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    From the origins of the United States as written in the U.S. Constitution, was framed a national system of government with 3 distinct branches: the judiciary, executive and legislative. The legislative branch makes the laws by statute. The judiciary interprets the law and the highest judiciary, the U.S. Supreme Court, is the preeminent and final elucidator of the law. The judiciary encompasses the federal court system, where the U.S. Supreme Court stands at the very top of the judiciary hierarchy

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    Child Abuse Statue

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    Physical Abuse Statues Paper #3 Child abuse. Two words that should never have to be seen side by side. However, child abuse and neglect is a problem that affects millions of children each year in the United States. Every day, many children’s well-being and safety are harmed by the physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and neglect that parents and caregivers inflict upon them. Unfortunately, to wish otherwise would be the same as to wish for a perfect world. We must do the best that we can as

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    There are many social issues that plague our society and many of these problems are closely related to social class and race. Some of these issues include prejudice, individual discrimination, institutional discrimination, relative poverty, absolute poverty, and social class. Much of this is touched upon in Paul Haggis’ 2004 film Crash that even over a decade after its release the social issues brought up in the film still apply. The film Crash depicts many scenes of discrimination that all apply

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    The theory of plate tectonics was first developed by Alfred Wegener. He concluded that the continents seem to have a similar shape and could potentially fit together. This suggested that they were at one time joined together as part of 2 super continents called Gondwanaland and Laurasia was in the north. This theory was said to be proven by the discovery of fossilised remains of a mesosaurus that were found on the coasts of Brazil and Gabon. Sea floor spreading is another theory that supports the

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    north, an English settlement at Charles Town posed a threat to the small Spanish colony, which after the raid by Robert Searle, forced the Spanish monarchy to consider the vulnerability of St. Augustine and seek to improve its defenses. Queen Regent Mariana in 1669 ordered the disbursement of funds to construct a masonry fortress. The construction of the Castillo de San Marcos commenced in 1672 and was completed in 1695. Shortly thereafter, a new threat arose. In November of 1702, under the command of

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    so they rarely question whether others should be included in their given birthright privileges. The center in this rarely discussed topic is the United States territories, they include American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. The territories for average Americans are the places they can go for an exotic vacation without a passport. But for the islanders, their relationship and citizenship with American is still heavily based on laws

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    John Roberts Polygamy

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    The current Chief Justice in the United States Supreme Court, John Glover Roberts Jr. was a former U. S. court Appeals for two years before becoming confirmed as Chief Justice in 2005 (“Biographies of Current Justices of the Supreme Court”). Before making his way into the political world, Roberts worked incredibly hard during his years at Harvard Law School. At Harvard College in 1976, Roberts received an A.B. and three years later received his J.D. from Harvard Law (“John Roberts Biography”). Over

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    Minimum wage is the price floor for wages, meaning that it is the lowest possible wage per hour. The minimum wage is set so no worker will be oppressed or underpaid, it makes people able to live. The minimum raise rises constantly so it can keep up with the cost of life which is always increasing as well. The current minimum wage in Arizona is 8.05$/hour. People might think that minimum wage has no downside, but surprisingly it has, if someone has worked in a place for years and his wage increased

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    From the above-given data, the results showed that some stressors affected the coral reef communities at the Jakarta and the Thousand Islands. From the results, the human activities along the show have some effect to the reefs around five meters of depth along the inshore, especially within the bay. The ever-increasing inhabitants of the city have resulted in pollution in most of Asia (Baum, Januar, Ferse & Kunzmann, 2015). The PO4 levels have reached 4µM/L while the DIN levels up to 13 µM/L which

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    Election Day is when Americans everywhere get to cast their vote for the next President of the United States. However, Americans don 't directly vote for President. So, what 's happening on Election Day then? It is a bit complicated due to a system involving something called the Electoral College. The Electoral College is the collection of 538 votes that determine who will be the next President of the United States of America. The number 538 comes from the number of Representatives, 438, plus the

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