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pre-Revolutionary France and America, Women had no political rights and were forced to rely on men. The women were destined to live a life of a house wife, she was only seen competent enough in society to raise and educate kids and take care of her household. In both countries, the revolution increased the population’s attention to political matters and made liberty and equality very important to the people. Unfortunately, Women did not claim any rights during this time, but the women of the French Revolution

apologize for what he had said the year prior. I never knew whether he was purposefully ignoring his own sexuality, or if it was truly a new development into his real self. Diving into the concept of the real self, Kenji Yoshino, author of Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights, and the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University, defines the

The difference between a civil right and civil liberties is ultimately that a civil right is the freedom of equality no matter race, gender, and disability whereas civil liberties are the freedom that is guaranteed through the bill of rights or through courts and law makers. Civil rights basically insure individuals the freedom of being treated equal no matter race, gender, and disabilities. Civil rights make it so that there is no in equality. It allows the disabled, the different races, and the

The Amin brothers, Ahmad and Hassan, were normal young adults like you and I. They lived in Pakistan for only a short period of their lives and moved to the US at a young age. Their mother, Tahira Manzur had high hopes that they will become permanent, working, residents of the US. Unfortunately, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, or INS for short, had suspicions that the young men had correlations to a 9/11 terrorist attack. Hassan was arrested and stayed at Yuba county jail overnight until

be trusted to do the right thing for their customer. In my opinion, the meaning of privacy of our personal data when we use online services on the Internet is different from what Google and other Internet companies are interpreting the meaning of Privacy to suit their business need to generate advertisement revenue by allowing companies to display advertisement relevant to the web search by their customer on their website. I define the meaning of privacy as a basic human right to be able to keep one’s

The War on Terrorism is an Attack on American Civil Liberties After the attacks on 9/11 our country has been forced to confront the issue of terrorism.  The war on terrorism has ignited a war on our civil liberties.  Our civil liberties have been affected by the passing of the Patriot Act, the violation of privacy, and an increase in racial profiling. Civil liberties have been affected immensely by the Patriot Act.  A brief definition of the Patriot Act is; uniting and strengthening America

Racial Profiling The Amin brothers, Ahmad and Hassan, were normal young adults like you and I. They lived in Pakistan for only a short period of their lives and moved to the US at a young age. Their mother, Tahira Manzur had high hopes that they will become permanent, working, residents of the US. Unfortunately, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, or INS for short, had suspicions that the young men had correlations to a 9/11 terrorist attack. Hassan was arrested and stayed at Yuba county

the father trying to get the child, the south, back home. They wanted the South to rejoin the union, so they could help the slaves of the South. They believed that the government should protect the rights of every citizen, not just the free people. Robert B Elliot in his demand for federal civil rights states “… equality before the law is now the broad, universal, glorious rule and mandate of the Republic.” He is stating equality comes before any law the South may create against African Americans

Convention on the Rights of the child. Everyone in the U.K, including children and young people, have rights that are recognised and protected. These rights are granted by legislation, for example, Human right legislation, The Children Act, etc, which have evolved from a variety of sources. One of these sources is The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the child. Before this was adopted any laws relating to the care and protection of children and young people gave all rights to the child’s parents

Picture this, a country manipulated by its government. This is the society described in these books Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, 1984 by George Orwell, and Little Brother by Cory Doctorow. Could our country be on the verge of turning into these societies? The issue presented in these books is that too much government surveillance and control is detrimental to society because it can limit people's freedoms and alter people's beliefs. In Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag, the main character