition decade, then doubled to 1.5 gallons in the decade after repeal, and is now back to 2.6 gallons. So illegality suppressed ... usage to a third or a fourth of its former level. At the same time, incidence of cirrhosis of ... ...

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... seas and had finally won their freedom. In this famous documents, Thomas Jefferson states all of the reasons that the new Americans sought after freedom from Britain. The whole declaration is a list of rights which the Americans rewarded themselves with such as the freedom to pursue their own lifestyles, freedom and happiness. Jefferson goes on the lay down many specific examples of what the king of Britain had done ("..He ... has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.."). He makes it very clear that from that point on...

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... is a balance between stability and change". The Canadian charter allows people to be protected from censorship in the hands of the wrong people. People who want to use censorship to manipulate view points. There are limits to these freedoms such as the media does not have the right to run a person down to get a story or attack someone to get a news film and expect to be pardond under the freedom of expression law. All candians must ... have the right to "recieve or impart imformation for ideas". To create artistically to ... ...

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... there would be actually less kids going on binge drinking sprees. First, I would like to know how can our country give 18 year olds the right to vote for our countries leader, but not drink alcohol. If you ask me I think that voting is one of the biggest responsibilities because that is a choice that can affect our lives. I feel that if we are old, and ... 40 year old for that matter. To me maturity lies in the hands of that individual themselves not on their age. After talking to many people of legal age to drink, they often say that drinking and going out to bars gets very old quick. ...

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... government does not work, and ultimately is stating that democracy has failed. Although in theory, civil disobedience seems like a good idea, there are many flaws to the arguments in favor of civil disobedience. How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others? Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. claims that the answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws, just and unjust. How can ... you classify what laws are just and which are unjust? Who is to say what laws are morally wrong? Laws ... are made for a reason, to keep citizens safe, and to keep society in order. When th...

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... and the famous five Emily Murphy along with her friends Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Henrietta Mir Edwards, and Irene Parlby are down in history. If it wasn't for those six women then today would be a very different place then it is right now. If you were a woman back at the turn of the century you wouldn't have the right to vote or do near as many things as you could ... do today. As you probably ... know woman used to classify as not being real people. When Emily Murphy fought to get a woman appointed to the Senate, The Constitutional act said something different then what they w...

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... to commit in the first place just to have a drink of alcohol. When you turn 18 in Canada you are now an adult. You obtain many new responsibilities. You can vote, your signature is legally binding, you can get credit cards, and many other things but you still have to hold on another year before you can sit at a bar and have a beer. This makes no sense. You can pick who you want to run the country but you ... can not have a beer. You can sign your life away on a piece of paper but you could not have a coffee with liquor. You can get married at eighteen but not be able ... to have a glas...

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... them because killing them stops their suffering. Being alive in a hospital connected to a machine is suffering. Not being able to do anything is suffering. It should be a suffering person's right to die. The United States Constitution attempts to ensure us our inalienable rights to life, liberty, and happiness. Our lives are up to us. We should choose what we want to do. Everyone determines his or her own future. If ... citizens, why can't other states follow their lead? Oregon lawmakers have recognized that people have rights to do what they want to do for their lives. Other states shou...

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... that print or speak any false, scandalous and malicious writing against any part of the government. This has been falsely criticized as an attack on the freedom of speech or press. Who would want people to have permission to walk around and slander the government in any way? True, people are free to their own opinion, but they can't "utter lies about our neighbor or ur government." We ... set of people. While it is easy to see that people misunderstood the Alien and Sedition Acts, they are 100% justified in the essay. These laws are put into place to protect America, its leaders and mos...

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... of a partnership. To determine if a partnership relationship exists the prima facie rules are found within the Act: 1. there must be a carrying on of a business; 2. the business must be carried on in common; and 3. the business must be carried on with a view to profit. • Carrying on a business The Act includes in its definition of a business every trade, occupation or profession. The scope of what may not be a business, in the partnership sense or ... otherwise, is expanded upon by common law. In Evans v FCT , when considering what can constitute ... ...

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... marijuana should not be legalized because it leads to harder drugs, will increase the amount of users, and send the children of America a message of death. Do we want our children to die? Of course not therefore we should not legalize marijuana. Marijuana is associated with the "gateway theory". Any person who uses marijuana will eventually move on to bigger and harder drugs. After awhile of steady use ... , the user does not get the same "buzz" as he may have the first time he used the devils candy. As a result he starts to lace his marijuana with opium ... they"re drugged up. To legal...

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