Blog Post 6: Voting Rights Act 2013

As a result of the Voting Rights Act have “outdated” information and in “innefficient” formulas, the decision to find section 4B and therefore subsquently killing section 5 will stand. This is because Chief Justice Roberts has expressed before that he believes that those sections of the VRA are not effective. Also the consesus between the justices that are for the ruling is that the VRA in 1965 was an extraordinary measure for an extraoordinary problem. One of the main arguements for the opinion of the court is that since the 1965 legitimizing of the VRA there has been great leaps in voting discrimination. And for the 4 justices who voted against the decision argued that yes there has been progress but not enough. But unfortunately that arguement is being swept under the rug because of the 10th amendment about states power.

Reference ;

Schwartz, John. “Betweem the Lines of the Voting Rights Act Opinion.” nytimes.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Nov. 2013. <http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/06/25/us/annotated-supreme-court-decision-on-voting-rights-act.html&gt;.

Blog Post 7: Washington D.C. Gang Violence

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What do you claim will be the desirable conclusion or resolution to your conflict?

The gangs of Washington D.C. want to continue to prove that they are on top and are the most superior out of all the gangs that exist in Washington D.C. They also need a way to get by as well but for some it provides social acceptance and a way to get by and make money by selling drugs for those who live in poverty some don’t want to get out because this how they get by and they see no direct problem to what they do and how it affects so many people.

“Instead, there are more armed robberies and burglaries by juveniles, who form their own groups to commit their crimes, authorities say.”(McCabe 2011) “These gangs are hybrids, banded together because they have something in common or are from the same neighborhood.” (McCabe 2011)

Reference:

McCabe, S. (2011, June 26) D.C.-area gangs younger, violent, and tech-savy. Washington Examiner, From http://washingtonexaminer.com/d.c.-area-gangs-younger-violent-and-tech-savvy/article/115579

Blog Post 6: Washington D.C. Gang Violence

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What do you claim will be the desirable conclusion or resolution to your conflict?

D.C. residents want to see an end to gang violence because it has brought with it guns, drugs, and many other sorts of violence to the area. By accomplishing what they hope for the future they should set up more support groups and programs for younger children to prevent them from getting involved in the gangs and for the older gang members they should try and strengthen the laws that have been set before them on gang activity.

“Prevention programs are needed to target youths at risk of gang involvement, to reduce the number of youths who join gangs; intervention programs and strategies are needed to provide sanctions and services for younger youths who are actively involved in gangs to separate them from gangs.”(National Gang Center n.d.) “and law enforcement suppression strategies are needed to target the most violent gangs and older, criminally active gang members”(National Gang Center n.d.)

Reference:

Frequently asked questions about gangs. (n.d.) Retrieved from http://www.nationalgangcenter.gov/About/FAQ#q9

Blog Post 7

The triggering event of the Edward Snowden scandal was when he first started stealing the classified documents in April 2012 when he worked at Dell.

Conclusion Claim:
Because Edward Snowden put America’s safety at risk, he should be extradited stand trial.

Premise claim 1:
Edward Snowden is a traitor because he embarrassed then United States.

Premise Claim 2:
Prominent conservative like John Boehner believe Edward Snowden put America at risk.

References:
Moore, C. (2013, July 05). Edward Snowden is a traitor, just as surely as George Blake was. Retrieved from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet-security/10162351/Edward-Snowden-is-a-traitor-just-as-surely-as-George-Blake-was.html

Johnson, L. (2013, June 11). John Boehner: Edward Snowden is a ‘traitor’. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/11/john-boehner-edward-snowden_n_3420635.html

Blog Post 7: Government Control

Thesis:

Poiliticians give the border patrol to much money and power which causes them to abuse their power

Claim 1:

In the NewYork times article Todd Miller talks about the 19 billion dollar budget and how they just walk into people’s homes because they suspicious of what might be happening in the house(Miller 2013)

Claim 2:

The Border Patrol has become an army because of the false threats that the government makes into a huge issue to scare citizens into agreement with their actions (Horsey 2013)

Miller, T. (2013, August 17). War on the border. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/opinion/sunday/war-on-the-border.html

Horsey, D. (2013, August 19). Border patrol is becoming an occupying army in our borderlands. Retrieved from http://www.latimes.com/opinion/topoftheticket/la-na-tt-border-patrol-20130819,0,7279239.story

 

 

Blog Post 6: Racist Government Policies

Thesis:

Institutional Racism is the cause for the injust political action taken against the poeple of Mexico.

Claim 1:

Chicanos were not traeted with equality because of their ethnicity. Hanley Lopez went to court to fight for their equality. “He begins by describing the legal and racial battles that took place before the trials(Hanley-Lopez  2003)

Claim 2:

The fight for racial equality has been unsuccessful because we won’t embrace the methodology of Afro-Pessimism teaches us about blackness as an identity which allows for the people of color to embrace themselves (Wilderson ND)

Wilderson III, F. (ND). Icognegro: The theory of afro-pessimism. Incognegro, a Memoir of Exile and Apartheid , Retrieved from http://www.incognegro.org/memoir.html

Hanley-Lopez, I. (2003, June). Racism on trial:  the chicano fight for justice . Retrieved from http://www.gvpt.umd.edu/lpbr/subpages/reviews/haney-lopez-ian.htm

 

Blog Post 7 – Mexican drug cartels

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Conclusion Claim: The government will fail in every attempt to stop the drug cartels and in the end, will lose the battle.

Premise 1: The government is fighting the battle, but they are weak. The army is useless and the police are not doing their best to put a stop to the drug cartels. (Castañeda, pg.1, 2010) If Mexico was prepared, the war would have already ended.

Premise 2: A senior Mexican official stated that the war is not winnable (Luhnow, pg.1, 2009).

 

Sources:

            Luhnow, D. (2009). Saving Mexico. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved from http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748704254604574614230731506644

            Castañeda, J. (2010). Mexico’s failed drug war. Economic Development Bulletin. Retrieved from http://www.cato.org/publications/economic-development-bulletin/mexicos-failed-drug-war

Blog Post 6 – Mexican Drug Cartels

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Conclusion Claim: The government will legalize the production of drugs, starting with marijuana.

Premise 1: The biggest step in hurting the business operations of Mexican cartels would be simply to legalize their main product: marijuana (Luhnow, pg.1, 2009). Marijuana is the most popular and will hurt the cartels revenue by cutting it in half.

Premise 2: Legal marijuana is among the fastest-growing markets in the United States, and it’s growing at a rate poised to outpace the expansion of the global smartphone market, according to a new report obtained exclusively by The Huffington Post (Schwartz, pg.1, 2013).

 

Sources:

            Luhnow, D. (2009). Saving Mexico. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved from http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748704254604574614230731506644

            Schwartz, C. (2013). Marijuana market poised to grow faster than smartphones. The Huffington Post. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/04/marijuana-market_n_4209874.html