In the minds of the colonists the laws were unjust. ... Jonathan Mayhew justified overthrowing the King by proving that intentional unjust laws are considered abuse. Stepping into the shoes of an American colonist in the 1760's, one would find these unjust laws to be unfair and controlling. ... The British American colonists were sufficiently justified in fighting against the British, because the British were making unjust laws against the colonists. ... The law set against the colonists were unjust, and the King did not change them regardless of how many petitions the...

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It is unjust, irresponsible and takes thousands of lives every year. ... This is the method used by the legal system in enforcing laws against drunken driving. ... According to the implied-consent law, the police can require you to take a Breathalyzer test. ... With the increase in teen drunk driving, states are beginning to enforce a zero-tolerance law with teen drivers. ...

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In 2006, the United Nations recognized this issue by passing a resolution that aimed to "abolish by law, as soon as possible, the death penalty and life imprisonment without possibility of release for those under the age of 18 years at the time of the commission of the offence." (Lamberti, 2015) This law passed, but was ineffective in practice seeing as how the problem still continued. ... From an economic perspective, Daniel Nagin a professor of law calculated the cost of economic values of juvenile incarceration compared to rehabilitation. ... To hold them accountable as an adult w...

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Affirmative action in college admissions should be outlawed because it is an unjust process which ends up promoting further discrimination, and it does not make up for America's past injustices toward minorities. ... In the same court case, it was stated by Michigan Law School's expert that "in 2000, 35 percent of underrepresented minority applicants were admitted. ... If affirmative action is considered constitutional under strict scrutiny, these statistics should not exist in a law-abiding university. ... "Undoubtedly[,] there are other ways to better the education of law students ...

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Whatever the reason, slavery was now against the law. ... Affirmative Action Laws AA laws prohibit discriminatory practices and bias treatment. AA laws are composed of federal and state statutes that are based upon the Constitution of the US. ... The AA Quota system was designed to redistribute the unjust enrichment of the past. ... In addition, AA laws allowed for minority student's admission in schools that would not have been accessibl...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Everyone has a right to liberty, unless they give up that right by breaking the law, and everyone can pursue a life that will make them happy, (though that doesn't always happen!) ... When you can point to any such laws, in reference to the beasts of the field, then I may consent to argue the manhood of the slave." ... He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice" (2043). ... As a teacher of theology, medicine, or law, she is not known. ... " in view of the unjust laws above mentioned, and because women do feel themselves aggrieved, oppressed,...

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Throughout the book, the author fluidly transitions her arguments from the transgender's perspectives towards a careful deliberation on the laws that is perhaps imbalanced, unjust, and ultimately, perplexed and unexercised. ... Additionally, the range of policies and cases were limited, as the book is mainly focused on nondiscriminatory categories of state laws in the United States of America. ... An all-inclusive chapter of the book conjointly discussed the anti-discrimination and harassment laws that address the issues and grievances of transgenders in their workplaces. ... The disc...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

A Weighty Issue In the state of Massachusetts, there is a law that makes it illegal for anyone to consume more than three sandwiches at a wake. Who knows for sure why this law is in effect, but one theory is this, when people are depressed they tend to eat more, thus consuming more calories, which in turn, will eventually lead to an increase in weight. While some feel that this particular law is somewhat absurd, many people believe that there should be laws passed to aid the population in taking strides towards a healthier existence. ... In addition to their internal turmoil, many are a...

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At UC Berkeley, African Americans made up 6.3% of freshmen in 1995 and 3.4% last fall. " This drop in enrollment of African Americans at California state colleges may be due in part to Proposition 209, passed as a law in 1996, which eliminates affirmative action measures in California in both the workplace and college. ... And gaining entry to America's elite universities is difficult; the perception, right or wrong, that race can in some circumstances trump merit strikes many as unjust, not least because universities play a large role in social mobility. " The main problem with affi...

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If I had the choice to sign the Declaration of Independence, I would have willingly signed it because the King and Parliament had set up an unjust government for the colonists to live by, they had taken control of trade, and had heavily taxed and added duties to the colonists" main imports in orde! ... Under British rule, the colonists were denied these simple rights and were forced to coincide with the Parliamentary laws. ... 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. ...

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The first of several laws to achieve this was the Proclamation of 1763. ... In 1764, Britain passed a law known as the Currency Act, preventing the colonies to print and use their own money. ... This made them very unpopular towards the colonists causing many of them to defy laws. However, the one law that really exasperated the colonists was the Stamp Act of 1765, which taxed all kinds of printed-paper including wills, licenses, newspapers, diplomas and even playing cards. ... They decided that the Stamp Act and all the other taxation laws were illegal since the colonies were not represented...

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Children with disabilities deserve a fighting chance and being denied educational opportunities in a world that already discriminates against them is truly unjust, so additional educational programs and services for disabled children need to be given greater importance. ... Although no federal law was ever enacted, in both cases it was ruled that children with disabilities should have equal access to public education. ... Marcie Lipsitt, an educational advocate, speaks out about these unjust funding cuts, saying, "Sequestration is sending a powerful message to children at risk and with d...

• Word Count: 1751
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The well renowned professor of law at Yale, Peter Schuck described affirmative action as "A program in which people who control access to important social resources offer preferential access to those resources for particular groups that they think need special treatment" (Schuck 5.) ... In fact, as we are experiencing today, the government also created discriminating policies in the past, including Jim Crow laws and slavery. ... For a company to be able to only hire from a certain skin color is unjust. ...

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America's view on their justice system is very unclear, "we must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. ... The use of the death penalty dates all the way back 1700 B.C. when Iraq implemented The Code of Hammurabi, which was a legal document that contained the first known death penalty laws. ... The solution to avoid unjust death penalties is the jury. ...

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It is unjust that someone in one state receives the death penalty, but someone who commits an analogous crime in another state they are given a life sentence. ... (Bedau) So ever since the death penalty was re-instated the government has been spending millions upon millions of dollars on unnecessary murders when it could be spending the taxes on improving law enforcement and trying to lower the homicide rate. ... A recent study by Columbia University Law School found that two thirds of all capitol crime contained serious errors. ... Our laws should show a complete respect for life no matter if...

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In spite of the fact that there are laws that say blacks are no longer second class citizens, they are still treated differently than their white counterparts. ... The speaker seems to feel as though America's potential to be a great country has been wasted in an unjust treatment of its black citizens. ...

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Although discrimination in employment based on sex is prohibited by law nothing was done when it occurred. ... If after a thorough examination of the facts of the effects of an unjust or immoral law, a community failed in negotiation with the majority, King advocated mass direct action to engage public opinion, especially the opinion of the majority. ...

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To Pray or Not to Pray "The trend of taking God and moral teaching out of schools is a diabolical scheme," declared the Reverend Billy Graham soon after the Engel versus Vitale and Schempp verdict (Haas 30). The debate over the separation of church and state had been swirling through courtrooms ...

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