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    through her petition, “National Action Against Police Brutality”to fight against the United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch. As of today, she has raised 38,084 signatures to support her cause. However, to make her petition fully active she needs to reach 50,000 supporters. You can help support her, and the raising fight against the national epidemic of unnecessary violence by going to “Change.org” and searching for “National Action Against Police Brutality”(change.org). Signing the…

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    The filmmaker used logos in the film where William Wilberforce presented a petition to the British parliament in the House of Commons. This scene showed logos in the way that Wilberforce had the majority support from common citizens. The appeal of pathos was used in the scene where Wilberforce was telling the non-abolitionists all…

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    Intertwined in the complicated history of the discipline of anthropology are the concepts of primitivism and unilinearism. These concepts appeared in the analysis of many different ethnicities described as less technologically and culturally developed than that of their Western European counterparts. The trouble with this concept being applied to anthropology is that when peoples are labeled as less developed it becomes easy to consider them less than human or primitive, thereby ranking another…

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    Natural Born Citizens

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    The United States is a nation of immigrants and those who are foreign born and become citizens of the United States should also be given the opportunity to run for presidency. There is a great problem with how the United States handles the qualifications on eligibility to run for president. Prohibiting certain citizens from becoming a president is unjust. This will affect the natural born citizens of the United States and the people who become naturalized citizens. It will affect the natural…

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    The Stuart Period

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    an exception; if Charles would follow and sign the Petition of Right, then the parliament would supply him with money. The Petition of Right stated that taxes could not be charged without the consent of the parliament, and that citizens of Britain could not be imprisoned without legitimate reason. Although Charles signed the Petition of Right in 1628 and started to gain money again, he did not keep his promise. It should be noted that the Petition of Right contradicts with the belief of the…

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    “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives”.A true measurement of a legend is his legacy that is left behind. Jack Roosevelt Robinson was considerably one of the most influential and successful african americans, not only as an athlete but as a civil rights icon. Jackie was born on January 31st in Cairo Chicago. At the time when Jackie was growing up racism was at its peak. Jackie grew up with his mom after his dad left the family. He then moved to Pasadena,California,he…

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    On President John Adams last day in office in 1803, he named forty-two justices of the peace and sixteen new circuit court justices for the district of columbia. John Adams signed the commissions and Secretary of State John Marshall sealed them, but they were not delivered by the end of Adams’s presidential term. Thomas Jefferson refused to honor the commissions because they were not delivered by the end of John Adams’s term. William Marbury was one of the justices of the peace appointed by John…

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    Although the situation seemed irredeemable, I decided not to surrender. A few days later I wrote a petition, which listed several cases of Dr. W.’s bias against pupils including me, and asked the administration to replace Dr. W. by another teacher. After I had read the petition to my classmates, I asked them if they would join me in signing it. As I expected, the only words I heard were: “There is no way you will succeed.” “Probably,” I…

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    Wage Garnishment Essay

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    petitioners always have a reason that they filed for bankruptcy. In every instance it was because they had too much debt to handle, but in almost every instance there was also that one last problem or situation that caused them to make the leap to petition the court for a discharge of debt. For many, this occurs when their paycheck is garnished. What Is Wage Garnishment and Who Can Garnish My Wages? Wage garnishment refers to a creditor or debt collector obtaining permission from the court…

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    Case Study: Bernardo V.

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    the variables and with the joint effort of all, we understand that the lawsuit will have the following chronology: (A) Yesterday the GPC's lawyer talked with the Administrator of the Judicial Recovery. The Administrator would have said that the petition will be filed today to the case records. He also reported that will be favorable to the intended sale. (B) June 27th to July 6th - Period in which the process should be in the Prosecutor's Office. The GPC's lawyer believes that the Prosecutor…

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