multiple businesses and the United States government have invested in the research, development, and testing of self-driving vehicles. While these vehicles offer many national economic and safety benefits, many are concerned about the safety and legal problems that come with the hurried legalization of driverless cars. Should federal regulators quickly change the rules so that self-driving cars can become common place on the nation’s roads? Pro: Change the Driving Laws Because of the many…
The American law system encompasses many levels of the law and different branches from which our laws are derived. American law from its origins is primarily simple but builds up into a complex system that takes years of studying to master. Three defining terms explains our American law system in a nutshell. The three terms are Branches of Government, Case Law, and Administrative Regulations. The Branches of Government in our American law system are “Our federal government has three parts.…
older and they commit a felony and go to prison, depending on what state they’re is in, their right to vote may be suspended for a certain period of time or taken away completely. I don’t think it is fair how some states take away a felon’s right to vote once they get out of prison. States who enforce laws that take away the right to vote do not treat criminals as if they are normal U.S. citizens. All states have different voting laws for felons which comes from the constitution, however,…
Introduction Henry II built the foundations of law as it sits today. Assize of Clarendon was an act that came in 1166 that transformed the English law. As trial jury was a way where evidence and inspection came before the punishment. Inquiry was my under oath by freemen. This shaped the new way of law in England. This act would be eventually known as common law. Why did Henry need a new way of dealing with crime? The Assize addressed many problems. When Henry II inherited the throne, he had…
Gore Vidal, an American writer, once said, “At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation, and prejudice.” Since the beginning, society has created prejudices based on false information and untrue judgements. These unfair conclusions are often referred to as stereotypes: “standardized mental pictures that are held in common by members of a group and that represent an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or uncritical judgment” (“Stereotype”). Today,…
The Pursuit of the American Dream The struggle of millions of illegal immigrants pursuing the American Dream. An illegal immigrant (alias alien) is a citizen of a different nationality who enters the United States without permission or someone who is granted a visa and stays here after their visa has expired. Immigrants come from all over the world. They come from Mexico, South America, Europe, Africa and Asian Countries. Many Immigrants cross to the U.S. by trains, boats, cars, semi-trucks,…
into the first World War in 1917, the United States has periodically intervened militarily in other nations because there is no democratically elected supranational government to police the world, the default principle guiding thinking about military intervention has been national sovereignty, or self-determination. Countries should not interfere in the affairs of other countries. However, few have believed that this principle should be absolute. United States has many involvements in…
SB 1070: Making Our Neighborhoods Safe America can be described as a melting pot of different nationalities coming together as one. Most everyone who lives in America either comes from a different country or their ancestors came to America looking for opportunity. Since America is made upon the immigrants that arrived in our country years ago, we would think that we would have an open door policy for everyone today. Immigrants today don’t arrive at Ellis Island and simply walk off the boat and…
examination the results of such ideas reveal that that actions towards this subject should not be taken lightly. This article shows a combination or history about birthright citizenship, and legislative cases,” (Kendall 350). 3. Being a citizen of the United states awards so many different privileges. These privileges should not be taken from one because it…
Christmas is one of the big national events in the United States of America. Everyone is excited to celebrate Christmas in December. Every store, building, and street has already been decorated for Christmas from November. However, there is a controversy “war on Christmas” among the atmosphere nowadays. It represents a new religious trend in American society and shows other religious people want to be respected. Since the number of Christians in the U.S.A. has been decreasing, and the number of…