|
Essays on Legal and Government
Title: Tinker V. Des Moines, Kuhlmieir V. Hazelwood
Details: Words: 1012, Pages: 4... of expression and that students do not have to give
up their 1st Amendment rights at school. This landmark Supreme Court case was
known as Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District.
From the case of Tinker v. Des Moines Ind. School Board obviously came
some conflicting viewpoints about the armbands. The school board said that no
one has the absolute right to freedom of expression, where the Tinkers said that
only banning armbands and not other political symbols was unconstitutional. The
school board said that the armbands were disruptive to the learning environment,
where the Tinkers said they were not. Finally, the school board said that order
in the cl ...
|
Title: Assisted Suicide
Details: Words: 4746, Pages: 18... party. I wondered how this could be, and how people could deny people this right in unending pain. There never seems to be a prosecution of doctors who participate in these acts, even though they frequently go to court. I wondered why this occured and what the laws really said regarding this. I also wondered how people distinguished between forgoing medical interventions and actually assisting in the suicide. As I approached the research, my main questions were regarding opposers. I really did not know all the problems that could occur. Research about this brought to light many things that are not discussed in the media, although this is a highly public ...
|
Title: Legalization Of Marjuana
Details: Words: 1194, Pages: 5... less than one percent
tetrahydrocannabinols (THC) (Pluff 1). THC is the psychoactive chemical found
in marijuana. Hemp can be confused with marijuana and considered the same, but
do not let this fool you. Marijuana comes from the flowers or "buds" of the
hemp plant. These buds are what contains the THC and gives the user the high
effect (Pluff 1). Other nations such as Europe have registered varieties of
hemp seeds that contain less than .03 percent of THC including the buds (Pluff
1).
Now that you know what hemp is, lets look at its uses. Hemp fiber can
be turned in to rope, canvas, and paper, and this is only a few of the uses.
The rope that is mad ...
|
Title: European Union
Details: Words: 1685, Pages: 7... or Unity?
This raises many conflicts with Europeans. For thousands of years
Europe has been torn time and again by wars which were largely fueled by ethnic
or religious differences. Today however Europeans are asked to put aside their
differences and become one. With nationalism still strong throughout Europe
many people are strongly against the E.U. Analysts strongly suggest, however,
that the E.U. is the only way Europe can improve it's economy. Unemployment in
most of Europe is running above 10 percent and countries like Germany and France
are suffering from net investment outflows, European economies are groaning
under the weight of rigid regu ...
|
Title: Child Abuse
Details: Words: 2163, Pages: 8... he does to you
when you are alone. He walks over to the couch and sits down next to
you. His hand slithers it way onto your knee and you cringe in
revulsion. “Don’t be afraid, I won’t hurt you,?he chides. Your mind
feels panicky as you feel his touch in more intimate places and you
scream involuntarily. His grip tightens as he places his hand over
your mouth. “We’ll have to do this the hard way!?comes his intense
whisper. You flail your arms at him, but it doesn’t help. His
writhing massive body is on top of yours, and you feel so powerless.
Eventually, you sink into a sobbing heap and simply wait for his
passions to stop. You wait for the n ...
|
Title: Sex Marriage
Details: Words: 3688, Pages: 14... great importance to public policy whether or not homosexuality is predetermined. Some now believe that homosexuality is genetically predetermined by a gene on the X chromosome. If this is the case, then gays cannot decide their sexual orientation, for it is predetermined. Hence, not allowing those who are genetically inclined to prefer the same sex to marry leaves homosexuals with three choices. The first is to remain celibate their entire lives so as not to "live in sin"; the second is to marry someone they do not truly love or find attractive simply for the marriage benefits; the third and final choice is to live together with their partner and face the dirty look ...
|
Title: How Dole Could Have Used The Issues To His Advantage
Details: Words: 1229, Pages: 5... candidates on these issues could make or break their campaign.
The first of these issues, abortion, has been a hotbed of controversy. The
pro-life versus the pro-choice groups. Throughout his political career,
President Clinton has been adamant on supporting a women's right to choose.
Clinton stands firm on the fact that abortions should be "safe, legal and rare"
without many unnecessary restrictions. To further show his hard stance on
abortion, Clinton vetoed a bill in April that would have banned a rarely used
procedure termed "partial birth abortions." President Clinton defended his
decision, calling it justifiable in extreme situations, such as cases o ...
|
Title: Loss Of Freedom Through Apathy
Details: Words: 967, Pages: 4... to volunteer my services to the Democratic
party. I was excited to work for the Democrats because it was my first ever
experience involved with the election. For 17 years I stood as a common
bystander to this great American tradition. Volunteering my hours made me feel
like I was part of something important.
Mostly my work consisted of random polling. I would call people up between the
hours of 7 and 9 P.M. and ask them a few questions about the election. With
every call I hoped for the best, but it seemed that I was calling people at the
time they were most irritable. Most would simply hang up, leaving with a polite
"Oh, I'm not interested." Other ...
|
Title: Drug Smuggling
Details: Words: 1127, Pages: 5... seize some of the
drugs on the streets, and the government is also putting more money into protect
the boarders from all immigrants bringing illegal drugs into the United States
of America. There is also a lot of money put into a huge wall/fence going across
most of the whole southern boarder line. Along the coast of the east side and
the west side are hundreds of check in places to help stop from letting in
illegal drugs.
Here is a case about 21 sailors that were arrested for smuggling cocaine
and heroin to Italy. They have been doing those on a regular basis because most
navy trips can go through boarders without being check for illegal drugs. The
sailors ...
|
Title: Belarusian Economy
Details: Words: 595, Pages: 3... the GDP while the industrial around 43%. Besides helping to develop the industry, Russia helped to develop the infrastructure of Belarus making most of the country accessible. Belarus has a reasonably well developed industry and a long history of agricultural development.
Problems for the economy of Belarus began to arise after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The weakness with Belarusian industry is two-fold. It has to import much of its raw materials from other nations and it imports most of its energy. As a result industry came under severe economic pressure shortly after independence. The problem with its agriculture is that it that about two thirds of the pe ...
|
Browse:
« prev
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
next »
|