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Few states have passed the law that terminally ill individuals can choose to end their lives with a lethal medication. Montana ruled that doctors cannot be prosecuted in assisting of one's death but cannot guarantee it's a constitutional right.

This site talks about how the new Federal HIPAA law protects patients privacy regarding personal health information. Rules have been set as to who can view medical records without the patients approval. This includes health insurance companies, HMO's, and health care providers.

This article explains how unsettling it can be if a company is given the right to regulate certain sites users view such as letting them, "block or slow specific sites like YouTube to deliver their content faster to users."

The Supreme Court, in 1986, ruled that according to the Eight Amendment a legally insane, which is not the same as being mentally ill, prisoner could not be executed because it is "cruel and unusual punishment"(Davison and Neale, p539).

As parents do we have the right to say "NO" to drugging our children? I found this article to be very informative. This article suggests that we as parents need to question the responses given to us by our doctors. There are many cases of misdiagnosis. In some states there are schools that have rules in place if your child is diagnosed with ADHD and ADD they are required to take Ritalin. If you "opt out" the school can tell you not to bring your child to school anymore! Considering I have a child they are trying to get me to medicate, this issue hit home for me. There are many recorded deaths that have occurred as a result of taking this drug. That is a chance I am not willing to take.

An OH man was going against the rules of his HOA by not getting permission to put a flag pole in his front yard. He was ordered to take down the pole, or go to court. Neighbors complained the flag pole was un-attractive and was a public nuisance.

Some pros for obamacare are that people who cannot afford insurance now can afford it due to obamacare. The 80/20 rule is in place where companies pay the premiums and the client pays the rest.Cons are that people who previously had insurance now have to pay more than ever, due to the ACA.

At a time when the United States was attacked, many of the old rules of privacy went out the window. This attack altered the way information would be gathered in the future. Intelligence gathering became more important than personal rights.

Widow to Navy Seal Sniper Chris Kyle confronts Obama at a Town Hall conference hosted and televised by CNN. Taya Kyle said that with Obama trying to make a law on sticker background checks for gun control is giving people "false hope", saying that a background check is not going to stop anyone including her from getting a gun.She mentions that there are already "thousands" of gun control laws that are not being enforced and only a fraction of them are being prosecuted.

"The Supreme Court will give President Obama a final shot at implementing his plan to shield more than 4 million undocumented immigrants from deportation. The justices agreed Tuesday to hear the administration's contention that Obama has the power to change immigration policy without going through Congress."

This article talks on a new ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. In the past, if two occupants lived legally in the same house, it was required for an officer to have a warrant and permission from BOTH of the residents before being able to enter. Even if one person said yes and the other said no, the officer would not be able to enter. Now, if an officer has the, "ok" from at least one of the occupants, they can enter with just their approval.

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.

A judge is making it harder to have a safe abortion. This restricts their personal rights to have a safe way to control their own lives.