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Affirmative Action
Number of Words: 1066 / Number of Pages: 4
... By highlighting the fact that some groups of people because of their sex, color, or origin, need special rules to advance in our society, only increases discrimination. Those people who are denied employment or education at the school of their choice because a certain number of minorities must be admitted, are undeniably hostile towards the groups that they see as "taking their jobs." If we continue to stress the color lines of the past discrimination will never disappear. We need to start thinking of everyone in America as equal, each person having the same opportunities as the next. As long ...
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Graduated Driver's License Controversy
Number of Words: 652 / Number of Pages: 3
... road. More than 20 states have a program where first time offenders (or those who refuse a Breathalyzer test) are forced to face a panel of drunken driving victim’s families. Liability on bars, parents, and others who buy for minors has increased. In the website www.aaahoosier.com, teens can chat about driving safety with parents. In SADD and the program “Safe Rides,” children are less likely to drive home while intoxicated because someone sober guarantees them a safe ride home. Also, Hollywood is doing its part to reverse peer pressure when it comes to drinking and driving. They said’ ...
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Problems With Gun Control
Number of Words: 906 / Number of Pages: 4
... it was not the
intent or purpose of this Amendment to bestow unlimited rights upon the people.
The question to ask today is, are the people responsible enough to have the
unlimited rights that they seem to have under this Amendment. Clede states,
"that does not mean that the government can constitutionally prohibit all
weapons, but it probably means that the government can reasonably regulate and
limit their use." I agree with Clede's point. The language of the
Constitution is very vague. The second amendment states, " A well-regulated
militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the ...
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Legalization Of Marijuana
Number of Words: 2681 / Number of Pages: 10
... experiences identical to those observed after ingestion of
potent hallucinogens such as LSD.
Some who smoke marijuana feel no effects; others feel relaxed and
sociable, tend to laugh a great deal, and have a profound loss of the sense
of time. Characteristically, those under the influence of marijuana show
incoordination and impaired ability to perform skilled acts. Still others
experience a wide range of emotions including feelings of perception, fear,
insanity, happiness, love and anger. Although marijuana is not addicting,
it may be habituating. The individual may become psyc ...
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Search & Seizure In The Context Of Automobiles
Number of Words: 1864 / Number of Pages: 7
... because it is not practical to secure a search warrant when there is probable cause to believe that contraband goods are in an automobile. Such things as automobiles and boats can quickly be moved away before an officer can secure a warrant. New Jersey Courts also recognize that an automobile exception is required because the need of a search warrant is often unforeseeable when an automobile is inherently mobile. Carroll v. United States, 267, U.S. 132, 45 S.Ct. 250, 69 L.Ed. 543 (1925). The Courts seem to realize that if law enforcement officers were required to serve a warrant each time they ...
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Legalization Of Drugs
Number of Words: 3260 / Number of Pages: 12
... 1933, politicians
buckled and repealed the 18th Amendment. The Prohibition attempt of the early
20th century provides the perfect historical support for the decriminalization
of drugs.
"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species
of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that
it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of
things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very
principles upon which our government was founded."
The rise in violent crime over the years has been a conc ...
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Juvenile Justice
Number of Words: 2368 / Number of Pages: 9
... that if
the situation looks bleak now, it could deteriorate even more in the future.
The U.S. Census projects that the juvenile population, reported to be 27.1
million in 1994, will rise to 33.8 million by the year 2004 (67).
At the heart of this controversy: the juvenile justice system. For the
past several years the system has been under attack by every one from state
legislatures to parenteen groups. Our solution to the rising juvenile crime
problem- to get tougher. According to a recent USA Today/CNN/Gallup Poll, 60
percent of Americans believe that a teenager convicted of murder should get ...
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Legalization Of Drugs (for)
Number of Words: 568 / Number of Pages: 3
... users.
However, making drugs legal will reduce the great amounts of money
spent on enforcement every year. Drug dealers and users are one step ahead
of the enforcement process. If one drug lord is caught, another one will
show up somewhere else. We cannot win. In 1987, 10 billion dollars were
spent alone just on enforcing drug laws. Drugs accounted for about 40
percent of all felony indictments in the New York City courts in 1989. This
figure is quadruple what it was in 1985. One can only imagine what this
figure would be like today. Forty percent of the people in federal prison
are drug ...
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Capital Punishment
Number of Words: 1528 / Number of Pages: 6
... as any time in history. Most of the crimes punishable by death were religious crimes such as heresy, sacrilege, and atheism. The American colonies punished crimes like witchcraft, murder, and rape with the death penalty. The debates over did not really begin until the Enlightenment of the 1700’s (Winters 17.) During this period, people starting pushing for the restriction of the death penalty for many crimes. Through controversy and debate the death penalty has remained a tool of the criminal justice system and is still argued today.
The case of Paula Cooper and thousands more like it are hear ...
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Legalization Of Marijuana
Number of Words: 956 / Number of Pages: 4
... business. Most of the dealers have double income because their profit is created by trafficking marijuana plus most of the dealers receive a welfare check. The welfare check, alone is not enough to support their lifestyle. This would require dealers to get jobs. This would boost the economy by having more workers. Once these people got jobs, they would have sufficient income to be taken off of welfare. This would save tax money to be used elsewhere. The unemployment rate would drop greatly and much of the money unaccounted for in the economy would show up once again. Also, by having the dealers in a w ...
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