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TLO Vs. New Jersey: When Is The Constitution Invalid?
<view this essay>.... promised in amendment 4, unlawful search and
seizure. Yet, the incriminating items were found at the same time as the
cigarettes, and given reasonable cause for suspicion, the school does have the
legal right to search its students, and finally, the school officials had the
right to search her purse because there was a reasonable doubt of her claiming
to innocence being true.
TLO's 4th amendment rights were however, in fact not violated due to the
reasonable cause and suspicion of her smoking, so the search was truly
reasonable. And there is the fact that the teacher caught her smoking.
Obviously it is the teacher's responsibility to take the student to the .....
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Welfare Reformation
<view this essay>.... for them (Tucker 45). Even though many changes have been made over the past three years, it has not made much of an impact on the problems at hand (Pear). Officials discovered that many welfare recipients misuse the benefits. Studies have shown that the welfare system should begin by providing job placement, ending benefits for illegitimacy, and educating the young. First, the aspect of job placement is directly related to the misuse of welfare. In order to succeed at rising employment rates, current wages have to increase dramatically. A welfare check ranges form $5.53 to $17.50 an hour; in a like manner, minimum wage is less than an hourly welfare check (Til .....
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The First Amendment: Sex, Laws, And Cyberspace
<view this essay>.... First
Amendment and defends every case presented within the book. Sex, Laws, and
Cyberspace addresses the legal issues and ethical debates surrounding the
worldwide growth of the Internet. The same qualities that make these networks
invaluable--low cost worldwide reach, lack of censorship, interactivity, virtual
anonymity, and the ability to carry huge amounts of data, text, images, and
sounds--also makes them dangerous. The pressure on the government to regulate
the Internet is tremendous, and the implications of their judicial and
legislative decisions will be far-reaching. Sex, Laws, and Cyberspace examines
these battles and includes interviews with key .....
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The Communications Decency Act
<view this essay>.... household word that it is today. "Cyberspace now represents a vast array of
computer systems accessible from remote physical locations." (Cavazos 2)
The Internet has grown explosively over the last few years. "The Internet's
growth since its beginnings in 1981. At that time, the number of host systems
was 213 machines. At the time of this writing, twelve years later, the number
has jumped to 1,313,000 systems connecting directly to the Internet." (Cavazos
10)
"Privacy plays a unique role in American law." (Cavazos 13) Privacy is not
explicitly provided for in the Constitution, yet most of the Internet users
remain anonymous. Cavazos says, "Compu .....
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Is Government Dominated By Business
<view this essay>.... chance they have to persuade the
government officials.
In the United States alone there are thousands of special interest
groups working for their own cause. Some of the causes they are working for
are: business, banking, labor, environment, women, seniors, the economy, and
farming just to name a few. Some groups or businesses which partake in
lobbying are: N.O.W., Green Peace, AFL-CIO, Teamsters, Sierra Club, N.R.A.,
Tobacco industry and the ACLU. These groups often work at the national, state,
and local levels attempting to influence government policy. Many groups have
permanent offices in Washington DC. The primary goals of these groups are the
pas .....
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Conflict Resolution
<view this essay>.... with Integrity. Decide Whether Your Have a Misunderstanding or a True Disagreement. A misunderstanding is a failure to understand the other persons point. A true disagreement is when people want more than your explanation and further details; they want to change your mind. Define the Problem and Collect the Facts. The book states that the saying, "A problem well defined is half solved" is not far from the truth. It also states that at this stage it is helpful when everyone involved is allowed to define the problem. Clarify Perceptions. This can be done by asking the following questions. What does each party thing the conflict is about? Is the conflict over dee .....
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Views On Slavery
<view this essay>.... States chained up and against their own will. They would fit over one hundred of them in small rooms in ships for a trip across the Atlantic Ocean, with out giving them an adequate supply of food and water to live off of. According to the book, Out of Many second edition, they were stowed so close that they were not allowed one foot and a half in each breadth. Although most of the slaves died on the trip and were thrown over board, those that did survive were the best equipped for the harsh conditions awaiting them. The trip itself got rid of all the slaves that would not last long in harsh conditions. Those that survived were what the Americans needed. Upo .....
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Raving Is A Lifestyle
<view this essay>.... put a pill in my mouth that someone that I do not know has manufactured in their basement. Little did I know that this was a common theme in the scene, quality control for basement pharmaceuticals is a difficult thing. I down the ecstasy and wait nervously for some thing to happen to feel something that had been extensively described to me, but for which I still had no idea what to expect for words can do it no justice. After forty minutes, I start to stand up to get some water, and before I know what is going on, I am already standing. It feels like I have no joints in my body, and everything is fluid. My mind is rushing and I let this sense of pure energy, .....
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