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are easily accessed to harmful things. According to research studies articles have been expose to the effects that occur majority of the time when adolescents uses fire arms due to gun violence causing murder rates to increase in statistics. In this review I will discuss factors such as the history behind gun control. History behind Gun Control Firearms violence has received a lot of attention from researchers. The increase in rates of firearms violence in the late 1980s and early 1990s promoted

one (“Barack Obama: Life Before the Presidency”). Barack Obama, overall, beat all odds in order to get to be president of the United States.     Throughout his younger years Obama attended Occidental College and Columbia University. In 1983, Obama majored in political science at Columbia University and later enrolled

that the right to ?bear arms? is a 2nd Amendment right found in the constitution. The Supreme Court has only heard one case involving individual gun rights, District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), in which they ruled that the state and local government could not take away the individual right to own a gun. Despite the contradicting laws barring guns in certain locations and allowing guns in

British Columbia mining laws provide some safeguards for First Nations and the environment, but they favor the industry they are intended to regulate and do not adequately institutionalize the special protections First Nations are entitled to under international and domestic law. Although some First Nations have benefited from mining, they still bear an unfair burden at every point in the mining

Angeles, he then transferred to Columbia University in New York. He graduated from Columbia University in 1983 with a degree in political science. Later on in 1988 Obama decided to go to Harvard Law School. A year after that he became a summers Associates in the Chicago law firm of Sidley Austin. In February of 1990 Obama was the first African- American who was selected to be the editor of the Harvard Law Review. Obama return to Chicago after he graduated from law school. He got a job as part-time

Marijuana Legalization I. Introduction Today we are living in a marijuana revolution. States are legalizing marijuana for medical purposes as well as for recreational purposes. Medical marijuana is now legal in twenty-three states and the District of Columbia, but marijuana still cannot be considered authentic medicine in this country. This is due in part to the lack of research on the benefits of marijuana as a medicine. The federal government has restricted research on the benefits of marijuana for

James Madison deliver the appointments. The Supreme Court led by John Marshall denied the request citing part of the Judiciary Act of 1789 as unconstitutional. This historic court case established the concept of Judicial Review or the ability of the Judiciary Branch to declare a law unconstitutional. This case brought the Judicial Branch of the government

One of the most important cases in history is the Marbury v. Madison case because this was the first U.S. Supreme court case to exercise the doctrine of judicial review. Judicial review is the doctrine under which legislative and executive actions are accountable to review. The dispute was between William Marbury and James Madison whom was the secretary of state under 3rd president Thomas Jefferson, and the Chief Justice John Marshall whom was responsible for constructing and defending the judicial

interpretation of the Second Amendment. Those who support gun rights claim that the founding fathers developed and subsequently ratified the Second Amendment to guarantee the individual’s right to keep and bear arms. Those who want more stringent gun laws feel that the founding fathers directed this Amendment solely to the formation of militias and are thus, outdated. Constitutional Structure: “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State” merely proclaims a purpose. It

In the case of the District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) a 5-4 decision in the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment was placed to protect a humans right to own a firearm. The firearm would be used for any self defense reasons for example, if ones from was invaded. Washington D.C was unable to address whether or not the Second Amendment protections are included by something known as the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment against the states. The Due Process Clause helps protect