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    Abortion is a very sensitive and controversial issue to discuss and argue about. There are many arguments of whether abortion is allowed or not. Many people think that abortion should not be allowed, and it is a very immoral decision to make for women because people think that abortion is just like committing murder and it is killing the human fetus. There are some people think that it depends on how large the fetus is. If the fetus is small, it does not count as murder, but if the fetus is…

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    Changes in Apple Code of Conduct In the Apple industry, code of the conduct was firstly introduced in 2005. Although over the years of Apple has made many changes through their codes of conduct depending on different types of risks. These in take settings have many risks that they might need to present themselves. Or to cover the areas the company, may already overlook. Apple 2015 the changes are given more new challenges that present themselves in many new occupations that are highly…

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    Rights Amendment used family to support the amendment by stating that women should be treated equal to men in court over custody, while the side against the bill argued that changing the roles of women would do harm to the upbringing of children. Parham v. Hughes ruling declared that father’s of children without being married to the mother before birth does not hold the same rights to the child as the mother does. The ERA argues that father’s deserve equal rights to the child seeing how both…

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    Whether one is pro-choice or pro-life, the topic of abortion awakens a lot of strong feelings and opinions. Is it the governments place to jump in and decide whether or not abortion should be legal? I do not believe an anti-abortion amendment should be made to the Constitution. While it is my personal opinion that abortion is a terrible thing and I would never have one myself, we need to think of the full implications of this amendment. Also, I still believe people should have the right to make…

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    Marbury v Madison was a Supreme Court case in 1803 was pivotal in that it solidified that the Constitution is indeed, “the fundamental and paramount law of the nation” (POLS210). The Marbury v Madison case solidified the Supreme Courts power of judicial review. The Marbury v. Madison case, “was the first U.S. Supreme Court cast to apply the principal of “judicial review”…the power of the federal…

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    thereby violating the right to privacy provisions guaranteed in the 14 amendment to the U.S constitution, the basic principle at the core of the Roe v. Wade decision.…

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    by each other. By doing this, the branches could check on one another in order to prevent one branch from overpowering the other branches. The Executive branch could veto a bill, but the Legislative branch could override the veto. In case of Marbury v. Madison, President Jefferson signed the commissions that were approved by the Senate. Jefferson informed his Secretary of State, James Madison not to deliver the commissions. While an appointee named William Marbury, decides to issue a petition…

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    that the two separate cases of Roper v. Simmons and Thompson v. Oklahoma the act of murder was committed by minors who were tried, convicted, and deserving of a fitting punishment. However, in this analogy between the primary and secondary analogue, the argument of Roper v. Simmons is if a minor under the age of 18 should be sentenced to Capital Punishment, and if doing so is a direct violation of the Eighth Amendment citing cruel and unusual punishment (Roper v. Simmons, 2005). The Supreme…

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    Four years after Roe v. Wade was implemented, the Supreme Court upheld a Connecticut law that prohibited Medicaid funding of abortions unless a physician certified the abortion as "medically necessary.” Due to the ruling from the Supreme Court, Congress enacted the Hyde Amendment, banning federal resources from supporting abortions (Stephens). The Hyde amendment did not completely remove federal aid for abortions but at the time, it significantly limited it. Even though Roe v. Wade has been in…

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    I think the Constitution should be flexible and that the United States Supreme Court should have the power to change laws that no longer reflect societal norms and that are deemed unconstitutional. The flexibility in the constitution allows the government to adapt to changing needs of the society in the future. Many people like James Madison believe that the Constitution should not be altered or fixed but rather followed the same way it was written. On the other hand, many Americans like Thomas…

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