According to David Mayhew‚ author of Congress: The Electoral Connection‚ Congress has many different functions that it performs including: “ . . .legislating‚ overseeing the executive‚ expressing public opinion‚ and servicing constituents” (Mayhew 2004‚ 8). While all these are important to the role Congress plays‚ the most important ability is the authority to create laws. Congress derives its power to perform its functions and to create laws‚ from Article I of the Constitution. Although Article
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public and this drove the Bush administration to launch “The war on terror”. US tropes invaded Afghanistan to dispose of Al-Qaida. Soon the Taliban regime has been terminated and the Al-Qaida movement dispersed‚ abandoned training camps were destroyed (Rogers 2004). The “War on terror” appeared to be progressing with the enemy eliminated. However the America government sought a new technique to keep their nation terrorised beyond the pervious emphasis on Al-Qaida. Bush embraced a number of new rouge
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The Elements of Criminal Liability ACTUS REUS & MENS REA "Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea"‚ or "an act does not make a man guilty unless his mind be also guilty (Burgess‚ 2004‚ p.8)." In criminal law‚ for an individual to commit a crime‚ there must be present two elements. They are: Actus Reus (meaning guilty act or omission); and Mens Rea (meaning guilty mind). Actus Reus is the guilty act or omission in the commissioning of a crime. In short‚ it is what the offender does
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6th September - Defence Day of Pakistan Defence Day is celebrated on 6th September every year in Pakistan. It is celebrated on the memory of martyred people who gave sacrifices of their life for the defence of the country. Pak – India War II was fought in 1965. This was was ended on 6th September and both countries stopped damaging each other by using weapons etc. on 6th September‚ Defence Day of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. This war affected financially both countries but none of them could dominate
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quiet unyielding anger‚” (Bush 2001). On September 9th‚ 2001‚ the World Trade Center Towers were struck by two planes‚ one after another. The attacks were made by Al-Qaeda after successfully hijacking the planes and flying them into the twin tower structures. Following the attack‚ President George W. Bush‚ made an address to the nation commemorating the lost lives‚ paying tribute to the heroes‚ and creating efforts to connect the nation back to its wholeness (gerund). Bush uplifted American spirit
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who campaigned for change. [50] Loss of control is a partial defence to a charge of murder. If it is successful‚ D will be found guilty of manslaughter. This allows the judge discretion in sentencing. Loss of control replaced the former defence of provocation. This law is set out in s54 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009. The old defence of provocation was abolished by s56 CJA 2009. Under the new law‚ if D wants the defence to be successful‚ they need to have lost self control‚ there must
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George W. Bush about many things. Al Gore does seem to convince the audience that George W. Bush used fear through out his whole presidency to scare the citizens of the United State of America. Gore does put out a lot of facts in the first chapter on Assault on reason‚ but to me it seemed like it was opinion based because Gore was explaining everything during Bush’s presidency‚ but didn’t have all the facts. This article definitely interests the audience because of everything that Bush did during
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visual uses a variety of techniques to visually represent the connection humankind has with nature and the serenity of nature. A text relating to “The Coral See” is Henry Lawson’s “In a Dry Season”‚ where many distinctive experiences of the Australian bush are conveyed. Similar to “The Coral See” Lawson’s “In a Dry Season” has many techniques which help to visually portray the distinctive experiences in the story such as the hardships
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a mental disorder‚ so he was not in the right state of mind and he was unable to perceive the nature of his acts and unable to tell right from wrong at the time. So in this case Robert would not be charged with Murder. GBH as insanity is a full defence‚ although Robert would have been given a hospital order as the courts also needs to consider Robert against current social concerns with public protection and risk prevention. In the case of Arnold v Robert‚ the two elements can be proved actus rea
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On January 20‚ 2005‚ President George W. Bush was sworn into office for the second time on Capitol Hill‚ Washington D.C. exactly four years later‚ on the same date and in the same location‚ President Barack Obama was sworn into office. Both men gave an inaugural address to the American Nation on the day of each man’s inauguration. Bush and Obama both used a great deal of allusion and rhetoric in the inaugural speeches. While Bush was speaking to a country continuing on in a war‚ Obama spoke to that
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