Capital Punishment Perhaps one of the most controversial issues this nation or world will ever face is the function and purpose of the capital punishment system known as the death penalty. Since the beginning of the instatement of the death penalty there has been wide spread controversy over its use as well as its practice. This topic has caused lots of commotion between groups that are

Attack on America On September 11 2001, Americans awoke to find our country under attack. The country went into a state of shock. Many including myself kept on asking, who could of done such a thing to the United States and why' After the initial shock Americas next step was to find a way to respond to these acts of war. But how can this be done, and what will be the response of the rest

Bali Bombings The deadly explosions that ripped through two popular nightclubs in Kuta on the Indonesian resort island of Bali have been labeled the worst single terrorist attack since September 11. The Bali bombings killed nearly 200 people and most of them young Australians. However, there are more than three hundred people injured. On the other hand, many of the bodies recovered

Aviation Safety Bill HR 15 In the post-September 11th era, the need for increased security at our nation's airports and on our domestic flights has taken on a new, rejuvenated sense of urgency. In the aftermath of such a tragedy it is natural to want to immediately react with new tougher standards and regulations. This reaction, while considered understandable by most and even absolutel

AWACS and the AST BACKGROUND PAPER ON THE AWACS COUNTER-DRUG MISSION AND HOW THE AST HELPS 1. Mayhem! Chaos! Lives Destroyed! Drugs ruin many lives and it does not stop with the user. Some people are going to do whatever it takes to get drugs into the United States. United States Customs officials reported during fiscal year 2000 that over 200 tons of drugs were seized valued at

Civil Rights Act Of 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 According the 1964 Civil Rights Act, its purpose is stated as follows: To enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States to provide injunctive relief against discrimination in public accommodations, to authorize the attorney General to institute suits to protect constit

Cleavages There are many ways to divide people. It can be done by class, language, religion or in some other manner. These divisions are critical to many, if not all, modern democracies. The numerous different nations that are encompassed within a state can influence that state in many ways, among those ways is in the area of national politics. These political divisions among people ar

Clinton And Impeachment Should President Clinton have been impeached and convicted' In the last two years of President William Clinton’s second term, he was riddled with many controversies and scandals. However, none were as important as the possible impeachment and removal from office he had to face before the entire country. The controversy centered on the idea that the President h

Colombian Drug War In the St. Petersburg Times article dated November 5, 2000 “Rising Violence Precede ‘Plan Colombia’” it was reported that heavy fighting has erupted throughout Colombia between paramilitary units of the Colombian army and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, better known as the FARC. The FARC is a communist organization that for years has been trying to establi

Communism Karl Marx’s ideas of communism were mainly derived from what he had observed of the changing of peoples lifestyle due to the Industrial Revolution. Millions were packing their bags and moving from work on the farm, to work in the factories of cities. The working conditions were terrible at the factories; slums even developed around such factories. As Marx believed, that working

Congress Summarry The purpose of congress is agreed by most, is to legislate for the public interest, the public interest however is not agreed on. The congress was established by the founders of this country, to be the first and most powerful branch of government. One of the first powers given to congress was to lay and collect taxes. The agreement was to give such a power to the more c

Constitutional Decision Making: Better Than What' The presentation of Paul Brest’s argument in his essay, “The Misconceived Quest for the Original Understanding” introduces (to me at least) the idea of interpreting (or in the idea of Fish ‘creating a text’) the, United States two-hundred year-plus-old, constitution in a two ways: “originalism” and “nonoriginalism”. Focusing first, upon

The Chicano Movement The Chicano Movement was a period in this country of organization of ideas within the Mexican community. What made the time between 1960 and 1975 so unique was that the ideas being formed were breaking through ethnic boundaries. The government was finally beginning to recognize the problems that were being brought into the mainstream of society. People that were n

Cops Cops Schmops They have often been referred to as a “thin blue line” between order and anarchy. The duties of the police officer include the apprehension of criminal offenders, the resolution of community conflicts, the protection of society, and the promotion and preservation of civil order. In this paper I will cover such issues as who are cops, are they fair, necessary, an

Corporal Punishment For Children Beating the devil out of them. Children grow up and learn from their mistakes, but how do they learn what is right and wrong' The oldest method used for the disciplining of children would have to be corporal punishment, meaning through seemingly blatant abuse, by spanking or smacking, attempting to discourage a child from doing a certain activity, or

Crime Crime is one of the most pressing problems facing our country today. Being among one of the top concerns makes it such a relevant topic for us all. Our concern for crime is influenced by many public sources. Since most of us have no direct contact with any serious crime, our only exposure comes from various sources of information such as television, newspapers, and the Internet.

Crime And Punishment Crime and Punishment The crime problem in the United States has historically been misstated and exaggerated by bureaucrats and politicians. The intentions behind these overstatements vary within each context but a common thread emerges upon closer examination. As in any capitalist society, money and material possession are the primary motivation that fuels society a

Crime Control Supreme Court Case Could Void Right to Remain Silent. This article appeared in the Miami Herald on Sunday November 24,2002. The Supreme Court in it’s famous Miranda ruling required police to respect the rights of people that are being questioned; this is the right to remain silent. Officers must make them aware of their rights and allow them to understand that they can

Crimes In America Gangs In America Being in a gang, has become a way of life for incarcerated criminals and does not only promote violence inside the prison facilities, but outside in the general population. These gangs plague communities in many different states because of their callous and care-free violence. Different gangs include: The Mexican Mafia, The Norteno Movement, The Ar

Barry Goldwater When you here the word conservitism or conservative movement lots of people come to mind. People like Ronald Reagan, Woodrow Wilson, Dwight D. Eisenhowser, William F. Buckley, and so on and so on. None stand out the most than Barry Goldwater. Barry Goldwater was one of the pioneers of the conservative movement. Goldwater remained a conservative until the day he died.

Cuban Missile Crisis Never before and hopefully never again have we been so close to nuclear war. Many nuclear warheads were poised for launch in Cuba aimed at the United States. Five times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb, the missiles might have meant the end of humanity. In the following will be described how close the world actually came to nuclear war. On January 1, 1959

2000: The Year the Courts Decided the Election On November 7, 2000, American voters went to the polls to elect the 43rd president of the United States. Ritualistically, the nation watched that evening for the election returns. The tallies for Democrat Albert Gore and Republican George W. Bush teetered in the makings of a dead heat. It soon became obvious that Florida would be the deci

Current Affairs Current affairs and news programs position the viewer to react in a certain way through the use techniques such as selection of detail, Audio, technical and symbolic codes. A ten news program about the falling of the twin towers on sep 11 uses these techniques to position the viewer to respond in a sympathetic manner and to accept the values and attitudes being presented.

Current Peacekeeping Operations In Africa Current Peacekeeping Operations in Africa Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL, 1999-present) Since the beginning of conflict in 1991, Sierra Leone's population has suffered greatly at the hands of the marauding Revolutionary United Front (RUF). During nearly a decade of fighting, the RUF has systematically killed and maimed tens of thousands of Leoneans. At

Declaration Of Seperation To whom it may concern, This is a declaration of my independents from you the parents. You have unjust laws that I am no longer willing to live by. So either let me have my freedom or I am willing to go to war over it. You have imposed unjust laws on me the child and they are not being able to go to bed whenever I please. You also do not let me watch wh

Death Penalty Death Penalty 1 The idea of putting another human to death is hard to completely fathom. The physical mechanics involved in the act of execution are easy to grasp, but the emotions involved in carrying out a death sentence on another person, regardless of how much they deserve it, is beyond my own understanding. I know it must be painful, d

Death Penalty The United States sees Capital Punishment as constitutional, an evenhanded form of punishment and a political issue; the death penalty causes many problems in our society, people believe that there are other ways of punishing criminals in its place of death. The United States and many other nations have used Capital punishment to discourage criminals and punish others. The

Death Penalty Punishment by Death Imagine having your hands tied and then walked to an elevated scaffold where you would meet death as your accusers pushed you down and cast stones at you until your bloody body lay motionless under a pile of rocks. This was a form of capital punishment used by ancient Greeks and Hebrews. In china a method called, “Death by a thousand cuts” slowly

Death Penalty Why is the death penalty used as a means of punishment for crime' Is this just a way to solve the nations growing problem of overcrowded prisons, or is justice really being served' Why do some view the taking of a life morally correct' These questions are discussed and debated upon in every state and national legislature throughout the country. Advantages and disadvantages

Death Taxes: Punishing Farmers For Dying Punishing Farmers for Dying In the United State of America, they say there are two things you can count on: death and taxes. Actually, there's a third; Death Taxes. A more apt saying today might end, "death and then taxes." Year after year, all your life, the IRS taxes your earnings. Then when you die, the final insult' They tax you again on inc