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    And the representatives serve a two-year term, and there’s no limit to the number of terms an individual can serve. And if any of those hundreds of people break a law or get accused of breaking a law then they have the Miranda warning in their arsenal to help with their case. This branch as a whole is charged with passing the nation’s laws and allocating funds for the

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    Proper Clause and determined Constitutional or unconstitutional. The Necessary and Proper Clause and its role in modern federal law, along with the questions that come from applying the clause. The Constitutional is centered around power and where that power comes from. The enumerated powers established in Article 1, Section 8 have also given Congress the power to carry out laws in order to follow previously established powers. Governments stretch and bend problems in such a way that they will fit under

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    voting changes based on a determination that the changes were discriminatory” . This only proves the need for Section 4(b) even stronger and that without the preclearance and the coverage formula, more discriminatory behavior would have been able to pass through the cracks of the political system, further disenfranchising minorities and pushing back the long hard legislation that has been fought so hard

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    of today there are still no federal laws protecting the rights of employees with non-traditional sexualities of being discriminated against in their workplace. There have been no consistencies shown from the federal government regarding this matter. Although there are efforts currently taking place to pass a federal law to prohibit discrimination based on sexuality along with increasing numbers of supportive congressmen, the bill still hasn’t yet become a law. It is referred to as the Employment

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    even unjust laws? Think about what this means. This means that laws, regardless of how unfair, unjust, or immoral they may be, must be followed with no better reason that they are the law. To the thesis that we are obliged to obey even unjust laws, I will argue that the standard objections to Civil Disobedience, given by Singer, are incorrect               To begin, however, I believe it is necessary to define an "unjust" law. According to St. Thomas Aquinas, "Any law that uplifts

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    drugs that are perfectly legal and some even have an age limit. The answer to the debate that has sparked some of the most controversy is yes Marijuana should be legal, this would have more pros than cons if dealt with right by enforcing the correct laws and rules. In the United States other substances are legal that could be just as deadly and addictive as Marijuana such as Alcohol, Tobacco, Painkillers, and many more, but yet still Marijuana is illegal. Alcohol is just the beginning of the list.

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    was almost the official language of the United States (Sick, Bastian). In the myth, a group of Germans living in the United States got a petition for German to be the official language of the United States to Congress in 1794. By one vote, it didn’t pass. As you can see, having an official language in the USA was a topic of debate ever since the founding fathers were alive (“National American?”). Having a national language would mean all official government business is conducted in English (“Official

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    resolved in a court of law. However, there are alternative methods of resolving legal disputes other than by a court. Such methods include Tribunals as well as Arbitration. There are different Tribunals which exist to resolve a variety of disputes. Generally, a tribunal is known to be any person or institution with the authority to judge, to pass that particular judgment, or to determine claims or disputes. For example the industrial tribunal sits to dertermine statutory employment law disputes such as

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    represented with two representative per state. The houses shall be known as Congress. Congress will create laws based on the needs of the states and the nation as a whole. When voting on the law, the law must receive two thirds votes in both houses. Once moved on from the houses, the law moves to the executive branch where the president will either pass or veto the law. If the law is vetoed, the law must go back to the houses to receive a vote of more than three fourths in both houses. The Congress shall

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    such a thing. The country does this usually for the purpose of the safety for country. The United States’ laws don’t apply to people who don’t live or are not citizens of the U.S. This situation has happened before in our history also. In the 1800s Congress passed a law limiting the immigration of Chinese laborers. This may seem wrong and racist, but according to the constitutional and our laws, it is allowed. Taking away people’s rights to wear certain clothing like a burqa is unconstitutional. This

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