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2012). With the taxation, the hope would be that soft drinks would soon become the dietary version of the cigarette. During the 2012 elections two cities in the state of California put forth sugar sweetened beverage (SSB) tax propositions on the ballot. With taxation would come decrease in consumption especially among the young, which studies have shown lead to weight loss (Jou, Niederdeppe, Barry, & Gollust, 2014). The propositions ultimately failed due to vague proposition wording and tax…

Every four years, on the first Tuesday in November, millions of American citizens go to the polls and vote indirectly for their President. However, the actual election takes place in December, and only 538 people are involved. This small group of people is called the Electoral College. This paper will explain how the Electoral College works and analyze how it factors into the campaign strategies in Presidential election. The US Constitution was forged 200 hundred years ago in which time America…

- Introduction - The Olympic movement accumulating with the Olympic Games, is perhaps the most distinguishable and substantial pupil cultural event (Roche, 1998). What is recognisable today as the Modern Olympics first began in Athens, 1896, attracting 311 athletes from 13 countries (Kitroeff, 2005). Throughout this period the Olympics was a combination of athletic games that sustained religious rituals (Koulouri, 2006). At the forefront of the Athens games was the opportunity to showcase…

Therefore, it is a one of the factors that Barak Obama could be the first African-American president. Actually, according to the result of a ballot counting, that he is African-American was helpful when he became the president in U.S. because 48% of American advocated him but 66% of Latino and 98% of African-Americans advocated him. According to the result of the ballot counting about Americans and Latino, racism about African-American doesn 't exist in U.S anymore. Like this, seeing at…

Proposition 56 is a California ballot proposition on the November 8, 2016 ballot that would increase the cigarette tax by $2.00 per pack, with equivalent increase on other tobacco products and electronic cigarettes containing nicotine. We are in favor of this proposition to pass so it can help people. In a way of to stop them from,smoking so they won't end with damages in their body. Also helping little kids walk around with smelling the smell of cigarettes.And as well they won't be influenced…

On 1873 Susan B. Anthony wrote a speech. In the speech “On Women’s Right to Vote” Anthony is trying to ask the people to prove woman’s deserve it. When she was beginning the speech she was explaining to them that she was charged for a crime of voting at their last presidential election in 1872. In several states laws were made for discrimination against women. When Anthony quoted the Federal constitution it said “We the people of the United States…” then she goes on to say that is says we the…

due to not meeting the requirements and would continue to face voting barriers. Which now twelve states required this law it was proving that the “Voting Rights Act had properly changed from first-generation barriers to second-generation barriers to ballot access” (Liptak 59) Texas would be the first state to continue a trend which most states would follow up and continue to bring back…

Occupy Central, also known as The Umbrella Movement, is a civil disobedience campaign initiated by Benny Tai Yiu-ting. Occupy Central’s main purpose was to pressure the government into changing the electoral system that called for equal suffrage. Equal suffrage, also known as universal suffrage, is the right to vote for all adults who are not disqualified by the laws of the country.Where universal suffrage exists, the right to vote is not restricted by sex, race, social status, education level,…

1. The Three Strikes Law is a law that constructs the actions courts must take to handle a felon convicted a third time. Moreover, it works to paralyze those more like to commit crimes by forcing the courts to impose harsher sentences on repeat criminal offenders. 2. States virtually had different ways of passing their three strikes law. For example, the State of Washington three strikes law was passed by voters and called Initiative 593. The State of California law was passed by legislators and…

State Constitution Essay Montana, the 41st state, began with a territorial government. In 1998 Montana then changed to a federal system, meaning it developed district courts and a supreme court for the territory. The original constitution for the state of Montana was written in 1889. This system failed due to the costs and lack of efficiency. The purpose at this time was to halt the corporation that had taken hold due to the politicians taking funds from the public treasuries. The delegates…