Essays on Civil Liberties

Political parties and interest groups have similar as well as different roles. Political parties are nominating candidates, raising money, are running campaigns and are offering the support services for candidates of parties, they are promoting a set of values and opinions on various different issues. Parties organize the government, conventions and party functions. They have an effect on elections with recruiting candidates, nominating and supporting them, along with educating the electorate. Their role is the contribution to the legitimacy of the political system and providing a link between the citizens, different groups and the political systems. On the other ...

Freedom of Speech: The Right to Free Expression – Thailand versus Australia

Introduction The freedom of speech is one of the major branches or rather an indication of the level in which a nation has attained so far when it comes to democratic progress. Freedom of speech is a human right to freely express their thoughts, one of the most important civil liberties. A person's ability to act in accordance with their own interests and objectives, based on knowledge of objective independence, there is freedom. Freedom of expression is closely linked to issues of truth-seeking, self-management, flexibility of the political system, self-realization of the individual, natural rights and their protection. Freedom ...

This paper will discuss the idea of sovereignty after the Cold War, it will examine how the idea of sovereignty has changed as the world becomes more globalized and why the concept of non-interference is no longer acceptable in a world that is becoming more global. Sovereignty is the dominion over a territory. There are four different types of sovereignty. These are Westphalian, which refers to the authority within a country and disregards external factors, interdependence sovereignty or the ability of the country to control the migration to and from their country, domestic sovereignty is the ability of the ...

U.S. Senator, Missouri

2011-Present

Personal Background Martial Status: Married to Abigail Blunt Education: B.A. History, Southwest Baptist University (1970) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt M.A. History, Missouri State University (1972) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Previous Experience: Clerk of Greene County, Missouri (1972-1984) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Missouri Secretary of State (1985-1992) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt President, Southwest Baptist University (1993-1996) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt U.S. House of Representatives (1996-2010) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt

Committee Assignments:

Appropriations Committee 2011- present https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Commerce. Science, and Transportation Committee 2011-2016 https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Rules and Administration Committee 2011- present (became chairman 2015) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Joint Committee on the Library 2015- present https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Joint Committee on Printing 2015-present (vice chairman) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Committee on Armed Services 2013-2014 https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt

Sponsored Legislation

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Eugenics is defined by Coutts and McCarrick (1995, p.163) as the methods used in perfecting the human race thorough genetic technologies or the traditional genetic selection (Sparrow, 2010, p.288). But this definition was twisted to defend the enhancement of human beings by sterilizing those who are considered to be inadequate (Coutts and McCarrick, p.1995, p.163). The definition of an inadequate genetic heredity was defined by the 1924 Virginia Eugenical Sterilization Act to include feeblemindedness and sexual promiscuity, which is believed to be be passed on to the next generation (Claude, 2004). The first test subject for the sterilization law ...

This paper will present an analysis of Martin Luther King’s “I have a Dream speech.” The analysis will focus on the five key elements of the five elements of dramatistic pentad. These are act, agency, agent, scene, and purpose.

Act:

The “I have a dream” speech was a speech that sought to fight for civil rights liberties and freedoms for oppressed Americans. Black Americans had suffered discrimination for centuries in the country. The speech began with a history of the suffering of the black people in America. It also gave an excellent portrayal of the struggles the black people ...

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The US Constitution allows Congress the power to deploy the ‘militia’ with the objective of “executing the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions.” In addition, it ensures that the states are protected against aggression to overthrow the “republican government” and, upon the request of the state government, against civil disturbances. These constitutional tenets are seen in the 1807 Insurrection Act prior to and after the adoption of 1878 Posse Comitatus Act. The latter bans the deliberate engagement of any component of the Army or the Air Force unless allowed by the ambit of Congress ...

Abstract

It is well-known fact that people in the US are watched, listened and even recorded against their notice and surely, will. It is also known, that all these undemocratic actions are performed in the name of security. The United States of America is not always related to an advanced technology, high-quality of education and excellent art venues, and Hollywood, sadly, the term “police state” often pop-ups and is being closely affiliated with the America. George J Bush introduced and implemented Patriotic act shortly after September terrorist attacks (2001), however, Barack Obama kept his legacy and Edward Snowdens’ famous leaks ...

In ancient societies, people believed that the hierarchy of human society was based on the divine right of certain people to lead and the divine permission to keep others as lower class members of society. This shamed the parameters of social order until the Age of Enlightenment and Reformation in the 16th and 17th Centuries. The American and French Revolutions laid the foundation for the creation of a system of civil liberties and human rights which required some basic rights to be accorded to all human beings without exception. Human rights is defined as “a set of freedoms guaranteed ...

Civil rights and civil liberties are mentioned throughout the United States Constitution. It is not uncommon for people to assume that both terms mean the same thing. In fact, these two terms have different meanings. Civil rights are a form of equality among the people of the United States. Rights are given to legal citizens of this country and are implemented in the Amendments and the Bill of Rights. There are many rights that individuals can utilize and practice freely. In the Declaration of Independence, it discusses the rights of protection that is guaranteed by the government of the ...

The Biblical Scripture and the U.S. Civil and Criminal Codes

Research Paper

Introduction Almost all countries nowadays comply with one of two main legal systems-- civil law or common law. The civil law system originated from continental Europe and was implemented by European colonizers, like Portugal and Spain, in their respective colonies. On the other hand, the common law system was developed in Great Britain and was implemented in the British colonies. In the 19th and 20th centuries, civil law was accepted and enforced by countries previously implementing unique legal systems, like Japan and Russia, which aimed at reforming their legal ...

The practice of “Extraordinary Rendition” has been widely publicized and criticized. It involves the covert transfer of alleged terrorists, who are citizens of other nations, from one country to another country in which the questioning of imprisoned persons involve extreme measures because pertinent international laws there are either lax or do not exist. In actuality, these countries have low regard for the humane treatment of prisoners, more often times than not, prisoners who are victims of “Extraordinary Rendition” are tortured. According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), “the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States and other U.S. ...

Thesis

Racism is still a very big problem in the world and America in particular. The gains of the civil rights of the 1960's have been washed away, partly, by the rise of the ‘political correctness' era that designed things to be said in a certain way, and, a pluralistic ignorance that came out as an offshoot of political correctness, where, people speak about racism in acceptable terms while believing in the opposite to avoid appearing insensitive and racist. Just as racism was rampant in America in 1930’s as brought out in the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird, ...

Introduction

The criminal justice system of the United States and other nations are often analyzed in an inward manner. It is treated as a local matter mainly because criminal justice is a preserve of a nation-state. However, internationally, the legal system of a country like the United States can be analyzed and reviewed within an absolute and relativist context. The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of globalization on the American criminal justice system and also evaluate it in relation to other jurisdictions and how the American system fares internationally.

Globalization and the US Criminal Justice System

The United States affected and has been ...

Introduction

According to Baker, the American justice system is in need of an evolution, which will bring the courtroom into the 21st century. Baker was speaking about the use of technology within the courtroom, but the availability of DNA has made it quite clear the American justice system needs to look forward to the future and consider all possibilities to improve the system as a whole. This paper will discuss the use of DNA in American justice system helped investigators to detect crime in a way easier than in the past.

History

DNA is more formally referred to as deoxyribonucleic acid, ...

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For the millennial female workers of today, some employees already have a solution to free them of their worries regarding their biological clock – making egg freezing part of their health care package. Egg freezing is defined as a “method used to preserve reproductive potential in women,” which is also called mature oocyte cryopreservation (Mayo Clinic Staff, 2016). Through this technology, women who intend to delay pregnancy for whatever personal reason can do so. In 2014, Apple and Facebook were two of the companies who announced that they would include egg freezing in their surrogacy benefits. It was ...

The rule of law must forever be followed, and the freedom and rights documented in the Constitution granted. However, the United States and other parts of the world have faced some unwelcoming circumstances when these freedom and rights have to be over-ridden. After the 911 tragedy, the United States learned that its borders cannot just be opened for anyone to cross into and out. The freedom of speech must also be overridden to ensure that the internal security of the nation is maintained. I agree with the fact that some occasions call for the freedom and rights of the ...

1. Citing class discussion and course readings, please critique the following passage: Our analysis suggests that democracies are more likely to be sensitive to the costs of terrorist attacks, to grant concessions to terrorists so as to limit future attacks, to be constrained in the ability to pursue a lengthy attritional campaign against an organization, but also to be under a greater pressure to do something Terrorism as we know it is a tactic, a tactic used by marginalized and disenfranchised groups to attempt to claw back some of the rights that they have lost or to try and ...

Introduction

President George W. Bush signed the USA Patriotic Act into law following the September 11 attacks. It was designed so as to improve the anti-terrorism investigations by the federal authorities. Among the primary purposes of this act is to improve the law enforcement investigation tools and prevent as well as punish the acts of terrorism in the country and other parts of the world. It is vital to note that this antiterrorism law removed the legal barriers, which were blocking the federal defense, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies from exchanging the information regarding possible terrorist threats. The present paper ...

Terms and Conditions may apply

People are usually fast to agree on terms and conditions on online platforms without necessarily evaluating the risks associated with accepting. Online privacy policy typically utilizes the information of the users that can be displayed to third parties as well as government corporations; such a measure hinders the independence of one’s personal information. Individuals often do not read all the information provided since it is always bulky. Such a situation is amongst the factors that hinder people from going through all the information that requires a person to agree with before proceeding with the given process, for example, ...

One of the points we take pride in as Americans is being the land of the free. While we like to hold this idea up as a reason we are a great country, we currently house over 20% of the world’s prison population, while only having 5% of the world’s population according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) web site. This means that 1 out of every 110 adults is currently incarcerated. Between the years of 1978 and 2014 the prison population has risen a staggering 408%, and will most likely continue to grow. These numbers ...

Introduction

It is a cliché to say that the relationship between China and the world has become complex, multidimensional and interdependent. But that does not mean that we fully understand the complexity of the Chinese attitude towards globalization nor its interdependence with the world in general and the Western industrial democracies in particular, with the implications thereof. The thesis that we develop in this article argues that economic interdependence greatly strengthens Chinese authoritarianism in its ability to politically influence the attitude of States and civil liberties in Western democracies, rather than the reverse. It contradicts the usual thesis that Western ...

The giant technology company, Apple and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were involved in a fight that gathered attention from all over the world. The standoff regards the breaking of an encryption of the terrorist responsible for the San Bernardino attack. The government claimed that unlocking the phone was important in their investigation of the family and the terrorist group he may have been involved in. Apple declined the request to create a backdoor for the encryption since it would be a violation of privacy. However, the government would consistently insist that it would use the backdoor tool only ...

In the last century, the Right to Privacy in America and most countries globally has evolved significantly. According to Dorff, Supreme Court Judge Louis Brandeis and Samuel Warren wrote an article that gave a warning the country had no laws that took into consideration the privacy of the regular citizens who did not have much to hide and went on with their lives (para 3). A case in a New York Court in the year 1902 ruled that no law prevented any company from using pictures of individuals without permission or paying them. Giving evidence that the public was ...

Introduction

Freedom and human rights have become major issues in the 21st Century. However, the interpretations and application of human rights regulations have different ends in different countries. The purpose of this paper is to compare the systems of freedom and human rights as they exist between the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In doing this, this paper presents a hypothesis that freedom of speech and freedom of religion in both Saudi Arabia and the United States are the same and although they have different traditions, they all seek the same goals and ends. Basically, to understand ...

The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech by restricting legislations that curtail this freedom. U.S. Supreme Court decisions reinforce respect for the freedom of speech against legislations by the federal and state governments. However, some forms of communication are exempt from First Amendment guarantees. Obscenity is one such exemption. In Roth v. the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court cited a series of cases dating back to 1877 to demonstrate the Court’s consistent regard of obscenity as an expression that is not protected by the First Amendment right to free speech. Since obscenity does not form part of ...

The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech by restricting legislations that curtail this freedom. U.S. Supreme Court decisions reinforce respect for the freedom of speech against legislations by the federal and state governments. However, some forms of communication are exempt from First Amendment guarantees. Obscenity is one such exemption. In Roth v. the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court cited a series of cases dating back to 1877 to demonstrate the Court’s consistent regard of obscenity as an expression that is not protected by the First Amendment right to free speech. Since obscenity does not form part of ...

The First amendment guarantees freedom of speech by restricting legislations that curtail this freedom. U.S. Supreme Court decisions reinforce respect for the freedom of speech against legislations by the federal and state governments. However, some forms of communication are exempt from First Amendment guarantees. Obscenity is one such exemption. In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court cited a series of cases dating back to 1877 to demonstrate the Court’s consistent regard of obscenity as an expression that is not protected by the First Amendment right to free speech. Since obscenity does not form part of protected ...

The American Civil Liberties Union is a national interest group that is organized throughout the states with the goal of influencing public policy. As an interest group, the ACLU of Washington has a strong interest in the civil liberties of citizens of the state. The ACLU seeks to ensure civil liberties are recognized and acknowledged.

Representation

The ACLU of Washington represents its members before the government. They provide a path for its members to voice their concerns to those who govern and have them listen . There a variety of groups that ACLU of Washington represents that include men and women ...

What do you think of the CCTV cameras that cover Middlesborough, England?Can you see something like this in your hometown? Middleborough’s has a “talking” CCTV system that allows operators to interact with members of the public and reproach misbehaving individuals to stop via a loudspeaker. A CCTV control room has a set of control and management infrastructure that is connecting and supporting the communication systems of the internal and external partners such as shop security, street wardens, traffic wardens, and police. The system raises concerns about the government’s intrusion into people’s civil liberties. While the system ...

A fundamental problem facing new democracies is the hijacking of the political process by elites. Economic performance is affected by elite politics leading to underdevelopment and sometimes morphing into political violence. The transition from colonial regimes to democracy has been subverted by the harm that was done by the colonial subversion of traditional institutions in favor of artificial Western ones. This provided an opening for the rise of elites and the rule of ‘the big men’ (Owusu, 1992). What role do elites play in transition to democracy or its opposite? This paper seeks to provide an analysis on how ...

The need for the Reconstruction Amendments after the American Civil War act as a reflection of the repression and injustices that black Americans had to contend with at the time. The thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the U.S Constitution are commonly referred to as the Reconstruction Amendments. They were drafted and passed by the U.S Congress. They were enacted after the American Civil War and were mainly targeted towards imposing civil liberties to all. The amendments were mainly targeted at the slaves and freed men who were predominantly black. The need for amendments to the constitution was necessitated ...

Communication

Introduction During history there have been people who have challenged societal norms and helped shape society’s thinking and values of the future. Even though these figures and their efforts were not treated as socially acceptable during their times, but over the years they have been recognized as the people who have formulated the world we live in today. Without these people and their efforts, we might have been living in a society that still practiced sexism, racism, etc. people such as Katherine Hepburn, Harvey Milk and Fred Korematsu are three characters who have had a great role to ...

Police misconduct is not a frequent news headline. Yet, when incidents of police conduct do hit the news, the reason is the serious nature of the misconduct and its widespread impact. Even with the recognition that police misconduct cannot be completely eliminated, preventive measures and strategies to mitigate the impact of misconduct need to be in place. Existing measures and strategies also need continuous evaluation to support the necessary reforms to address emerging issues on police misconduct. Media frenzy, public outcry, and politicization of police misconduct often complicate effective response to this issue. When this happens, it helps to ...

Surveillance is the process of monitoring activities, behavior or other information that pertains to people. The aim of surveillance is to influence, manage, and protect the well-being of the same people being monitored. Surveillance may occur in different forms such as observation of a person from a distance using a camera or a CCTV. It may also go beyond camera to involve interception of transmitted of information such as phone calls and internet, the act perfected by government agencies. Further, surveillance may take the form of low-technology methods like human intelligent agents and postal interceptions. The word surveillance emanated ...

When dealing with terrorism, we are battling a new sort of enemy. Our new enemy surely requires a new strategy to combat its weaknesses; however, with terrorism, the terrorist invariably has the upper hand because they exist on an entirely different plane than ever before. Thus, as policy drafters, it begs the question of how on earth do we search for these enemies that are lying in wait all over the globe? The answer thus far has been to use more technologies to attempt to track down these individuals. For example, the terrorists who attacked in 9/11 were in ...