04/02/14 Bellringer

That we have to participate in the "discrimination" project.

Notes Chapter 21

heterogeneous society-"melting pot" composed of different cultures/people

immigrant-LEGAL alien from a different country

reservation-public land given to Native Americans by United States government 

refugee-moves to another country for protection 

assimilation-change/adapt culture to meet another culture (majority)

-U.S. prominently white today
Populations that have grown: african american, asian american, hispanic american
African Americans: suffered unjust treatment longer- 14% of people in U.S.--equality led by African Americans
-6 million Native Americans-Indian Education Act of 1972-help the Native Americans
-Hispanic Americans-Spanish speaking background-50 million in U.S.- divided by four subgroups: Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rico, Central and South

-Chinese laborers were the first Asians to come to america in large numbers in 1850-1860's-- often faced violence because white workers were unhappy
-World War II all japanese were evacuated to pacific coast even native born/concentration camps
-congress changed its ways realized was unjust

-those who oppose civil rights often believe you cant change morality by passing a law
-1870-1890's no meaningful legislation passed in regards to civil rights
-Civil Rights Act of 1964- passed after longest debate in senate history (83 days)-- made changes- voting provisions, public services could no longer deny access based on race, religion, etc, federal funding programs could not discriminate for same reasons, employers and labor unions could not discriminate
-Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Open Housing Act) could not refuse renting/selling living space to any person due to discrimination
-Housing still one of the most segregated areas in American life today
-Affirmative Action-employers must meet quotas for minority groups/genders, reverse discrimination-discrimination against the majority group denied opportunities so minority groups have more opportunities

-an american citizen is a person that swears allegiance to the united states
-before 1860's citizenship was not important to people living in the united states
-constitution declares a person can become an american citizen by birth or through naturalization
-90% of americans are citizens by birth
-voluntarily abandon citizenship-called expatriation
-quota for immigration-limits the number of people allowed from each country/territory
-immigration act of 1965-did away with quota system allowed 270,000 immigrants to united states special preference given to immediate family in united states
-deportation-legal process by which aliens are required to leave the country

04/01/14 Bellringer

Yes, the cameras should be mandatory; and they should make a difference

03/31/14 Bellringer

Yes, I think racism is still a problem in the United States as well as around the world.  "Minorities" is an incorrect term assigned to races other than white who are in fact part of a majority.  African Americas, Asians, Hispanics, all of those races are a large percentage of U.S. Population.  They are called "minorities" because they are seen as less than.  They can be just as qualified for jobs/positions or even more qualified than a white person and still lose the position to them because of their race.

03/27/14 Bellringer

I think that the Supreme Court Justices should serve in terms and not for life.  I think that the American people should have a say in who gets voted as Supreme Court Justices.

03/24/14 Bellringer

An Ebola outbreak has killed at least 59 people in Guinea as the deadly hemorrhagic fever has quickly spread from southern communities in the West African nation. The Guinean Health Ministry warned that the disease is mainly spread from infected people, from objects belonging to ill or dead people, and by the consumption of meat from animals in the bush. So far, most of the cases have been in the forest area of southern Guinea, and health officials say they are offering free treatment for all patients.  They've urged people to stay calm, wash their hands and report all cases to authorities.

03/21/14 Activity

Self-Incrimination:

Thirteenth century commentators found an analogue to the privilege grounded in the bible. "To sum up the matter, the principle that no man is to be declared guilty on his own admission is a divine decree." Maimonides, Mishneh Torah (Code of Jewish Law), Book of Judges, Laws of the Sanhedrin 

Excessive Fines, Forfeiture:  The "guilty property" theory behind in rem forfeiture can be traced to the Bible, which describes property being sacrificed to God as a means of atoning for an offense. See Exodus 21:28. In medieval Europe and at common law, this concept evolved into the law of deodand, in which offending property was condemned and confiscated by the church or the Crown in remediation for the harm it had caused.

Federal Admiralty Jurisdiction:

It is especially unfortunate that this has occurred in admiralty, an area that once provided a jurisdictional rule almost as clear as the 9th and 10th verses of Genesis: "And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called He Seas."

Indigent Medical Care:

Not unlike the admonition of the Bible that, "Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country," Leviticus 24:22 (King James version), the right of interstate travel must be seen as insuring new residents the same right to vital government benefits and privileges in the states to which they migrate as are enjoyed by other residents.

Abortion:

In fact, if one prescinds the theological concept of ensoulment -- or one accepts St. Thomas Aquinas' view that ensoulment does not occur for at least 40 days -- a State has no greater secular interest in protecting the potential life of an embryo that is still "seed" than in protecting the potential life of a sperm or an unfertilized ovum.

Non-immigrant Visa for a Marxist:

That one should be excluded who taught that Jesus when he arose from the Sepulcher, went east (not up) and became a teacher at Hemis monastery in the Himalayas? I put the issue that bluntly because national security is not involved. Nor is the infiltration of saboteurs. The attorney general stands astride our international terminals that bring people here to bar those whose ideas are not acceptable to him. Even assuming, arguendo, that those on the outside seeking admission have no standing to complain, those who hope to benefit from the traveler's lectures do. Thought control is not within the competence of any branch of government.