... equality bill in New York would probably encourage other nations to legalize gay marriages as well. In general, it is disappointing that New York officials legalized gay marriages, as this law goes against our traditional foundation of marriage. "The decision [of legalizing same-sex marriage] marks a clear attack on traditional family values. Same-sex marriage is unconstitutional" ... words, the steady opposition to same sex marriages are continuing to enforce constitutional amendments affirming to ban gay marriage. Since "Political philosophers look at what makes a society just or unju...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. The forefathers of our country meant for the people to own and use firearms and any law or control on that right would be unconstitutional. Gun control activists essentially believe the Second Amendment guarantees only to its militia the right of arms ... Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword because the whole body of the people are armed" (Whitley). I agree with this statement, and would equate it to mean ...

• Word Count: 2182
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• Grade Level: High School

... serve to help all, particularly Blacks. Years after the NAACP would play an important role in Afro-Americans lives. The NAACP took on legal battles concerning civil matters varying from unjust arrests and convictions, Pink Franklin case, to the desegregation of public schools, Brown vs. the Board of Education. It won important key Supreme Court cases and even involved the youth ... , he founded the "Daily American," a newspaper set out to report on the issues in the black communities. It would only last a year (English.uiuc.edu). After becoming bored with practicing law, Johnson met up w...

• Word Count: 1687
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... fact of innocent people being executed. One of the main foundations the American justice system is built on is fairness. It goes against the Nation's policy to enact something as unjust as the death penalty into our justice system. "This is a punishment that quite literally buries its mistakes" says Steven Hawkins, a Washington D.C. attorney and executive director of the National Coalition to ... and legal dues far outweigh the expense of keeping the small amount of criminals in prison (Spence 107). "A 1982 study in New York found that under the state's death penalty law each prosecutio...

• Word Count: 2333
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School