To create an assumed picture, approximately three quarters of the population hold and maintain open bank accounts. With this in mind, how would it appear when your transactions that clear your account only have a dollar amount and no description? It tends to create a mind boggling amount of confusion. My profession is a telephone banker, and this type of confusion is a daily dealing for me. President Bush has signed a legislation agreement for what is called "Check 21, or the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, which gained momentum after the attacks of September 11 disrupted check transport for many financial institutions coast-to-coast." (Business Editors/ High-Tech Writers, 2003, Pg1, Par1).
Speaking for the entire country is what the Presidents job is, and making sure that all laws and legislation is implemented. He is the ultimate rule maker, and what he says is good for the whole country, must really be true, right? My findings of this article and quite a few similar to it have really made me think. Is this really what our country needs? What about how the public feels or other countries for that matter, in making this decision, was it really the best one over-all? .
In finding information for this topic, this particular finding just threw out the non-usage of critical think to me. The writer isn't the one who is presenting the thought process; it is just documentation on what is currently going on. The critical thinking processes are those of the President and the corporations implementing the new legislation, and procedures to make. .
The President is using emotion geared mostly from what had happened on September 11th, to make a decision that affects not only the USA but other countries as well. He also assumes that this process will "help eliminate the paper trail now slowing down the payments process and to allow banks to cut costs by processing checks faster.
Gun legislation varies in every state. ... Gun legislation should be abolished in favor of federal gun legislation. ... Also, most states restrict the purchasing of long guns under the age of 18, and 21 for the purchase of handguns. ... Some laws require prospective gun buyers, to get a purchase permit, which comes with applicant passing all background checks. ... The legal age of gun ownership will be 21 years of age. ...
The Senate propsed a bill that called for mandatory child safety locks, backgound checks of gun buyers, and raising the legal age of purchasing a firearm from 18 to 21. ... Gun rights groups say the legislation would infringe on the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens. ... They call for only one handgun purchase per month and raising the legal age limit of guns to 21 from the current 18. ... The House rejected the legislation but split the gun debate into two separate divisions of legislation-one focusing on youth culture and violent crime and the other dealing with ...
The House of Lords consists of life peers to serve in the final court of appeals, or "law lords", all other life peers, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Bishops of London, Durham and Winchester, and the 21 senior bishops of the Church of England. ... Although Parliament has no official "separation of powers", the Houses have devised customs for checking up on itself. ... The US, however, has quite an elaborate system of checks and balances. The legislation is subject to presidential veto; however, Congress, by a two-thirds vote of each house, can override a presidential veto. The...
Gun rights groups say such legislation would infringe on the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens. They say stricter background checks at gun shows would slow weapon sales, as the waiting period would outlast the gun show itself. ... Among other things, proponents of stricter firearm laws are calling for mandatory child safety locks, tougher background checks, and other controls that they believe will curb the rise of gun-related violence. ... Such groups also advocate raising the legal age limit for ownership of guns to age 21 from the current age of 18. ...
Under Roosevelt the court struck down a great deal of legislation aimed at regulating powerful trusts and holding companies. ... The appointments of David Suter and Clarence Thomas have strengthened the conservative block in the court, replacing strong liberal voices such as William Brennan and Thurgood Marshall (Walker/Epstien, 20-21). ... However, this argument is not taken seriously since our system of checks and balances requires some involvement in the other branches of government by the courts. This leads to the next debate which Adamany outlines, entitled democratic checks. Here it ...
Background checks: 32 states require no background checks when a handgun is purchased from an unlicensed seller, whether over the back fence or at a gun show. 44 states require no background checks when a rifle or shotgun is bought from an unlicensed seller. ... Some states and localities have enacted strict licensing and other control measures, and federal legislation (1968) prohibited the sale of rifles by mail. ... • Raising the legal age for handgun possession from 18 to 21 years of age. • Banning possession of certain semiautomatic rifles by those under 21 years of age. .....
They are all supposed to be equal and have certain powers as well as certain checks on powers. ... Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. ... The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. ... The congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. This lowered the legal voting age from 21 to 18 in 1971. ...
This did not last long, when in 1973 a military coup removed all aspects of democracy and replaced itself with Habyarimana, a military general who remained in power for 21 years. ... At a federal level, the right to initiate and amend legislation belongs to the deputies. In order to pass legislation, laws are drafted by members. ... This system has been influenced by the 21 year Military Dictatorship in the 70's to 90's. ... Horizontally it has established checks and balances between government bodies, particularly in separation of powers and preventing abuse of power. ...
