In 1914 she was arrested for doing it because it was a violation of the Comstock Law, which didn't allow the mailing of obscene information about birth control and its methods (Birth Control). ... en about their choices of birth control regardless of the laws prohibiting it, the Comstock Law would not have been changed in 1963 (Birth Control). ... In 1965 the Supreme Court struck down the last state law prohibiting birth control. ... The United States has had for many years international support programs that help women in the poorest of places to receive some form of birth control (Inter...

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In the mid 1980s smoke detector laws, requiring that detectors be placed in all new and existing residents, existed in 38 states nationwide. ... (Webster's International Encyclopedia) Impact of Smoke Detectors Fire services across the county have played major and influential public education role in alerting the public to the benefits of smoke detectors. ... (Webster's International Encyclopedia) Advantages and Disadvantages Nine-volt battery powered smoke detector; these smoke detectors are battery operated, and usually the cheapest type detector. ... (National Safe Kid...

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Courts in America deal with law (Baum, 2012, pg. 1). ... One prime example of case law can be pulled from the Thurman v. ... After the court interpreted the law and make their decision, the court felt that a law could be crafted from the circumstances of this situation. ... International activity has also play a role in the United States court systems. ... Both of these men are prime examples of how this international activity plays it's role within the United States court systems. ...

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mination in employment and housing, despite federal and state laws designed to prevent such practices. ... Few state or local laws exists to protect rights of lesbians and gay men against discrimination. ... International efforts to combat discrimination were minimal until the passage of the United Nations (UN) Chapter in 1945. ... The major obstacle to international protection of human rights is the most nations will not accept any interference with their affairs, including questions of discrimination against their own citizens. ... On November 21,1991, the President George Bush signed into l...

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According Amnesty International in the book When The State Kills, "The death penalty [ ] is not an act of self-defense against an immediate threat to life. ... As Amnesty International puts it, " Those offenders who plans serious crimes in a calculated manner may decide to proceed despite the risk in the belief that they will not be caught" (11). ... Killing on either side of the law is still killing. ...

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The growth of America's economy internationally had ironically lessened its own self sufficiency because the United States was now part of an international economic structure. ... Under international law, Germany was only able to receive American supplies sent by way of neutral ships and then international law permitted Britain to intercept any of those supplies which were in fact considered to be items of war. ... For over 100 years the United States had had an uninterrupted string of successes in having its own way in international relations. ...

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Trans-national crime undermines the very foundations of the international democratic order. ... Within societies, the triumphs of international crime is, more often than not, accompanied by a weakening of the law and sometimes even by a return to the law of the jungle. ... In a world where the law stands strong these organized criminals have found ways to make millions. ...

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Trans-national crime undermines the very foundations of the international democratic order. ... Within societies, the triumphs of international crime is, more often than not, accompanied by a weakening of the law and sometimes even by a return to the law of the jungle. ... In a world where the law stands strong these organized criminals have found ways to make millions. ...

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Organized crime has been defined in different ways by many different law enforcement agencies and researchers. ... Astor was able to monopolize the fur trade and "was never prosecuted for the numerous violations of both penal and civil law invariably committed at his direction and for his benefit. ... On the basis of testimony presented by Joseph Valachi to the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice in 1963, the commission's Task Force on Organized Crime was able to construct an organization chart of the typical Mafia, or Cosa Nostra, family. ... These methods...

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Also the change in interrogation techniques on potential terrorists altered the domestic and international perception that America is a nation that respects the rule of law and human rights (Locopino). ... These practices go against the World Medical Association's International Code of Medical Ethics prohibition, which is against using medical knowledge to violate human rights and civil liberties, even under threat (Thomas). Therefore those psychologists who intake detainee evaluations and mental status to determine which techniques will be successful go against their international code o...

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The international definition of feminism is "the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities" (Merriam-Webster). ... Those who reside in America are governed by a system of laws, when a person is accused of a crime he or she has the same rights as the accuser. According to Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary, "... a defendant is innocent until proven guilty" (Cornell Law). ...

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Prohibition, which was laws outlawing the manufacture and distribution of alcoholic beverages. ... The Temperance act , was an organized effort to induce people to abstain from alcoholic beverages, In response to increasing alcoholism, local and later international Temperance societies developed in the 19th century U.S., Great Britain, and N Europe. In the U.S. they worked for liquor laws and in 1919 secured federal Prohibition. ... The law was sponsored by Representative Andrew Volsted of Minnesota. ... Nevertheless, these laws were frequently defied by bootleggers, and commoners alike. ...

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As the United States reviews its immigration policies, the goal should be to tighten immigration procedures such as visa issuance, border control and enforcement of immigration laws. ... It was at the border-crossing station in Washington State in December 1999 that a terrorist was apprehended with explosives that were to be used to blow up Los Angeles International Airport during the millennium celebrations. ...

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"Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi, a frequent traveler who wears a robe and the traditional amamah headwear of a Shi'a leader, is accustomed to scrutiny at international airports " (Detnews, Nov 7, 2008 para.7). ... Minimum wage laws and legislation strengthening labor unions too name two more. He states, "88 percent of academic economists supported the ˜war on poverty, " but "61 percent of those same economists opposed the minimum wage law " (Sowell, 2002, para. 3). ... The real reason Browne pointed out was poor economic policies, which has led to considerable waste but, the political cor...

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Terrorism is an anti-democratic, anti-law life style and our lifestyle makes us susceptible to terrorist attacks, which is the dispute for arguing, America's weak spot, and a good reason why the government should establish a national ID card system. ... Terrorism is an anti-democratic, anti-law life style and the freedoms Americans have makes them susceptible to terrorist attacks, which is the main argument, America's weak spot, and a good reason why the government should establish a national ID card system to keep potential terrorists out of our country. ... This is so for two k...

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America was an empire, the alpha in international affairs, both economic and militarily, but now it is an empire on the decline. ... So why hasn't the government put a stop or at least tried to reform drug laws? ...

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During the seventeenth century, the shipping of African slaves became a major international business. ... Due to small percentage of slaves the white felt like there wasn't any threats for resistance, therefore the laws for the slaves were far less strict that what they were in the south. ...

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As an international student, I constantly struggle with assimilating to America's mainstream culture. ... In "The Right Road to America," Amy Chua discusses pro-immigration and issues that need to be focused on such as, speeding up on admission priorities, mandating English as the official language, embracing America's virtues, law enforcement and equal opportunity. ...

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The term 'affirmative action' includes laws, policies, and programs designed to reduce or eliminate inequality [Hud99]. ... International studies have shown that "a group's low ethnic status or position in a social structure" directly correlates to a group's significantly lower performance on standardized tests. ... "White men are 48% of the college-educated work force, but hold over 90% of the top jobs in news media; over 90% of officers of American corporations and 88% of the directors; 86 percent of partners in major law firms; 85% of tenured college pr...

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BOOM! BOOM! WHHHIZZZEEEE! "Ooos and ahhs- are heard from the crowd of spectators as a huge blue crysanthemum with red pistils, a cluster of pink and blue peonies, and six long silver tiger tails light up the sky. Fireworks have been around for over 1,000 years. Fireworks have been used to help ...

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President Jackson hated the Bank of the United States. No bank in America had more power than it, and Jackson mistrusted monopolistic banking. The Bank of the U.S. controlled much of the nation's gold and silver. The President of the Bank was Nicholas Biddle. The war between Jackson and Biddle erupt...

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Even those who were not slaves were mostly mulattoes, treated poorly as a matter of law, if better treated than slaves. ... His well thought out plans for Haiti did not include the gratuitous bloodshed that helped make Haiti an international pariah after the Revolution, which James justifies on the dubious grounds of fairness. ...

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The First International Congress for Eugenics was held in 1912 in London. ... Germany adopted a sterilization law in 1933, which made people with such hereditary disabilities as Huntington's Corea, feeble-mindedness, blindness and deafness, grave bodily deformity, and hereditary alcoholism subject to forced sterilization for the good of the people (Lifton 301). ...

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