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    discrimination practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual's race, ethnicity, religion or national origin (ACLU). It was developed during slavery times, slaves were being profiled as criminals; people with no property or value. During the days of lynching in the south racial profiling was being used by the southern sheriffs, these sheriffs would release black suspects to the lynch mobs based on their current profile (ACLU). Law…

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    Supreme Court Principles

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    are the words Equal under the Law. The supreme court is in charge of ensuring that the American people have equal justice under the law and acts as a guardian and an interpreter of the constitution. There are three principals that defines the constitution and how the law works. One principle is that the Constitution stands above ordinary laws. Another principle is that the Supreme Court defines the Constitution and determine the law. Lastly, the court invalidates laws that are conflict with the…

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    American state may deny anyone within the jurisdiction equal protection of the law. After the Civil War, legislators sought to protect freed slaves and their new rights. On July 9, 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment became law and began preserving American rights across all previously dividing factors. The creation of the Equal Protection Act was a turning point, as before it’s conception, the Bill of Rights was the only law that protected citizens rights and addresses the aspects of said…

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    Religion In Antigone

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    government, by obeying the degreed law, was her first and foremost devotion. Secondly, it was honoring her family, which she trusted that she was still doing by refusing her sister’s request. Her last commitment was to religion, or the gods, as she admitted that she may have to ask for forgiveness for her actions. Later in the play she decides that her first duty is to family and offers to die with her sister, but her actions were already set in stone. This corresponds to the Law Code of…

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    we have many inspiring quotes as proof. There is not a direct answer on why we should protest but there are a great many reasons why it is helpful. There are two kind of protests: violent and peaceful. Violent protests are usually going against the law. We might think of them as really impatient people who want their voices heard. The peaceful protests are normally…

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    A foreign policy is anything that takes place outside of the united states, Foreign affairs includes diplomacy, which is developing relationships with other countries. International trade, which is the selling of goods around the world and our militaries international interactions with foreign nations. the governments plan for dealing with issues, both foreign and domestic are known as policies. Some examples of Domestic policies include, no child left behind, medicare and medicate. However, a…

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    Things, The Right to Trial, The Right to Life, The RIght Marriage and Family and We’re All Equal Before the Law. The Universal Declaration of Human rights was adopted by Draft Committee. The commission on Human Rights charid by Eleanor Roosevelt. Eleanor Roosevelt asked a university professor from the university of McGill University, and his name was Dr. John Peters Humphrey. He was a law professor and he was teaching at the University for 21. Fifty six members of the United Nations came…

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    Democracy is defined as a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.Two very well-known men defined in a different way. William Inge, an English author and priest saw democracy as the fact that everyone's vote is worth the same but most people aren’t educated enough to know about the politicians and what they are lying about and what they are telling the truth about. Another well-known man was Abraham Lincoln,…

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    immigrants, legal and illegal, from over the world, come into the United States. These immigrants have many reasons as to why they come to the United states; some enter the U.S. in hope for a better life; others are refugees, fleeing persecution and wars in their country. However, the status of the United States as a nation of immigrants, and a safe haven for refugees from all parts of the globe is about to change following determination by the new administration to make it hard for immigrants,…

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    Hammurabi Code Essay

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    The Hammurabi code The Code of Hammurabi is a compilation of laws and edicts sponsored by Hammurabi, king of Babylon, which forms the first known code of History. The Hammurabi Code is one of the oldest and best-preserved sets of laws in existence. Its norms, based on the application of the Law of the Talion, as a whole, are considered as the prelude to some modern legal concepts. The laws of the Code of Hammurabi were of divine origin and immutable. They were fundamental rules, written to…

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