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_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Does this article support a loose or strict interpretation of the Constitutional Amendment, “right to bear arms”? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________…
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social…,capital, sympathetic of migrants from Nicaragua because of political ties Journal #6: Explain the Supreme Court’s decision to deny Verdugo-Urquidez the right to a 4th Amendment? Should aliens kidnapped by U.S. authority be entitled to the 4th Amendment? The supreme court decided held that the “Fourth amendment does not apply to the search and seizure by United States agents of property owned by a nonresident alien and located in a foreign country.” Many in the court believe that there…
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broke down one of the most important barriers to equal rights within its democracy. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) met the final legal requirement for ratification under Article V when Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the amendment, a three-fourths supermajority of states’ ratification. As such, if the arbitrary time limit set upon the amendment’s ratification were not in effect, the amendment wouldn’t have just been ratified, it would have taken effect on January 27th, 2022. Now, there is…
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Several earlier compromises had dealt with the slavery issue but each one came unraveled as new states were carved out from territories. As American system of government evolved, nuances in the Constitution would be subjected to various interpretations. Southern slaveholding states believed that the Constitution did not have the authority to prevent slavery in any state. Northern free-labor supporters believed the opposite. Within the abolitionist movement there were various positions on…
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Gun-free zones: protecting the innocent or a criminal’s free reign Parents want to be assured that their children are safe at school, and as concerned citizens they also want to feel safe in public. Therefore, the purpose of passing laws to establish gun-free zones is to give people much needed security and safety. However, the creation of gun-free zones disarms those law-abiding citizens who have responsibly defended themselves for years stripping them of the ability to protect themselves. Complicating…
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the root cause of all the problems described in that period for him to be principally to blame for the parliamentary difficulties of the 1950’s. Roots argues that Cromwell acted against the Rump due to its behaviour, and in stating this Roots’ interpretation could be argued to either support or disagree with this view depending on how it is interpreted. Hill on the other hand, argues that parliamentary difficulties arose from the conflict between conservative MPs and radicals, and that Cromwell felt…
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In 1865, the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution legally ended slavery within the territories of the USA. However, achieving full African American "Civil Rights" took over a century. Which, in the context of this essay, refers to (more) complete legal and societal parity between African Americans and the white majority. Many factors contributed, both positively and negatively, to the gradual progression of African American civil rights, which culminated in the Civil Rights Acts of the 1950s and…
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In the context of the period 1763-1865, how far was the American Civil War caused by long term divisions over the issue of slavery? In his second inaugural address in March 1865, Abraham Lincoln looked back at the beginning of the Civil War four years earlier "all knew," he said, that slavery "was somehow the cause of the war." This essay will endeavour to discuss the role of long term divisions caused by the slavery debate in the eventual outbreak of the Civil War. In doing so this analysis…
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codes are often derived by theologians who interrupt holy books like the bible, Qur’an, and the Torah. There conclusions are often accepted as absolute truth by believers. Unfortunately each of these books contain contradictions. Since a person’s interpretation of a holy book is heavily influenced by the interpreters culture, theologians often procure very different moral codes. An individual’s opinion on Capital Punishment is the personal moral decision of the individual. What is the purpose of punishment…
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Law Commission ELECTRONIC COMMERCE: FORMAL REQUIREMENTS IN COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS ADVICE FROM THE LAW COMMISSION December 2001 The Law Commission was set up by the Law Commissions Act 1965 for the purpose of promoting the reform of the law. The Law Commissioners are: The Honourable Mr Justice Carnwath CVO, Chairman Professor Hugh Beale Mr Stuart Bridge Professor Martin Partington Judge Alan Wilkie, QC The Secretary of the Law Commission is Mr Michael Sayers and its offices are at Conquest…
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