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    The War on One’s Individual Liberty and Freedoms Nadira R. Brown POL 201 Professor Dovie Dawson April 15‚ 2013 The War on One’s Individual Liberty and Freedoms Have you ever felt like a piece of cheese on a mouse trap just waiting for that mouse to come by and eat you; maybe even a fly stuck in a spider’s web hoping that you can get away? Well I am sure if I had been one of those people in the mist of the chaos on September 11‚ 2001 that had changed the life of all Americans’ across the

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    many attacks before‚ none have hit the American people in such a manner to question whether our civil liberties are at stake. As a member of the Armed Forces I swore to support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies both foreign and domestic at all cost. A sense of pride‚ loyalty and commitment engulfs me when I hear the words for equal justice and liberty for all when it comes to serving my country that practices and honors American citizen’s civil liberties

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    tried fairly. In today ’s war on terror‚ the amount of such enemy combatants who were detained indefinitely without any trial has raised. The courts are split up on following the law by the letter or to practically change it according to the situation ’s needs. I feel it ’s necessary to follow these laws in the same context in which they were written‚ and the pragmatic approach leaves room for reckless changes. To deny an enemy combatant his or her day in court cannot be justified as taking the pragmatic

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    eager to break away from convention. The genre of the crime film represents such a change in the roles handed to women. Two films that can be contrasted‚ in order to support this view‚ are: The Public Enemy by William Wellman (1931) and Bonnie &Clyde by Arthur Penn (1967).<br><br>In The Public Enemy‚ women are portrayed as naive and/or objects of carnal pleasure by men. In this period‚ women were often categorized as mothers‚ mistresses‚ sisters‚ or ladies. Ma Powers (played by Beryl Mercer)‚ the

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    Civil Liberties‚ Habeas Corpus‚ and the war on Terror Jean M. Tamayo POL201 Professor Dovie Dawson 08/26/2013 This paper will explain civil liberties‚ habeas corpus‚ and the war on terror. It will show how each is intertwined with the other two. It will give examples to help you better understand the processes and purposes of each of them. Here I will explain the difference between "civil rights" and "civil liberties." The

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    when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it" and under this provision‚ persons detained by the government are entitled to a judicial hearing to determine if there is any legal basis for their detention; I believe "enemy combatants" and terrorists should not be entitled to the Writ of Habeas Corpus and the same civil liberties as law-abiding U.S. citizens are entitled to because national-security is a top priority for the U.S. and individuals that are suspected of terrorism

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    RUNNINGHEAD: CIVIL 1 Civil Liberties‚ Habeas Corpus‚ and the War on Terror Pol 201 American National Government Instructor: Gregory Di Cerbo September 20‚ 2012

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    John Dillinger BIO The names Dillinger‚ John Dillinger. I got one motto and one motto only‚ “Never trust a woman or an automatic weapon”. I was born in 1903 in Indianapolis. My mother died when I was only three years old and my dad remarried six years later when I was nine years old. I remember it like was yesterday when me and my buddy robbed a grocer back in 1924 for about $555. Thing is‚ we were caught by the police shortly after and I had to stand trial without my father or a lawyer

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    The Enemy Inside Alex Lennartz John Knowles’ novel‚ A Separate Peace‚ is composed around the story of two adolescents living during World War II. This novel conveys a warlike theme‚ but ironically no guns are fired. While there is an actual war that takes place on a battlefield‚ the main war does not. This war-like tone establishes the central theme in the novel‚ and is associated with the struggle of young men converting into adulthood. This being said‚ the war that takes place is a symbolic

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    Destinee Andrews “The Enemy Within” Christine M. Kreiser Article Review 1.2 The posing question in America in

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