... nations. The rollover effect was a gasoline shortage. Thus, while urban drivers, unable to obtain gasoline due to local shortages, limited their driving to near the home and workplace, much of the rural gasoline supply went unused, unable to be accessed by those most in need of it (Cook, 1995 ... the national speed limit was made indefinite in 1975 (Csere, 1995). Interestingly enough, once the gasoline shortage was just a distant memory for most, the law remained in place and then became a public safety issue that claimed that regulating national speed limits would help to keep more Amer...

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... no place for its billboards on our streets. But just recently according to the article ("smoke Screen" by Scholastic Inc. Oct. 1, 2001) the Supreme Court has just passed a law allowing tobacco advertisements wherever they want. The old rule used to be within a thousand feet of a school is off limits, but that ... law is said to interfere with the tobacco industries right to commercial free speech so now they are able to advertise within school proximity. Which is now taking a ... exposed to these items. The Supreme Court's ruling is full of hot air. Cigarettes are deadly, and tobacco co...

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... Yorkers. The media's extensive coverage of crime, especially the most brutal and horrific cases have heightened the public's fear and anger over this issue to a near frenzy. When asked in January of this year, " How often do you see reports of violent crime on television?" 68 % replied " almost every day ... in New York State but after a new governor, George Pataki was elected he managed to bring it back. Since September 1, 1994 the death penalty law was in effect. And even though, as far as I know, there is no strong statistical evidence that the death penalty lowers the murder rate, .....

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... codes in which slave-owners had absolute power over their slaves, Jim Crow Laws, and numerous Supreme Court decisions such as the Plessy vs. Ferguson. Near the end of the Reconstruction Era (1877), freedom, citizenship, and the right to vote was granted under the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. This ... a major turning point in their civil rights issues. This case led to the desegregation of America's public schools and has had a lasting effect on American law and politics. In the Plessy vs. Ferguson, of 1896 the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the legality of racial segregati...

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... in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of ... law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Article XV. Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be ... argument in my consciousness regarding a society that tells ...

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... , many parents also pass down the bigotry of homosexuals, like being gay is some kind of disease that is contagious due to stereotypes of gays throughout the 1970s and 1980s near the time of the AIDS epidemic. The cruel myth that all homosexuals carried AIDS began in the 1980s and merely encouraged further discrimination towards homosexuals as a minority group. What many ... over 1,000 legal rights such as medical emergency decisions on behalf of a partner or property inheritance from a partner in the absence of a will" (Parillo). It was not until 2013 this law was deemed unconstitutiona...

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... work overload for nurses a structure needs to be put into place. No one should have to work under the stress and conditions that some nurses do. There needs to be a law that would limit nurse-to-patient ratio. Make it a safe environment for the nurse and for the patient. A smaller nurse-to-patient ratio would allow for the nurse to give ... retirement we need to increase the number of younger nurses. There is one thing that that government has done to help the nursing shortage. President Bush just recently signed into law the Nurse Reinvestment Act. This allows for a part of a student l...

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... " that would replace race and gender preferences with a system of outreach in admission and hiring, and state contracting. It determines who gets into undergraduate school and includes medical and law schools. Law schools are very dependent on affirmative action and will suffer with the new plan. It guarantees state university admission to the top 20 percent of high school graduating class. A similar ... Class Action Lawsuit). Prestigious schools can't compare the GPAs effectively if one student takes AP courses and if one doesn't because they are on two different scales. This is nowhere...

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... have been most influential on the subsequent establishment of parole systems in the United States. After the Revolutionary War, Great Britain directed numerous prisoners to be transported to remote islands near Australia. Two of these islands were Norfolk and Van Diemen's Land. In 1836, the lieutenant governor of Van Diemen's Land appointed Alexander Maconochie, a formal naval officer, as his private secretary ... or possess any weapon, refrain from the use, possession or distribution of a controlled dangerous substance, make payment for court imposed penalties, register with the approp...

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... way they behaved. Even the laws of their communities were deeply rooted in religion. The Bible was established as a legal guide and instances where there was no law, local magistrates should rule "as near the law of God as they can" (Henretta et. al. 54). So, to live properly in this society according to its laws a child must live in a Godly fashion. This ... ...

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... . For example if someone had a genuine idea, with the available tools at their disposal, they could become the most wealthiest individual in the United States and not a single person, agency, law, or rule could deny his/her success. In most countries that scenario would only go as far as what that person can thing up. Under their circumstances, there would be ... their leaders think otherwise, or the type of government they hold, or both. Even if they were to get past the red tape, in the end, there is some written law stating, for lack of better words, the wealth you have earned will be...

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... . The goal of the Six Nations was peace among each other; however, the individual groups were allowed to control their own outside affairs. They were to abide by the Great Law of Peace, which at the time was an oral recitation for governing their actions. Over time, the Laws were recorded in wampum, Indian beads used as currency and jewelry and ... as a way to deliver messages. Since then, the Great Law of Peace has been written many times and in many different versions. Although these often differ, they all still contain the three basic elements that make up this confederation. These .....

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... . Poor environment, climate change, limited access to water, bad food production are factors forcing many people to leave their countries and come to America. Whole islands could disappear in the near future due to increasing ocean levels: The President of the Maldives, an Indian Ocean island, has already publicly stated that he may have to look for land elsewhere if his ... constant threat of deportation, challenges finding new jobs, hate groups, and much more. "Any alien who is present in the United States in violation of this act or any other law of the United States can be deported."...

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... education to housing to healthcare, racial inequality is part of the fabric of America. If more people looked at the overall picture of racism and how we are no where near actual equality for all, we might make some progress as a society. Now that's not saying we haven't come a long way from the most brutal form of racism, which was slavery ... , if current incarceration trends continue." That information shows that African Americans as well as Latino's are automatically considered a threat or criminal when looked at by the dominant race and law enforcement. It's quite sickening to reall...

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... states a right to a militia. The grand authors could never have imagined that weapons would one day exist such as the ones that were banned in the 1994 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. A prime reason for allowing amendments to the U.S. constitution is so the laws can agree with modern society. Therefore, should our right to bear arms be abolished due to ... and appeal to the people's best interest. In rust belt cities throughout the country it remains clear that we have not yet reached a utopian society. In fact, we are nowhere near close. Although we as a people still have a long...

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... America but these are the major ones. In the 1840's Henry David Thoreau came up with an idea that is called "civil disobedience." Civil Disobedience is when someone breaks the law when they do not believe in something and they do it in a civil manner and take the consequences. Once this was created many times after in the ... near or late future to this the United States citizens have felt the need to revolt against the government. There were such cases during the time of Dr. Martin Luther King ... ...

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... ? If your weapon is in the middle of a five day waiting period, does that help you right now? You can bet the invader is armed, because criminals don't obey the law, and no matter how many arms control laws are passed, criminals will still obtain firearms. Your government telling you that you cant own a gun, is only putting YOU and your ... the hands of the local police and sheriff? When you tell me that gun control saves lives, the truth is, gun control costs lives, as evidenced by cities which enforce near total bans on firearms ownership. That's because criminals don't obey gun contro...

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... head as far as black legal rights. Blacks were not a subjugate race any longer. Eventually, if not if not immediately, blacks would have to be given equal rights under U.S. law. It was a near guarantee not only because it was fair and moral, but also to keep the Constitution and Civil Rights amendments from becoming hypocritical, which would undermine the document as a whole ... ...

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... Japanese-Americans, it was like their lives stopped for 4 years. For example, persons of Japanese ancestry in western Washington State were sent to the assembly center at the Puyallup Fairgrounds near Tacoma. At Puyallup, internees found that a cowshed at a fairgrounds or a horse stall at a racetrack was home for several months before they were transported to a permanent wartime residence. Relocation centers were ... and premature death among former inertness, compared to non-interned Japanese Americans. These Japanese Americans, half of whom were children, were incarcerated for up to 4...

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... of the situation in Sicily that long domination by succeeding invaders had produced people who were suspicious, diffident, intolerant, and above all, enemies of government-any government-and of all law enforcement. Thus, disrespect for laws, hatred of authority, and contempt for all those who had dealings with authorities characterized Sicilians". Civilians in Italy used crime and violence to rebel against ... viable income for mobs. In order to have a hold on drug trafficking crime syndicates had to be centered in good geological locations to be able to receive imported drugs. Cities n...

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... stood out from the crowd at this time. Anne Hutchinson challenged the Puritan status quo by claiming her own interpretation of the bible but that was considered heresy by Puritan law and she was banished from the Bay Colony. Also significant was Mary Rowlandson. She was acclaimed because she used her skills as a housewife proved so formidable that despite capture by ... outright like the infamous Boston Tea Party. By 1776 tensions were high and Thomas Jefferson had penned the Declaration of Independence which all but assured a confrontation with Britain in the near future. ...

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... media and what is real. Now more than ever, the media continues to send the message to consumers that thinness is beauty. However, living in a food toxic environment makes it near impossible to maintain even a normal healthy weight, let alone to be extremely underweight like many actors and celebrities. In contrast, the number of commercials you see endorsing health foods is ... all throughout school to educate kids on how to eat right. Many kids and parents do not even realize they aren't eating a healthy diet. Also, I think it should be the law to put nutrition labels on all food prod...

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... happened in those days for young people." (www.A-BOMB/RERF/setB-4.html) Many atomic bomb survivors remember where they were at the exact time of the explosion. "I was in shelter near Miyukibashi bridge which was about two miles away from the center of the explosion," "I was inside the old power plant building where I worked everyday," " I was with five other students in ... declaration of surrender aboard the U.S.S. Missouri. On July 8th the World Court made a decision. The court advised the use or threat of nuclear weapons generally would be contrary to international law. World Court, ...

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... French problems. There was an increase in economic growth in the eighteenth century, even though the wealth was not evenly distributed. Another major cause of the French Revolution was the near collapse of government finances. For the American Revolution the French supplied arms and money to the rebels from the beginning of the war, and French officers and soldiers also served ... created land hunger. For the American Revolution, there were a few Enlightenment writers and leaders that affected the actual revolution. The teachings of 18th-century French philosophers and continental write...

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An issue that has risen near the top recently in American society is that of the out-of-control wildfires in the western portion of the country. One of the recently proposed acts is the Healthy ... alternative measures. "It uses the tragedy caused by last year's wildfires as an excuse to rob the people not only of their forests, but also of their rights under federal law to seek strong protection for those forests. It is a giveway to the logging industry and a restriction on fundamental rights." -NWF Legislative director Adam Kolton While a very tough issue, I believe that ... ...

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