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with drug addictions. In 1980 Ronald Regan is elected as the 40th President with little progress in the War on Drugs. This changes in October, 12th 1984, the administration signs the Comprehensive Crime Control Act (CCCA) of 1984. The law changed federal sentencing, revised bail, and a little known addition in the law are stipulations for Civil…

letter that stated the reason for her termination was due to Lewis being hostile during the interview. Lewis filed a suit against Hartland for gender discrimination based on unlawful gender stereotyping. However, the suit was dismissed by the district court prompting Lewis to file an appeal. The legal issue being presented in this case is discrimination based on…

1) The Supreme Court case, Miranda v. Arizona (1966), established a set of procedures required for law enforcement to follow when notifying a suspect of their rights before entering custody or undergoing custodial interrogation (Rennison, C. M., & Dodge M. (2016). Introduction to Criminal Justice: Systems, Diversity and Change [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from https://webcourses.ucf.edu/courses/1219517/files?preview=58654921). The Miranda Warning is as follows: “You have the right to…

A nation divided, will the United States ever unite as a whole? The real question at hand would be, why? Since the United States became a country, the country was already divided due to the different opinions that the founding fathers had. Still in the present time, one can find division in the country. For example, so many people express different views about the right of voting. Should non-citizens or immigrants have the right to vote? There have been so many arguments over who can and who…

“It seems to me as clear as daylight that abortion would be a crime” (Gandhi, Mahatma). Federal law has given women the right to kill their children through abortion. Since the ruling of the Roe v. Wade in 1973, 58,586,256 (or close to 59 million?) children in America have lost their lives before they ever have the chance to protect themselves. In 2015 alone, 1,058,400 children were killed in the United States, and 43,800,000 world wide by abortion. The fight against abortion is the bloodiest…

Roe v. Wade was a milestone court case in women’s right to privacy. This case focuses on the issue of abortion and is one of the most well-known court cases from the 20th century. This all started when a single women, Norma McCorvey, got pregnant and decided that she did not want to keep her baby. She made many attempts of her own to get rid of the child such as claiming rape to get a legal abortion to trying to get the abortion done illegally. Having no success in either of those two options…

The debate over abortion reached another peak over the summer as pro-life supporters faced one of their biggest defeats, in the Supreme Court 's ruling for the Whole Woman 's Health V, Hellerstedt case. In The New York Times article "Where the Pro-Life Movement Goes Next" author Mary Ziegler blames the movement 's recent struggles on their failure to maintain a positive image in the media, as well as accusing the government for over stepping their boundaries by deciding when life begins in the…

to increased stigma and unaddressed financial concerns. Grace Herdelin AP United States History Mr. Reader 6 June 2016 Women have struggled for the right to proper reproductive healthcare for decades, particularly for access to birth control and abortion. However, birth control was not readily available to women up until the 20th century because it was illegal in the United States. When three activists Emma Goldman, Mary Dennett, and Margaret Sanger worked together in 1914…

2033-001 21 March 2016 Virus GOV. Virus MEV-1 in the film is based on the epidemic of H1N1 in the United States and the world overall. The rapid spread of the disease was alarming and frightening to the government agencies such as the local health departments and centers for disease of control and prevention (CDC). Contagion the movie was a prime example of showing how the local, state, and federal government agencies react towards an epidemic situation rapidly. In the film it was…

The United States of the 1950s was rife with controversy, uncertainty, and tension. Much of this resulted from the international problems that plagued the country, largely due to the end of World War II and the onset of the Cold War. But domestically, the Civil Rights movement was heating up and applying pressure on the US government more significantly than it had in several decades. In 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously overturned the long-held rule of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which had…