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    The 10th amendment of the United States constitution should have contained specific powers that are within the states. However, there is not an explicit example of the powers that given to the states. Whether the powers were changed, eliminated, or remained the same throughout the years, there should be at least some form of documentation as to what the states are allowed to do and with or without permission from the federal government. These powers of the states are actually the rights of the states

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    As I have mentioned before, I grew up and attended school under Scholar Academic philosophy, but my experience in high school was a mixing bowl of various ideologies and philosophies, as our school kept exploring options on how to improve academics and student enrollment. The changes I experienced in high school sparked my curiosity for an education career. I attended Sacramento High School. After my freshman year, our high school was shut down because of issues with attendance, academics, and

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    review. Issues: Were non-members’ First Amendment right to expression and association violated? Were non-members’ Fourteenth Amendment right to due process violated? Ruling: The United States Supreme Court said the decision to collect fees in this manner was unconstitutional. Rationale: In some states, it is legal to collect fees from non-members’ for collective bargaining and administration, but the process has to respect their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. This process did not. This

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    protection of speech found in the First Amendment applies to campaign spending. Justice Kennedy and Justice Stevens provide opposing viewpoints and dissents on this case. They have different arguments as for whether limitations on corporate funding of political broadcasts in candidate elections is or is not a violation of the First Amendment. Justice Stevens lists four main issues on the debate includes ban on speech, identity based distinctions, first amendment tradition, and corruption. His opinion

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    RE: FORCED UNIONIZATION OF HOME-BASED WORKERS TO: Dr. Gina Fromang FROM: Samuel J. DeRocco IV DATE: 4/06/2014 ISSUE: Is it constitutional for the government to force unionization on home-based workers? ANSWER: Yes FACTS: On-union home-care personal assistants, who provided in-home care to disabled individuals through Medicaid-waiver programs run by the Illinois Department of Human Services, brought action against Governor in his official capacity, and three unions, challenging mandatory fair share

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    Now for the main focus of this paper, which is why students should not wear school uniforms. To begin with, school uniforms restrict students' freedom of expression. The First Amendment of the US Constitution guarantees that all individuals have the right to express themselves freely. Clothing is also a popular means of expressing support for various social causes and compulsory uniforms largely remove that option. In Oct. 2013

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    be bridled to enhance the individual and change society. These two suppositions were not shared by political traditionalists, who had a tendency to trust that human instinct was perpetual, and that the central government ought to stay restricted in size and

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    American psyche. The “Americanisation” of religion - a by-product of the first amendment is demonstrative of the role it plays in national identification. Transcendentalism, cults and Christian Zionism have all been a result of the “Americanisation” of faith. Neither the first or fourteenth amendment were in place at the time of independence and as such their evolution is inevitable. The first and fourteenth amendments essentially protect the establishment of any religion as well as protecting the

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    Prohibition In The 1920's

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    In January of 1919, the United States House of Representatives and Senate ratified the 18th amendment. The purpose of the 18th amendment was to ban the manufacturing, transport, and sale of alcoholic beverages. As America entered the prohibition era, everyone was certain that the new law would put thousands of bars around the country out of business. Although it was formed to stop drinking completely, it did not even come close. It was going to take more than a new law to change the lifestyles of

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    The Progressive Movement (ca. 1890s-1910s) Even more energetic a sphere of historical controversy than that over the Populists is the historians' argument over the Progressive movement. The Progressives were a heterogeneous collection of reformers. Active chiefly in the nation's cities and the urban mass media (and in the legislatures of such states as Wisconsin and New York), the Progressives carried out efforts to reform American society and governance on all fronts. They numbered among

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