... legislatures can, against the principles of the Charter of Rights, arbitrarily deny the rights of a minority in response to majority benefit or in response to political trifle. Professor John Whyte suggests that the primary reason for wanting to abandon the notwithstanding clause is: the anxiety that produced the political demand for the entrenched rights cannot rationally be calmed in ... legislature aspirations is one of the reasons the amendment formula for the Constitution is so rigid. A less severe amendment process might cause repetitive changes and distortions to the Constitution....

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... costs that are incurred by the government for raids against medical Marijuana dispensaries, patients who possess small amounts of Marijuana for medical purposes, state legalized cultivation issues, etc. Although this solution will not affect the use of Marijuana for recreational purposes, it might postpone the eventual legalization issue on a national level. A second possible ... solution that may further postpone the federal government from having to decide on some sort of legislation to legalize Marijuana for recreational purposes might be to propose federal legislation that removes ...

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... injustices perpetrated on good people by an insurance system that far too often fails to insure. There is little disagreement that government should be in some way involved in creating a solution that gives Americans in need of medical assistance the right to life, liberty and the continued pursuit of happiness. The disagreements come in recognizing the failure of government to properly ... handle other socialized systems, the amount of government oversight that should be imposed, and the coverage that should be part of any comprehensive national healthcare solution. Social security has...

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... in this predicament. There have been many who have claimed that the easiest course of action to solve poverty is to increase minimum wage, although can the devastating economical tribulation's solution be as simple as raising minimum wage? As promising and rather appealing it may be, there are numerous outlying factors involved in poverty that could render the deed useless and ... ...

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