Dianne Feinstein

In the modern world, technology has been adapted to simplify nearly every aspect of life. From apps that offer an array of services to robots that can vacuum your floors for you, technology is becoming a defining aspect of modern society. As technology continues to develop, autonomous cars are transitioning from a fantasy to reality. Autonomous cars are a revolutionary new car design that allows the passenger the ability to complete other tasks as their car safely delivers them to their…

In May 1939, the United States sent nearly 1000 people to their deaths when they refused to allow a ship named the Saint Louis to dock at American ports because of immigration policy. Now we hold holocaust parades and have memorials just to say we will never again sit idle and let people like them die, whether they be foreign or not. Yet every year, hundreds of thousands of immigrants die from international terrorist groups such as ISIS or the National Liberation Army (ELN) while sitting on the…

worthy to be up for the part of helping with mental as well as physical diseases. I believe medical marijuana should be legalized for the medical patients who suffer from mental illness as well as physical disease. Earlier this year, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senator Chuck Grassley, Senator Patrick Leahy, and Senator Tom Tillis introduced the Cannabidol Research Expansion Act which would help scientists further their research on the medicinal drug without dealing with federal laws for certain…

were clear cutting everything in sight to pay off the bonds they sold to buy this forest. Pacific Lumber, which had been doing sustainable logging for generations, suddenly became an environmental villain due to the hostile takeover. Senator Dianne Feinstein helped put together $380 million in state and federal money to purchase Headwaters, a pristine old growth redwood forest, within the Pacific Lumber lands, east of Eureka.…

Jhaneidy Checo CRT / Prof. Boluch Winter '16 Hi Senator Dianne Feinstein, A man first shot his mother with a Marlin .22, where he then took a vehicle and transported firearms to a school. He brought his weapons onto school grounds – breaking the law – and throughout his journey to every classroom, murdered children and teachers. How would you react if you were one of the teachers who could have stopped this man on the act? This was the Sandy Hook Elementary school shoot out, and Adam Lanza had…

Gun Control During a 60 minutes interview Senator Dianne Feinstein from California stated “If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States, for an outright ban, picking up every one of them (every gun) Mr. and Mrs. America, turn ‘em all in. I would have done it.” (Brown). This statement could be seen as going against our Constitutional rights and is an example of the ideas of legislators trying to pass bills that would establish gun control regulations. While the second…

Schmann (2014), in addition to creating a smoking cessation program, CVS Health created a media campaign called #OneGoodReason. This movement captured the attention of many celebrities-- celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton, Senators Dick Durbin, Dianne Feinstein and Tom Harkin; actresses Rita Wilson and Josie Davis; model and activist Christy Turlington; and First Lady Michelle Obama. The campaign objective impacted the target audience, which are smokers and prospective…

attacks (although initially they supported them and even co-strategized with the U.S.). Domestically, there are concerns over oversight on the executive branch. Even congress has chimed in on the issue, including Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), calling for a special court to oversee the drone strikes and reasoning and evidence backing them. Overall, drone strikes raise serious ethical and moral concerns; however, they also provide nations with flexible fiscal…

Did you know that 116,255 people are shot in the U.S. every year from attacks or suicide? 35,141 people die and 81,114 are injured. Through the examples of school shootings, mass shootings, and outdated laws, a reader will see that guns MUST be outlawed in the U.S. School shootings are one main reason that gun laws need to change. On Wednesday, February 14th at 2:21 PM Nikolas Kruz took out is AR-15 and open fired on high school students in Parkland, Florida. He killed 17 people. These were…

Snowden’s Treason The National Security Agency(NSA) is in charge with the protection of United States’ communication and information systems. Edward Snowden was an operative of this agency who had access to citizen’s social and private information. Edward Snowden is now seeking asylum in Russia, restricted from entering American soil or else he would be arrested for various reasons. In May of 2013, Edward Snowden leaked classified documents of PRISM (Planning Tool for Resource Integration,…