Privacy laws of the United States

happiness without any unnecessary restrictions. Freedom is important because it leads to expressions of original thought, increased creativity and a high quality of life. The idea of freedom is complex and it’s not so easy to understand. In the United States “essential” freedom are “guaranteed” by the Bill of Rights, a part of the constitution. The most well known rights are the freedom of speech, the press, peaceable assembly and petitioning the government. Throughout the history of…

in circumstances where the mother’s life is in jeopardy or rape. • When life begins - Life begins at fertilization when the sperm and egg join together to form one human zygote with a complete set of 23 pairs of chromosomes. - Princeton University states, “ The product of fertilization is a living human being with 46 chromosomes. “ - 46 chromosomes is the complete set of chromosomes in the human genome and thus during fertilization when the zygote develops is when they are characterized as a…

Primitively known as the Kennedy-Kassebaum Bill, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is a set of regulations that became law in 1996: enacted by the United State Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton. “HIPAA is a set of health care regulations with a two-pronged purpose: help patients’ health insurance move with them, and streamline the transfer of medical records from one health care institution to another; create standard for managing medical records to…

The citizens of the United States have been debating whether the police should wear body cameras. Recently this debate has gotten a lot more prevalent after the unjust deaths of an unarmed teen in Ferguson, Missouri , and the death of Eric Garner in New York City. The United States death by police rate is by far higher than any other country, “ In 2011 police killed six people in Australia, two in England, six in Germany, and according to an FBI count, 404 in the United States.” (Stanley 2).…

Supreme Court in the United States of America is the case recognized as (Jane) Roe versus (Henry) Wade which to this day still holds influence in the federal court system and civil society. In short Roe v. Wade was a case in the Texas court system where an expectant mother, joined by another couple and her doctor, who was seeking an abortion in a time when it was illegal. The final decision of the court was that the restriction of abortions to women infringed on their privacy rights and more…

Abortion is the right for a woman to terminate her pregnancy, granted by her right to privacy. This means (to most citizens) that she, and only she, has the right to choose to medically end the pregnancy, through the first trimester, after which life outside the womb is viable. Since the right was granted when our country was founded, it has gone through phases where it somewhat limited, then became incredibly limited, became more readily available, and it is now once again limited. Over time,…

protection, they don’t realize they are giving up their freedom. In economic class, we learn that when one product is increasing, the other product decreases. Life revolves around scarcity, unlimited wants and desires but limited resources. The United States of America is mostly known for freedom and chances, which is why immigrants come from all over the world. Recently it has came to the attention that the government’s…

believed to be involved with criminal activity or a place where criminals gather (“untenable”). Surveillance, in the United States, is an extremely debated topic for many citizens. One person might contemplate what are the costs, and benefits; which was one of Katerina Hadjimatheou’s many points in her article on surveillance. Other citizens might ask themselves, how much of our privacy are they willing to relinquish for the “common good”, before we end up giving up everything? What will our…

the ideals of the Declaration of Independence by treating each state equally, protecting the states and citizens from violence, prioritizing freedoms among citizens that cannot be encroached upon, and permitting the privacy of one’s personal belongings. It could be argued that the ideals of the Declaration of Independence do not reflect the Bill of Rights and the Constitution, as slaves were not given equal rights. The southern states wanted to increase their number of representatives in the…

Senate Bill 1070 is an Arizona Law that requires the Arizona police to check the immigration record on people they pull over. If the immigration position does not say they are from the U.S. they will be transported back to the country that they have come to America from. Many people disagree about this as it is invading people’s privacy. A lot of people that come illegally to America don't even pay the taxes they should. Also, most of the youth that come to America illegally end up most of the…