Rasul v. Bush

After the devastating events that occurred on September 11, 2001, the numbers 9 and 11 are no longer just two ordinary numbers. These numbers are a constant reminder to the American people that such a catastrophe is possible and no one can predict what the future holds. These numbers now serve as more than just an emergency telephone number. These numbers mean something personal to all Americans who witnessed this historic event not long ago. The 2,977 deaths on that day in the World Trade…

How To Be “The Donald” Have you ever wondered what it would be like to hold the highest office in our land? The prestige, the honor, and the respect that comes with the job is what 43 men have had the chance to experience. And, this year, it was explicit that our nation would have the first women president to take the oath of the presidency. But, there is one orange, beautifully haired man, who refuses to let this transpire and is leading the charge to the democratic frontrunner, Hillary Clinton…

unnecessary as both of them were either unneeded and harm each of the sides equally. The War of 1812 was brought about the republican government that used the war as an exercise of legislative and executive power not unlike the modern Republicans under Bush did during the Iraq War were we as a country unilaterally invade a…

Humanity Barred “I’m not sure which is worse: intense feeling or the absence of it.” - Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin. The Human Rights Act is a document that was drafted in a time of global crisis. Article 5 is defined as a ban on torture or cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment. While this document was created to combat torturous acts, unfortunately they have been repeated through history, ranging on a small scale to a global crisis. Society will continue to repeat acts…

group of scientists created a line of stem cells out of human embryos that could be used for genetic engineering research in November 1998. When George W. Bush became president he received immense pressure to ban the funding and research for stem cell research, and it led him to ban the proposed funding for the research. To support his actions Bush argued that the stem cells found by the scientists were contaminated with blood products from rodents, and he said that they would provide unreliable…

Authority was the administrator of this act. On September 7th, 2004, the Pentagon released information on the number of military deaths experienced in Iraq. 1,000 was the number, primarily due to anti-coalition forces in central Iraq. On the 16th, Bush was informed that their might be a civil war in Iraq, due to insurgent forces still have a strong hold on many areas of Iraq and being very strong in numbers. Iraq’s election was held on January 30th, 2005, the first free one in 50 years. Even…

The CNN Chief Political Correspondent was Dana Bush and the CNN Chief National Correspondent was John King. Dana Bush did not really talk about the speech itself, instead talking more about Obama’s history and how he lost Democratic control of the Senate and the House of Representatives. John King talked about how Obama was disagreeing…

The Affordable Care Act also known as ObamaCare has been a big issue in healthcare for the past couple of years. It is important to understand the individual mandate that is involved in ObamaCare Act because it will help you understand the problem the individuals are facing while getting health insurance. What I am searching for in ObamaCare to better understand is the individual mandate by looking at the Political history involvement of the act, the actions taken by congress, president, and the…

Defense, Robert M. Gates, as a strategic leader in two specific areas: his ability to build consensus and unite the Military and Congress with a unifying strategic approach to the war in Iraq during his first year (2006-2007) under President George H. Bush and his approach to rebuilding the 2010 defense budget under President Obama. I contend that Sec. Gates was an influential strategic leader who demonstrated five dimensions of meta-leadership because he built established trust among…

Many news sources covered gun violence and potential gun policies in the wake of the Umpqua Community College shooting in Oregon. Each news outlet that covered the issue did it in a slightly different way, and in many cases with some bias. This bias can be caused by a variety of factors, such as the outlet’s target audience, who sponsors the outlet, and even the author’s socioeconomic background. The Washington Post is one of the most well respected news sources in world on both the Internet…