... of public safety, this was not the concern of lawmakers at the time of the law's enactment. In fact, public safety did not even enter the original debate on the bill (Peters, 1995). The law was given a temporary status initially, to be a one-year fix for a problem presumed to be solved by diplomacy. As is so often with federal initiatives, the ... blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0.02% for any driver under the age of 21, and there were also many funding provisions thrown in. President Bill Clinton did not like this one bit but for other reasons signed the bill. Voicing the president's con...

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... , unemployment-all these are ascribed to their personal moral flaws, which contributes to the social perception of criminality, which fuels the police tactic of profiling. On June 9-10, 1999, President Bill Clinton, Attorney General Janet Reno, civil rights leaders, police, and other government leaders participated in the Strengthening Police-Community Relationships conference. During the meeting, President ... Clinton called racial profiling a "morally indefensible, deeply corrosive practice" and further stated that "racial profiling is in fact the opposite of good police work, where ac...

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... strength, led a very courageous life. And in so doing, brought dignity to the lives of so many others, and provided for us inspiration for the rest of our nation's history"(Clinton, 1994). After reading about Cesar Chavez, I realized that I knew nothing about him. I was unaware of the "hero" that he was to so many people. The quote above was from President ... ...

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... the government have the power to enact this particular law, rule, or standard of conduct? The Constitution contains numerous limitations on the power of government to interfere with individual rights (i.e., Bill of Rights). Substantive due process today is used to invalidate government actions interfering with individual freedoms when no more specific constitutional ground can be found. Examples of this would be ... . We have seen in recent times that due process was used not only for regular citizens like you and I but at the highest level of the executive branch with President Bill Cli...

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