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did The Uniting and strengthening America by providing Appropriate Tools Required to intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 or simply put, The Patriot act was signed into law on October 26th, 2001. The purpose of the Patriot Act is to deter and punish terrorist threats domestically and aboard. The act strengthens law enforcement granting them the necessary tools and applications in order to detect and prosecute terrorists around the globe and domestically. The Patriot act has met much…

“Everyone living under the social contract we call democracy has a duty to act responsibly, to obey the laws, and to abandon certain types of self-interested behaviors that conflict with the general good,” (Simon Mainwaring). Mainwaring explains the purpose of the social contract by mentioning the types of traits who conflict with society and prevent it from reaching its ultimate goal, or “common good.” To avoid these behaviors Mainwaring mentions everyone within society must follow the rules…

Amendment I “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” The first amendment states that every American citizen has freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and protest. Along with the rest of the Bill of Rights, the amendment was submitted to the states for…

Clayton Johnson was 56 years old when he was convicted in 1993 for the murder of his wife Janice Johnson, who died on February 20th, 1989. Clayton was a carpenter, high school industrial arts teacher, church volunteer, and father of two. Clayton had already been heading out to work when Janice died. That morning Janice had fallen down the stairs, hit her head and been knocked unconscious, and by the time her body was discovered and rushed to hospital it had already been too late. She had been…

close connection to the fourth amendment, which is the right to privacy. Law enforcement have the right to warrantless searches when a subject is under policy custody. However, there are certain procedures and guidelines that has to be taking in order to ensure a lawfully inventory search. There are court cases that have been presented that makes that exemption to the fourth amendment more complex. This is why it is vital for the law enforcement to be cautious, and avoid impermissible inventory…

coming to it at middle age after years of private law practice, as is the pattern in the United States” ( 427). In the two senates they are divided into three chambers with three members and one member from one of the senate is the president of the ruling and in the other senate is the vice president. The set up and divisions are a little more complicated than the straightforwardness of the United States…

case study (Sharp, Aguirre, & Kickham, 2011) entailed a community of 10,000 residents who were mostly orthodox born-again Christians. The local police department needed a new Chief and rather than promote someone, choosing from their immediate pool of law enforcement officers, the department decided to hire someone from out of town. Unlike, where I reside, in the City of Burbank, the town of Stigler did not have a background process in place. There was no need to as they had always hired their…

is expected to act the same and abide to the rules and regulations the Party established. When it comes to the United States Constitution, most of us will readily agree that it was created to establish America’s national government and fundamental laws. As well as guarantee certain basic rights to citizens. There are several rights guaranteed in our constitution that help create a free and democratic society, however, they are non-existent…

is at its core motivated by humanitarian objectives, once invoking the principles the actor would be required to abide by them as if genuinely driven by them. If a state was to claim humanitarian reasoning, they would then be bound by humanitarian laws and their military actions constrained within them (Mertus 2003: 226). In terms of the controversial US invasion of Iraq, which many believe to have been a case of distorting the R2P principles in an effort to legitimise their use of force, this…

For example, Kantianism has a categorical imperative. Kantianism states that, when testing whether or not a rule should be set in place, people need to ask themselves if they would want such a rule (or even a law) to be applied universally; that is, to everyone without exception (Van Camp, 2014). In this ethical situation, should everyone be subjected to a data search, if the circumstances of police work warrant it, even if it violates personal privacy? Put…