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Tinker Vs. Des Moines
... all the way to the Supreme Court.
2. The Tinker's accused the school district of violating MaryBeth's rights
as stated in the first and fourteenth amendments. These abrupt accusations
were not just and should not have even been permitted in the court of law.
The punishment that the school district endured was that adverse publicity
and a challenge to the authority of a school district, or school to
establish rules for student behavior and conduct.
3. The Tinker's accused the school district of violating The Bill of Rights,
first amendment, the right of freedom of speech and the fourteenth
amendment, the rights of the citizens [civil rights]. They claimed that ...
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The Vote To Breakup Quebec And Canada
... 13
months earlier. The No side, led by provincial Liberal's leader, Daniel
Johnson, was winning, with warnings of a slump and heavy job losses if
Quebec broke away.
On October 9th, Mr. Parizeau, realizing that his campaign was
failing, handed over leadership of the separatists cause to Lucian Bouchard.
Bouchard was head of the Bloc Quebecois (BQ), a distinct, federal level
party which swept[t the polls in Quebec in the 1993 federal elections, and
whose 53 members in the Ottawa parliament are second in number only to the
ruling liberals of Jean Chretien.
Already in June, Parizeau had retreated from his outright
separatist stance by agreeing with B ...
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What Is The Federal Government's Single Greatest Responsibility To The Public?
... have conversely become harder. I believe that it is the gocernment's
responsibility to ensure that these people do not struggle to earn a living.
Bills such as trade restrictions, etc are created so these people can earn
a living.
Another type of protection that the government must provide
abundantly is aid to the smaller governments, such as state or city offices.
I feel that this is most important in crime-ridden, overpopulated cities,
such as New York or Los Angeles. These are the great tourist attractions in
America, but they don't receive the recognition that they deserve from the
government. Without government funds, these cities don't have enough ...
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The Inevitable Inequality In Modern Democracy
... of the Canadian democracy. Is Canada, thus, utilizing democratic principles to its utmost capacity? Many critics believe that this is not so. They point to the evident economic inequality that prevails in Canada and many other democratic countries. The argument that surfaces is that a country simply cannot be truly democratic when large economic disparity and inequality exist. (Chomsky 1994)
A known phrase from the American Declaration of Independence states that ‘all men are created equal.’ This statement assumes that at birth we all enter the world with the same abilities and that it is our environment in life that shapes what kind of people we will eventua ...
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Freedom
... be known about the effects of hundreds of drugs, and many people would be either sick or dead because they didn’t know if a drug was safe or not when they bought it off of the shelf because, once again, of no regulation. If some of our is given up, then we can get somewhere. If we are willing to give some up, then we can give that to certain groups and organizations that have the facilities, knowledge, and technology to help keep us safe and healthy (FDA), employed (AFL), living in a clean environment (EPA), and to allow us to hold on to more of our money (ICC). If all of our is given up, then we have lost the meaning for which the pilgrims sailed to America. ...
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Capital Punishment - History
... and murder. Many ancient societies accepted the idea that certain crimes deserved capital punishment. Ancient Roman and Mosaic law endorsed the notion of retaliation; they believed in the rule of "an eye for an eye." Similarly, the ancient Egyptians, Assyrians, and Greeks all executed citizens for a variety of crimes. The most famous people to be executed are Socrates and Jesus. Only in England, during the reigns of King Canute (1016-1035) and William the Conqueror (1066-1087) was the death penalty not used, although the results of interrogation and torture were often fatal (Kronenwetter 12). Later, Britain reinstated the death penalty and brought it to its Ameri ...
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Underage Smoking
... all tobacco products. By issuing a $3,000 fine for every underage smoker, the government would generate as much as 6 billion dollars a year. In addition to the fines, President Clinton may also propose to put a 25-cent-per-pack increase in the Federal tax on cigarettes.
The moral aspect of this problem is that the federal government is receiving billions off of raising taxes on tobacco products and fines for . This money is absorbed into the government and redistributed into society towards other social issues. The excess money the government collects on higher tobacco taxes and fines issued to for should be used to educate the general public on how the tobacco c ...
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Social Security: A Brief History
... there after, the Bill was submitted to the Senate by Congress on January 17, 1935. The House Ways and Means Committee held hearings on the Bill from January 21 to February 12, 1935. During a Ways & Means meeting on March 1, 1935 Congressman Frank Buck (D-CA) made a motion to change the name of the bill to the "Social Security Act of 1935." The motion was carried by a voice vote of the Committee. On August 14, 1935 President Roosevelt signed the bill into law at a ceremony in the White House Cabinet Room.
From 1937 until 1940, Social Security paid benefits in the form of a single, lump-sum payment. The purpose of these one-time payments was to provide some "payb ...
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Watergate: Was The Nixon White House Involved?
... refers to the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C.
In addition to the hotel, the Watergate complex houses many business offices.
It was here that the offices of the Democratic National Committee were
burglarizedon June 17, 1972. Five individuals were arrested at the Watergate
complex after the burglary. Charges were also pressed on G. George Liddy and E.
Howard Hunt ; the “Watergate Seven” were sentenced by Judge John Sirica.
Although Nixon was worried about the break-in, he advised the White House press
secretary, Ron Ziegler, to dismiss the incident as “a third-rate burglary”
(Cannon 107). In the years ensuing the invasion at the Watergate building,
questions ...
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United Nations Reform
... pay in U.S. dollars which are earned strictly
through trade, the United States indirectly causes many developing nations to
fall behind on payments. Secondly, the struggle just to maintain one of the two
year seats on the SC has been a major concern. A yearning for a permanent seat
on the SC has been expressed by many more countries.
The European Union (EU)stated on April 9, 1996 that it feels strongly that the
United States should not collect anything off of the UN because it is not
contributing what it is supposed to. Many third world nations, such as Indonesia
and Chile, are frightened by the attempts at cutting the UN's budget.
Most countries feel Japan des ...
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