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An Article discussing the backlog of cases for immigration. Explains how this is effecting our courts and what we could do to stop it.

Tabacco good for the economy,so should everyone take up smoking because it is a profitable tax.

Gun activist that feel guns should have aban against them have it alll wrong, according to a University Professor. The debate should be about controlling access to firearms, rather than eliminating them and using market forces to drive up the price of weapons on the black market.

I feel as though you should have to provide proof of citizenship when you show up to vote. Voting is a priveledge of American citizens and if your not a citizen you should not have the right to choose it leaders. Everyday you have people stealing social security numbers in order to get jobs so who is to say they are not voting as well?

IS it right to the women in the Army to be told that they are not able to go to combat to defnd the country they enlisted to protect. I believe it should be up to the woimen to choose not to be told.

This article sums up the moral and ethical issues surrounding euthanasia. Should you have the ability to control whether you continue to live or die? There are two sides to this argument offering the pros and cons.

Parents used an embryo selection process to have a healthy baby that would potentially be a donor match to cure its siblings of a genetic disease. In most cases like this, the children that were created as a "savior sibling" become part of the family, but what happens to those that serve their purpose and aren't needed after that? Embryos that don't meet the donor criteria are discarded. So what happens to the children that donate and cure their siblings, can they be discarded as well (put up for adoption)?

After reading this article, the number of undocumented illegals that come up is alot higher than I thought it would be. We have almost 12 million illegal immigrants living in this country and controlling that number has to start with the businesses.

published Aprl. 15, 2012 ; how the TSA can elimate the banned item list and become a little more fluid in the items they disallow to carry.

It is broke. I think we should look at the way Israel handles their airport security.

I looked up how Israel handles with airport security & find this news article: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2011/01/whats_so_great_about_israeli_security.html Sadly, I was not aware of Israel's security. However, I relate to this a great deal since this past May & June I went to Afghanistan - and I was traveling with an Afghan citizen. I understand why they would be more cautious. Our coming back flight stopped in Dubai and we expected to have problems coming into the USA, but we also faced issues in Amsterdam. We were questioned a little longer than the other people - almost missed the flight because of it, twice - in Amsterdam & in the USA to coming to Phoenix. However, it did not bother us - we knew we would face issues. I don't even know how many times I was x-rayed - or how much time we spent talking to officials a little longer than everyone else and it happened everywhere we stopped, not only in the USA! I agree with these terms of not being so strict when leaving the USA, but coming back I could understand why the security was a little tighter.

Article is a about the Affordable Health Care Act of also knows as "Obamacare," it discusses that this act is going to help provide families , children and elderly with "preventative services free " but they are saying that the employers will raise the cost of insurance as premiums will go up.

This is an article from the Charleston Gazette, also brought up in the class discussion. This is about women's rights to choose whether or not they wish to use birth control. Should people who disagree with birth control be able to block it from insurance coverage of their employees?

Mr. Obama backed up same sex marrage and said "I think same-sex couples should be able to get married,"

A supermarket in Australia has stirred up some controversy over a job ad that specified that "no Indians or Asians" should apply. This online job advertisement was clear as day and people have become quite angry over it.

A bill was brought up by senator Menendez for changing the immigration law including same sex couples with foreign partners.

Governments needs to help up save our plants better. There has to be new laws to protect out planet

How popular tattoos are becoming but still places that employ you have the right to say cover it up.

A day after demanding Washington lawmakers extend middle-class tax cuts while raising taxes on the wealthy, President Obama took his case directly to voters Tuesday, traveling to Iowa to argue that the rich should pay higher taxes in order to cut the deficit and fund his spending priorities.

This article says that 98 percent of Americans want the tax hike, where as the 2 percent it will effect does not. This 98 percent number is outrageous, especially if they are adding me into the mix. It also brings up that the small businesses that we are trying to support are the most effected by the tax hike.

(AP) WASHINGTON - As the income gap between rich and poor widens, a majority of Americans say the growing divide is bad for the country and believe that wealthy people are paying too little in taxes, according to a new survey.

I liked this article because it shows how if everyone payed the same tax rate increase it would add up to a much larger amount then if we just put the higher tax on the 2 percent of the higher income indivuals. It also shows how much the "rich" pay into taxes and how little much of the mid class pay at all. It was very informational.

This article is just a couple of quotes that are used to describe our freedoms. A couple of constitutional beliefs are stated by the courts. I believe that this is a good one to choose because it has two, sound government employees standing up for our freedoms.