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what are some laws u wish to be changed. it is for a school project where i take a law and try to change it

2007-02-07 10:22:52 · 10 answers · asked by mjegrand04 2 in Politics & Government Other - Politics & Government

10 answers

The worst law ever passed in this country were the 16th and 17th amendment.

We should have never given the federal gvmt the ability to place an unlimited tax on our income, to have others vote on taking money from others. Totally inconsistent with the concept of liberty.

The 17th amendment put special interest in charge of this country rather than the states and gave us the unlimited spending that we have today. If the States elected the Senate rather than the people then the Senate would be working for the state rather than for special interest.

2007-02-07 10:31:09 · answer #1 · answered by radical4capitalism 3 · 3 0

I would change the law that is against the schools having a right to punish our kids. I think it's wrong that we put our kids in the school system's hands, but they have no rights to discipline our children. It's sad that a kid can beat up a teacher and all the teacher can do is call security. If they lay one hand on that student, they can lose their jobs over it. It's also wrong that a parent has to take off of work to come pick their child up because they were acting up. All this does is give kids a free invitation to go home and have a couple of days vacation. Why isn't there a system at school for kids who are in trouble to work it off? Or even an in school suspension where they can still do their school work but they have to sit in the same spot all day.

2007-02-07 18:43:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

I would like to see the laws changed for entry into military service. I may be 57 but I'm sure not dead or disabled in any way, yet the military turned me down because of my age. I can lift up to and including 110 lbs and carry it. And no, I'm not a big burly woman, but am wgt proportioned to hgt. I also recently graduated with a public safety management major and during that time I was required to take self defense, in which I received an A, and that wasn't for effort, that was actual performance. So I'm fit and able...they just won't take me.

So, I'd like to see that lifted in all government agencies, including the Secret Service, FBI and CIA and Border Patrol. I'm just as good at firing a gun as the men...that's already part of my fact sheet as well. So, why should I have to sit in the grandstands?

2007-02-07 18:39:55 · answer #3 · answered by chole_24 5 · 1 0

"Many people assume that marijuana was made illegal through some kind of process involving scientific, medical, and government hearings; that it was to protect the citizens from what was determined to be a dangerous drug.

The actual story shows a much different picture. Those who voted on the legal fate of this plant never had the facts, but were dependent on information supplied by those who had a specific agenda to deceive lawmakers. You'll see below that the very first federal vote to prohibit marijuana was based entirely on a documented lie on the floor of the Senate.

You'll also see that the history of marijuana's criminalization is filled with:

Racism
Fear
Protection of Corporate Profits
Yellow Journalism
Ignorant, Incompetent, and/or Corrupt Legislators
Personal Career Advancement and Greed
These are the actual reasons marijuana is illegal."
Background

The Mexican Connection

In the early 1900s, the western states developed significant tensions regarding the influx of Mexican-Americans. The revolution in Mexico in 1910 spilled over the border, with General Pershing's army clashing with bandit Pancho Villa. Later in that decade, bad feelings developed between the small farmer and the large farms that used cheaper Mexican labor. Then, the depression came and increased tensions, as jobs and welfare resources became scarce.

One of the "differences" seized upon during this time was the fact that many Mexicans smoked marijuana and had brought the plant with them.

However, the first state law outlawing marijuana did so not because of Mexicans using the drug. Oddly enough, it was because of Mormons using it. Mormons who traveled to Mexico in 1910 came back to Salt Lake City with marijuana. The church was not pleased and ruled against use of the drug. Since the state of Utah automatically enshrined church doctrine into law, the first state marijuana prohibition was established in 1915. (Today, Senator Orrin Hatch serves as the prohibition arm of this heavily church-influenced state.)

Other states quickly followed suit with marijuana prohibition laws, including Wyoming (1915), Texas (1919), Iowa (1923), Nevada (1923), Oregon (1923), Washington (1923), Arkansas (1923), and Nebraska (1927). These laws tended to be specifically targeted against the Mexican-American population.

When Montana outlawed marijuana in 1927, the Butte Montana Standard reported a legislator's comment: "When some beet field peon takes a few traces of this stuff... he thinks he has just been elected president of Mexico, so he starts out to execute all his political enemies." In Texas, a senator said on the floor of the Senate: "All Mexicans are crazy, and this stuff [marijuana] is what makes them crazy."


Fight for the legalization of Marijuana.

2007-02-07 18:44:22 · answer #4 · answered by Jenn 2 · 1 0

I wish a law was passed that held each and every politician in office and, especially, while campaigning to be held accountable and liable for his/her promises and the truthfulness of his/her comments... like "truth in advertisement." Imagine what would happen? No lying politicians or off to jail they go (hopefully in with the regular population of criminals). No untruths or misleading... no dishonesty or off to defend the retentiveness of their sphincter muscles they go in the general prison population! And once caught they lose all of the special privileges and benefits they may have earned while in public office, and they'd have to pay back whatever they stole or benefitted from.... them and their cronies!

2007-02-07 18:42:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I'd like to see a law that makes it illegal for politicians to lie or deceive the public anymore. We have laws protecting the public from false advertising and labeling. We have laws making it so it's illegal to perform certain tasks without a liscense, like surgery or pharmacy.

I doubt it will happen because it would require politicians to self-regulate themselves.

2007-02-07 18:34:40 · answer #6 · answered by Schtolteheim Reinbach IV 2 · 2 1

i think they should legalize marijuana. alcohol is legalized and is just as bad if not worse for you than smoking a little dope once in awhile. i don't drink, but like to smoke sometimes, and i don't think it's right to have to hide what i do, but alcoholics can run around with a bottle in their hand and that is ok. drunk drivers kill more than thousands of people a year, but you never hear of some one smoking marijuana and killing people. alcohol makes people crazy, and do stupid things, it tampers with their minds in a way that makes them not realize reality. when you smoke dope you are very calm, and really all you want to do it sit around and laugh, and get something to eat. it's is very harmless compared to alcohol.
this should really be taken into consideration.

2007-02-07 18:35:00 · answer #7 · answered by Jamie Lynn 3 · 2 1

Laws preventing legal rights for same-sex couples. I personally believe it's their life. If they want to get married why do we care so bad as to prevent it.

2007-02-07 18:26:36 · answer #8 · answered by KD 3 · 1 3

I agree with KD, also I wish that were not speed limits on the highway.

2007-02-07 18:30:36 · answer #9 · answered by tx girl 3 · 1 2

murder, if someone deserves it. you should be allowed to kill them

2007-02-07 18:29:38 · answer #10 · answered by chetahbill 4 · 1 3

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