Where democracy is present, a tyranny of the majority may occur. Tyranny of the majority is the assumption made that the majority is most likely to be correct than then minority and minorities are deprived of their rights. ... In Edmonton there is an obvious group who suffers from oppression from the majority. ... When politicians aim for the majority vote, they try and focus on the average needs of the majority. ... Such minority groups that do not have a voice are subject to the rules of the country they live in. ...

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In the 1883 Civil Rights Cases, the Court ruled that the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery but did not prohibit discrimination and the Fourteenth Amendment prohibited discrimination by the government but not by individuals. ... Once again, in a landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the property owner and against the African American petitioner. ... For many years the majority on the Court used the standard of "separate but equal" to justify racial segregation. In conclusion, Africans Americans were given many civil liberties but the government and the white people did ...

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This majority of these Muslims can be found in Africa, Middle East, Indonesia, and in parts of Asia and Eastern Europe. ... This government will not change the rules that were set by the almighty God because of this. ... The Islam government is confusing because the person who controls it does not have a set of rules. ... Everyone abided by the rules said to be by the almighty God. ... The government refuses to changed the old outdated rules that the Muslim want rid of so they can have more advanced updated laws. ...

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The vast majority of our society, those wishing to remain unaffected by political crime and violence, expect nothing less from the police, than protection. ... Making sure that the community would be able to have its say through a Member of Parliament, who had won a majority vote. ... As long as the police confine their surveillance to simple observation and don't violate any cardinal rules, the community shouldn't have a problem. ...

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The totalitarian form of "mob boss" rule in China has got to go. ... The president is elected by a majority vote for a seven-year term. The prime minister is nominated by the National Assembly majority and appointed by the President. ...

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This means that all US citizens are created equal and have equal rights despite the opinion of the majority. ... The Constitution was made as a frame of rules to protect every single American citizen despite race, religion, gender, or creed. ... Supreme rule is dependent upon constitutional interpretation. ...

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This means that all US citizens are created equal and have equal rights despite the opinion of the majority. ... The Constitution was made as a frame of rules to protect every single American citizen despite race, religion, gender, or creed. ... Supreme rule is dependent upon constitutional interpretation. ...

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In Locke's' book "Two Treatises of Government" he argued that when a government is unfit to rule the citizens of its country the masses should overthrow it. ... Having a majority vote of decisions that affect citizens directly and a government willing to listen the a stable society will be in order. ... By electing a representative to make decisions based on their ideology can make life easier and maintain rule of law. ... Constitutional rights and rule of law are eliminated and the citizens are forced to live with it. No research translating into a vote is allowed and the ...

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The government now decides to change that rule because they let their guard down during the attacks of September 11. The majority of people even believe the government does not need to take away the peoples liberties. ...

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It is said some students may face certain pressures to stay hip but it really doesn't effect a huge majority. ... The Supreme Court ruled in 1969 that clothing is a mode of self-expression and as such, protected under the First Amendment. ...

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The power of Congress, as specified in Article I, is to pass federal laws, establish post offices, borrow money and pay debts, rule on how a person can earn citizenship, regulate trade with other nations and between states, punish pirates, coin money and punish counterfeiters and give inventions patents. ... The power to select the President (House) and the Vice President (Senate), when there is no majority of electoral votes. ...

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This enables people to more specialize on the issue and allows more effective discoveries and innovation methods of targeting the issue of salinity. 3) Government Laws - Rewards and Punishments The government should set regulations and rules on the certain amount of saline in the soil so if farmers are over the allowed the limit they will be punished. ... However the majority of farmers may not use their saved finances for reducing salinity so this is why it is a good idea to place taxation on inputs that are used in production that cause environmental damage. ...

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When the English settlers came to America they formulated the Bill of Rights which contained 10 Amendments outlining the rights of the people over the government as well as the government's freedom to rule over its people. ... The basic premise had been to focus on the governance of the majority and not the minority [Sunstein, 1998]. ...

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Some of the causes of interethnic violence are as follows: When the view of other ethnic groups are repressed for the majority within the government, and all peaceful recourse to arbitrate has been rebuffed, then the situation is prone for violence and civil disturbances. ... The United Nations through their charter has rules and procedures for countries to govern their people, and they do intervene as warranted to restore control to elected government; they have even pressured repressive to changes their ways. ... Develop countries with a large military usually complies with the United Nat...

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Young ruled in favor of it. ... Court of Appeals ruled that the DEA is allowed to reject it's judge's ruling which meant returning marijuana back to a Schedule I narcotic. ... Since 1996, a majority of voters in Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington, have voted in favor of adding to the ballot, the idea of removing the criminal penalties for seriously ill people who grow or possess medical marijuana. ...

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The court ruled "that the decency and respect clause constituted an unreasonable restraint on artistic speech and found that it violated the First Amendment" (Hale). ... However, to many other people, he was sincerely trying to protect against what a majority of tax payers might have considered a waste of tax dollars for obscene displays that mocked people's deeply held religious beliefs. ...

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