...Huff 1/24/2016 Prof. Behler O'leary, Sara. "We Have No Right to Bear Arms." HuffPost Politics. Huffington Post. Web. Second Amendment In modern day the bill of rights and more specifically the second amendment of the federal constitution allows individuals to own and posses fire arms. While this is an inherent right of citizens provided by the constitution and gives individuals a sense of a personal security, the market for firearms has a dark side as well. The multi billion-dollar firearm market, while creating a great source of revenue for the nation’s economy the firearm industry has some negative aspects for the nation as well. The large number of guns being bought and sold throughout the country leads to a number of those guns falling into the wrong hands. With this being said the right to bear arms leads to the problem that has been a hot topic in the American criminal justice system, gun violence. The constitution states “We the People, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” “We the People” meaning all citizens of the United States are affected equally by what is stated in the constitution. The preamble even states providing for the common defense meaning our nations defense not our individual defense. If the...
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...Another heated Amendment debate This Amendment is very discussed because it is overseen by one of the largest lobbying groups. This group is the NRA (National Rifle Association). They have many faithful members and they will go to great lengths to make sure that what they feel are there given rights, have any chance to be seen as being forfeited. This whole group of people feels that the 2nd Amendment guarantees them the right to own and carry a gun. To enforce my later statements I feel I must add the 2nd amendment to this paper so I shall do so: "A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." Eugene Volokh believes that this statement secures a "right of the people" not of the militia. I believe that we are able by our constitution to own guns. Under the 1956 Militia Act, it says anyone between 18 and 45 are part of the militia which is "the body of the people capable of bearing Arms" (Volokh). That to me constitutes that anyone capable of handling a gun has a right to possess one unless they have had a felony, mental illness, etc. Carl T. Bogus, a law professor at Roger Williams University in Bristol R.I., simply stated the whole reason for the second Amendment was because "James Madison merely wanted to win support for the Bill of Rights from southerners who wanted armed units to be able to control slaves" (Glaberson). This amendment I feel has become very...
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...The Taft-Hartley Act (1947) was created in the period following World War II which a significant amount of them had just returned from the war and were hoping to improve their pay and their working conditions. Due to price controls in place during the war very low inflation been seen for some time. Of course the unprecedented deflation of the Great Depression had also contributed to stagnant wages. With peacetime, workers began to hope the time had come for them to show solidarity, collectively bargain and demand a bigger slice of the postwar economic growth, and share in its prosperity. While the Taft-Hartley act was created to address an imbalance of power which big business lobbied had given the unions excessive power. The then congressional response was to place crushing regulations, financial penalties, and regulatory requirements on union operations. Furthermore, they significantly limited the tactics which unions had successfully employed in the past to win many of the concessions they previously had won. The President Theodore Roosevelt, objected to this bill. In a letter accompanying his veto of it, he stated: “I share with the Congress the conviction that legislation dealing with the relations between management and labor is necessary. I heartily condemn abuses on the part of unions and employers, and I have no patience with stubborn insistence on private advantage to the detriment of the public interest. “But this bill is far from a solution of those problems...
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...Reflections on the First Amendment Shellene Lewis History/301 July 03, 2013 Brona Pinnolis Reflections on the First Amendment In Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1965 twenty three black college students were arrested in an attempt to integrate a local eatery. To express their outrage Rev. B. Elton Cox led 2,000 black college students on a march to protest the incarceration of the students. Rev. Cox was a later arrested and convicted for breaching the peace, obstructing a public passageway and picketing the court house. To what extent does the Constitution protect the right of privacy? “The U. S. Constitution contains no express right to privacy. The Bill of Rights, however, reflects the concern of James Madison and other framers for protecting specific aspects of privacy, such as the privacy of beliefs (1st Amendment), privacy of the home against demands that it be used to house soldiers (3rd Amendment), privacy of the person and possessions as against unreasonable searches (4th Amendment), and the 5th Amendment's privilege against self-incrimination, which provides protection for the privacy of personal information. In addition, the Ninth Amendment states that the "enumeration of certain rights" in the Bill of Rights "shall not be construed to deny or disparage other rights retained by the people." The meaning of the Ninth Amendment is elusive, but some persons have interpreted the Ninth Amendment as justification for broadly reading the Bill...
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...Somtimes i wonder what the world would be without the bill of rights,Bill of rights is one of the best way’s for a united states citizen to know their rights such as life,liberty and property .The bill of rights created a strong government to protect the rights of its people. I as an American myself believe that the bill of rights does protect citizens rights and they do provide a limited government.The first 10 ammendments shows thne 10 ways a person has a right in many different ways,it shows that every cititzen is equal and has rights that guarantee individual freedom which basically applys to criminal procedure.Not only that but a limited government works because it expands the idea of popular sovereignty(which shows that people are the real source of the government’s authority ),then the government should naturally have whatever...
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...(b) The Constitution is able to successfully limit majority rule by enlisting a system of checks and balances and sepertaion of powers. The system of checks and balances is the government's way of having each branch, executive, legislative, and judicial, keep an eye on each other to make sure that they aren't becoming to strong,trying to infringe on the Constitution, or passing unjust laws. Seperation of powers is used to balance out the power of each of the branches of gonvernment by giving them different duties, so as to not give all the power to one branch (c) The twentieth-century was a time where many changes were made to the government making it much more democratic. A couple of the changes were enacting the Seventeenth Ammendment and...
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...One individual can be powerful enough to change the world. With confiction, determnation and willingness to hold strong to your beliefs, one person can make a differance. Martin Luther and Susan B. Anthony are examples of significant people who stood for their beliefs for the greater good of man and changed the course of history. Martin Luther was born in Eisleben, Germany on November 10, 1483 and died in Eisleben, Germany February 18, 1546. In his brief 62 years of life, he managed to make a monstrous change in traditions within Christianity by challenging the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and by translating the Bible in German. In 1501, Luther began studing at the University of Erfurt. He quickly excelled gaining a Bachelors and Masters degree by 1505. Luther then began Law school, at the same University, at this father's wishes. In the summer of 1505, Luther was caught in a storm while returning to school, lightening struck near him and fearing for his life "he cried out, "Help, St. Anne! I'll become a monk!"."(Greatsite, n.d.) Luther, having been raised in the Roman Catholic church, believed his life had been spared, dropped out of law school and entered the monastery.(Greatsite, n.d.) It was during his time at the monestary that he developed a termoilous relationship with God. He could not find peach with God no matter what he did. He was sent back to school to distract him from his self doubt by his superior. In 1507 he was ordained a priest and in...
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...Accounting for Financial Decision Making Discuss the changes that occurred in financial accounting over the last 2 years. Table of Contents ______ 1 Basics of financial accounting 3 2 Changes in financial accounting over the last two years 4 2.1 IAS 1 Presentation of Items of Other Comprehensive Income (OCI) — Amendments to IAS 1………. … 5 2.2 IAS 12 Income Taxes (Amendment) — Deferred Taxes: Recovery of Underlying Assets.. 6 2.3 IAS 24 Related Party Disclosures (Revised).. 7 2.4 Annual improvements adopted by the IASB 8 2.5 IAS 27 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements . 8 4 References 10 Basics of financial accounting Financial accounting can be defined as: The process of preparing financial statements for a business. The three key financial statements are: 1. Income statement. 2. Balance sheet. 3. Statement of cash flows. They serve two main purposes: a. To report on the current financial position of the company. b. To show how well a company performs over a period of time. Financial statements are used by shareholders. These are investors, creditors and other interested parties who rely on such information to find out whether a business is making or losing money, and they depend on financial accountants to ensure that these statements are materially correct and understandable. Financial accounting is a specialised branch of accounting that keeps tract of a company’s financial transactions. Using standardises...
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...Discuss in detail the copyright law in India vis-a vis the global scenario. Copyright is a form of intellectual property protection granted under Indian law to the creators of original works of authorship such as literary works (including computer programs, tables and compilations including computer databases which may be expressed in words, codes, schemes or in any other form, including a machine readable medium), dramatic, musical and artistic works, cinematographic films and sound recordings. Copyright law protects expressions of ideas rather than the ideas themselves. Under section 13 of the Copyright Act 1957, copyright protection is conferred on literary works, dramatic works, musical works, artistic works, cinematograph films and sound recording. For example, books, computer programs are protected under the Act as literary works. Copyright refers to a bundle of exclusive rights vested in the owner of copyright by virtue of Section 14 of the Act. These rights can be exercised only by the owner of copyright or by any other person who is duly licensed in this regard by the owner of copyright. These rights include the right of adaptation, right of reproduction, right of publication, right to make translations, communication to public etc. Copyright protection is conferred on all Original literary, artistic, musical or dramatic, cinematograph and sound recording works. Original means, that the work has not been copied from any other source. Copyright protection commences...
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...As the granddaughter of a retired Marine, I have the utmost respect for the word “freedom” and what it means. The idea behind freedom is to have independence. The freedoms I enjoy today are because of the sacrifies made by our military to ensure those rights. The one freedom I currently enjoy today is found in the 19th Amendment. The 19th Amendment guarentees American Women the right to vote. Achieving this right required a difficult struggle and a victory that took decades to accomplish. Women were finally given voting rights in 1919. It took three tries to get the ammendment passed through congress after it sat for nearly 40 years. I recenly turned eighteen-years old and cannot wait to get to the polls to cast my first ballot. I am filled...
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...Introduction From man’s basic understanding of existence, he acknowledges that his presence is but a fraction in time in relation to the longevity of the Earth’s existence. This attests to the time period in which the Earth functions. Man’s calculations of year to year changes in the Earth’s atmosphere are meager at best in determining the cycle for such an entity. Man’s oldest data dating back from ice core samples from Antarctica can not trace back further than a minute percent of the history of the billions of years that the Earth has existed. (Relatively) recently, Earth has endured "naturally occurring" Ice Ages, meteorological disasters, and the evolution of man and his technology. So the question is raised, is mankind bold in thinking that anything it does collectively will scar the Earth beyond repair? Man might change the Earth’s surface, man might obliterate his own existence, but man will not change the propensity for nature to allow the continuation of life. Debate on Global Warming So, what is man doing for mankind? There is a general concensus that one of the greatest dangers man is imposing upon himself is that of a global change in the atmosphere, causing the average temperature on Earth to increase. Before any discussion can begin on how to go about fixing the problem of global warming, it is improtant to point out that the problem is more basic than otherwise understood. The problem is not global waring, it is how to deal with the possible existance...
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...Monday 6pm April 15, 2013 The Costitution A.K.A the "supreme law of the land," Is the most important Developement in American Constitutional thinking to take place during 1776-1787. The constitution was concerned in developeing a new way of government. In 1776 a constitution was not in place, And simply calling a document a constitution did not make it legally distinct from any ordinary legislation. A constitution is the body of rules in accordance with which the powers of a government are distributed and excersised. How did the U.S. come to have writen the constitution? There are three Charters that influenced this. Firstly, the influene of the colonial charters. Secondly, was the church covenants, and Thirdly the influence of english precedent, these developed a habit of drawing up constitutional documents for purpose of placing limitations on the king or the government.(Hutchinsons,2) The general court later wrote a new constitution to replace the Royal Charters. The general Court agreed to a convention, Which purpose was only to write a constitution. After the writing of the constitution a Convention was then set up to allow the people of Massachussetts to overlook this set up a two part process, Framing and ratification by the people that the writers of Constitution followed. The preamble was revised up until the last days...
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...Introduction From man’s basic understanding of existence, he acknowledges that his presence is but a fraction in time in relation to the longevity of the Earth’s existence. This attests to the time period in which the Earth functions. Man’s calculations of year to year changes in the Earth’s atmosphere are meager at best in determining the cycle for such an entity. Man’s oldest data dating back from ice core samples from Antarctica can not trace back further than a minute percent of the history of the billions of years that the Earth has existed. (Relatively) recently, Earth has endured "naturally occurring" Ice Ages, meteorological disasters, and the evolution of man and his technology. So the question is raised, is mankind bold in thinking that anything it does collectively will scar the Earth beyond repair? Man might change the Earth’s surface, man might obliterate his own existence, but man will not change the propensity for nature to allow the continuation of life. Debate on Global Warming So, what is man doing for mankind? There is a general concensus that one of the greatest dangers man is imposing upon himself is that of a global change in the atmosphere, causing the average temperature on Earth to increase. Before any discussion can begin on how to go about fixing the problem of global warming, it is improtant to point out that the problem is more basic than otherwise understood. The problem is not global waring, it is how to deal with the possible...
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...known for his leadership during the American civil war and his actions against slavery ( source #1). Had he not been as bold and steadfast in his opinion for abolition as he was in his lifetime, we would very likely be in a different place. A butterfly effect would have caused there to be no opportunity for M.L.K. to had become a great leader of protest, and die a martyr. African Americans would never have the chance to fight for their rights. Yes, perhaps a different revoloutionary may have risen up, but it could have been a far longer fight for human rights then what has happened in set history. While he did not live to see his dream realized, shortly after Lincolns assassination the Reconstruction Ammendments were created (the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth ammendments) ( source #1). With his actions, he rightly earned the name, "The Great Emancipator (source #1)," and ensured a legacy that would last long after his death, and will likely last a great deal of time after we are gone. Meanwhile, Thomas Jefferson is known as one of the great heros of the American Revolution (source #3). This is not entirely true. While he did serve in the continental congress, and write the Declaration of Independence, he did not do much fighting or leading. Beyond that, he was the Commisioner and Minister to France, and spent a majority of the Civil War there, and helped draft their Declaration before leaving to return to America after the Civil War. Despite not living up to the title...
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...Breaking news, On today's news hour We will be reporting on the fact the first ammendment, freedom of speech, has now been repealed. Today I am your host, Bmud Era Slarebil which is not backwards for anything. So to start reporting, after months of liberals fighting to repeal freedom of speech because it allows for people to hurt other people's feelings, they have finally won. Two days ago at a college in Washington a safe space was invaded by a teenager who was talking to his friend, the two friends who will remain unnamed hurt all the people's feelings in the safe space because they kept on calling each other man, which they didn't get how saying man could offend people, but the feminist couldn't handle they Man being called by the pronouns...
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