Hate crime laws in the United States

State versus Federal Government In the United States, there are two types of laws: state laws and federal laws. While many different states have different opinions on how their local governments should be run, they all follow federal laws. For example, in New York, you must be 21 years old if you want to buy cigarettes in Suffolk County. But in Onondaga, you only have to be 19. But that’s a state law only. The federal law on the other hand states that you must be at least 18 years old to…

The United States believe everyone should have a fair trial and equal rights. People in the United States use to the laws. Every country has different laws and different rights. Other countries do not have the same laws as the United States. When people go to visit other countries need to know those laws and respect them. The first colonies were Van Diemen 's Land in 1825 when another colony was abandoned. The other colonies are Western Australia. Western Australia becomes colonies in 1827.…

Why then does the American government show such little responsibility with the great power they possess? The concept of freedom has been a contested subject for ages in the United States. It has assumed various meaning during the different stages of the American history. Mass surveillance has become a tool of political domination. However, technologies being used to monitor people. During the era of the founding fathers, it stood for liberation from political authoritarianism. Freedom in the…

Earth belongs to the living generation. Its history, the government, the freedom, and the laws of this land belong to those before us- those who have fought and deliberated American liberty for years. The institutions we enjoy today are byproducts of history, ones we “inherited” through trial and error of our previous generations. As so, although the evolving standards of decency calls for evolvement of laws, the idea of rewriting the American Constitution every 19 years elicit many concerns.…

Comparison of the Government Information Release Systems in the United States and China A. Introduction Due to globalization and an increase in peoples’ demands, many countries have established government information release systems (hereinafter GIRS), which require that governments open their files and information to the public actively or passively. Government information release systems are important systems to protect peoples’ rights, to promote business, to prevent corruption and to…

who obtained guns legally in the United States. The Virginia Tech massacre sparked the idea of gun control. It has been a controversial issue in American politics ever since, yet Congress refuses to strengthen restrictive gun control laws. Although background checks have prevented 2.8 million gun sales to unqualified purchasers since the enactment of the Brady Bill in 1994, guns still sneak their ways into the hands of the deranged. Each year in the United States, the number of people killed by…

INVITATION TO TREAT UNITED STATES In United States the invitation to treat is known as invitation to bargain. Invitation to bargain in the US also same as invitation to treat in UK, because the primary sources of the US law is from English common law, case law, statutes and the constitution. Therefore, the English common law was used as foundation of the US law. The UK and US lawyers break down the procedure of contract information into three steps, which are invitation to treat (invitation to…

The Common Law tradition is a uniform set of rules applied to a country as a whole. Founded in the Kings courts in England 1066 by William the Conqueror and his successors these rules unified a country according to the crimes committed; before this, disputes were settled according to traditions depending on the region lived. (Miller, R. 2013) According to Roger Miller, author of Fundamentals of Business Law, common law is a body of general rules that applied throughout the entire English realm…

to the United States and for this reason it is been more complicated to apply for a visa. The United States embassy wants to make sure visitors do not overstay in the country. Data shows that there are many over stayers and the punishment is not as harsh as to enter illegally to the country. In the book punishment, politics deviance and injustice Martinez explained how people are been affected psychologically and emotionally for continuously being discriminated and punished by racist laws and…

USA PATRIOT Act, as civil liberty violations, it set the baseline for the implementation of the USA Freedom Act. Additionally, if one decides to participate in any activities that are a direct or indirect threat to the homeland security of the United States, then your civil liberties should be taken away. Every means needed to stop said direct or indirect threat should be implemented, regardless if the person is a citizen or not. There are seven characteristics in which every…