Age Discrimination in Employment Act

If an individual state does not prohibit the sale of alcohol to individuals under the age of 21 the federal government is able to withhold ten percent of federal funding for highways. Each state is responsible for working in conjunction with federal and local laws as to how to manufacture, sell, and decide who is able to drink alcohol while responding to any alcohol related problems.…

their own drinking age laws. Most states set their minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) to 21 except for two. When the legal voting age was lowered by the 26th amendment in 1971 from 21 to 18, many states began to lower the MLDA as well (Drinking Age ProCon.org). The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 mandated for the MLDA to be 21 in all states, since reports of teenage crashes increased in states where the MLDA was under 21. Across the United States drinking under the age of 21 is…

Since the 1960s, high school administrators have debated whether or not to ban the novel, The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. This book has countless instances of profanity and rebellious behavior, all of which, high schoolers are exposed to on a daily basis. For that reason, high schools should not ban The Catcher in the Rye despite its obscene and profane content. High schoolers are mature enough to read inappropriate content without following a negative path. The Catcher in the Rye does…

transporting any type of liquor they were legally able to impound your car and even planes.Most Americans believed that drinking wine and beer were allowed and wasn't breaking the law at all by drinking them. Quite a few women and men were entering the age where they had never entered a bar or even had a drink in their early twenties. Growing up in this time period they were being told that any type of alcoholic beverage was wrong and if you did you were going against god and everything you…

I grew up in a household where alcohol was always present, and I lived with someone who chose to constantly abuse it. People don’t act like it’s a privilege and more of a right to drink it. Social outings for teens normally include alcohol, simply for the fact of being rebellious. For the duration of this essay I’m going to argue for both sides, and then at the end explain which side I am on. I feel that for this essay and the topic I chose I feel that it’s necessary to see both sides and…

But this new rule that Munchy’s has made is completely legal and is not considered discrimination. It cannot be considered illegal because it cannot form the basis for a civil rights case alleging discrimination (Civil Rights). Discrimination can occur in education, employment, housing, health care services, land use or zoning, transportation, and voting. But in the context of civil rights law, unlawful discrimination refers to unfair or unequal treatment of an individual, not individual groups…

to drink before he/she graduated high school? b. Transitional Sentence (Summary of the rule/background info)- A very controversial that has arisen recently is if the drinking age of most states should be lowered to 18. c. Thesis- Although many believe that the drinking age should be lowered from 21 to 18, the drinking age should not be lowered because of the development of one’s brain, binge drinking, and less responsibility for teen’s actions. 2. Counter claim- a. Rebuttal- 3. Body…

At what age should an individual in the United States be able to experience the pleasure of drinking their first alcoholic beverage? Should the age remain as it is or should the United States follow the majority of the world, where 61% of 196 countries have a legal drinking age of 18-19? The continuous controversy in the United States on whether or not the mandatory legal drinking age should be lowered to 18 years of age has been ongoing for decades. The legal age to consume alcohol in the…

matter the age limit. Anyone who has an intense desire to drink will find a way to access alcohol, no matter their age. A combination of certain emotions and an addictive personality will result in alcoholism. Most people begin to binge drink when they are unhappy with themselves, or something they may have chosen to do in their past. This drinking culture is plaguing people everywhere and altering the environment of a college education. From this article I learned that raising the drinking age…

According to the U.S. government, the age of adulthood is eighteen years old. (U.S., 2016) Due to the government and how it regulates laws this affects what is considered being an adult in our nation. The government is the greatest impact on the two phases of life which are adolescence and old age. The government can change these transitions in the life course by changing laws such as voting law and social security. At eighteen in the United States, you can join the military, move out, marry and…