08 Fall 08 Fall Director of Immigration v. Chong Fung Yuen has caused a series of problems in Hong Kong. In order to resolve the problems, there are three alternatives. First, requesting the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC) to interpret the relevant articles of Hong Kong Basic Law by government officials or courts. Second, the Court of Final Appeal (CFA) rules the case again. Third way is to amend the basic law. These resolutions will be analyzed based on the effects
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terrorism. In addition, the administration wanted the justice department to have the power to place wiretaps on the phones and computers of anyone suspected of terrorism. This initial proposal became the framework for the USA PATRIOT Act, which was first introduced in the House of Representatives on October 2, 2001. A similar law was introduced in the Senate on October 4, and on October 12 it passed on a vote of 96–1, with only Senator Russell Feingold (D-Wisc.) dissenting. The House passed its version
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rights criticize the ruling. The role of the Supreme Court is to interpret the Constitution faithfully, not to create arbitrary new rights at the expense of old ones nor to adopt legislation by judicial fiat. The Bill of Rights and subsequent amendments to guarantee specific rights with specific clauses. Lacking a textual or historical basis, this right to privacy depends largely on the Court that created it. Since the Constitution fails to specify the existence or extent of a general right
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worldwide is the right to freedom of speech. A fundamental right for people to be able to communicate their opinion in the public sphere, free speech is legally defined as “the right to express beliefs and opinions without unwarranted government restriction” (Franklyn, 1993). There are many examples on how this could be practiced, ranging from as simple as someone speaking in a public space about his or her political views and opinion of the current ruler to a non-intrusive protest by a large group
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rendered them untouchable. Ultimate power by few to control many is not democracy, which is what this nation should be founded upon. Unless the concept of corporate personhood is ratified, democracy will die, along with the American way of life. The first documented case of a corporation challenging the state under the Bill of Rights was Dartmouth College vs. Woodward. In 1769, King George III granted a charter granting
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founded in 2006 by Australian Julian Assange and a small group of activist and computer experts, is a whistle-blowing website which “aims to bring to light secret information about governments and corporations” (“Times Topics”). “[I]t is the world’s first stateless news organization, because it belongs to the Internet rather than to the laws and culture of any one country” (Peters).
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Unit 2 Readings Key Terms * Federalist Papers * John Locke * Authoritarianism * The Two Treatises Of Government * The Social Contract Theory * Thomas Hobbes * Nominalism * Materialism * Method Reading Summary or Overview The Federalist Papers were written and published in New York state newspapers between 1787 and 1788. Its purpose was to convince New Yorkers to ratify the proposed Constitution. The authors of The Federalist or The Federalist Papers were among
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incident for firefighters in the history of the United States. President George W. Bush was the current president during this tragedy, where he was doing one of his book lectures to a group of second grades in Florida when he had knowledge that the first plane Flight 11, hit the North tower at the World Trade Center. As Bush sat in front of the class, Andrew Card approached him whispered something into
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professional had been there to administer the drugs. Should this one epic fail determine whether or not capital punishment continues to be used in this country? I am going to have to say no. There is a reason why we chose to have the death penalty in the first place, because some crimes that are committed are just too horrible and deserve severe punishment. It is true that what happened to Angel Diaz was a horrible mistake but I was not aware that when attempting to kill someone for crimes committed that
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students due to the dress code policy, and the different ways females use to fight back. School dress codes are more for females than males, because schools see women as distraction for males and others. Schools dress codes are messing with the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gives the students the right to express themselves, without hurting others. We will see how females fight back on what they believe it is taking their freedom of speech and freedom to express their unique personalities
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