Abstract The civil rights movement was a mass popular movement to secure for African Americans equal access to and opportunities for the basic privileges and rights of U.S. citizenship. While the roots of this movement go back to the 19th century, its highlighted movements were in the 1950s and 1960s. African American men and women, […]
Abstract This paper covers three points to answer three big questions about the criminal justice system. Firstly, this article will define that the rights of people, free or those awaiting trial, are protected by the same parts of the amendments that guarantee due process. Secondly, the article uses a quote from a congressional committee to […]
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Order nowWe can define democracy as a government in which the people participate directly in governance or through their elected representatives. It is also a system of government whereby the citizens of a country are actively involved in decision making, and are ruled by a set of generally accepted norms and laws. Every democratic system has […]
When schools teach about politics that the teachers are “indoctrinating” their kids and essentially molding them to fit to one side and ideology. The results however, show that Kids Voting did not have an appreciable impact on partisanship or ideological identity but it did stimulate support for conventional participation-voting (r = .24, p < .001) […]
The Tyranny of the Majority is explained as a cruel and unfair treatment by leaders with absolute power over civilians. De Tocqueville, Author of Democracy of America states that the main point of democracy was the public having a sort of dedication to having the equality among the citizens in the U.S. The United States […]
Democracy and American Ideas in theory should go together like mom’s apple pie and baseball, but not everyone likes apple pie and baseball. American ideas and democracy are rapidly being lost to misconceptions, representation, and the lack of initiative by citizens. People are not naturally driven to contemplate about, or exercise democracy. It is a […]
As President Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education (Woolley & Gerhard, 1938). Education empowers the people who ultimately should be the ones who determine public policy. Democratic ideals can only be sustained if society […]
Introduction Democracy, one of the most popular type of government in the world, has a wonderful history as it evolved from the experiments of Rome and Athens to the being the preferred government of the world. No other type of government so far has given such stability and provided for such peace in the history […]
This Pew Research Center (PRC) article shows that when the American democratic and political systems are critically analyzed, they tend to require amendments. In addition, it is clear that there is an anxiety concerning democracy around the world. However, most of the Americans agree that some ideas and values are essential and are supposed to […]
How did people in Athens and Sparta obtain the right to participate in public life and make decisions affecting the community? To be eligible to participate in government in either Athens or Sparta, one had to be a free male citizen of the polis. Athens had an additional requirement that the individual male be born […]
As of 2018, according to FactCheck.org there are 12.5 million illegal immigrants living in the US. Immigration is not bad for a country if the country can support the people. Diversity lets us experience different cultures and be more open to different views. However, the problem with immigration is illegal immigration. Illegal immigration is a […]
The Vietnam War was a conflict between North and South Vietnam with regards to the spread of communism. The communist North was supported by other communist countries while the South was supported by anti-communist countries, among them the United States. In South Vietnam the anti-communist forces faced off against the Viet Cong, a communist front. […]
America is a country whose constructs were founded by slaves and immigrants during the early stages of industrialization. However, leaders have recently laid great emphasis on closing America’s doors to new migrants, and to deport those who are already within the boundaries of the U.S. For the most part, relinquishing birthright citizenship is unconstitutional under […]
It’s almost damming to think that individuals in the race for the most coveted title in the United States of American, the position of president has been built under the foundation of falsehoods and even worse, unachievable promises. The polarizing issue that every hopeful presidential candidate promises their people to reform or eradicate is that […]
Citizenship can be described as a state of belonging to a particular nationality or country, where one can practice his or her constitutional rights within the country’s jurisdiction. However, citizenship requires more than the sense of belonging to a particular country. It entails several values, roles and responsibilities of a citizen and requires one’s commitment […]
Every nation in the world has their own choices and ways in determining who will become citizens of their country. A few nations have the method of birthright citizenship, like the United States, where someone’s citizenship relies heavily on if their place of birth was located inside the nation, regardless of their parent’s citizenship. But, […]
The sociology of immigration involves the analysis of immigration, social structure, and assimilation. The road to gaining citizenship in the United States is a hard task itself, but there’s also the more challenging task of assimilating to this society once you accomplish receiving a green card. Imagine packing up everything you know and love from […]
In 2015, there were approximately five million undocumented children and young adults under the age of 30 living in the U.S. (Cabrera and Patler 7). Unlike their parents, these children did not sign up for the life of an undocumented immigrant. They could not make the conscious choice to face prejudice from their new communities […]
Did you know there are several ways in which you can get dual citizenship? Dual citizenship is having the status of an individual who is a citizen of two or more nations. Ways in which you can obtain dual (or more) citizenship are either by birth, marriage, or naturalization. From my research I have conducted, […]
“Birthright citizenship, which grants citizenship to anyone born in the United States, regardless of whether the individual’s parents are citizens, is a frequent topic of debate. Is the practice legal and what are the pros and cons of awarding citizenship this way? The 14th amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868, and […]
A study published in the Journal for Artificial Societies and Social Stimulation (the JASSS) developed and used an artificial intelligence to study whether people are naturally violent, or if environmental factors can lead to violence. The factors tested were religion, natural disasters, and other human encounters. The tests revealed that, as a whole, people are […]
“In the United States, birthright citizenship refers to the right of any person to acquire nationality as long as the person has been born within the territory of the state. This has become a major topic in America and the question revolves around what to do with the illegal immigrants who are already living in […]
Parents with a United States citizenship or either live in the country having foreign-born children may experience problems early on issues or later when endeavoring to guarantee or get citizenship in the country. It is essential to contact the Immigration offices to decide as to what is the best way to expel the occurrence of […]
All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside… Ratified as a Constitutional Amendment on July 9, 1868 in the aftermath of the Civil War, the Fourteenth Amendment ensured the citizenship of black Americans and thus […]
The lack of research on citizens and non citizen Latinos and crime, is one peculiar developments in social status. This slip is interesting because of commision reports that has been focused on the treatment of Latino immigrants. Studies on border patrol mistreatment of immigrants and abuse of people that look of Latino origin by the […]
Everyone wants to be happy with their lives. Aristotle contended that the happiness is “something final and self-sufficient, and the end of action” (Ethica Nicomachea, 941) that transcend all the aims of action. The actions or anything we do are intended to something that we consider good. It means there are many goods in our […]
Each State in the US is legally allowed to bar non-citizens from voting in any national or state elections. Signed by President Clinton, The Illegal immigration reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 makes it a crime when any non-citizen individual votes in any given federal election. According to Stanley Renshon’ article, in the United […]
The meaning of citizenship is the position or status or status of being a citizen of a particular country. Citizenship is gained by meeting the legal requirements of a national, state, or local government. A nation grants certain rights and privileges to its citizens, in return, citizens are expected to obey their country’s laws and […]
According to the Democracy Index study, the state of Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East. Besides the Jews who immigrated from the diaspora, making the so-called Aliyah, which represents one of the tenets of the Zionist ideology, as well as their descendants, a considerable Arab minority dwells in the country making up […]
From Ethics to Politics:The Aristotle’s Perspective on Freedom, Citizenship, and PolityImam SubkhanEveryone wants to be happy with their lives. Aristotle contended that the happiness is “something final and self-sufficient, and the end of action” (Ethica Nicomachea, 941) that transcend all the aims of action. The actions or anything we do are intended to something that […]
