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    years, the criminal justice system has lacked in that area according to almost half of the United States citizens. Many may ask the question, "why?", but there is no definite answer for why the justice system has lacked in its area of justice. The real question is, "how?" How can this be changed? That is the question many American Citizens are asking. The American justice system is lacking in the area of justice in many ways. The United States has a Constitution that protects its citizens from abuse

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    In the United States, it almost seems like you can’t go far without running into a place that sells some sort of low cost meat. In fact, in the United States you can’t be further than 107 miles away from the Golden Arches of McDonalds (Worley, 2009). With all this meat so available and so affordable, it raises the question how it is possible to produce so much at such a low cost. The way this food is produced at such large quantities for such low cost is a due in part of factory farming. Factory

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    majority of the bottled water drinkers in the United States just buy the bottled water for the brand name on the front. There are many impacts that bottled water has on the environment. The choice of packaging determines many impacts. The bottles, which are either plastic, aluminum, or glass, that are not recycled are thrown into landfills and buried. According to the Container Recycling Institute, 86% of plastic water bottles in the United States become garbage. If water bottlers would have used

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    Muir believed that the stunning beauty of the Yosemite valley deserved to be protected so that people from all around the world could view. From the first time Muir saw the Sierra Nevadas he regarded them very highly, “a landscape was displayed that after all my wanderings still appears as the most beautiful I have ever beheld. At

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    Since 1532, Native Americans have been subjected to American influence. From engaging in treaties to developing a dependency on the reservations, they have a long history of fighting for political, environmental, and human rights. For instance, the Sac and Fox tribe currently battle the Keystone XL project, a major threat to their right to live peacefully and securely. The lead in this project, TransCanada, a Canadian oil company, plans to insert a 1,661 mile crude oil pipeline that runs from Alberta

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    pay an income tax on the money earned forms donations or other forms of fundraising. There are thousands of non-profits that exist in the world, United States, and even your own community. Some examples of certain types of these types of organizations

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    World War I - Australia On the 4th of August 1914, Britain declared war on Germany as part of the Triple Entente with Russia and France. Australia immediately stood alongside Britain and offered them an initial amount of 20,000 men to support them, which was gratefully accepted. Australia had to make a separate force for services overseas - the force being named the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). It soon departed from Australia on the 1st of November 1914. Within this time period, there was very

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    Court decisions were not concerned with how states constituted their residents. Thus, any state, at this time, was at the liberty to deprive its residents of their first amendment, freedom of speech, religion, and press. However, this is much leniency and room for interpretation in the Due Process Clause, because it may be stretched to constitute not only at federal level but the state level. Reinterpretation under the 14th amendment

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    extremely harmful to the ecosystems food chain. To counter these losses, the United States passed the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (NOAA). This law made it illegal for foreign countries to fish within 200 nautical miles of the United States shoreline. This would make it easier to manage illegal fishing. Congress also established eight regional councils with representation from the coastal states and fishery stakeholders. Their jobs were to come up

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    positive and negative effects of setting policies for mandatory vaccination in the United States? There are many positive effects of setting policies for mandatory vaccinations in the United States. One of the biggest is herd immunity. Herd immunity is the idea that if enough individuals in a community are vaccinated the community as a whole benefits. The first benefit is that these individuals are individually protected from these diseases, which decreases the chance of an outbreak. This leads to the

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