Law

Read the following: https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21316/20130124/how-the-rockefeller-drug-laws-changed-america https://www.nyclu.org/en/publications/rockefeller-drug-laws-cause-racial-disparities-huge-taxpayer-burden Then answer these questions: 1. What was the impact of the Rockefeller laws? 2. How did the laws impact people based on race and why do you think the laws were designed?

Do you think the Three Strikes Law is an effective crime deterrent? Why or why not? I will like to argue that even though it has some effective qualities, it is still ineffective in stopping violent crime. 1 reason – The threat of a life sentence is not going to stop people who are act impulsively, without thought to the likely consequences of their actions Another reason -will disproportionately impact minority offenders More elaboration and more reasons are needed.

Please answer the following questions in an essay format: Who has the right to claim rights?  What are the necessary conditions for claiming one’s rights? How does this relate to Farmer’s concept of “structural violence?”  Provide examples from the texts.  Please answer the following questions as an question and answer format:  How does blaming the victim produce harmful effects for those in need of aid?  You may either offer ideas related to the text, or ideas related to your own life/our community. What strategies do you think should be instituted in order to minimize the types of inequalities presented in the reading? How do gender, class, and race inequality affect our local community?

For this discussion, you will examine the effects on the community that result from a mass murder, or when a serial killer is active. Since we are looking at the reaction that the killer generates, choose from one of the following killers: David Berkowitz (New York) Wayne Williams (Atlanta) Danny Rolling (Gainesville, Florida) Review popular news magazines like Time and US News, or newspapers from the local area, so that you can put yourself in the position of someone in the community who was living through that time period. For instance, for the Rolling case, look at the Gainesville Sun from that time period; if you choose David Berkowitz, check out the New York Times or NY Post. This will give you a connection to the case you won’t get from a website created long after the fact. Based on your review, discuss the following questions. Describe the effects of the case on the local community. Did local residents change their behavior in any way? Did the police involve the community in the investigation? What other effects on the community might such a case cause? USE APA FORMAT

Of the privacy rights that are legally recognized by the United States Supreme Court, which is/are actually mentioned as being legal or illegal, in the CNMI Constitution?

https://mga.view.usg.edu/d2l/common/dialogs/quickLink/quickLink.d2l?ou=2157510&type=coursefile&fileId=The+New+Jim+Crow.pdf The New Jim Crow.pdf Read the article “The New Jim Crow” and discuss the following questions: 1. What is Alexander referring to as the “New Jim Crow?” Why does she use that terminology and what does it signify? 2. Based on your knowledge of the old Jim Crow system, describe similarities and/or differences between the old Jim Crow system and the new. 3. There has been much discussion among politicians and others about the need for Criminal Justice reform in the US. Do you agree or disagree that reform is needed? Why or Why not? What in particular would you change about the system, if anything? Research the topic and provide references.

Choose a political topic that interests you, such as BLM, the legalization of marijuana, or gerrymandering. Find a podcast, a television segment (can be on YouTube, but has to be from TV Network), and an Internet article about this topic. Then write a one-page paper answering the questions below. How was your topic presented differently on the podcast than it was on television or the Internet? Do you think your issue will be discussed in the televised debates this election? How do different media tell the same story? Do any present a more balanced story? Which covered your topic the most in depth? Which covered it the least?

Advocacy Image Assignment For this assignment, you will upload an image that represents your view of what it means to be an advocate.  (2 points) In a paragraph address: Why you chose this image (1 point) Why is advocacy important in human services (2 points) What are some of the characteristics of a strong advocate (3 points) What steps you are committed to take in being an advocate (4 points)

please don’t use direct quote from the article.  Consider the article that we read for class this week about migrants. You may use the experience of Syrian refugees, migrants to the United States, or any other migrant groups to inform your answers to the below. 1.     Think about how the study of migrants can support occupational science. What is one occupation-based question you could ask to learn more about migrants? Explain this connection. (Think back to some of the types of  research questions Wilcock (1991) asked in her article from week 4.) 2.     What is at least one potential impact of migration on occupational justice for migrants? Consider concepts such as occupational disruption and deprivation, alienation, marginalization, and imbalance. 3.     What is at least one potential solution that would improve occupational justice for migrants?

What does the concept of speech mean in constitutional law? Providing viding vivid examples, discuss five (5) ways in which you have personally expressed your First Amendment rights in the United States.