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    In a world where people fight for perfect security and privacy‚ there comes a time when we realize that it is impossible to have it all—especially if we value the added convenience that the lack of digital privacy tends to provide us with. We want our own personal activities to be known only to ourselves‚ and to have control over what we choose to divulge to others‚ but we also enjoy the convenience of targeted advertising on our favorite websites and the ease of social media. These contradicting

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    Case Study: United States v. Salerno 481 U.S. 739 (1987) Using your text and the internet‚ in narrative format with a minimum of 500 words‚ outline the case of United States v. Salerno‚ 481 U.S. 739 (1987). Give the facts‚ issue‚ and court holding of the case. In the case of United States v. Salerno‚ Anthony “Fat Tony” Salerno was arrested on charges of numerous RICO violations‚ and detained without bail. This case determined that the Bail Reform Act of 1984 did not violated the Due Process clause

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    Center for Constitutional Rights Much of the attention that has been given to marital rape has emerged from the legal community. This has occurred because throughout the history of most societies‚ it has been acceptable for men to force their wives to have sex against their will. The traditional definition of rape in the United States most commonly was‚ sexual intercourse with a female not his

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    Gun Control The most important role of the United States government is to protect the rights and freedoms of individual citizens. Some might argue that the world ’s greater issue is government(1). All countries have social issues that are mostly blamed on the government. Governments should first focus on the social issues that the citizens are mostly concerned off. The United States has many social issues some of those issues are education‚ tax the wealthy‚ creation of new jobs‚ same sex marriage

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    Although the United States government promises its people that they live in a true democratic country‚ the United States is definitely not a democracy. A democracy by definition is “the government by people.” However‚ the United States looks as if it is a constitutional republic‚ rather than democracy. A constitutional republic is “a state in which the head of state or officials are representatives of the people.” The United States is a country run by the government officials‚ not the people‚ the government

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    Political implications in the United States resulting from Judge John Roberts and the U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [pic] Collaborative Authors: Gentry Hill ( Brian Kingsbury ( Henry Singletary ( Jessica Hawkins ( Catherine Alqallaf Stetson University August 15‚ 2012 Contents Contents i Abstract ii Introduction 1

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    the institutionalized racism of the time due to apartheid. Post 1994 and democratization‚ and contrary to expectations‚ the incidence of xenophobia increased.[1] Between 2000 and March 2008 at least 67 people died in what was identified as xenophobic attacks. In May 2008 a series of riots left 62 people dead; although 21 of those killed were South African citizens. The attacks were apparently motivated by xenophobia. Racism In the 19th century‚ many scientists subscribed to the simple belief that

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    the United States made several changes to policies concerning visitors into the United States. More attention is required at the borders‚ airports‚ mail system‚ and intranet to protect citizens of the United States against terrorism. In this paper‚ we will discuss a proposal to make the criminal justice agencies in the United States better prepared for terrorist attacks. Border Patrol is part of the criminal justice agency and responsible for protecting the borders of the United States against

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    The electoral systems of the United States and Europe are quite different from  each other. Americans hold more frequent elections at all level of government for more  offices than any other nation and the number of participating electorates increases  steadily over time (O ’Connor‚ Sabato‚ Yanus 359). Many European countries use Single  Transferable vote system; a voting system designed to achieve proportional  representation that apportions legislative seats according to the percentage of votes a 

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    I chose to do my final for the Criminal Justice academy on the United States Coast Guard. The reason I chose that topic is because it has always interested me and I plan to hopefully pursue a career in that field. My opinion on the Coast Guard is that it is the best branch of the military and there is no other like them and without the Coast Guard‚ the United States would not be the way it is today. To support my statement I’m going to talk about what they are‚ when they got started‚ what their purpose

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