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 the USA PATRIOT Act, the military industrial complex benefits fiscally from the act, for providing the U.S. government with the tools to fight terrorism. ... Unfortunately both the Patriot Act and the Homeland Security Act by way of linguistics arbitrarily negates the American constitution. ... Other surreptitious motives are being implemented against the American people and it's not for our protection. ... Protection of civil liberties...

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The second thing being protection against the taking of life, liberty or process. I believe the "protection against the taking of life, liberty or process was a major factor into the establishing out constitution. ... For example the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party. ... The second thing being protection against the taking of life, liberty or process. ... For example the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party. ...

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The second thing being protection against the taking of life, liberty or process. I believe the "protection against the taking of life, liberty or process was a major factor into the establishing out constitution. ... For example the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party. ... The second thing being protection against the taking of life, liberty or process. ... For example the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party. ...

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The second thing being protection against the taking of life, liberty or process. I believe the "protection against the taking of life, liberty or process was a major factor into the establishing out constitution. ... For example the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party. ... The second thing being protection against the taking of life, liberty or process. ... For example the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party. ...

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Neither level of government may pass a bill or law declaring an act illegal without a judicial trial. ... New York, the Court ruled that the protections of the 1st Amendment apply against actions by state governments. ... U.S., the Court struck down the provision of the federal Brady Act, which required states to check the background of handgun buyers. ... Condon approved a federal law that prevented states from selling databases of personal information (the Driver's Privacy Protection Act) on the grounds that this is proper federal regulation of interstate commerce. ... Hibbs, the Court...

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Also domestic workers are exposed to toxic chemicals and hazardous conditions and have a lack of legal protection to cover them. In recent years, the United States took a major step against human trafficking by the Trafficking of Victims Protection Act (TVPA). ... The Reauthorization Act of 2003 reaffirms the U.S. government's commitment to fighting human trafficking, as stated in the 2000 act, and sets aside another $200 million in funding for various projects against this trade. ... In order to see change in our world and how human trafficking is viewed, this proposal should be called ...

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So the Defense of Marriage Act and the proposed Constitutional amendment seem put ideals into the constitution and naturalize them, something we the people originally decided would not be allowed. ... The courts rested their decisions on the circular argument that the couples equal protection rights were not violated because they were excluded by the traditional definition of marriage, which in turn denied them any rights under that definition. ... However, in that case, the Court stated "The Equal Protection Clause requires the consideration of whether the classifications drawn by any statute...

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The Alien Sedition Act of 1798 extended the Naturalization Act to fourteen years. ... Ramirez does not violate the Equal Protection Clause in the fourteenth amendment. ... The court decided that denying citizens the right to vote is against the Voting Rights Act in section two. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a piece of legislation that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. ... Gregoire and stated that the criminal disenfranchisement laws do not violate section two of the Voting Rights Act. ...

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Later in another Congressional Session the national government passed three new acts to go with the earlier ones; the Works Progress Administration, The National Labor Relations Act, and the Social Security Act.# # Cox, George H. & Rosenfeld, Raymond A. ... Federalism is often misunderstood as a protection of states rights or a bureaucratic organization's tool. ...

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The Interstate Commerce Clause: How the Supreme Court Interpreted It Over The Past 200 Years 1 Interstate Commerce Clause: How the Supreme Court Interpreted It Over the Past 200 Years The Clean Water Act, the Violence Against Women Act, and the Endanger Species Act are all good legislative acts, but what gave Congress the Constitutional right to pass them? ... Although, if a case presented to the Court legitimately violated the "Framers" intent of the Clause, the Court acted swiftly. ...

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Not only does the federal system in America allow the government to act upon the needs of the nation, but it limits the possibility of control of the government by a particular faction and provides a safeguard against the"tyranny of the majority." ... The constitutionality of this act was challenged by the state of Maryland in 1819. ... San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, the Supreme Court revisited the issue of state sovereignty and state and local government protection from the imposition of federal actions. ... Garcia has had two significant impacts on federalism: firstly, under ...

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Charles Grassley strongly supports the restoration and protection of state authority and flexibility in establishing and defining challenging student academic standards and assessments. ... Lindsay Graham also joins the fight against Common Core and even sighed the same resolution as Charles Grassley in the resolution to denounce the Obama Administration from bribing states to sign the Common Core Act with grants and waivers. ...

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Even though he/she has a gun for self-protection does not mean that your burglar does not have a gun himself. ... There is also a National Firearms Act of 1935 that was designed to prevent criminals from acquiring gangster-type weapons like submachine guns and silencing devices. ...

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On July 10, 1832, in his veto message, he stated, "I sincerely regret that in the act before me, I can perceive none of those modifications of the bank charter which are necessary, in my opinion, to make it compatible with justice, with sound policy, or with the Constitution of our country" (Doc B). ... The protection of the constitution increased because Jackson denied the federal funds for road construction within a state preserving the states' rights. ... The spoils system is the act of rewarding supporters with good positions in office. ...

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Introduction Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010, there is a provision for expanding Medicaid insurance coverage to those living up to 138 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). ... Justice Scalia noted in his dissent opinion in the Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act, "those states that decline the Medicaid Expansion must subsidize, by the federal tax dollars taken from their citizens, vast grants to the states that accept the Medicaid expansion " (Ferber, 2013). ...

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