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Essays on Legal and Government
Title: Power Does Not Come From A Gun
Details: Words: 1632, Pages: 6... a man hasn't found
something he will die for, he isn't fit to live." A leader in the
Black community and the recipient of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize,
King's accomplishment of attaining civil rights for Blacks was a
great one, but the road to achievement was long and full of
sacrifices. It was a time when Blacks had no rights and most of
them accepted this as the way it was and no one could do anything
about it. Most of them, but not King. When the police arrested a black
woman for sitting in the front of the bus and refusing to give up her
seat to a white woman, Ki ...
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Title: The Communications Decency Act
Details: Words: 1729, Pages: 7... host systems
was 213 machines. At the time of this writing, twelve years later, the number
has jumped to 1,313,000 systems connecting directly to the Internet." (Cavazos
10)
"Privacy plays a unique role in American law." (Cavazos 13) Privacy is not
explicitly provided for in the Constitution, yet most of the Internet users
remain anonymous. Cavazos says, "Computers and digital communication
technologies present a serious challenge to legislators and judges who try to
meet the demands of economic and social change while protecting this most basic
and fundamental personal freedom." Networks and the Internet make it easy for
anyone with the proper equipment to l ...
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Title: Federalist And Anti-Federalist Views
Details: Words: 2482, Pages: 10... composed from both sides attesting to the fact that proposed ratification should either take place or should not, depending upon which group one supported. As a collective work, each side cited significant points that clearly illustrated their agendas. The Federalists, however, seem to have struck a chord more influential in the minds of the citizens. This not only because their attempts to rally a political consensus on their behalf seemed to have been a step ahead as well as more organized, but possibly more so because the Anti-Federalists failed to substantially prove that small republics were better able to sustain individual liberties than were large rep ...
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Title: Conservative Personalities
Details: Words: 664, Pages: 3... the superior order without questioning. Thus, we can see that Jack is
very loyal to Carfax Corporation and works hard to follow the company policies
and procedures and the orders of the managers above him.
Under such leader, the performance of the financial section has begun to
suffer. Due to his conservative personality, the tendency to face changes is
very low. When sudden changes occur and as the same time the upper doesn't give
guidelines immediately, Jack can't handle well under this situation. Then the
flexibility and imagination in facing different situations tend to absolutely
low. Because his task-oriented leadership, he always neglects the new ideas ...
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Title: Marijuana Effects
Details: Words: 1056, Pages: 4... plants vary in size
and mood altering effect. The hemp plant has many uses and has been
farmed for centuries. Marijuana can be taken in three ways, by eating,
made into a tea, or smoking (the most popular). Smoking it can be done
three ways, through a pipe, a joint, blunt. A joint is a rolled piece of
paper that is twisted at the ends. A blunt is normally an emptied cigar
wrapper filled with marijuana. In a blunt you can fit much more marijuana.
Though a blunt isn't always purely marijuana, it can be mixed with other
drugs such as angel dust. The results are varied when someone smokes
marijuana.
Different people will get different results, and certain types ...
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Title: The Effects Of Organized Crime
Details: Words: 869, Pages: 4... to destroy the organization in the 1920sand
'30s--the Mafia flourished in the Sicilian countryside. When the Fascists
fled Sicily during the Allied invasion of World War II, the Mafia--the only
remaining governing structure--worked closely with U.S. forces. Today it
dominates much of the business and industry in Sicily's cities.
With the Sicilian immigrations of the late 19th century, the Mafia
began to operate in several large U.S. cities. Two of the strongest mafia
gangs in New York where controlled by Joe "The Boss" Masseria and Salvatore
Maranzano. They were known as the "Mustache Petes".
During the period of Prohibition (1920-33), it monopolized the
trade ...
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Title: Marijuana: The Drug That Could Help Stop The Pain
Details: Words: 1174, Pages: 5... plant can be used to produce paper and oil. It can also be used to make clothing more effectively and safer for the environment than cotton. Marijuana is also being used illegally for recreation and medical use. Doctors are forced to illegally prescribe the drug to cancer patients. Marijuana could be the drug to help cure the pain and status of patients well being if the government would allow prescription of this drug.
"Marijuana " is defined as the dried leaves and flowering tops of the pistillate hemp plant that people smoke in cigarettes for their intoxicating affect. U.S. laws define "marihuana" as all parts of the cannabis plant; it's resin, seeds, or anythi ...
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Title: Government Regulation
Details: Words: 731, Pages: 3... health will better be achieved in
the absence of government regulation. Government regulatory agencies have spent
billions of dollars and there is little evidence that the world is any better
off than it was without the agencies and costly reforms. When reading further
ask yourself the question, does the costs or regulation out weigh the benefits,
I believe they do not.
Regulatory programs normally are started by a group of people with a
single interest and pressure the government and people to believe that there is
a major crisis, creating panic to an alleged problem. When this happens it
pressures Congress to pass a reform law in fear of not being reelected. ...
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Title: The Drinking Age: Legal Age Should Be 18
Details: Words: 680, Pages: 3... 13, 1992, p.3)
Everyday, taxpayers' money is spent controlling underage drinking
and deciding the consequences that will follow. If the age of majority
were to be lowered to eighteen, taxpayers' money could be saved to use on
something more valuable. In addition, teenagers would not feel as though
they were being controlled.
In addition to saving money, studies show that alcohol is easily
obtained and most eighteen-year-olds who do so drink sensibly. A ten-year-
old study found that youngsters who experiment moderately are better-
adjusted than youngsters who are completely abstinent. It is hard not
allowing eighteen-year-olds to drink when ov ...
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Title: Pass The Weed
Details: Words: 817, Pages: 3... of the more heated controversies in the country
today. The drug has been unrightfully prohibited since the 1930's for its
dangerous effects. However, earlier and more primitive cultures were able to
safely explore marijuana's usage for both medicinal and hallucinogenic
properties. The usage of marijuana has existed for thousands of years in many
countries world wide and can be documented as far back as 2700 BC in ancient
Chinese writings. In the earlier cultures, marijuana usage was accepted and its
effects documented. However, the United States government overlooked all of the
information and banned the drug. Recently, however, there has been a resurgence
in ...
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