... the CSRA abolished the Civil Service Commission (CSC) and established two offices in its place to oversee civil service statutes. The CSC had been created by the Pendleton Act of 1883 primarily to develop standardized testing procedures for prospective career track government employees. However, over time it had accumulated virtually unchecked powers over employee recruitment, promotions, transfers ... able to generate actually has a negative effect on the public and the way it perceives the civil service (Caplin, 1997, p. 245). Nonetheless, CSRA established the Merit System Protection B...

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) commonly known as "The Affordable Care Act" (ACA) or "Obama Care," is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, ... looking the other way. Another promise Obama made was the ACA would not fund abortions. This in fact, nestled within the individual mandate in the Act, the portion requiring every American to purchase government – approved insurance or pay a penalty, is an abortion premium mandate. This mandate requires all ... make separate payments specifically for other people's abortion. Jo...

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... rights found in the Bill of Rights, that include the First, Third, Fourth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments. The Amendments are rights of ours that should be carried out by equal protection right and due process of the Fourteenth Amendment. A Nebraska federal judge questioned the law's constitutionality and even issued a limited temporary restraining order against it. The U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf said ... do something with their own body, they have the right to since it is their body and not the government's body. So with the signing of the Partial Birth Abortion Act it definite...

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... the Bush administration added an entirely new cabinet established as the "United States Department of Homeland Security." This policy went effective on November 25, 2002. Both USA PATRIOT Act and the Homeland security act were direct responses to the atrocities that happened that dreadful day on September 11, 2001. In policy analysis it's wise to understand the reason why a policy is constructed ... annulled by a government insist that the government needed control over its citizens. This dissolution of liberties foretells that we are headed towards a totalitarian state. Unfortunately bo...

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... the environment, and created significant impact in foreign affairs. Establishing the Environmental Protection Agency, President Nixon created a slew of environment protection laws. He signed the Clean Air Act in 1970, the Marine Mammal Protection in 1972, the Endangered Species Act in 1973, and the Safe Drinking Water Act in 1974 (MNN.com). The Environmental Protection Agency had the power to protect the endangered animals and require holding ... ...

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... conditions of the islands and its populace. Admiral Oliver reported that the islands were in a disgraceful condition. Admiral Oliver noted that roads, sanitation, education, hospitals, social conditions, fire protection, infant mortality, and agriculture were in desperate need of reorganization and repair. This might have reached the President as a surprise but it should not have. The islands experienced a ... on the islands. In 1924 a federal commission recommended that: U.S. citizenship is granted to Virgin Islanders, the courts are re-organized, the legislative system is centralized a...

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... Party on the other hand had been an immense supporter of big corporations. They (Republicans) turned the protective tariff to political ends; it rewarded industrialists who wanted protection from foreign competition. This protection soon turned into enormous profit for the big businesses and the Republican Party as well. The small percentage of people who benefited from the tariff, were millionaire businessmen ... any sea protect the rights of American citizens and the interest of American commerce-(Hirsch 1590). Of course, Republicans would not be Republicans if they somehow did not con...

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... fundamental rights of the people. In practice, though, some kinds of speech and publication are considered outside the amendment's purview, and others, like commercial speech receive a reduced level of protection. In addition, broadcasters are subject to government licensing requirements. The protections to be afforded users of on-line computer services, the Internet, and other new means of publication are the ... focus of a developing debate; in 1996 a federal district court panel struck down the new Communications Decency Act, holding that Internet communications were entitled to the ...

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... in the United States were citizens and it obligated the states to respect the rights of U.S. citizens and provide them with "equal protection of the law's and "due process of law."" (Amsco- Pg. 294) There was also the Reconstruction Act of 1867, which basically took a drastic step of placing the South under military occupation. Reconstruction acts increased the requirements for gaining readmission ... to the Union. Most Moderate Republicans began to realize that the voting rights of the freedmen needed federal protection, if they wanted to keep control of the White House ... in future ...

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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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... to become teachers. The third part says that America will be expanding programs to train teachers in specific subject areas. The fourth part suggests that America will implement the Teachers Protection Act. The fifth part says that a new teacher's tax deduction will be implemented. Lastly, the sixth part of the plan says that America will be providing expanded student loan forgiveness for ... can be accomplished, I would follow the exact same plan Bush is following right now. Bush basically has this plan covered; even down to making teaching a more beneficial job. The Teachers Protectio...

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... soldiers. With all of the troops staying in these colonies they did not offer much in the way of service as a military in protection against Native Americans and other policing duties. To add insult to injury the colonists were progressively being taxed more for reasons deemed by Great ... Britain, on of which was the ever so protective military. All of the tax acts of the day (sugar act, stamp act, Townshend acts, etc.) were cockamamie labels for purposeless taxes imposed on the colonists. Even just isolating these tax and military problems as ... , and clauses), and more young men cou...

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... of America. Most importantly a citizen is a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection (Webster). Americans must support their government if they wish to enjoy their continued freedoms. Americans have some of the greatest freedoms. There are many people who ... have shed blood in the protection of the rights of the citizens of the U.S.A. They were not people that liked to fight. They were just people like you that fought for ... are the real heroes and should be respected by all persons living on this soil. In...

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... economy of the colonists. England enacted laws to create trouble with trade between the colonies and other countries. In 1764, the Sugar Act was issued; this law taxed sugar, textiles, and other goods. One year following this the Stamp Act was put into effect, taxing all legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards. Shortly after, the Townshend Acts came into place, taxing lead ... at these new laws stating they were too heavy and were levied without their direct consent. Britain thought it only necessary to place troops in America for the safety and protection of their colonies. They...

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... . Among other important amendments are the Thirteenth (1865), which abolished slavery; the Fourteenth (1868), which granted citizenship rights to former slaves and guaranteed to every citizen due process and equal protection of the laws; the Fifteenth (1870), which granted voting rights to former male slaves; the Seventeenth (1913), which provided for the direct election of U.S. senators; the Nineteenth (1920), which ... represents an individual constituency (district) by virtue of winning a plurality of votes in the constituency. All political power rests with the prime minister and th...

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... of food and drugs sold in the American marketplace. He placed millions of acres of land under federal protection, preserving America's natural resources. He regulated interstate commerce and helped laborers to get a fair shake at the negotiating table. The Hepburn Act gave the government power to set freight rates. The Bureau of Corporations took action against unscrupulous monopolies. ... After scoring an easy victory, he cast off his machine sponsors and launched a remarkable program of progressive legislation, including a direct-primary law, antitrust laws, a corrupt-practices act, a ...

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... one year of training. The first registration which occurred on October 16 resulted in the listing of over 16,400,000 men. This act was created for the protection of the welfare, and a position taken by FDR for preparedness. Through this peacetime draft, Roosevelt created a sense of "preparedness".1 In ... people.4 Foreign affairs also aided in protecting the welfare of people. A policy created by Roosevelt was the Lend-Lease Act which was created in 1941. This act was drawn up to offset the exhaustion of British credits for the purchase of war supplies. This measure was passed by ... 38...

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... .  1911 Standard Oil Company destroyed by Supreme Court by the Sherman Antitrust Act. Administration also effected the tobacco trusts and proceeded with many other antitrust suits.  1911 A Children as Bureau is formed within the U.S. Department of Labor to investigate and protection of maternal and infant health.  1912. New Mexico and Arizona became the ... 1912 Woodrow Wilson runs as Democratic candidate for President of the United States and defeats William. H. Taft and Theodore Roosevelt  1913 Underwood Tariff Act which reduces average tariffs.  1913 Federal Reserve Act...

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... refusal to continue payment of tribute to the piratical rulers of the North African Barbary States of Algiers, Tunis, Morocco, and Tripoli. Involved North Africa, was extension of fight about protection from pirates in Barbary States. B. Marbury v. Madison (1803)- Supreme Court of the United States established its authority to review and invalidate government actions that conflict with the Constitution of ... the United States. First time that the Supreme Court declared an act of Congress to be unconstitutional. Established Judicial Review. C. Burr Hamilton Duel (1804)- Hamilton publicl...

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... of food and drugs sold in the American marketplace. He placed millions of acres of land under federal protection, preserving America's natural resources. He regulated interstate commerce and helped laborers to get a fair shake at the negotiating table. The Hepburn Act gave the government power to set freight rates. The Bureau of Corporations took action against unscrupulous monopolies. ... After scoring an easy victory, he cast off his machine sponsors and launched a remarkable program of progressive legislation, including a direct-primary law, antitrust laws, a corrupt-practices act, a ...

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... dwindled, each president began a series of social reforms. As the Progressive movement gained momentum, Roosevelt turned his eye towards the consumer protection. In 1906, his administration passed two laws, the Pure Food and Drug Act, and the Meat Inspection Act. The first act forbade the manufacture and sale of mislabeled foods and drugs. The second provided federal inspectors to ensure that meatpacking plants met ... creating an eight hour work day for Federal workers. He then created the Children's Bureau and the Department of Labor. In 1916, the next president Wilson, past the Child...

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... be able to better stimulate the economy and help the labor market grow? Upon taking office Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, this act included a $787 billion economic stimulus package that aimed to help the economy recover from the deficit it was currently faced with by ... shifting more focus on putting money back into the nation's infrastructure. In 2011 Obama would go on to sign the bipartisan Budget Control Act, this act would enforce stricter limits on discretionary spending until 2021, the goal being at least $1.5 trillion in budgetary savings over 10 years. ...

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... The case of Marbury vs. Madison was brought about by the struggle for power in the government, and the republicans attempting to sabotage the judiciary act of 1801. Marbury had been appointed to the Supreme Court by Adams as a last minute effort to secure a space in the government in which ... of judicial review was enforced by this case and the precedent was set for later Supreme Court cases in which the court would nullify an act of congress. 3) As westward expansion began to boom, and the economy and agricultural trade increased, easy credit for land became scarce. This ... were fi...

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... President. He is from a middle-class upbringing, values family, and believes that hard work and education are essential for getting ahead (Administration, n.d. President). The job of the President is to act as the head of state and government of the United States. He is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. The President has the power to execute ... of Cabinet Rank, but are not included as members of the cabinet executive departments. The first position listed is White House Chief of Staff, Denis McDonoug. Next is the Environmental Protection Agency lead by Administr...

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... doubt that the so called democracy that many of us believe in is in fact authoritative governance" [qt. Rosen 1999]. The original Bill of Rights is basically a narrative of the protection of the people under the law and it prevents war representatives to exploit the people. At the time religion had been the dominant force behind the Bill thus allowing the ... waltz right into someone's house and do whatever they saw fit which is not right. With the above discussion it is clear that the foundation of the American freedom and protection of the Bill of Rights have changed for the worse as ...

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