An issue that has risen near the top recently in American society is that of the out-of-control wildfires in the western portion of the country. ... "It uses the tragedy caused by last year's wildfires as an excuse to rob the people not only of their forests, but also of their rights under federal law to seek strong protection for those forests. ...
Early 1854, 150 Chinese established a fishing colony near the mouth of Mission Creek in San Francisco. ... Their activities declined in the 1900's, when various discriminatory laws discouraged the Chinese presence in the fishing industry. "In 1880's Chinese shrimp camps near San Francisco and in Louisiana were supplying not only the local markets, but also shipping a million pounds of dried shrimp to Asia." ... The Chinese's activities declined in the 1900's, when various discriminatory laws discouraged the Chinese presence in the fishing industry. ...
Tobacco laws need to be stricter in this country and advertising of the product should be banned. ... The first major step that must be done is to enforce tougher laws on tobacco use and sales. ... Oct. 1, 2001) the Supreme Court has just passed a law allowing tobacco advertisements wherever they want. ... Advertising near schools allows these companies to reach kids early, so that they can hook new customers. If it's wrong to advertise tobacco on TV and radio, why is it OK near schools? ...
By the year 1890, 43 out of the 44 states had passed "blue laws". The extreme example of these types of laws when congress passed the Compstock Act, which prohibited the mailing of obscene literature, this law was used to prevent the distribution of birth control information and contraceptives through the mail. ... Between 1935 and 1937, Congress passed several neutrality laws. The laws stopped selling weapons to nations a war, they stopped American merchant from entering war zones and stopped Americans from traveling on aggressive nation ships. ... This also led to shopping centers l...
The government puts laws in place that says employers and businesses owners have to make sure their work is safe and provide safe equipment. ... They would work near large dangerous equipment during these long days. ... Child labor laws were cruel and unusual and made it a big challenge for people in the 19th century. ...
Take for example Cheryl Hopwood, a woman who applied for admission to the University of Texas Law School in 1992. ... She boasted a 3.8 grade point average and a high Law School Aptitude Test score. ... The University of Texas Law School was taken to court and proved that it simply did not take individual grades and merit into account, but it evidently lower standards for all minority applicants. ... The University of California Berkley School of Law admitted every black with a grade point average of 3.5 and Law School Admission Test of ninety or above, but only 42% of whites with equ...
America had the raw materials, and was unwilling to abide by the hated laws of England, only allowing England and no other country to use them, this made smuggling to the colonist unusually common. ... As the time for revolution came nearer and nearer, the colonies became less and less dependent upon the British Empire, and more dependent upon themselves and other countries. ...
In addition to the economic plight of blacks, former Confederate officials once again took over the legislature of the South and created new Francois 2 laws to accommodate their bigotry and racism. Among these new laws were the hated Black Codes, basically a legalized reinstitution of slavery. ... After four years of near-endless fighting, the South was devastated economically. ... Soon after 1877, the infamous Jim Crow laws were enacted, completely segregating blacks and whites, unequally, for the next 80 years. ...
Civil Disobedience is when someone breaks the law when they do not believe in something and they do it in a civil manner and take the consequences. Once this was created many times after in the near or late future to this the United States citizens have felt the need to revolt against the government. ... King, like Thoreau, was willing to suffer for his views, especially when he found himself faced with disciplinary laws denying civil rights to all citizens. ...
For example if someone had a genuine idea, with the available tools at their disposal, they could become the most wealthiest individual in the United States and not a single person, agency, law, or rule could deny his/her success. ... Even if they were to get past the red tape, in the end, there is some written law stating, for lack of better words, the wealth you have earned will be confiscated and be split among the party that runs your country . ... We the people had to go through nearly three centuries of trial and error to get to were we are today, and America is no where near perfect. ...
Not only did Britain still refuse to repeal the Navigation Laws; goods formerly imported from England were cut off, forcing Americans to make their own. ... The Spanish colonists even claimed a large area near the Gulf of Mexico, ignorant to the fact that the area was ceded to the U.S. by Britain. ... There were many compromises made at the Constitutional Convention, such as representation, slavery, and laws concerning foreign/ interstate imports and exports. ... Many other laws were made concerning the importation and exportation of foreign goods and staple crops: "Congress may regulate co...
Baby boomers Our children are our future; our seniors are our foundation (Wissel L. 2000). Fifty five million Americans are age fifty five and older, according to the United States Census Bureau, of that number, thirty five million are age sixty five and older. By the year 2030, the sixty five and older population will double to seventy million, and the fastest growing segment of the older population is age eighty five and older. The baby boomer generation will soon reach the retirement age, and expected to redefine old age. Just as they have redefine every stage of their lives because b...
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. ... But, I can't seem to escape this argument in my consciousness regarding a society that tells me that "all men are created equal," and that there is "equal justice under the law" while evidence surrounds me in abundance that our great American society is no where near being equal in its al...
From slavery to today, many laws has been implemented which would normally restrict blacks from improving their social and economic standards. ... A slave was considered by law as property and was deprived of most of the rights ordinarily held by a free person. ... Supreme Court, directed a carefully constructed legal campaign against Southern segregation laws. ... Oliver Brown, an African American railroad worker in Topeka, Kansas, sued the Topeka Board of Education for not allowing his daughter, Linda Brown, attend Sumner Elementary School, an all white school near his home. ... In the l...
When he describe the settlers along the coast, he says "Those who live near the sea feed more on fish than on flesh, and often encounter that boisterous element. ... They did not like rules and laws. ... They were the least happy with laws and rules. ... One of his most powerful comparisons is, "Ye poor Europeans, ye who seat and work for the great-ye who are obliged to give so many shaves to the church, so many to your lords, so many to your government, and have hardly any left for yourselves-ye who are held in less estimation than favorite hunters or useless lapdogs-ye who only breathe th...
Prohibition, which was laws outlawing the manufacture and distribution of alcoholic beverages. ... In the U.S. they worked for liquor laws and in 1919 secured federal Prohibition. ... The law was sponsored by Representative Andrew Volsted of Minnesota. ... After the Volsted act was put into place to determine specific laws and methods of enforcement, the Federal Prohibition Bureau was formulated in order to see that the Volsted Act was enforced. Nevertheless, these laws were frequently defied by bootleggers, and commoners alike. ...
For example, persons of Japanese ancestry in western Washington State were sent to the assembly center at the Puyallup Fairgrounds near Tacoma. ... These Japanese Americans, half of whom were children, were incarcerated for up to 4 years, without due process of law or any factual basis, in bleak, remote camps surrounded by barbed wire and armed guards really had an affect on their minds. ...
Another major cause of the French Revolution was the near collapse of government finances. ... The teachings of 18th-century French philosophers and continental writers on law, such as Emmerich de Vattel, as well as the theories of John Locke, were implicit in the colonial arguments based on the theory of natural rights. ...
For this equality to occur, the same laws must apply to all people, all people must have equal civil rights, and they must be allowed to unreservedly express their opinions. ... In the near future, it is hoped that our society will take more interest in political issues, campaigns, and policies. ...
"Jim Crow Laws" or racial segregation was soon to play an important roll in history. ... Despite having the Fourteenth Amendment that states all citizens have equal protection of the laws, the Civil Rights Cases found a way around it. ... The near-total disenfranchisement of blacks in Mississippi led to a constitutional convention in 1890. ... In his "Niagara Address", Du Bois demands, "We want the laws enforced against the rich as well as poor; against white as well as black. ... She insists that the law must bring severe punishment to the lynchers, but that it couldn't be done witho...
Under British rule, the colonists were denied these simple rights and were forced to coincide with the Parliamentary laws. ... Another such act was the Tea Act, which essentially gave the near bankrupt British East India Company a monopoly in the trade of tea (www.thedeclarationofindependence.com). ... The colonist were not represented in the English Parliament thus having no say in any of the acts and laws passed that impacted their lives. ...
Nelli states, "At the beginning of the present century, Palermo police officer Antonio Cutrera observed of the situation in Sicily that long domination by succeeding invaders had produced people who were suspicious, diffident, intolerant, and above all, enemies of government-any government-and of all law enforcement. Thus, disrespect for laws, hatred of authority, and contempt for all those who had dealings with authorities characterized Sicilians". ... Cities near water, such as New York and New Orleans made perfect places for drugs to be smuggled. ...
This brings the daily average to 1.7 firearm-related fatalities among children, which is nowhere near 13. ... These actions are legal seeing that there are no laws prohibiting self-defense (LaPierre p. 14). ... It is also evident in places such as Washington D.C. which has the most strict gun laws, yet has the highest homicide rate in the U.S. ...
In the movie Platoon, The Viet Kong operated from secret bases in the jungle or marshes near the boarder of Cambodia. ... Issues that were absent were the protests taking place for example, the Buddhists protesting against new laws, set by Diem's "catholic" regime. ... Crops were built within a 1km radius, water was fetched near by, and family would live in the village. ...
The Asian Americans were no exception to racism and segregating laws. The political deception and allowance of bigot laws kept the Asian people oppressed and gave no room for further social advancement. ... "The ruling that Asian were "aliens ineligible to citizenship" would remain the basis for statutory discrimination at both federal and state levels until the naturalization laws were changed in 1952"(Daniels 44). ...
