The Court's Protection of Criminal Rights The basis of American society is rooted within the people's possession and the government's protection of civil rights and liberties. ... (Schwarz, 2003, 72) As the social and political events changed over time, so did the Court's stand on the protection of these freedoms. ... Starting in the 1960s, the Supreme Court extended and clarified the protections of the Fourth Amendment. ... Although everyone is entitled to equal protection under the law, the court is faced with the decision to determine when this protection does ...

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The Bush Administration exploited these intense emotions with the creation of the USA Patriot Act. ... The Patriot Act gives government agencies the opportunity to abuse their authority. ... The Patriot Act also infringes upon the protection guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment. ... However, the Patriot Act further relaxes the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows law enforcement to conduct searches without a warrant on foreign agents (Dlouhy). ... However, the Patriot Act releases the government from practicing the law. ...

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Back on March 30, 2010 president Barrack Obama signed The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) since it had been approved by the house on March 21, 2010. ... (Patient Protection and Affordable Care 2010 available online) The Patient Protection and Affordable Care will be implemented next years. ... (Patient Protection and Affordable Care 2010 available online) The industrial companies are given a 12 year period after in which the generic drugs should be presented to the market. ... (Patient Protection and Affordable Care 2010 available online) it was affected in June 21, 2010 an...

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"Governments have passed consumer protection legislation because they believe that the common law of contracts cannot adequately protect the consumer in today's complex market place." ... Examples of the government introducing legislation as a means of providing greater protection to consumers than common law are: The Trade and Practices Act 1974(Cth); and The Sale of Goods Act 1895(Qld). ... These laws are found with in the legislation of the Trade and Practices Act 1974(Cth), the Fair Trading Act 1989(Qld), the Sales of Goods Act 1896(Qld) and the Hire Purchase Act 1959(Qld). ....

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Another problem is that there are many sub governments affecting the legislation as well, such as interest groups like the Sierra Club, Administrative Agents like the Environmental Protection Agency, and Congressional Committees. ... The most relevant one of these steps is horizontal implementation when one considers the Endangered Species Act and Clean Water Act. ... He says that only in the last year has his old agency recovered fully from the aggressive dismantling of endangered- species protection by the Reagan administration during the 1980's. ... Of course for a public policy to be ...

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This Bill was called "Obamacare," ( The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act). ... The law additionally goes for growing private and open protection coverage, and, controlling the protection business. ... He also clarifies the advantages and benefits of the Affordable Care Act, he illuminates on the advantages the Act conveys to the United States, for example, reasonable medicinal services to low salary individuals, changes to the Healthcare Industry to cut inefficient spending, and the opening for work the Act will supply; on the other hand, the Affordable Care Act demonstrates vague...

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The financial development of any nation depends on strong investor protection and good governance. ... The Act in a coherent form intends to deal with relevant aspects such as investor protection, inclusive agenda, fraud mitigation, internal control, director responsibility and efficient restructuring. ... Sahi (2013) Rule by majority and protection of the rights and interests of the minority shareholders have always been areas of considerable dispute and controversy. The Companies Act 2013 has introduced several sections aiming at protection of minority rights. R Rajesh (2013) says that &quo...

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Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements was introduced in 2000, with an aim to improve the management of sexual and violent offenders. ... This begs the question as to whether Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements is an efficient way of dealing with sexual and violent offenders and the risk these pose. ... Many areas had started to develop their own inter-agency arrangements before being formalized by the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000. ... Following on from this, the 1997 Sex Offenders Act was the first piece of legislation which meant that the Police and Probation ...

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The Reauthorization of 2013 Violence Against Women Act is an act that was made to help victims of violence by providing resources of healing for the victims and seeks to take action to help end domestic violence. This act was originally created in 1994, however, the act only gave rights to certain people, excluding lesbians, gays, immigrants and Native American women from these resources, as well as excluded them from other justices related to violence. The proposed reauthorization of this act intended to not only ensure the continuation of the previous law, but proposed to expand its protecti...

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is one of the most substantial reforms in Medicare; it's now considered the "law of the land," according to Douglas Holtz-Eaton. ... April 12, 2006, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney signed the Massachusetts Healthcare Reform Act into law. ...

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The National Coalition for Child Protection Reform is an example of one. ... The alternates as described by The National Coalition for Child Protection Reform: 1. ... For their child care services for children in out-of-home care, they are funded by Child Care and Development Block Grant, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and Title IV-E of the Social Security Act (Casey Family Programs, 2002). ... They point them in the correct direction of counseling, early intervention, and protection services. ... New models to address child protection issues are badly needed. ...

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Yet, some believe that all information is very and under protection. ... In Canada, there is the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. This act determines what specific information can be collected and how it is being used. ... Although at the present state, e-commerce websites have a protection program for purchases involving fraud. ... Also, there should be more protection for users against marketers and forbid them to cooperate with other websites to share information. ...

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Previous to this act, many businesses were involved or associated with extortion, leading to the act that will attempt to re-gaining the confidence of investors The Sarbanes-Oxley Act "Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002" (in the Senate) and also called "Corporate and Auditing Accountability and Responsibility Act" (in the House), the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was approved by the House by a vote of 334 to 90 and also approved by the Senate 99-0, signed in July 30th 2002 by President George W. ... " (The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Yousef J...

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Wagner was an avid supporter of social justice, having the full conviction that the American economy could only realize its full potential if mass purchasing power is guaranteed by government spending as well as full protection of the rights of workers. ... It is for this particular reason that the Act was established. ... Enforcement of the Wagner Act Enforcing the Wagner Act was not a walk in the park. ... As a matter of fact most of the employers did not welcome the Act. ... This is because employees have been offered with a degree of protection as well as security in their places of work....

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The main aspects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act policies and regulations were designed to prevent and deter future accounting fraud, protection for shareholders and maximizing assurance in public company financial reporting in diverse U.S. capital markets. Altogether, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has imposed tremendous new duties and cost on public companies and accounting firms, while the people involved are still unaware about whether the money, time and focus on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are worth the benefits that were sacrificed. ... SOX also obligated new reporting, audit, admission an...

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The main aspects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act policies and regulations were designed to prevent and deter future accounting fraud, protection for shareholders and maximizing assurance in public company financial reporting in diverse U.S. capital markets. Altogether the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has imposed tremendous new duties and cost on public companies and accounting firm, while the people involved are still unaware about whether the money, time and focus on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are worth the benefits that were sacrificed. ... SOX also obligated new reporting, audit, admission and ...

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Running Head: Effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act What will be the Effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act? ... However, these new protections from the government come overall favored by most people. ... On July 30, 2002 President Bush signed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. ... Bush signed into law the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. ... With this act in place, more protection for Whistle Blowers was needed to effectively report corporate crimes on a constant basis. ...

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We almost act like we are the only ones on this planet. ... Supporters of the Act, in turn, often argue that the Act should be strengthened. ... Ironically, many critics of the Endangered Species Act argue that the fact that key animals have recovered justifies abolishing the Act in its entirety! ... The species was almost reduced to the point of extinction before public sentiment would sway to the point where it would receive some protection. ... Furthermore, they are unique enough physiologically that that uniqueness itself justifies the added protection being included on the endangered o...

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The United Kingdom (UK) introduced human rights in the domestic courts through the passing of the Human Rights Act (HRA) of 1998. It is through their dualistic system, this act served as a facilitator towards the access of the Convention rights within the UK domestic courts. ... There has always been a tension between the enforcement and protection of a fundamental human right as opposed to the maintenance of the constitutional doctrine of Parliamentary sovereignty. ... Through the balance of power, the judges gave SIAC the opportunity to get into contact with the officials of Jordan in order...

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The Defense of Marriage Act became effective on September 21st, 1996, when the president at the time, Bill Clinton, signed the law. ... I do not think that the Defense of Marriage Act should be in existence for multiple reasons. This act conserves the unequal treatment of homosexuals by not allowing them to marry. ... A huge reason that this act is filled with so much controversy is also because of people's different religious views. ... "The Internal Revenue Code states that a single taxpayer may exclude up to $250,000 of profit due to the sale of his or her personal residence fro...

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Analyzing and comparing Bill of Rights articles with Patriot Act stipulations conveys a comprehensive message that the Patriot Act is unconstitutional. ... The Patriot Act violates the First Amendment freedom of speech clause. ... This guarantees citizens of The United States a reasonable expectation of privacy for private belongings and protection against harassment from government officials invading personal property without a search warrant. ... 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 depr...

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What is the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)? ... The Supreme Court strengthened federal protection against age discrimination in 1996, ruling unanimously that such lawsuits can be successful even if an older worker is replaced by someone older than 40. ... The ADA provides protection to those with disabilities in the workplace where there is a possibility they could be discriminated against and be fired, or passed over for a job. ... On January 23, 1990 Congress passed the "Americans with Disabilities Act " (ADA) it provided protection for people with disabilities in many aspects o...

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However, thanks to section 218, which allows authorities to obtain foreign intelligence, and section 504, which allows authorities to perform physical searches and electronic surveillance for the purpose of public protection, the "Portland Seven" were arrested. ... Again, thanks to the PATRIOT Act, the men were arrested and convicted. ... These are just a few examples of the PATRIOT Act's success. ... This is a provision granted by the Act. ... Powers such as these were granted by the PATRIOT Act. ...

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During the past few years there has been much debate and concern relating to the protection of wetlands in Wisconsin. ... Under the Clean Water Act , wetlands are subject to a combined set of federal, state and local requirements. ... The Act has defined "navigable waters" as "waters of the United States." ... In response to the Supreme Court Ruling, the Senate Committee on Environmental Resources drafted a bill, Senate Bill 37 (SB 37), addressing the protection of wetlands. ... Senate Majority leader Chuck Chvala is lobbying the senate to pass the moratorium of SB 37 in saying, "They can ac...

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In the month of March, during the year of 2010, the Health Care Reform Act was signed into law via the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. ... This act does not force or demand anyone to change his or her insurance program in any way. ... The Act mandates the power to coordinate this funding and action to The Secretary. Overall, this is one of the most important aspects of The Act. ... The fifth part of The Act focuses on the experts within the Healthcare industry. ...

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