In 2006, New Jersey passed a law that permits same-sex couples to engage in a "civil union," the legally recognized long-term relationship between two people of the same-sex (Nunan). This law took effect in 2007. In May of 2007, a law creating domestic partnerships, for same-sex couples was passed by the state legislature of Oregon. This law took effect in 2008. ... Most world religions, such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam and Christianity, have at some point in time opposed same-sex marriage because they feel that homosexual acts are immoral for they violate natural law and/o...

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Abstract The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) is the starting point for our nation's counter-terrorism and national defense. ... After years of research, Congress decided on the Glynco Naval Air Station located near Brunswick, Ga. ... In 2001, FLETC initiated the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) first located in Botswana, training law enforcement officials in countries throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Following the success of this program, another ILEA location was approved in San Salvador in 2005, training law enforcement officials from countries throughout Sou...

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The United States' drone program in Pakistan is not only ineffective, but violates international humanitarian law by wantonly killing civilians and destroying their property, violating the sovereignty of Pakistan, and using UAVs as weapons of terror. ... In regards to the bombing, Hugh Trenchard, Royal Air Force Chief of Staff at the time said, "In warfare against savage tribes who do not conform to codes of civilized warfare, aerial bombardment is not limited in its method or objectives by rules agreed upon in international law.... And before any strike is taken, there must be near...

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Because of the rising pressure the public is placing on the government and corporations heavily invested in the legislative process, this issue will continue to garner attention and demand resolve from both the federal government and the general public in the near future. ... Furthermore, there was a shift to more conservative tendencies in terms of social views on the subject as seen in the Comstock Laws and these anti-obscenity laws were a bell-weather of the times. ... Because of these laws, there were no advancements were made towards the abortion procedure. ... Abortion laws began to ta...

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Most states have developed their own laws to, more often than not, make doctor-assisted suicide illegal. ... So, the laws have been created, but when it comes to convicting a doctor and sending him to prison, in lieu of the circumstances, the law often breaks down and the charges are dismissed or the doctor is acquitted. ... The trend in the law seems rather obviously to be against the legalization of physician-assisted suicide. ... Based on my research, it seems clear that the effort to legalize active euthanasia is one that is not going to go away in the near future. ... However, although I ...

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"Google is the next generation of Microsoft in that it has created a trusted corporate environment where we relinquish control, autonomy, privacy to a benevolent corporate overload," said Jonathan Askin, a professor at the Brooklyn Law School. ... Their rival, Apple, was near bankruptcy and switching from Microsoft was extremely costly, time consuming, and complicated. ... It's all free," said Herbert Hovenkamp, a University of Iowa law professor. ...

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The first of these laws was put into effect in by the U.S. government in 1994, and new laws have been helping the system evolve into the programs and registry lists we have today. Every time Congress passed a new law to help with the racking of sex offenders, many states would also change the way they operate and pass their own laws so that they can work more efficiently under federal guidelines. ... Attorney and victim advocate Robin Sax praises registries for "[putting] the power of information in the hands of the people so that adults can better educate themselves about their neighbors, the...

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One example of oppression comes in the form of deprivation of rights and materials, which basically means that someone is not allowed the same rights to the constitutional law, rules, and anything of equal status when it comes to legality. ... Colored people in courts were not given the rights they deserved, even when the law said they should be given those rights. ... Deprivation didn't stop there, as in Baltimore the colored folk were not allowed to live near white people, "No black person could occupy a home on a block where more than half the people were white;" (The Editori...

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Furthermore, the laws are indiscriminately enforced. ... Domiciled people are free to enjoy picnics and barbeques with their friends and families, and food vendors operate unmolested in or near public parks; but anti-feeding laws very often lead to arrest and fines for anyone sharing food with the homeless in these same parks. ... Anti-homeless laws are nothing new, and have been around for centuries. Laws against camping, or sleeping in public, urinating in public, begging, and loitering are all examples of anti-homeless laws. ... As a result, local governments end up passing discriminatory l...

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According to one guidelines of the law, all euthanasia deaths must be reported. ... Unfortunately, in the rest of America those Doctors who out of compassion, agree to such requests know they are breaking the law and putting their careers at risk. ... Some doctors have been and are currently practicing voluntary euthanasia; however, only in extreme cases where a patient is suffering torturous pain and the end of life is near. ... Doctors however, acceding to patient's wishes are under the current law are at risk of prosecution. ... In 1941 Hitler publicly announced a new law called "The ...

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However, nuclear power reactors produce waste, and that waste has to be stored in secure landfills until their half time runs out, but it is not where near as harmful as what we are doing to mother nature right now. (Nuclear Regulator Commission) It is stored in secure facilities where the radiation is contained near the power plants, which are already built on safe from environmental causes land sites. ... Kunstler also describes our inability to even attempt a shift towards energy alternatives as Liebig's Law, where he describes it as: "Liebig's Law basically says that the de...

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Consequently, euthanasia should become a law if specific sub laws are put in place to protect the patient and their loved ones. ... That is why Euthanasia or Physician-Assisted Suicide should be legalized in all states and provinces of the United States of America if criteria and specific sub-laws are put in place to protect the ill and dying patients along with the patient's family and friends. When is a patient who is near death granted the option for a physician assisted death? ... In a final analysis, euthanasia should become legalized throughout the United States and its territori...

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Mate selection in America is based on mating laws that are expanding in complexity in conjunction with social changes. ... This law is true in the natural world for all living things providing that two different sexes are needed for reproduction. ... Mate selection is as predictable as ever because it follows the guidelines of its law. ... Another determining factor for mate selection is nearness. ... Since mate selection in America is based on mating laws, it is important to understand mate selection through a cognitive approach. ...

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According Polish tradition, she was Aleksandra Lisowska, the daughter of a Ruthenian priest, born in 1504, in the town of Rogatin, near Lvov, in the western Ukraine, which was then part of Poland. ... After Suleiman's troops conquered Baghdad, she wrote to the sister of the Safavid monarch that the conquest had been aimed not at "destroying the lands of the Muslims" but at "repairing the houses of religion and adorning the lands of God's law." ... Roxelana was not popular among the Ottoman people; she had broken too many conventions, and many considered her responsible for Mustafa&#...

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Let's not forget that "the United States is decades behind the rest of the world in parental leave policy and joins Swaziland and Papua New Guinea as the only countries with no guarantee of paid leave"" (Debusmann, par. 1) These countries perhaps understand the financial stress that can be placed on businesses, small, struggling ones in particular, not to mention large companies that are near bankruptcy. ... In accordance with the law, parental leave often is paid, in most cases by the employer who is sometimes reimbursed by the government. ... Family and Medical Leave Act is the only fe...

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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...

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Environmental Justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.1 In spite of significant improvements of environmental protection by environmental justice activists, over the years many people worldwide still live in unsafe and unhealthy environments. ... This is why most hazardous and waste deposit areas are usually found near the homes of racial minorities and low-income earners who do not have the resour...

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The Americans believed Lord Grenville and Parliament had "no more right to make laws concerning them than it did to tax them" (Blum 96). ... The Declaratory Act gave the English government total power to pass laws which would govern the colonies. ... The Tea Act not only put a three penny per pound tax on tea, but it also gave the British East India Company a near monopoly. ... It also gave the Roman Catholics in that province religious liberty and the double protection of French and English law. ... Laws and policies enacted were self-serving, causing the colonists to strongly resist and try ...

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An employer may give all of the employees of the company a beautiful nameplate to be placed on his or her desk, and a camera may be installed inside to watch every movement made at or near the desk. ... The Law There are several things that both employers and employees can do about workplace privacy. The law both protects and punishes employers as well as employees. ... "Federal law states that once the employer realizes the call is personal, they must stop monitoring the call- ("Monitoring Your,"" para 7). In such cases where the employee feels his or her rights have been violated, the ...

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Bush decided to establish a law that would be able to spy on every single American whichever mean of communication he wanted. ... According to the NSA, the President was breaking the nation's laws, and even though he knew these laws existed, he peacefully accepted his actions during the past four years after the publication. The President of the United States has been breaking the law for four years, and accepted that was breaking it, and continue on doing it without any interference of any other branch. ... People are losing their freedom of even having their cellphone near them when the...

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In the end of 2002, a new law was passed through legislation of the United States that monitors the activities of law and accounting firms. ... The new laws imposed by President George W. ... Bush signed into law the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. ... (Ackman, 2002) There will also be new laws that are more stringent on the illegal destruction of financial documents. ... (NYSE,Sarbanes-Oxley Act) With the new laws in place, corporate dishonesty shou...

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Those who are represent Sue Goodall's organization are arguing that the Department of Defense has violated the Alabama law because the Secretary of Defense did not apply for a permit to the Alabama Department of Agricultures and does not intend to do so. Thus, this raises the question can the government conduct an experiment in the state of Alabama that is against Alabama's law? ... The state of Alabama says that the federal government cannot conduct those experiments at Maxwell because it violates the state law. ... Being that this experiment involves does of radiations that...

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A gifted student, King attended segregated public schools and at the age of 15 was admitted to Morehouse College, the alma mater of both his father and maternal grandfather, where he studied medicine and law. ... Witnesses had seen him running from a boarding house near the Lorraine Motel carrying a bundle; prosecutors said he fired the fatal bullet from a bathroom in that building. ...

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Before these animals die, they are routinely burned, scalded, poisoned, starved, given electric shocks, addicted to drugs, subjected to near freezing temperatures, dosed with radioactive elements, driven insane, deliberately inflicted with diseases such as cancer, diabetes, oral infections, stomach ulcers, Syphilis, herpes, and AIDS. ... The usage of anesthesia is not mandated by law, and consequently, thus is rarely administered. ... Before these animals die, they are routinely burned, scalded, poisoned, starved, given electric shocks, addicted to drugs, subjected to near freezing temperatu...

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"In the United States, 49 out of 50 states have concealed carry weapons laws. ... This proves to be an ineffective distribution of power for controlling gun laws, and often making the concealed weapon laws even more confusing. ... The court's ruling favored the state's gun laws over the school's policy. ... Clearly our gun laws in general are not strict enough to prevent people from buying these type of weapons. ... According to a Fox News Article written in September, "Three Tech students were robbed near campus in Atlanta in August. ...

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