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How the Trade Agreement can effect you. Not does it only censor the internet but also food medication tv, file-sharing. Websites would be in charge of censoring their own site.

Article about the first amendment of the US constitution. Uses two court cases as examples of the personal right to free speech versus being loyal to an employer.

SOPA and PIPA appear to have been very, very good for K Street. Companies that lobbied on the two bills spent at least $104.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, more than double the $49.3 million they laid out in the previous quarter, according to research by the Center for Responsive Politics.

Although SOPA has been defeated, there's a new bill on the rise. The Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act (OPEN) is the next option in the pipeline, claiming to offer a more reasonable solution to internet piracy.

this is another page containing the first 10 ammendmants of the US constitution as well as the other 17 ammendmants made after the initial bill of rights. this page is informational in knowing how the US government is supposed to treat the peoples personal freedoms.

This is some updated information on those we are opposed to the idea of SOPA/PIPA. It describes the difference and similarities between the two bills, and why the writer is opposed to both.

The whole purpose of this website is to inform people of each requirement that is needed for a young person to receive the benefits of the DREAM act. Some of these requirements include being in the United States for at least 5 years without leaving. This bill does not guarantee them citizenship right away but what it does is it lets them stay in the United States if they agree to either join the U.S military or attend college. Mostly all illegal immigrant students want to do both so it benefits them in many ways, since it is already in their minds.

Oklahoma recently signed a new bill stating that all new applicants for welfare are required to submit a drug test. Children and underage parents will not have to submit to a drug screen. Applicants who fail the test are able to get drug treatment and reapply in 6 months.

A proposed new law in Arizona would give employers the power to request that women being prescribed birth control pills provide proof that they're using it for non-sexual reasons. And because Arizona's an at-will employment state, that means that bosses critical of their female employees' sex lives could fire them as a result. I like that this article gets down to the nit and grit of what an outlandish claim everyone is making against birth control. This article is explaining how invasive this policy is to allow employers to decide on whether to provide insurance for birth control.

This proposed bill actually says that an employer can ask to see a doctors note saying that the woman is perscribed birth control, but has to be for other reasons than not wanting to get pregnant.

About.com Guide - COPA Act, Internet censorship. This site outlines the Child Online Protection Act details and talks about similar bills that have been passed or attempted to pass through congress.

This article talks about California passing new regulation on gun control. It touches on if it is illegal to ban certain guns since in infringes on the second amendment.

The National Defense Authorization Act allows the armed forces to detain any person that he/she feels has committed an aggressive act. The NDAA violates out 5th amendment that allows no person to "be deprive of liberty, or property, without due process of law.

If your a career criminal or terrorist you should be detained.

Religion is one of our Constitutioal rights proctected by the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights. No one has the right to tell any U.S. citizen what or what not religion to practice.

I think that everyone has the right to believe in what they want. As long as they don't try to force others then I see no problem in it. I myself am not a religious person, but that does not mean that I should go around telling people what they believe in is wrong. We should all have an understandings for others beliefs and not try to shut them down just because of our own beliefs.

If Bill AB2019 is enacted into law, it will become mandatory to vaccinate children even when if the mom or dad says otherwise.

I think agree with destini, if we have talking about personal freedoms in all of these assignment then the individual should get to choose what they want to do. If a parent does it for them, then it was never a choice in the first place.

Young children can not make the decision themselves. That right is the given the parents that conceived them.

New York Times criticizes Arizona's new strict law that aims to identify, prosecute and deport illegal immigrants. The woman responsible for this ban is Arizona State Governor Jan Brewer.

The move unleashed immediate protests and reignited the divisive battle over immigration reform nationally. Even before she signed the bill at an afternoon news conference here, strongly criticized it. Speaking at a naturalization ceremony for 24 active-duty service members in the Rose Garden, he called for a federal overhaul of immigration laws, which Congressional leaders signaled they were preparing to take up soon, to avoid "irresponsibility by others."

This article is about families surviving on unemployment. President Obama signed a bill restoring unemployment benefits to over 2.5 million jobless Americans. The national unemployment level dropped slightly. The Wall Street Journal tells Americans that they should have 3 months salary saved up.

Arizona passed a bill to enforce immigration. The law will make aliens carry their registration documents at all times. It will also target those who hire illegal immigrants.

This website says the law on gay marriage in each specific state. Using a map of the United States you can simply click on the state you'd like to know about and off to the right is states the law. It also gives the date in which voters approved or disapproved of such a bill.

Texas passed a billed that made it illegal to view any messages while driving. However viewing messages while at a red light is allowed. Violators can face a misdemeanor and a fine from $1.00 to $200.00.

June 1st, the new law went into effect. Scott talks about his motives for making this law. Statistics are used to show pros and cons of this new law.