Credits 4 Credits 3 3 Hrs/ wk 4 4 Marks 100 100 Credits 3 3 1 BA SEMESTER I POL 131: POLITICAL SCIENCE PAPER I – CORE CONCEPTS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE 75 Hrs This course deals with basic concepts of political science such as state, government, law, rights etc. Objectives To introduce the students to: • The
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Civil rights are generally associated with the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act of 1964 and 1965. They are Acts aimed at promoting equal rights in America, and ensuring protections of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution are extended to all groups in society. Although initially aimed at redressing the inequality for African Americans, civil rights are in fact equally applied to all groups in society and therefore their achievement needs to be viewed in this light, rather than just
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View the four public speakers provided in the course videos for this week, select one speech and evaluate the qualities of the presentation, the speaker, and audience reaction. The evaluation should address 1. Delivery approach (including voice, vocabulary, and style) 2. Verbal and nonverbal communications 3. Use of storytelling and narrative 4. Ability to influence and persuade 5. Visual appeal 6. The experience for the audience and the speaker Analyze the
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|florida agriculture & mechaniCal university | |“DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL AND ITS CONSTITUTIONALITY” | |FINAL DRAFT | |
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I am here to talk about our Second Amendment right which allowed us to carry and bear arms in the United States. Gun control has been a big topic in the united states for years now. Taking away any right to bear arms is a huge breach in our second amendment constitution rights. If these constitutional rights keep being challenge, this country will no longer be the land of the free. These rights are ours as Americans. It is our decision of whether we support them or not. That decision cannot
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school administration in response to education for all. The 1987 Constitution guarantees the right to education of every Filipino. It provided that, “The State shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels and shall take appropriate steps to make education accessible to all.” As it is a mandate, it is also a challenge to the present and future school administrators in implementing the right of every Filipino citizen along with the movement led by UNESCO “Education
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Thomas Paine believes, like many others, the common misconception of America being an equal and just place. America was founded on the principle that men have certain unalienable rights, but those rights are not always extended to every person who resides in America. There were times that the government would commit unjust actions against people in other countries, and sometimes even the people within their own. Many people, throughout the history of America, were discriminated against for trivial
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access and control without interfering with the constitutional rights of citizens. It is a known fact that America was produced into a nation based on the ideologies of freedom and democracy; with the constitution as the heart of its central government. The basic rights of citizens stated in the amendments are not only unambiguous but also eminently conserved by the Judicial System and Supreme Courts, which makes it a crucial challenge to modify, despite having national catastrophes that leave the
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exceptions in cases of rape, incest, fetal deformity and for women who travel great distances to a doctor. Discuss the following: (1) Who has standing to sue to challenge this law? (2) What legal issues might be raised as a basis to challenge this law? (3) What legal philosophy best support this law? (4) What legal philosophy best challenge this law? (5) What source of law(s) are relevant to this issue? Standing to Sue means “A legal requirement that an individual must have a sufficient stake
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Garrie Allen IV Professor Deborah Anthony PSC 416 Constitutional Law and Civil Liberties 2 October 2014 ASHCROFT v. AL-KIDD The plaintiff, born with the name Lavoni T. Kidd, converted to Islam while in college and adopted the name Abudullah al-Kidd. In 2003 at Dulles International Airport, Al-Kidd was arrested by the FBI and held for two weeks under the federal material-witness statute because he was getting ready to leave the country to attend school in Saudi Arabia and they wanted him to testify
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