Civil Rights Essays and Term Papers

answer to any question. The USA PATRIOT Act is an effort by the United States to "level the playing field" with terrorists. However, in their zeal to enable themselves to fight terrorism, the leaders of this country have opened wide the door that…

Administration in passing executive order 11246. It stated that contractors being paid with public funds must hire employees "without regard to their race, color, religion, sex or national origin" (US Department of Labor). Affirmative Action has…

2004 A Permanent Solution to a Reoccurring Nightmare On September 10, 1999, Governor Paul Cellucci signed legislation to put a stop to dangerous sexual predators, keeping the worst offenders locked up even after they serve their prison time, and also…

popular belief, the death penalty does not act as a deterrent to criminals. As stated by Alfred Blumstein, "Expert after expert and study after study has shown the lack of correlation between the treat of the death penalty and the occurrence of violent…

judges is to protect civil liberties and human rights through the common law, and by judicial interpretation. Dicey placed great emphasis on the fact that there was no need for a formal document laying down the rights of the individual, as the remedies…

prostitution and child sexual abuse is a relatively recent and regional phenomenon, something that is now more widespread than times past. In actuality, it is a child sexual abuse consciousness that is more widespread. The child sexual abuse and…

aimed at gaining independence, and unity, among all thirty-two counties on the island of Ireland. This organization was called the Irish Republican Army. Their belief was that Britain had stolen both their land and their rights. The IRA took…

raises some serious questions which leave us to wonder what can be done about it and how we can satisfy both sides. There are many arguments against gun control, but there are also contradictory arguments for it. We can look at both sides and try…

who contributed much to the advancement of the women's rights movement. She is credited to such achievements as helping to reform prisons, hospitals for insane people, and was also the head of the women nurses during the civil war. Dorothea Lynde Dix…

then it did 5 years ago. People now are split on what they think when the word "patriot" means to themselves. One person may think of how great their government has been and another may think the whole system needs changed. Today paying close attentio…