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others in her community. A community that she once promised herself she would help heal. The limitations of a community sets many for failure. There is nothing more dangerous than ignorance. Informing individuals about how they can be able to go to school and achieve their goals is very important. Not many individuals have the same motivation and determination Sotomayor had. The author was very successful at portraying the issues in the community and the hard work and determination that is…

Quinton Shipps Debating Democracy The founding fathers viewed the president as a constitutional officer who was immune to public pressure. This view differs from the way modern presidents view themselves. They convey themselves as only elected official who is truly of the people. To the people, the president is a democratic figure who stands for the nation and its history. In his article Lessons From the Modern Presidency, Fred Greenstein provides readers with six qualities of presidents that…

A native of Haiti, Stephane is the first student in his family to graduate from college. He attended York College, City University of New York where he received his bachelor’s degree in community health with distinction as the first CUNY student to ever win the prestigious SOPHE Vivian Drenckhahn Scholarship Award in 2014. While in college, Stephane served as a Thurgood Marshall College Student Ambassador representing the college community in conferences in Washington D.C. from 2012-2014.…

Legally Blonde 2 is about a young woman who learns, through trial and error, about the process of getting a bill passed into a law. Elle Wood travels to Washington D.C. to get “Bruiser's Bill” passed. Bruiser’s Bill is a bill that Elle wrote to help change animal testing laws after finding her dog’s (Bruiser) mom in an animal testing facility. Elle needs 218 signatures from congress to get the bill passed. Elle and her friends go through several troubles to get the votes needed by the…

Attorney General of Colorado, and the State of Colorado (Petitioner). The case was centered around an amendment to the state constitution that prohibited “the state of Colorado… at any level of state or local government from adopting or enforcing any law or policy which provides that homosexual, lesbian, or bisexual orientation, conduct, or relationships constitutes or entitles a person to claim any minority or protected status, quota preferences, or discrimination”. The amendment was drafted in…

Not really. I 'm on the cutting-edge. We probably have another 10 to 20 years before it really takes off in the law. So there will be a lot of opportunity for [the next]…

up to her, because the little things she does to help others is amazing and could really help others to realize they need to make a change also. Born January 17th, 1964 in Chicago Illinois. Michelle attended Princeton University graduated in 1985, later to attend Harvard Law School in 1988. Soon after graduating Michelle Obama had met her future husband who would be the future president of the United States of America. Married on October 3, 1992. When she became the First lady of the United…

people around the nation. (history.com) It would have been hardly possible for Barack to win without the help of Michelle. Michelle Obama had a very large impact on a ton of people, particularly children. When Michelle Obama started the “Let’s Move!” schools started giving children healthier foods.(Taverrnise, nyt.com) This brought childhood obesity, in 2-5 year olds, down by ten percent in a decade. (Tavernice, nyt.com)This was a big deal for Michelle Obama because one of her goals had been…

Intro In American history there has been situations where gender plays a role in many events whether it is in political events, personal life or economic actions. Lately, women have had a speaker and a motivator to keep fighting for those rights, Hillary R. Clinton. She has stepped into higher grounds where people, more specifically men, never thought women would be able to reach. Back in the late 19th century, it was difficult for women to get paid the same amount as men. It was tough enough…

in Hamburg Germany to parents Al and Joanne Brainard. Al Brainard was a U.S. foreign-service officer who was stationed in Cold War Germany and Poland. Dr. Al Brainard received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Connecticut and his doctorate in Political Science from the University of Washington. He was one of the first US officials to develop relationships with Polish dissident movements that were instrumental in Poland’s transition to democracy. Ms. Brainard had an unusual…