Raich, 545 U.S. 1 (U.S. 2005), the United States Supreme Court held that the federal government has the constitutional authority to prohibit marijuana for all purposes. ... The federal agents seized and destroyed the cannabis plants cultivated for home consumption. The Court held that the regulation of marijuana under the CSA was within Congress' commerce power because production of marijuana meant for home consumption had a substantial effect on supply and demand in the national market. ...

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Fred Korematsu refused to obey the wartime order to leave his home and report to a relocation camp for Japanese Americans. ... Justice Black held that "Hardships are part of war.Compulsory exclusion of large groups of citizens from their homes, except under circumstances of direst emergency and peril, is inconsistent with our basic governmental institutions. ... United States, held that the attached curfew was also constitutional13. ...

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Once he left home he was a simple shopkeeper and manual laborer cutting wood until his first political position in 1834 after losing in his 1832 campaign when he was elected to the House of Representative for Illinois as a member of the whig party. ... The senate campaign was held with seven different debates in different cities. ... This was one of the most important and famous speeches in American history, Lincoln stated "And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, ...

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On the domestic home front, the Congress began to effectively solve the land ordnance problem. ... Thus, the Annapolis Convention of 1786 was held to address regional issues such as trade, but delegates were soon calling for a national convention . ...

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This was directed to help childcare, protective services for children and adults, foster care, services related to management and maintenance of the home, transportation services, and more. ... In 1987, the ACLU successfully challenged a curfew in Bordentown, New Jersey, that held parents as well as children responsible. ...

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What comes to mind when you think of Richard Nixon? Although most people immediately recognize his name as a previous President involved in the Watergate Scandal, few know anything more about this controversial President. Overshadowed by the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon had a tumultuous ch...

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Eco Map: Bio In the year 1980, an unstable economy at home, a hostage crisis overseas, and the end of prior administrations that were not trusted at all troubled The Untied States. ... That year, there was assumption of the United States trading weapons with Iran in exchange for the return of American hostages being held in Tehran. ...

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Americans' experience with the quartering of troops in their homes began shortly after the French and Indian War ended in 1763. ... In 1863 President Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation declaring, "all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free....

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When a soldier in the United States Military is stationed in an Asian country what he imagines is the tropical beaches, palm trees and those beautiful exotic desirable women. The US Military along with the militaries from these Asian countries take this into consideration when it comes to the environment around US military bases. Rest and Recreation (R&R) sites are established for the soldiers for their personal enjoyment. These R&R sites, otherwise referred to my the soldiers as I&I (Intoxication & Intercourse), are clubs and bars in which the waitresses (prostitutes) especially cater to ...

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