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The state of Maryland follows the common law when it comes to self-defense: the amount of forced used when defending oneself and the duty to retreat. The definition of self-defense given by the common law is “The right of a person to protect oneself with reasonable force against another person who is threatening to inflict force upon one 's person.” Correspondingly, the duty to retreat is “The doctrine holding that a victim of a deadly assault must attempt to safely retreat before using deadly…

Freedom isn’t free. It’s an ideal that has to be fought for. Freedom is won with determination, hard work, and tears. The framers of the constitution understood this and created the United States Constitution to protect the people’s freedom. In this document, the founders agreed that the new, American government would stand to protect the rights of all United States citizens. The Constitution begins with the Preamble. In the beginning, some people were wary of the preamble. These wary people…

If the word “federalism” was to be broken down, then the term itself must has something to deal with the federal government, or the US government as a whole. However, this terminology has a whole opposite concept of the word itself, literally. Federalism is an idea of government powers that are divided by the national government and the states’ governments. National government is the one that is in charge of mailing and sending troops to wars,while states governments are the ones handing the…

The relationship between the State and Federal governments is complex and they are broken up into many different parts. Also the State and Federal Governments have different amounts of influence over the economy and the citizens. Another thing is that the government system and relationship between the two is very complex and controversial. This paper will discuss the relationship between the State and Federal governments and the complexity of the systems of government. The roles of the Federal…

The Texas Legislature is the most significant representative institution within the whole state. It is also the most powerful out of the three branches of government. The Texas Legislature consists of a bicameral body that is organized of one hundred and fifty House of Representatives members and of thirty-one Senate members. The House of Representatives has a chief presiding officer that is known as the Speaker of the house. Speaker of the house is one of the individuals that has a powerful…

Americans Are Worth More Than 725 The American people are worth more than just seven dollars and twenty-five cents per hour. If you live in America you probably know that a big issue in politics right now, is raising minimum wage. Many people think it would help our economy, but businesses that do not care about their employees try to convince us that it would hurt the economy by paying working human beings a wage they can actually live on. Big business owners like to make the point that they…

Should The U.S. Lower The Drinking Age To 18? The minimum age drinking age across all states in the US is legally set at 21 years. However, there are exceptions varying from one state to the other depending on their legislation mechanism. These exceptions may be based upon various reasons such as drinking under the supervision of an adult, at home or even if it is for medical reasons. MLDA (minimum legal drinking age) has become a contentious subject across the nation. The argument is that…

Another example why many people do not accept surveillance is because it has also affect the people by causing discrimination against one another. Greenwald also states “Some of the surveillance was ostensibly devoted to terrorism suspects. But great quantities of the program manifestation have nothing to do with national security.” (94) In this quote Greenwald says that many of the programs have nothing to do with national security because they don’t just see the information or everything…

A problem America faces today is the fight for marijuana to be legalized in all fifty states. Would it be wise for the government to legalize recreational and medical use of marijuana? The U.S. can’t come to an agreement all together just to legalize and just profit off of it by taxing marijuana. People with wide chronic pain are requesting for the use of medical weed to help take the edge off of pain because they don’t want to take pills. Pills can lead to addiction and can hurt your body over…

In early American history, not many Supreme Court cases had a larger impact than the impact felt after the ruling in McCulloch v. Maryland 17 US 316 (1819). The impact of this case is still felt today and a reverse judgement would have changed the landscape of this country’s financial system. McCulloch v. Maryland was argued in late February and early March of 1819, and decided on March 6, 1819, three days after the final arguments (Oyez). Although this case is not taught as often as Marbury v.…