... spotlight) Today, nearly 50% (federal, social security, tariffs, state, local) (8: 51) of your income is wasted on taxes, that means you spend nearly half your life time working as a slave to the government. In 1998 it cost an estimated 3.61 trillion dollars to keep our government ... expenditures. The money borrowed was replaced with government bonds. Nevertheless, about the year 2012 will be a crucial point. For around that time baby boomers will approach retirement and social security payments will exceed revenues. Ultimately, to acquire enough capital the SSA (Social Security Admini...

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... spotlight) Today, nearly 50% (federal, social security, tariffs, state, local) (8: 51) of your income is wasted on taxes, that means you spend nearly half your life time working as a slave to the government. In 1998 it cost an estimated 3.61 trillion dollars to keep our government ... expenditures. The money borrowed was replaced with government bonds. Nevertheless, about the year 2012 will be a crucial point. For around that time baby boomers will approach retirement and social security payments will exceed revenues. Ultimately, to acquire enough capital the SSA (Social Security Admini...

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... what can be done to fix the "useless- government. He praises the minority and the dissentient such as himself. "Why does it not cherish its wise minority? Why does it cry and resist before it is hurt? Why does it not encourage its citizens to point out its faults, and do better than it would have them? Why does it always ... ...

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... his first wife Vivian Buster Burey. Vivan was a beautiful and energetic woman. Thurgood met Vivian on a weekend trip to the University of Pennsylvania. While attending Lincoln University, Thurgood showed little interest in civil rights issues. Thurgood would get into heated debates with fellow students on his indifferences. Thurgood was ask questions pertainting to his williness to help the civil rights ... Today Afro Americans have the right to vote, attend any school or college of their choice, and eat anywhere in a restaurant. Thurgood Marshall (Mr. Civil Rights) we appreciate what y...

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... , both lacked established churches, whereas Virginia had an established church. In 1689, Great Britain had passed a religious Act of Toleration, but this meant little for American colonies.4 In his Notes on the State of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson highlighted the fact that in 17th century Virginia, it was punishable for ... It is important to separate state and church, even though this was never mentioned in the constitution. A true separation though, will never be a reality if you include all belief systems in the umbrella of "church", which I think was the original idea. Seeing the word...

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... will sometimes joked with him about how Afro Americans are looked at by other races. William Marshall was always trying to tell Thurgood in order to survive in this society; you must pick your words and instruments wisely. Thurgood's high school experiences were full of circumstances that would later prove to be significant. Thurgood's teachers were always asking him to quote ... married his first wife Vivian Buster Burey. Vivan was a beautiful and energetic woman. Thurgood met Vivian on a weekend trip to the University of Pennsylvania. While attending Lincoln University, Thurgood showe...

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... Seven Years War with England, France had a war debt of half its annual budget. The heir of Louis XIV, Louis XV, was somewhat capable at ruling, yet he did very little to heal the nation because he was too much of a pleasure lover. Louis XVI came to the throne and proved to be well meaning but unable to pull France out ... of France became more and more interested in the affairs of the state. The peasants, who comprised the largest portion of the population, were low in literacy rate and wanted little to do with political matters but sought to free themselves from the ancient requirement...

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... in the pre-war South and restricted free blacks and slaves from possessing firearms. In "free" states Second Amendment rights were not hampered even for Negroes; therefore, Federal Courts had little opportunity for interpretation of this constitutional provision. The first Supreme Court ruling regarding the second amendment occurred in 1876 with U.S. vs. Cruikshank. William Cruikshank and others were charged with violating ... a clear relationship between the individual right and the maintenance of the militia. Although United States vs. Miller was the Supreme Court's most extensive exp...

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... defined as the freedom to decide which details of your life will be revealed to the public and which will be revealed only to those you care to share them with. To honor this freedom, the Fourth Amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures by state or federal law enforcement ... , boat, office, personal or business documents, bank account records, trash barrel or whatever, if the police have probable cause to believe they can find evidence that you committed a crime, and a judge issues a search warrant, or the particular circumstances justify the search without a warrant ...

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... there was essentially nothing they could do, the British legal system (referenced in the declaration of independence) was mock-enforced conveniently for the British agents so as they would receive little or no punishment leaving early Americans feeling as though justice has not been served but rather they were jerked off. All of this happening since 1764 when Britain began rolling ... 12th amendment was added to revise the electoral-college procedure. Those three presidents being so closely involved with the new government helped choose the Congress members, so there was very little dif...

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... it more reasonable to argue that the constitution creates an illusory shield behind which the American people hide their prejudices? As the indigenous Americans and African slaves were classed as little more than livestock at the inception of the constitution less than 250 years ago it raises social questions. When we contrast the birth of the constitution with the continuing racism ... of whites since 1954 and black women are four times more likely than white women to die whilst giving birth". Giving these harrowing statistics it is reasonable to conclude that little has changed in mor...

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... such conditions. Indeed, until President Bill Clinton enacted the Federal Free Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE), which provides protection and assistance to abortion providers, clinics, and physicians often received little help from state or local authorities when confronting anti-abortion protestors. (Hull & Hoffer, 2001). Nearly all state laws against abortion became unenforceable after the Roe v. Wade decision and many new ... goes way beyond the law. It is much deeper and has had more impact on society and politics than any other court ruling. The fight that goes on today has l...

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... , Bickerdyke raised funds for orphaned children and ran a veterans home. There were many more volunteer nurses in the union army such as Dorothea Dix and Louisa May Alcott (author of Little Women). Although, most women in the war effort took men's jobs at the home front and were volunteer nurses, some wanted a more direct involvement and participated as soldiers and spies ... ...

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... Exercise Clause are being compared. Also, during this time period not having the ability of free exercise of religion was not restricted because it was not illegal to simply practice you own religion. In America, all citizens were protected by "all forms of religious expression, creedal, sectarian or nonsectarian, wherever and however taking place, except conduct which trenches upon the ... that every citizen in America is treated justly. By inferring the language of the Constitution only leads to more questions and conflicts. However, through using the wording strictly, there is little...

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... , Bickerdyke raised funds for orphaned children and ran a veterans home. There were many more volunteer nurses in the union army such as Dorothea Dix and Louisa May Alcott (author of Little Women). Although, most women in the war effort took men's jobs at the home front and were volunteer nurses, some wanted a more direct involvement and participated as soldiers and spies ... ...

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... are Republicans insisting on fixing something that is not even broken? Despite their efforts to hide their true agenda, House Majority Leader Mike Turzai managed to give away the GOP's little secret. He made the following comment at a Republican State committee meeting, "Pro-Second Amendment? The Castle Doctrine, it's done. First pro-life legislation – abortion facility regulations – in ... ...

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... , suggest that Congress's seemingly unlimited commerce power in drug enforcement is subject to real limits. Additional to these more mundane matters involving federalism is the one issue that generally raises little to no conflict between the state and federal governments: war and the military. Following the attacks made upon the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, Congress ... ...

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... seizure, they violate one of your guaranteed constitutional rights. Perhaps that evidence was a letter lying on your desk and subsequently taken from your office when a police officer came to question you. Seizure of such evidence without a valid search warrant would deem this evidence inadmissible, at least insofar as it being utilized to provide direct proof of your guilt. It is important ... to bring a particular individual to trial. In cases where officers resort to a pattern of harassment and rights-violation as a means of dissuading future criminality, the proposed theory will be ...

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... party. Ultimately, after being nominated these electors are voted on by the people of their state on the day of the general election. As a side note, the Constitution contains very little mention of the qualifications needed to become an elector, except that this person may not be a Senator or Representative of the particular state. Once elected to the Electoral College, the ... is, "the Electoral College helps prevent a candidate from pandering to one region, or running up votes in certain states." He continues on to state "in the Electoral College system, once you win a majority of th...

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... presence of another prisoner and female prisoners may only be searched by female officers. In addition, they have the right to be exposed to the public view as little as possible while being removed from or to prison. However, they may be photographed and may be required to wear a uniform. Their right to privacy may be ... a staff member when the circumstances of the disciplinary infraction are complex or the prisoner is illiterate. So, this means that even if you don't know the law, there will be someone there to help you, such as a corporate lawyer who has been sentenced to prison for...

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... public opinion is the biggest reason incorporation happened. This conclusion is as much based in a lack of strong evidence in any other reason as any proof pointing towards this theory. You see these earlier cases that seem to be fairly to strongly anti-incorporation, but some cases in the future would suddenly see debates over whether incorporation should happen, with incorporation ... illustration of federalism in action. By holding the states to the rights as guaranteed in the Constitution, power is basically being transferred from the states to the federal government, as you are rem...

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... term, with 1/3 of the membership being elected every two years. The requirements to be elected are, U.S. citizenship for nine years at time of election, live in the state in which you were elected, and have reached the minimum of 30 years of age. The two Senators from Michigan are, Carl Levin (Senior Senator) and Debbie Stabenow (Junior Senator). Senator Levin was ... or the House (Greenberg/Page; p. 340). Next, the Speaker of the House or the President Pro Tempore of the Senate choose from the bills introduced, and refer them to committees. You can see, by given this authority, the Spe...

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... amendment. The Tallmadge amendment was very quick to point out that slaves would be free at the age of twenty-five years old. As the last excerpt from this amendment, you can tell why the southern states never like this amendment. The amendment set off a fierce debate. In the House, on February 16, 1819, the first clause of the amendment was ... ...

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... freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. (United States Constitution, 2004) As you can clearly see, that first sentence states "congress shall make no law." It is important to recognize that it is saying that Amendment I applies only to Congress. Matters of religious ... discriminate autonomy of churches and other religious bodies). The establishment clause outlaws government prescription of religion. Because of this amendment the government cannot mandate forms of religious expressi...

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... be seen with Margaret Thatcher managing to become British Prime Minister though she was just the daughter of a normal grocer. To be able to become President of the United States you don't need only the backing of your party but also great financial boosts and enormous campaigns. Though the power in the United States is divided into three branches, I still feel ... ...

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