The Equality Act 2010 was created to bring together 116 separate pieces of legislation into one single Act. This makes it easier to manage. This Act provides a legal framework (guidelines) to protect the rights of individuals and advance equality or opportunity for all. It is unlawful to not follow these guidelines. It protects everybody. The Equality Act 2010 promotes anti-discriminatory practice by making sure all people are treated equal and are given the rights and opportunities they deserve
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as humans. To help protect threatened species‚ then-president‚ Richard Nixon‚ signed into law the Endangered Species Act in 1973. Yet after 34 years‚ some still argue that this Act has been a failure. So the question is‚ "Did the Endangered Species Act have more negative effects than beneficial ones to our environment‚ or isit still making progress?" The Endangered Species Act sought to make illegal the extinction of any species. The law protects the habitat of listed species‚ funded state endangered
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A positive spirit fills the hearts of supporters of equal rights with the Civil Rights Act being passed by Congress on April 9th‚ 1866. President Andrew Jackson had unfortunately previously vetoed this bill where he cited a rather slipshod excuse that it violated states’ rights‚ and ever since the conclusion of the Civil War‚ there has been rising support for this act. This bill holds another layer of importance‚ as it is the first time in which Congress has legislated upon civil rights in a formal
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States on September 11‚ 2001‚ many Americans were fearful of what the future held. Enacted as a response to those attacks‚ and as a way to re-instill a sense of security to the nation‚ American legislators worked to pass the USA Patriot Act of 2001. The Patriot Act appropriately made changes to other U.S. laws to combat terrorism‚ however it also established measures that may potentially hinder the rights of those it was designed to protect‚ sparking controversy regarding privacy and governmental
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Nothing is being done to prevent this discrimination‚ so we suggest putting a law into place‚ which would be the Fair Housing Act. The Fair Housing Act is an act that permits landlords from discriminating against minorities. It also keeps other tenants from physically harming or using racial slurs in public towards these minorities. One of the reasons the Fair Housing Act should be placed into law is to keep the African American population safe from harm. An article‚ “Housing and Race” states‚ “Sometimes
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On July 30‚ 2002‚ the American Competitiveness and Corporate Accountability Act‚ better known as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)‚ was signed into law‚ with the intention of rebuilding public trust in corporate America. Its laws‚ which required boards to “oversee closely financial transactions and auditing procedures‚” applied primarily to publicly traded corporations (Baker‚ 2005). Only two of the practices named within were required of not-for-profit companies. Nevertheless‚ due to the proliferation
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passing new legislation and amending existing legislation. The U.S. Senate quickly passed the USA PATRIOT ACT‚ which mean Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. The USA PATRIOT ACT was a new tool to fight terrorism head on. The USA PATRIOT ACT bill was signed by President George W. Bush on October 26‚ 2011. The USA PATRIOT ACT bill gives the court authorize to issue the search order for any United States citizen who law enforcement
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lands‚ americans petitioned natives to be removed leading to the Indian Removal Act where authorized president‚ Andrew Jackson‚ signed a treaty to remove native tribes east of the Mississippi river and provide land west of the river. In difference‚ I believe this act wasn’t justified for several reasons; such as laws being disobeyed‚ natives being disrespected‚ and the Trail Of Tears The Indian removal act wasn’t justified because laws were disobeyed throughout the supreme court; for instance
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The affordable Care Act Also known as Obama Care has been the most controversial topic that most Americans debate on. It wasn’t clear whether this would be beneficial for everyone. The main aim of the ACA was to increase healthcare access for low income Americans by providing affordable healthcare coverage‚ to improve the quality of healthcare‚ to reduce healthcare cost‚ and to regulate the healthcare insurance companies. Since the act was passed millions of uninsured Americans were able to get affordable
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all Americans and would be much more affordable.When the Affordable Care Act was established‚ there were 27 million previously uninsured people that would gain coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Thanks to this new healthcare establishment‚ “about 16.4 million Americans gained health care coverage and the uninsured rate had been reduced by more than a third “Health”. The first example was that when the Affordable Care Act was first released many people knew that this was exactly what they needed
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