... it a violation of their constitutional rights" (www.spartacus.schoolnet). The large number of people who felt this way formed groups against the Prohibition Act. Stories of people moon shining in their bathtubs scattered the cities, pubs behind or below local shops could be found by the desired. "Prohibition ... alcohol. They would threaten people to not declare their activities and intimidate alcoholics to buy their alcohol from them. The original idea of the Prohibition Act was that if alcohol is taken away from the people, drunkenness will cease and many crimes will diminish. To the c...

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... being put through. The March was to demand equal rights legislation in congress. Blacks wanted immediate elimination of racial segregation in public schools throughout the nation. African-Americans needed protection for civil-rights demonstrations everywhere against police brutality. They were postulating a program of public works to provide jobs for the unemployed people of the United States. They demanded a ... the federal government the power to oversee voter registration and elections. In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson asked Congress to pass a Voting Rights Act. The Voting Rights Act...

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... is saying that these items belong to the individual and cannot be taken or searched through with out a reasonable cause. Along with the Fourth Amendment, the Fifth Amendment also implies a protection of privacy. The Fifth Amendment "prevents individuals from being forced to incriminate themselves" (Gottfried 10). Although the Fifth Amendment is often time used in court cases when defendants are able ... on the issue of personal privacy since Brandeis defined it in the 1920's. In 1966 a large step was taken in the area of personal privacy when the Freedom of Information Act "gave citizen...

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... strategic importance were voiced often. But the genesis of this idea can be traced to before even World War I. In 1913 the Webb Act stripped all alien Japanese of the right to own property. In 1924 came the Exclusion Act which prohibited Japanese immigration. These laws, and many others, are evidence of America's prejudice towards the Japanese. Racism, despite any claims to ... activities of the civilian populations, considered unnecessary for prompt and unobstructed movement of combat troops, forces and supplies of the Army and Navy, and as precautions for civilian safety and protectio...

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... so much of their identity has been taken over, leaving them with a huge problem to deal with. Another problem with personal computers and the protection they lack is the recent discovery of the use of wireless computers being used to crack into major companies and corporation's files. Many companies have ... that use wireless computers have been using passwords and coded on their computers to keep their files safe. But many still do not have the protection that is needed to be able to keep data on you computer and have it be kept out of reach of people who feel the ... their part to help ...

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... and still face active discrimination in some sectors. At this point in our nation's history, does affirmative action make things better or worse? The debate rages on. Affirmative-action protection for Hispanics and other immigrants -- legal or illegal -- is another matter. Whatever the merits of affirmative action for black Americans, it makes little sense to extend its benefits to ... conscience are far less cogent -- and who come here expecting no special help. Nevertheless, excluding Hispanics, or Asians, from affirmative action will not be easy. In the Voting Rights Act, and in federa...

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... discussed; some argue that the only way to avoid pregnancy and contracting sexually transmitted infections or diseases, or STD's. Abstinence, which simply means the act or practice of refraining from some action, in this case, sex, may be the only 100% guaranteed method to remain safe, but is it ... marketed everywhere; TV, music, and magazines and is being viewed by youth all over the world. The idea that teens are not going to act on their impulses and feelings is simply irrational and unwise. According to an article on CitizenLink, a Public Policy Partner Focus on the Family, younger...

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... included mandates against wearing masks and hoods. The next wave of legislation relating to hate crimes resulted from the movement for increased protection for civil rights in the face of widespread racial prejudice shown by segregated buildings and restricted access to public and private resources. ... directed specifically to acts of hate against people of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, etc. The Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act, S. 625, also known as the Hate Crime Prevention Act, if enacted would strengthen current law as it relates to hate crimes motivated by a vic...

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... multiple Federal agencies now scattered across sever departments (Bush). It will also improve America's ability to develop medicine and counteract against the use of new weapons. Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection is the last main division in the Department. The Department would analyze information and intelligence from the FBI, CIA, and many other Federal agencies to better understand the terrorist threat ... after last fall's attack, I used my legal authority to establish the White House Office of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Council to help ensure that ...

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... reason universities enact speech codes. Speech codes place a heavy infringement on students' and faculties' rights. Because a small group is offended, the university feels that group needs special protection. These groups usually include, non-whites, women, homosexual individuals, and the disabled. The only way universities seem to protect these groups is they limit the rights of all the ... Slivergate also explains that "most serious legal authorities recognize that "fighting words" doctrine has been effectively abandoned by the supreme court and that offensive speech enjoys virtually ...

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... expansionism of the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth century was mostly a continuation of the expansionism of American history based on the reasons of protection, power, and profit. The United States during this time period was rapidly becoming one of the largest nations in the world, and what a ... would react with military strength. This of course had only been a bluff. However, at the end of the 1800s, the American people wanted military protection from nearby foreign neighbors. As depicted in Thomas Nast's "The World's Plunderers," large nations like Russia, Germany, ...

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... bill forcing government contractors to extinguish discrimination due to race, religion or national origin. Since that law came into existence, many changes have taken place to provide a broader scope of protection for what the government calls protected class members. The laws" intent was to afford underprivileged minority groups" equal opportunities for employment that were available to the white male. Although advantageous ... on civil rights ever enacted in the U.S., banning discrimination in employment, voting, public accommodations, public education and all federally assisted program...

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... recognizes a "civil union," but it does not include all the benefits of marriage heterosexual couples are afforded. In 1996 President Clinton signed into the law the "Defense of Marriage Act. The act defined marriage as being between two people of the opposite sex, as well as making it legal for one state to deny a marriage certificate of another state if it is ... 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." The conclusion should be m...

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... the combustion engine to use this new energy source. Pollution of the air from fossil fuels is a problem that society has been aware of for quite some time. The Environmental Protection Agency reports "carbon monoxide results from incomplete combustion of fuel and is emitted directly from vehicle tailpipes." The EPA also states "nationwide, two-thirds of the carbon monoxide emissions come ... vehicles and pollution of our environment. The United States government has taken some action to control this problem by implementing The Clean Air Act in 1970. This act gives primary responsibilit...

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... obeyed it was really only obeyed half heartedly and the colonies never really gave them everything they really wanted. The stamp act was the act that really infuriated the colonists. This act placed a tax on the legal documents that colonists would use. But not only was in it legal documents but also ... newspapers playing cards and diplomas. These were everyday items and so as a consequence the colonists revolted against this act. Riots were common place and destruction of property was recorded. In the summer a shoemaker led a riot in destroying the house of a rich merchant named ... C...

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... sail for the new world from the "old" to escape religious oppression to the day of the passing of the Civil Rights Act, America's past abounds with stories of freedom both won and lost as people of every race and sex fought and continue to fight to obtain ... colonies (Currency Act, 1764), placed shackles upon the colonists and their businesses, forever connecting them to their European counterparts. This, of course, enraged the American public and eventually resulted in revolution. "At this moment I resolved, for the first time to go to my master, enter a complaint, and ask his protect...

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... their representatives. (James Otis) 3. The straw that really started the breaking of America with Britain started with the passing of the Sugar Act of 1764. This act hit the colonists where the Britains thought it would hurt them most, in the pockets! It forbade the importation of foreign rum; put ... time! (Dave Jameson) 8. There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an ... leases or other l...

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... shotguns were required to be registered (US Gov. Info 1). "In 1986, the Armed Career Criminal Act increased penalties for possession of firearms by persons not qualified to own them under the Gun Control Act of 1986" (US Gov. Info 1). Along with registration, the Brady Handgun Violence Protection Act imposed a five-day waiting period on the purchase of a handgun and required that local law enforcement ... agencies conduct background checks on purchasers of handguns (Us Gov. Info 1). The Supreme Court, in the case of Printz vs. United States, declares the background check requirement of t...

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... religious discrimination. Since Europeans first came to America, Native Americans have been forcibly deprived of their lands and denied civil rights. Congress enacts the Indian Civil Rights Act in 1968, and the Federal courts have entertained a number of suits designed to restore to Native American Tribes ancestral lands and hunting and fishing rights. Discrimination has ... aliens have been denied equal employment opportunities. People with Physical disabilities have ensures discrimination in employment and access to Frasier 3 public facilities and transportation. The Americans with Dis...

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... fought back. In Boston the Liberty Boys promoted street violence and confrontations with the British army. The colonies also united to pass the Nonimportation Act, which prohibited import from Britain, in hope to hurt them economically. In 1774 the First Continental Congress began session. Twelve colonies sent ... delegates, and met at Philadelphia's Carpenters" Hall, were they adopted the Nonexportation Act. Together all colonies (but Georgia) decided on creating a Congress and petition the British King, in hope to get all acts nullified. As this ... Association improved, the Congress ...

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... educated blacks and taught them how to be productive members of society, was the Union League; also, the Union League provided protection for blacks in danger of being terrorized. Soon enough, blacks began holding high positions. Many were congressmen, senators, mayors, and law enforcers. The Reconstruction ... more efficient government in the Rebel States." Radical Republicans refused to recognize the Southern state governments, and decided to draw up the Reconstruction Act of 1867. This act stated that there was no legal government in any of the Ex-Confederate states except Tennessee....

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... was when the colonists, in anger, boarded a ship carrying many chests of fine teas, and hurled them overboard. The Boston Tea Party marked the first act of open resistance to British rule. The Boston Tea Party alone was not the main event that brought America her independence. However it was the larger of ... George III heard of the tea party, he was furious. In 1774, the British government passed many laws in order to punish the colonists for their act of rebellion. Some people called these laws the Punitive Acts, and some called them the Coercive Acts. However to most, they were known...

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... required to purchase stamps. This fueled many American citizens to begin questioning the power Britain had over them. After the stamp act was passed many more taxes were imposed including the townshend act, imposing taxes on imported goods and the sugar act, imposing taxes on sugar. The colonists became fed up very quickly with the English government and they coined the phrase "no ... matter what the tax was on they needed to be consulted before they were taxed. The biggest revolt against the Parliament due to unnecessary taxing was after the tea act of 1773. This act infuriated the peo...

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... a laundry building and how it could be operated. The supreme court ultimately dismissed this case because of the 14th amendment, which guaranteed protection and equal opportunity to the Chinese immigrants living in America. Eventually things between nativists and immigrants got completely out of hand. It was ... years old, America knew little on how to deal with the situations at hand. Legislation in previous years, including the Alien and Sedition act of 1798, which gave the government that power to deport foreigners who were deemed dangerous and or criticized the government, provided ...

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... association engaged in supplying illegal goods and services, including but not yet limited to gambling, prostitution, load-sharking, narcotics, and labor racketeering. (Source: The Organized Crime Control Act of 1970) Despite federal investigations and law-enforcement efforts, organized crime continues to flourish especially during the Prohibition years, often hiding or supplementing its profits through legal store front operations ... alcohol during the Prohibition years. The Mafia as we know them now as Cosa Nostra, came into existence when a group of small, largely Italian decent began...

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