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    The Liberty Amendments: Review In his book, “The Liberty Amendments” Mark Levin argues well on how the slow creep of federal power in the United States has slowly disenfranchised the local government under the guise of propagating and deifying a ‘national government approved’ form of democracy. The people received a message of nationalism, and personal power while at the same time receiving a watered down version of what the founding fathers had originally intended. Levin paints a picture of the

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    at hand, so we become silent as a people out of fear. Today, many people are afraid to use their First Amendment right. This is because, today we see many people are being persecuted for simply stating their perspective or opinions on controversial topics that those who disagree do not want to hear. For example, at a Los Angeles District Community College, students only were given the “size of three parking spaces” that gave them the right to speak on any given topic referred to as the “free speech

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    Education did indeed violate the 14th Amendment which states, “ That its broad goal was to ensure that the Civil Rights Act passed in 1866 would remain valid ensuring that ‘all persons born in the United States...excluding Indians not taxed....’ were citizens and were to be given full and equal benefit of all laws.” These equal rights were not seen in black schools and by not allowing black student into white schools and vise versa violated the 14th Amendment. Black student were often found to have

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    six points that were to be presented to parliament, these where: <ol> <li value="1"> Universal Suffrage <li value="2"> No Property qualifications <li value="3"> Annual Parliaments <li value="4"> Equal representation (constituencies of equal size) <li value="5"> Payment of members <li value="6"> Vote by ballot </ol> Two national petitions incorporating the six points above were presented to parliament in May 1839 and May 1842, the first signed by 1.3 million people and the second signed

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    ZONING REGULATIONS AND TRAFFIC: Zoning regulations have much to do with the physical development of a community. Zoning promotes a certain stability by providing locations for various uses within well-planned and functional use districts. This control, potential or real, over use and bulk allows a community to take steps toward the relief, and wherever possible, the elimination or prevention of vehicular and pedestrian congestion. The possibilities that zoning has offered are no longer dreams since

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    The 2010 Tea Party protests are the newest manifestation of an old tradition, one that traces back to the beginning of the twentieth-century and passage of the 16th Amendment which mandated a federal income tax (Martin 2013). Author Isaac William Martin (2013) tracks the history of five major rich people’s movements that occurred in the twentieth-century United States, to explain why movements occur and the impact, if any, they have on American society. This book serves as a compliment to Frances

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    Clark County School District (CCSD) have had to tighten the belt and make budget reductions, as the necessary funding has been unavailable. Now with the state demanding that the district cut it’s full-day kindergarten program, do away with the class size reduction program bring classes up to 30+ students, and removing an alternative program that helps reduce the high school drop out rate CCSD might not be able to meet the

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    Teachers for Change: Bring Back Public Employee Strikes in Florida Personal Connection Teacher. Coach. Facilitator. Leader. Grader. Data Analyst. Presenter. Confidant. Counselor. Educator. Instructor. No matter the title a teacher holds, a teacher wears many hats every day throughout the school year. I, for one, have a collection of hats that I change on a regular basis, which I now find an exhausting and draining task. I admit, I joined the education profession out of necessity, needing a real

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    citizens (who pass a back ground check and pass a conservative waiting period) on purchasing, owning and openly carrying guns in the United States. For all gun activists the most crucial federal document that is used to defend their case is the Second Amendment. The document states, “ A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” There are arguments from both sides

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    specifically, dress codes are aimed to limit students identifying as girls. Public school students who identify as girls have the right to exercise freedom of expression through their choice of apparel, but are restricted from using their First Amendment by dress codes. Dress code policies claim to enact professional standards by providing students, staff, and faculty, with guidance but in actuality, dress codes infringe the freedom of expression and result in, unfair punishment, encouragement of

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