The United States of America has an extensive history of oppressing essentially everyone who is not a straight‚ white‚ land-owning‚ wealthy‚ cis-gender man and included within this list of oppressed is women. Throughout the ages‚ women have had to and continue to fight for many rights through social‚ economic‚ and political venues. One of these rights‚ and area of public policy‚ are reproductive rights. Reproductive rights are a broad area of public policy that encompasses sexual education‚ family
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In a Free State‚ individual rights are important. The government administers laws and regulations that apply to all—the citizens‚ officials‚ law enforcement—to make sure these rights are authenticated. In the United States of America‚ the constitution serves as the Law of the Land‚ in which all Americans are held to the same laws; this “Rule of Law” that defines a Free State is meant to ensure equality for all (Framework). Based on these characteristics‚ the United States would rightly be deemed
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which had gone before.” * The ratification process really only requires one step‚ ratification of the ¾ of the states. Congress can write an amendment and pass it with 2/3 approval of congress‚ but it still needs ¾ ratification of the states‚ however‚ states can write their own amendments and have their own constitutional conventions whatever they want‚ but need 2/3 of the state legislatures to convene one. * The actual working of Article V is “The Congress‚ whenever two thirds of both Houses
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Transgender Rights What does it mean to be transgender? The term transgender refers to a person “who identifies with or expresses a gender identity that differs from the one which corresponds to the person’s sex at birth‚” (Merriam-Webster). The term came into common use in the 1970s‚ but similar terms such as transsexual and “trans” have been used as well. Non-conformity‚ in terms of gender especially‚ tends to evoke uncertainty in terms of law‚ which is most likely why transgender people are not
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discuss such delicate issues‚ we have to question ourselves‚ “What exactly is privacy?” Privacy is defined as “the right to be let alone” (Warren & Brandeis‚ 1890). However‚ privacy is not such a simple concept. For ease of understanding‚ privacy‚ in this essay‚ is the ability of an individual or group to seclude information about themselves and to possess the right to retain anonymous. Privacy can be generally broken down into three categories - physical‚ organizational and informational (Wikipedia
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The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Proposed to assuage the fears of Anti-Federalists who had opposed Constitutional ratification‚ these amendments guarantee a number of personal freedoms‚ limit the government’s power in judicial and other proceedings‚ and reserve some powers to the states and the public. While originally the amendments applied only to the federal government‚ most of their provisions have since been applied to
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Pieces of the People’s Puzzle In total there are fifteen laws that count towards the topic of civil rights in the United States‚ alone. Kenji Yoshino‚ author of “The New Civil Rights” says that in order for us to turn our current beliefs into a set of ‘new’ civil rights‚ law must play a role. Obvious enough‚ law alone cannot bring about a new set of civil rights. There are more than enough pieces that could make up this puzzle. For instance‚ media plays a huge role in this situation. The media
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Decisions By week number 3 of History 301‚ it has been established that the United States Constitution is th supreme law of the land and that it essentially instruct how the U.S. government should operate. Specifically‚ Article V of the U.S. Constitution details the amendment process and how an amendment may become part of the constitution (Patteson) Furthermore‚ the first ten amendments are collectively known as the Bill of Rights and they were drafted in order to guarantee certain freedoms and safeguards
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BILL OF RIGHTS: 1ST AMENDMENT The Bill of Rights : it is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. These limitations serve to protect the rights of liberty and property. They guarantee a number of personal freedoms‚ limit the government’s power in judicial and other proceedings‚ and reserve some powers to the states and the public. The First Amendment (Amendment I) : Originally‚ the First Amendment applied only to laws enacted by the Congress. However
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Today marks the 300th anniversary of the ratification Constitution and the bill of rights. To celebrate this day we are going to look through the years on how these documents helped create the identity of America. National governments and the state of the specific duties and powers as well as sharing the same laws‚ not laws adopted in accordance with the Constitution‚ the supreme law of the country. Creating three distinct branches; the legislative‚ executive and judicial. Each branch has specific
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