drug in the‚ United Sates behind alcohol and tobacco use. More than 14 million Americans use marijuana regularly regardless of the laws against its use or possession. The problems with legalization and criminalization of marijuana use have been an extremely controversial matter and have been a debatable subject over many years. Currently it is a crime and is against the law to posse and use the drug regularly known as pot‚ weed and mary-jane. However‚ the United States government has spent billions
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The Homestead Act was signed on May 20‚ 1862 by Abraham Lincoln. The Homestead Act was proposed by northern republicans. Southern representatives in congress kept voting against the Homestead Act because they saw it as an opportunity for the development of Free states that would tip the scale in the free vs. slave states. It was originally passed by congress in 1860 but then vetoed by President James Buchanan. After southern representatives left congress was when the act was then passed. The act
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Civil Rights Act (Snavely‚ 1968). Nonetheless‚ in the case of In re Gault‚ he was not afforded due process. The justice system failed to give him and his parents notice of the charges against him‚ failed to advise him that he could be represented by counsel‚ confront his accuser and witnesses or was protected against self-incrimination
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In the world of peace and liberty‚ the United States faced a huge burden of terrorism threat. The government administration and the law enforcement agents fight everyday to secure and protect the citizen of the United States against religious activist groups and other groups of terrorism such as: al Qaeda‚ ISIS‚ Islamic States‚...etc. So‚ the government had established a counter-terrorism program to secure U.S. soil from terrorism threat‚ and to identify any threat before it occurred in the United
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Being a policeman is a very difficult job to consider‚ they catch criminals‚ rescue someone by sacrificing themselves‚ they even go to death for other ordinary people. However‚ not every police officer is not the same and many of them use their power against unarmed‚ innocent people. Some police officers have biased opinions about other race representatives and they judge people by their color‚ religion‚ gender‚ etc. Police brutality is the use of excessive and unnecessary force when dealing with civilians
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would be gone. Lesbian and gay parents and their children are often subject to prejudice because of sexual orientation that turns judges‚ legislators‚ professionals‚ and the public against them‚ frequently resulting in negative outcomes such as loss of physical custody‚ restrictions on visitation‚ and prohibitions against
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If I could fight against something that something would be gun violence because all over the world have gun violence people dieing because of the guns and also because of violence. This is bad for people all over the world gun violence is still around the world and that is something that I do not like in this world having gun violence what is the reason of having gun violence why do we need this type of violence. One thing that I can do to change gun violence is stop people from using guns and tell
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Globalization & Technology We all know that technology is all around us in our everyday lives‚ when we are at school‚ work‚ or just at home technology is present. But have we ever realized how big of a role technology plays on a global scale. Nicholas Carr shows us just how much technology is used on a global scale in his book the Shallows. To begin with‚ Social media is one of the biggest players in global communication. If someone posts a video on youtube that lives in Clarkston is can be viewed by
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Racial Profiling is the act of targeting a person specially based on their race. Racial profiling does not refer to the act of a law enforcement agent pursuing a suspect in which the specific description of the suspect includes race or ethnicity in combination with other identifying factors. One of the largest groups that are racially profiled are of the Arab heritage that live in the United States. This is because of the 2001 Terrorist Attack on the Twin towers in New York City on September 11.
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Gun ownership is an integral aspect of the right to self defence POINT Law-abiding citizens deserve the right to protect their families in their own homes‚ especially if the police are judged incapable of dealing with the threat of attack. Would-be rapists and armed burglars will think twice before attempting to break into any house where the owners may keep firearms for self-defence. Gun ownership increases national security within democratic states POINT “A well-regulated Militia‚ being
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