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This article summarizes another article from the Washington Post's previous column. It talks about mostly the government and how after 9/11 the Patriot Act came into place. Furthermore goes into details regarding assassination, detention, justice, wire tapping.

This article summarizes another article from the Washington Post's previous column. It talks about mostly the government and how after 9/11 the Patriot Act came into place. Furthermore goes into details regarding assassination, detention, justice, wire tapping.

This presentation of the facts on Mandated Healthcare that has gone before the Supreme Court touches on the stated facts of the argument presented before the Justices. It makes a valid attempt to define the differences and similarities between what is called Obamacare and what is presented by Rep. Ryan in what the article refers to as "Ryancare."

The article discusses the rights of married couples that are denied to gay couples as a result of illegal gay marriage. Some of the denied rights include tax benefits and the right to be notified as next of kin in case of death of a spouse

Kentucky and North Carolina have passed Racial Justice Acts to counter systemic racial bias in the unfair sentencing of African Americans to the death penalty for killing whites. Statistical data shows there's is significant bias in the administration of the death penalty yet in two major cases before the Supreme Court, the Court ruled in favor of systemic injustice and upheld the death penalty in both cases. The Racial Justice Acts passed by Kentucky and North Carolina are a step in the right direction to remove systemic bias.

In this article shows why authorities want to access our WiFi and computers. Authorities also made deals with technology companies to includes backdoor to track people's whereabouts.

The supreme court needs to decide whether or not to take on more than 10 opened cases regarding discrimination against same-sex couples. They must decide if rights for same-sex couple are actually a fundamental constitutional issue.

Delayed Notice Search Warrants: A Vital and Time-Honored Tool for Fighting Crime Field Report on the PATRIOT Act The Department of Justice's first priority is to prevent future terrorist attacks.

Twelve survivors of the shooting in Tucson, AZ (including former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords) met with Attorney General Eric Holder to seek his support for stricter enforcement of gun sale checks and tighter requirements on gun sales.

This new bill highly reduces some of the old classic books that could be used in reading classes. It also suggest that teachers private lives can be observed for anything that is considered a violation of new federal standards.

This article breaks down why drugs should not be legalized. One of the main issues being that they are illegal and harmful and that's why they are illegal already. The government is looking out for you and some people should learn when to say "no". This gives 10 nicely detailed facts on why it should not be legalized and it is very informative.

I teach an online Banned Books class at GCC - ENH295. Good stuff.

That sounds really interesting. I'll have to look into it. Never knew the school had that class.

The report, jointly released with the Rights Working Group, was submitted Wednesday to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. In it, the organizations blame government policies for contributing to the issue.

A criminal in the state of Colorado does actually have the right to vote. If their sentence has been served, they are on probation or are currently serving time for a misdemeanor they have the right to vote.

Capital punishment (the death penalty) is the pre-meditated taking of a human life by a government in response to a crime committed by that legally convicted person. This article sums the arguments for and against the death penalty, and statistics worldwide.

This website offers a rubric of the gun laws that are held by each state as of April, 2000. This information is used to help educate the public on gun crime, control, and enforcement. With this information, it is hoped that it would be used to prevent further crimes, injuries, and death caused by inappropriate gun use.

This article outlines racial profiling and how it is a violation of fundamental principals of our constitution. It's targeting brown mexican/hispanics because of the illegal immigration; and the arab americans because of 911. We all have a right to live our lives in peace without having authorites watching us because of our physical features.

Website for prison population, stats on federal and state.

This article talks about how marriage is the foundation of human civilization and the effects of redefining marriage. Forty-one states agree that marriage is between a man and a woman and children need a mother and a father.

My personal belief is that marriage is to be between a man and a woman, however, I also believe that is it not my place to judge anyone. Who am I to tell someone who to love? These days marriages that last are rare. If a same sex couple love each other and are happy together, I think they should be able to be married. There are a lot of same sex couple who have lived together as couple for a lot longer than most marriages last.

When I read "The nine justices are considering challenges to state and federal laws defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. The two cases before it provide an important opportunity for Americans to reflect on three questions: What is marriage? Why does it matter for public policy? And what are the consequences of redefining marriage?" it blew my mind a little, because it is challenging every American to think about marriage. Not just as a sex (male or Female) thing but as a whole.

This article discusses same sex married couples qualifying for benefits bestowed upon traditionally married couples. It explains how some companies have gradually begun to recognize and strive to provide benefits to same sex couples. It also explains that though change has come, there is still more work to be done.

This article talks about how unjust it is not to allow gay marriage. It talks about all the benefits that gay couples miss out on, even if they've been together and shared a life together for 50 years, since they can't get married, the rights that are kept from them such as maybe seeing their dying partner in the hospital and so on. Things that married couples take for granted

Gay couples, not allowed to marry, cannot receive the same privileges that married couples receive, no matter how long they have "been together." Some rights include not being able to visit a spouse in prison, the rights to collect survivor's benefits as the spouse of a military veteran. Gay couples, in these instances are not receiving the same rights as straight couples.

Our first amendment is freedom of speech. Speech also includes written word. The supreme courted ruled that protests at military funerals, is freedom of speech..

U.S Supreme Court ruled that protest at military funerals was okay, because of the first amendment. Chief Justice John Roberts said that protestors could not be held accountable for the damages sought by the family of a fallen Marine. Speech is powerful. People have rights, but often they take it too far.