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Voter ID Laws Remembrance of Dark Times - 0 views

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    The new voting law requiring the presentation of a state issued ID before casting a vote is creating quite a controversy. The Democrats are relating this law to Jim Crow. This law should not a very big issue if your a US citizen. If you do not have an ID you cannot contribute very much to our country because almost every job would require to see an ID.
Latisha Brown

Articles about Personal Freedom - Chicago Tribune - 0 views

  • NEWSReagan, Promises And The DraftBy T. Calkins | May 11, 1985Concerning your recent editorial entitled "Time to reconsider the draft": If President Reagan suddenly decides to join those who are advocating a return to the draft, it will prove once and for all that his promises are basically worthless. After all, in 1980 he declared that he opposed a peacetime draft or registration as an unwarranted intrusion into personal freedom. Within two years, however, he decided to continue registration, in his words, in case of a national emergency. NEWS
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How racism underlies voter ID laws: the academics weigh in - 0 views

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    voting laws requiring photo IDs are being considered discriminatory. Politician scientists from Appalachian State, Texas Tech and the University of Florida gave their input on the situation with ID regulation.
stromgrend

New Hampshire fights voter fraud - 1 views

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    New Hampshire is the first state to vote in the presidential primary. This year they enforced the voter ID law. This was the first time they have tried to combat voter fraud. They had a case of voter fraud in 2012, and they did not want anymore issues so they now require the voters to bring any kind of resisted photo ID such as a drivers license, military ID, passport, or etc.
bethanieannj

Federal court strikes down Texas voter ID law - 0 views

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    Federal court struck down the Texas voter ID law requiring photos for voters at the polla. Their reasoning is that it is racially discriminatory. The Obama Administration originally challenged it.
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    These voting laws that some states are trying to pass are pretty scary. This is definitely a good topic to explore.
Donette Fincher

Conservatives Are Finally Admitting What Voter Suppression Laws Are All About - 0 views

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    This article discusses the recent North Carolina Voter ID law. Republicans claim the law will reduce voter fraud while democrats claim the law will illegally target minorities and the poor. Included in the Voter ID law are provisions that severely limit early voting that President Obama and democrats have used to gain an advantage over Republicans. Lawsuits have already been filed challenging North Carolina's Voter ID law.
Alex Y

Judge Rules Texas Voter ID Law Unconstitutional, by Ross Ramsey - 0 views

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    This article is very useful for looking more closely at what it takes for a voter law to be considered unconstitutional and the steps it takes for that law to be appealed. This article talks about the Texas law that put harder restrictions on voter ID laws and how a Supreme Court judge ruled that the law was unconstitutional.
stromgrend

Texas voter ID was stopped for a time - 0 views

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    A federal court of appeals denied Texas from enacting its voting rights law. This case is one of many to cut back on strict voting laws in Texas. Many say the law is discriminatory and then pro voter ID law people say that it has noting to do with minorities or poor people. They say that is all suggested by the people who just do not want the law. Texas has two options and they are to make changes to the previous law or go straight to the supreme court.
Alexandria Miles

Too Free? - 0 views

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    Just a topic I found about Americans having too much freedom. It also has a survey of questions asked to people regarding the First Amendment.
Colleen Harrington

Racial Profiling in an Age of Terrorism - 0 views

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    This article speaks of a post 9/11 America that walks a fine line of social profiling in the name of stopping terrorist acts. It speaks of both the injustice of many Japanese-Americans during WWII in the past and the challenges of keeping America safe from terrorism in the present without making the same mistakes of racial inequality.
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    Should racial profiling be illegal and the alternatives that could be affective like ID cards
Antonia Martinez

Human Suspension - 0 views

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    This article first addresses that human suspension is extremely taboo. Although beautiful and peaceful, it is literally suspending a body in the air by hooks through the skin of the back. The writer explains that the initial pain is taken over by a sense of tranquility.
Antonia Martinez

Body Piercing - 0 views

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    This article explains the origin of body piercing 4000 years ago. It goes into the beginning of nose piercing in cultures like India and Asia in the beginning to nipple and genital piercing in today's society
Ben Blessington

What Rights Do Unborn Children Have? - 1 views

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    South Carolina charges women for "fetal abuse" because of using cocaine during her pregnancy and as a result the child was stillborn. The law makes it possible to charge a woman for using drugs during a pregnancy. There are also rehabilitation treatments that are offered but many contest that it will intimidate possible candidates.
Penny Hinch

The Transportation Security Administration Violates Our Fourth Amendment Rights - 0 views

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    author Jacqueline Mary talks about how the TSA's search procedures violate our 4th amendment rights. written April 09, 2011
Kelsey Ashworth

'Internet Censorship' or Saving Jobs? - 1 views

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    This is an article from ABC News earlier this year. It mostly focuses on PIPA, the Protect IP Act. It also contains a few videos on censorship.
Philleo Boni

New laws toughen rules on abortions, immigrants, voters - 0 views

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    This one covers them all. 40,000 new laws taking place this year, and this article covers many of them from all over the US.
Philleo Boni

Calling Online Bill Stupid Would Be Crime in Ariz. - 0 views

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    This article tells of the new bill to stop bad language and any annoying harassment on the internet. Some argue using bad language is their right, others just prefer not to be harassed online with inapropriate language.
Gladys Ramirez

NRA-ILA :: Right-to-Carry 2010 - 0 views

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    This site is about the right to carry a concealed weapon. It goes into detail about the different states where this is allowed one of the reasons being for self defense. It also list past statistics about crime based on weapons.
Gladys Ramirez

More Schools Ban Smoking, Tobacco Products - 0 views

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    This site is based on some recent changes undergoing in school campus. The state of Florida has banned smoking on their university campus and many more states are considering passing this new policy.
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