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    civil rights is different for the ordinary individual and the individual in power. 4 For instance, “Former Assemblyman Dennis Gabrysczak Resigned from the Assembly in January 2014 shortly after being accused of sexual harassment by seven former legislative staffers. Lawsuits are pending against Gabrysczak, who was first elected to the Assembly in 2006.” (Syracuse.com) If the ordinary individual had done this act then their case would never had been in pending. Though everyone is equal in the eye…

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    Electoral Reform

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    an equality guarantee. This is essentially a quota that requires a certain number of Members of Parliament to be women (Tremblay & Stockemer 2013). However, such a measure is controversial and some have said that “Canada is highly resistant to legislative measures that would guarantee women seats, perceiving such measures as discriminatory, insulting to women, and overly interventionist” (Courtney & Smith 2010). Some women themselves see such a measure as unnecessary as a female Member of the…

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    Gaul, Syria, and Egypt provinces that only he could control. By the end of his rule Augustus even had the right to summon the senate at his leisure (not that anyone would deal with senators for leisurely purposes). “Although the assemblies continued to exist as legislative and elective bodies, they could no longer claim to represent the will of the Roman people. Augustus proposed laws to them by virtue of his tribunician power. He adopted the practice also of specifying preferences among…

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    Rome: The Roman Republic

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    highest ranking in the Roman Republic and were most often patricians. The consuls both had many important duties to the Roman Republic such as managing the government by supervising the work of government officials, acting as a judge between the Assembly and Senate, and being the commander of the army. The power of the veto was also introduced to the consuls; it was a form of checks and balances between the branches. In a state of emergency, the consuls had the duty to decide who will be the…

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    sentiments of the Republic. As territory expansions brought great wealth into the country, power hungry senators and government officials harbored political ambitions and competed for power. Political treachery and self-interest within the senate and the assemblies gave way to economic turmoil and social unrest. The fight for control under the existing Republic ultimately demanded a conversion toward Empire, but before the transition could take place Rome would have to go through a series of…

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    law of the land in the United States. The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, which was created in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship. (dictionary.com). It was introduce by James Madison as a series of legislative. The Fourth Amendment states that “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effect, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not…

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    LB203 Constitutional Law

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    the impugned provisions and any legitimate end. The existence of a legitimate end is confirmed in the ‘general anti-corruption purposes of the EFED Act’ in Unions NSW v New South Wales (2013) 88 ALJR 227. In a NSW Parliamentary debate in the Legislative Assembly, 28 May 2014, Premier Nathan Rees explained the reason property developers were singled out was because corruption requires both motive and opportunity; property developers have large profit as incentives for…

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    The Anti-Federalist Papers were written not by one man, but by many. Either in fear or just yearning for anonymity, most of its writers used pseudonyms such as: Brutus, Federal Farmer, and Centinel just to name a few. Even today we struggle to pin down the identities of these authors, but there is some speculation. George Clinton, Robert Yates, Samuel Bryan, Melancton Smith, Richard Henry Lee, Mercy Otis Warren, and Patrick Henry are suspected as being the authors of the letters. Doubting I have…

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    greater purpose, it keep the government in check and aid on the protection of the citizens. Part of the structure prohibits the government from interfering with areas, such as, freedom of conscience, freedom of speech or expression, freedom of assembly or association, and freedom from arbitrary search and seizure. This was later evolved and call Bill…

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