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conducted a study which was published in the Columbia Journal of Gender in Law last April, discussing the increase in stealthing and its effects. California expanded its definition of “rape” last May. Cristina Garcia, who chairs the Legislative Women’s Caucus, really hit the nail on the head: “Stealthing is rape…Penetration without consent is rape.” Consent is often the crux in sexual assault cases, but stealthing has yet to be considered illegal everywhere. There isn’t a reason that exists that…

MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESS IN CALIFORNIA HAVE TERM LIMITS AS A REACTION TO THE POWER OF INCUMBENTS.-NO ROLE IN TERMS OF THE NOMINATION OF JUDGES/JUSTICES COMPARISON TO THE FEDERAL LEGISLATUREDIFFERENCES IN REGARD TO:-THERE EXIST CAUCUS (GROUPS) OF LEGISLATORS FROM THE SAMEPOLITICAL PARTY OR INTEGRATED BY LEGISLATORS PURSUING COMMON ISSUES (REGARDLESS OF THEIR PARTY).-THE LEADERSHIP OF THE TWO CHAMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE IS ELECTED. ANY SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE FEDERAL LEGISLATION…

Vice-President of Public Relations), Olivia Candau, Lynea Cutshall, Lauren Cutshall, Valley Cantrell, and Jacob Cantrell. They were accompanied by FCCLA Adviser Lori Cantrell. Over 7500 attended the conference. State Officer Kylie Green helped lead two state caucus meetings of the 280-member Arkansas delegation. She also served as a voting delegate to elect the new national officers based on resumes, candidate speeches, and a networking session to evaluate interpersonal skills. Three HSHS…

In 2002, former President George W. Bush signed The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 into law with bi-partisan support. While signing NCLB into law, Former President Bush said, "Today begins a new time in public education... America 's school will be on a new path of reform and a new path of results" (Olson, 2002). As a reauthorization and improvement of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, NCLB had a mission to increase school and teacher accountability in order to narrow…

Appropriations Committee: A congressional committee that works with federal spending. So What: The appropriations committee holds the power of the purse, and controls all the senate's spending. Bicameralism: A lawmaking body made up of two houses. So What: In a bicameral legislature bills are produced in a way that will represent the states and the people. commerce power: Power to regulate foreign trade and between the states. So What: Commerce power is important because it’s congress’…

NEW HAMPSHIRE – U.S. Ohio Governor John Kasich had a breakout moment at Saturday evenings’ New Hampshire GOP debate. The 2016 Republican primary has garnered a largely negative reputation. As big name candidates such as Donald Trump and Ted Cruz make statements for shock value and gain attention doing so, many mainstream Americans look to the GOP debates as a spectacle. The remaining candidates who participated in the February 6 debate were governors - Jeb Bush of Florida, John Kasich of Ohio…

Beginning of the Environmental Justice Movement In 1982, the North Carolina government decided to place 6,000 truckloads of soil containing toxic polychlorinated biphenyls in the city of Afton,Afton is a small community located in poor, rural Warren County, North Carolina, and at the time, had an 84 percent African-American population. Protesters against sitting the landfill in Afton argued that the sitting decision was discriminatory and was made because the community was minority and poor.…

A quick overview of racism, slavery and terrorism and how they all go together. Slavery and terrorism are the start of racism, it began the world’s outlook on black people. Slavery started centuries ago but soon over time people saw the awfulness of slavery. The banning of slavery required a century and a half, the British abolished slavery throughout the empire in 1833, and by 1843, and the legal status of slavery in British India had been abolished. The French abolished slavery in 1848. The…

Barack Obama and John F. Kennedy were both candidates and presidents at incredibly pivotal time periods in history. As such they faced a wide range of rhetorical obstacles during their candidacy and time as presidents. A rhetorical obstacle is some outside force that can limit a rhetors’ main purpose or goal. A shared obstacle faced by both candidates was that of identity. Identity becomes an obstacle when a rhetors’ audience does not share “common goals/background, beliefs, values, etc.” (1)…

We hope to argue how the nature of the impeachment was indeed a political tactic to weaken the Democratic Parties support by tarnishing the image of their sitting president. Adding to this, the leadership in the Republican caucus attempted to manipulate public opinion to sway the people towards impeaching President Clinton. To add a fresh aspect to the topic, this paper will demonstrate how the impeachment ultimately represented the end of bipartisanship in US congress, and…