Wednesday, September 3, 2014

ISIS, Religion and Death: A Personal Philosophy

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The recent beheadings of Americans by ISIS (ISIL) has inspired many differing viewpoints on war, religion, strategy, and death. After doing ...
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

DOMA and Prop 8: Promising?

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After months of anticipation, the United States Supreme Court has finally decided on DOMA and Prop 8 out of California. To be honest, I expe...
Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Same Love Outweighs Old Arguments

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During the oral arguments of Hollingsworth v. Perry (Prop 8 case), Mr. Cooper said that states retain the right of protecting their "sp...

What's Really At Stake?

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As we all have heard, today and tomorrow, the United States Supreme Court will hear cases on the Constitutionality of Prop 8 and DOMA (Defen...
Monday, February 18, 2013

Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act (1965)

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Many of you may not know, but the Supreme Court is hearing a case next Wednesday (February 27th) to discuss the constitutionality of Section...
Friday, January 11, 2013

Judicial Activism, Marbury, Plessy and Brown: A Political Rant

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Today in my Law and Social Change class we discussed the topic of activist judges. Although there is no concrete definition, I find confusio...
Friday, December 7, 2012

Post-Industrial WW2 Whaling, Anthropocene effects, and Transient Killer Whales

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This paper received a grade of 91. Do not use or copy and paste without permission. 23 October 2012 Brooke Francisco WFSC444 Unive...