When acquiring the island of Guam as property (in addition to the other territories), what then was the Federal government to do with Guam's people? ... There are the matters of distance and population. ... As mentioned before, there were people inhabiting Guam prior to the U.S. acquisition of it. ... Congress, Guamanians were given the privilege of local government. ... Unfortunately for them and the United States., the Guamanians were led to believe that racially based policies were acceptable. ...

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There is no doubt that white collar crime has increased over the last hundred years. Of course, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, there were reports of numerous scandals and reports of kickbacks, and other various types of shady activity within corporations and the government. ... There were other corporate and political crimes being committed during this time in history, but this particular crime was one of the more famous cases. ... For example, in politics there is something called an "Iron Triangle." ... These corporations would then have a direct influence in the passage ...

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She often deliberately enraged people and then smiled as they simmered. ... She then fell to the floor and never regained consciousness. ... Stevens, "You's allright; you gotta fight for your rights in this world, and now that we are about to plunge into another war, I want to tell you women there"ll be no end to it unless you women get power. ... He then placed a $2 bill into the hand of a member of the group. ... The thought of women being arrested for no purpose except their beliefs, caused anger in the crowd. ...

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There are two different forms of incorporation, selective and total. ... While today most states are held to the Bill of Rights, there was some debate regarding on how we should get here. Some were in favor of total incorporation, while others preferred selective incorporation. ... It is probably the most anticlimactic answer out there, but it really seems that a general shift in public opinion is the biggest reason incorporation happened. ... It was then argued during the subsequent appeals that Admiral Adamson's Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination was violated by the state ...

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No state has fewer than three (3) electoral votes. ... The States then prepare a Certificate of Votes to record the outcome. ... There are no Constitutional or Federal Laws, which require electors to vote for the candidate who won the popular vote for that elector's particular state. ... Under the scenario that there were three candidates running for the office of President, the individual with a plurality of the popular votes would win all of the electoral votes of that state. ... He continues on to state "in the Electoral College system, once you win a majority of the votes in a sta...

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As the legal scholar Ronald Oworkin once said, "No judicial decision in our time has aroused as much sustained public outrage, emotion, and physical violence or as much intemperate professional criticism." ... She has started a ministry called Roe No More to fight against abortion rights with the aim of creating a mobile counseling center for pregnant women in Dallas. ... These cases were consolidated but the three-judge district court panel held that Jane Roe, Dr. ... If numbers could gauge the country's attitudes, then it would seem that the majority of Americans have embraced the Supr...

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This statue was part of a fundamental government program and had no specific religious intentions and did not give any group special privileges. All schools were given the same reimbursement. Other government services are given to religious schools, like a sewer systems, so this reimbursement is no different other than it is more direct. ... The tax has no direct correlation to the children's safety through transportation and either way the parents are reimbursed. ... By giving the reimbursement, public money given by taxpayers is no longer public and combines church and states. ...

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Provincial parliaments were established in protest to the tax raises of Louis XVI and his attempts to raise property assessments without the consent of the governed. ... He tried intimidating them with his army, then he tried coaxing them down and recognized their representative claims, and eventually fell silent and just sat back and watched. ... He gave the people a phony voting system so they could appear as though they were participating in politics, but the real choice in who gained what position was solely up to Napoleon. ... Napoleon was aware of his hostile neighbors of Europe, and a...

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Perhaps the most difficult aspect, however, of the Court's creation would be the reality that this Constitution in no way implied what the true "power" of the Court was outside of being capable of reversing or affirming state court decisions denying rights granted by treaties, laws, or the Constitution itself. ... The second time period, dating from 1867 to 1937, dealing with the government to business correlation and the laissez-faire approach by the Court in matters of commerce will then be explored. Finally, the period from 1937 to 1960, in which individual civil rights were at the c...

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For example, in 1995, a federal court in Massachusetts found that inmates' constitutional rights were violated when they were held in a 150-year-old prison that was infested with vermin, fire hazards, and a lack of toilets. ... It is sufficient if there is an administrative hearing before independent medical professionals. ... No. 104-134, 801-10, 110 Stat. 1321.1996.) ... Interestingly, no state or federal appeals court has forbidden male officers from supervising female inmates in the showers. ... Estate of Shabazz (1987), and stated that prison restrictions were to be upheld as l...

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It is concerned more in some areas then others but it does cover the entire process. ... Although the first ten Amendments were intended to apply only to actions of the Federal Government, over the years the courts have been able to extend due process rights to those accused of violating state law via the 14th Amendment, that says, "No State shall ... deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." ... The fourth amendment states "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, sha...

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These families' circle of acquaintances consists mainly of persons from the church and it is not unheard of that the families send their children to Sunday school before the actual worship session, then send them to youth group on Wednesdays and the adults themselves go to bible studies on Monday evenings, often hosted by one of the church members. ... However, to say that the colonies were free from religious persecution is far from truth. ... In 1689, Great Britain had passed a religious Act of Toleration, but this meant little for American colonies.4 In his Notes on the State of V...

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Shortly after the creation of Canada in 1867, there were disputes between the federal and the various provincial governments over areas of jurisdiction and the division of power (Harris 1991). Even though the Constitutional Act of 1867, divided the powers between the provinces and the federal government, there has always been debate over the interpretation of how and to what extent these powers should be divided. ... This was via new legislation that proposed the Constitution Act 1987 (Smith 1991), which was accepted by eleven then First Ministers. ... The following components were drafted for...

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Currently there are 89 district courts in 50 states (at least one per state), one in the District of Columbia, and one in Puerto Rico. ... A grand jury may be called to decide whether there is evidence that a crime has been committed. ... A very small percentage of these cases, where parties believe mistakes in the law were made, move onto the U.S. ... The District of Columbia is a circuit of its own and one special court(Federal Circuit) is located there, for a total of 13 Circuit Courts of Appeals. ... At present time there is a total membership of 435. ...

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Then came an amendment to the constitution, the Bill of Rights. ... Furthermore, there are nearly 30% of Americans that are registered as neither Democrat nor Republican. ... Those that were unfortunate to brave the Great Depression remember the decade the precluded it. ... In our economy that supply did not equal the demand; middle-class Americans could no longer afford their luxuries and materialistic wants in as much the wealthy were satisfied by spending a meager portion of their income. ... The programs were directed at impeding the behavior of self-interested businesses. ...

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