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  • Cruel And Unusual Punishment
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    I think that executing a minor violates the 8th amendment, "No cruel or unusual punishment". If a little kid makes a mistake and accidentally shoots a gun or does something that kills someone, and they are executed I think that that falls under cruel and unusual punishment. A court case that made it to the Supreme Court was the case of Kevin Nigel Stanford, who was convicted in 1981 of a murder committed in Kentucky when he was 17 years and 4 months old. Stanford and an accomplice repeatedly rap...
  • Majority Rule Minority Rights
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    The United States of America has five basic principles which ensure the ability of the country. The basic foundations: fundamental worth, equality of all persons, majority rule minority rights, necessity of compromise, and freedom. This paper reviews three of the five principles: majority rule and minority rights, individual freedom, and necessity of compromise. Two of these cases of individual freedom plus majority rule and minority rights the United States has failed to uphold. The third case ...
  • Free Web Sites
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    The New York Times Hearings End in Online Pornography Case By PAMELA MENDEL S PHILADELPHIA - A federal online pornography law will either unconstitutionally chill free speech on a variety of commercial Web sites or spur the creation of sensible screens between children and sites that exist to sell pornography. Those were the opposing views expressed Wednesday during the final day of hearings in United States District Court here to decide whether the new law, the Child Online Protection Act, shou...
  • Cases Of Discrimination Against Minorities And Women
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    Intro: To start off, I would like to present a quote from Historian, Roger Wilkins. Blacks have a 375-year history on this continent: 245 involving slavery, 100 involving legalized discrimination, and only 30 involving anything else. This quote makes you think, Thats a rough history to go through. The next thing that comes to your mind should be, well have things gotten better And the answer is yes and no. Yes, we have come a long way, and No, there are still many things wrong. Affirmative Actio...
  • Affirmative Action
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    Affirmative action has been controversial since the day it was first referenced, March 6, 1961, by President JFK issuing Executive Order 10925 (Infoplease. com). Affirmative action is race and gender neutral assurance against discrimination. The intended effects of President Johnson's enforcement of affirmative action were to eliminate discrimination and ensure equality for all races / sexes when applying for jobs, admissions, or promotions. However, it became apparent by the late 70's that what...

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