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    WCAB (Pleasant Valley Prison). It all started when Patrick Lantz, a 33 year old correction officer, was driving home after work. He was fatally killed in a car accident after working overtime. His wife, Shannon Lantz, with four children, applied for workers’ compensation and received no benefits at all. Patrick Lantz worked a double shift for a total of 16 hours. He worked…

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    Belmarsh Case Study

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    the Section 21 of the Anti – Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 and who were detained under Section 23 of that Act. Their Lordships have answered the questions of law, forming the ratio decidendi. Firstly, did Article 15 apply in the Belmarsh case in order to allow the derogation from Article 5 and the suspension of the right to liberty of the suspected terrorists? Article 15 states that in the time of war or other public emergency threatening the life of the nation the state can…

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    Pro Gun Control Laws Essay

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    Why should Americans have to give up our rights to the government even if they are not being used? Gun control is a debate between two sides, one side is wanting stricter laws while the other believes that stricter laws will not help the situations wants to be solved.The government would like to take away American rights to bear arms; that goes against the Second Amendment. Some politicians want to make stricter laws so that buying a gun is really challenging. The opposing side of America’s…

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    What would it be like, back then, to have restrictions by the color of your skin? We as whites can’t possibly understand what it truly feels like to be fully discriminated against. During the Civil Rights Movement many events happened that showed that things never really changed. The Civil Rights Movement was trying to achieve equal access and basic opportunities for African Americans. The South was for discrimination, but the North was against it. The black and slaves codes show how the…

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    The Transgender Movement

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    the LGBT movement. Since then transgender rights and transgendered people, in general, have been a prevalent topic in todays media since the passing of several LGBT laws. The passing of laws in favour of the LGBT, such as, marriage equality law, the transgender community is now focusing on obtaining laws that favour the movement in gaining equal and civil rights. Now ever since the movement emerged there has been a debate over whether there needs to be laws to protect them from discrimination.…

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    The Nuremburg Laws The Nuremburg Laws affected the roles in the Holocaust because all the laws that Hitler made were about excluding the Jews. Antisemitism was very important to the Nazi’s and that’s why all these laws were about removing Jews from everything. Hitler claimed that all Jews are bad and all these laws applied to all Jews no matter what. These laws were to take everything away from the Jews and remove them in everything. These laws “… restricted the civil and human rights of the…

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    Undocumented Barriers

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    major impacts on those who hold it. The first is an inability to legally work in the United States. This may require people to get low-paying jobs that are under the table, dangerous jobs, or other less than desirable positions. The other main impact of this status is the way in which it limits the ability for people to attain higher…

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    Miranda V. Arizona

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    officers across all states in America. The court case of Miranda vs. Arizona set precedence in protecting the rights of alleged criminals when taken into custody by law enforcement officers. The ruling rendered has withstood the test of time in restructuring American criminal jurisprudence. The Supreme Court ruling of 1966 in Miranda vs. Arizona has had a significant impact on the conduct of law enforcement agencies in the United States to present day. The 5th amendment is a privilege enjoyed by…

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    control and more gun laws. According to the second amendment it is our right, to keep and bear arms. There is a large number of guns in the United States. There is an idea that the government wants to take our guns away completely. Would that even work? Will gun laws and restrictions help keep gun violence, shootings, robbery, and threats from happening? Can President Obama really change the gun laws or take away our guns with the second amendment? Why do people think more gun laws will keep us…

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    to the fact that they did not have the Bill of Rights or the ability to amend to the laws of the land. So, throughout this paper I will discover how the U.S. came to create these laws. Learn how the last 240 plus years have affected or been affected by the Bill or Rights and other amended documents. I will dive into what current societal issues that are causing confusion with interpretation the laws. And the last or understanding is how these laws are fairly stable and will change very…

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