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    the United States grants certain rights to the federal government and to the state government. Both the federal and state governments can make laws. Any laws made by a state will be binding on their territory under its jurisdiction while federal laws bind all states. unless there is a state law that directly contradicts the federal law. When laws begin contradicting the supremacy clause comes in. The Supremacy Clause is found in the second paragraph of Article VI of the constitution. It states…

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    Constitution and Western Civilization has its own Shriah Law. And since the Koran instructs Sharia as absolute citizens cannot petition nor protest or voice an opinion. The notion of peaceful Muslims can only exist if every Muslim pledge allegiance to the United States of America. Studies shown in England, Germany, France, and Spain concluded that Muslims' disregards western culture having Islam schools complimenting the Dress code and Shariah Law. San Bernardino massacre opened my psyche…

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    Administrative Law encompasses laws and legal principles that govern the administration and regulation of federal government agencies. Such agencies are delegated certain power by Congress to act as agents for the executive . For example, according to 38 U.S. Code § 301 the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is an executive department of the United States that holds the power to administer laws that provide benefits and other services to veterans and their beneficiaries . The goal of…

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    In my prompt I will be typing up, it will be sharing about the Jim Crow Laws. So what is the Jim Crow laws? Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. Jim Crow laws affected many African-Americans in many ways, one way was financial problems. Jim Crow Laws wanted to specifically separate the white and colored people. There were many ways and things the southern states did to many sure there was a difference and separation between white…

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    The United States has over three-hundred million guns. Every year four million new guns enter the market in our country solely. With all these guns, the gun control laws would be expected to be more stern. Many believe the United States should have tougher gun laws. In the United States we suffer the loss of more than thirty-two thousand Americans to gun violence. That is on an average of eighty-seven deaths each day from children to adults, male or female. For example, on December 14, 2012, an…

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    Jim Crow laws were state and local laws used to enforce racial segregation in the Southern United States. These laws lasted for decades until their ban only 52 years ago in 1965, but their presence is still felt today. After the Jim Crow laws were banned, a new wave of segregation took over with the Separate but Equal Act. Although the name of the act makes it seem as if all races were on the same level of social, political, and economic equality, the harsh reality is the exact opposite. Black…

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    the preposterous and nearly laughable gun laws in the United States. Yes, I am a liberal, who reads liberal news and who has seen “Bowling for Columbine”, a biased documentary on gun control laws by Michael Moore. However, I do try to be as flexible as I can in relation to politics. I really do try and look at all sides of an issue. Nonetheless I can not understand how there are people who still defend the second amendment of the US constitution that states an American’s right to bear arms.…

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    shootings due to the lack strict gun control law. His argument was, there are mentally ill people in every country, especially those advance nation, but we are the only nation that have more people killed by our own guns than been killed by Terrorists. The President uses this comparison because he knew that all of us understand how dangerous Terrorist can be, but as bad as the situation with terrorism, it is nothing to compare with having no strict gun control laws. The President also mention…

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    In the United States, there are high ethical standards that have to be followed in the criminal justice system. To work in law enforcement in the United States, a person of interest has to go through an extensive background check to determine whether they have good moral character which may include a polygraph exam and a psychological exam. “How To Become A Police Officer” by Timothy Roufa updated October 12, 2016 The Balance.com If so much is demanded of a Police Officer who openly carries a…

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    people die each year in the United States in relation to some type of gun violence. If there were to be restrictions on how easy one can acquire a firearm, there would be significantly less deaths in the country. Laws regarding the purchasing of guns should be passed in order to ensure the safety of Americans by which it would be harder for criminals to get guns and the less accessibility there is, the less amount of accidents would ensue. The United States is the number one leading…

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