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millions d’armes à feu. Les armes à feu ont occupé une place importante dans l'histoire des Etats-Unis ce qui peut expliquer que les étasuniens considèrent ce droit à la possession d'armes à feu comme indispensable. Le deuxième amendement de la Constitution des États-Unis d’Amérique garantit pour tout citoyen américain le droit de porter des armes. Il fait partie des dix amendements passés le 15 décembre 1791, couramment appelés « Déclaration des Droits » Dans la plupart des Etats américains, pour acquérir une

Media and Their Messages Holidays: National Celebrations Chapter One ONE FROM MANY Immigration patterns and ethnic composition The Statue of Liberty The story of the American people is a story of immigration and diversity. The United States has welcomed more immigrants than any other country -- more than 50 million in all -- and still admits between 500,000 and 1 million persons a year. In the past many American writers emphasized the idea of the melting pot, an image that suggested

Committee: Disarmament and International Security Issue: Ensuring peace and stability in Iraq after the departure of the United States of America and its allies Student Officer: Bas Duivenvoorde, Chair Introduction March 20th, 2003, was the day that the Republic of Iraq was invaded by a multinational force led by the United States of America and the United Kingdom. These forces have been occupying Iraq until today, though, since August 2009 all non US troops have been withdrawn

THE EUROPEAN UNION HENRIK BULL* I. INTRODUCTION In the spring of 2005, something dramatic happened in the European Union (EU): on May 29, the French voters said “Non” to French ratification of a treaty entitled “Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe” and aimed at providing the EU with a new legal basis (54.9% against on a turnout of 69.7%).1 On June 1, in a consultative referendum, and the first referendum ever in the Netherlands, 61.6% of Dutch voters (on a turnout of 62.8%) also

d'émancipation des esclaves, 22 juillet 1862 2 juillet : Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act. 22 septembre : il annonce qu’il publiera sa proclamation d’émancipation des esclaves dans les États en sécession. Elle sera à l’origine de deux amendements à la Constitution, le premier abolissant l’esclavage, le second garantissant les droits civils. ------------------------------------------------- 1863 1er janvier : les esclaves sont émancipés. 20 juin : Lincoln incorpore l'Ouest de la Virginie dans l’Union

Main steps in the ( legal ) Integration of Europe After the second world war, the idea of a peaceful Europe has been developped. It´s the birth of a united Europe. It´s main goal was to guarantee peace, improove the economic situations of the States and the political ones between the States. On the 9 May 1950 The ‘Schuman Declaration’ (which proposed that European integration could ensure peace in Europe through the implementation of the ‘Monnet method’) has been presented by the french

unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment. In the aftermath of World War II, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This 1948 doctrine proclaimed a "right to life" in an absolute fashion, any limitations being only implicit. Knowing that international abolition of the death penalty was not yet a realistic goal in the years following the Universal Declaration, the United Nations shifted its focus to limiting the scope of the death penalty to protect juveniles

base their government on popular sovereignty, but in reality the people has little ultimate authority short of revolution. Most decisions, even fundamental decisions, are left to the legislatures. It is usually the legislature that controls the constitution, the most basic instrument of government, and the extent of popular authority is usually at this body’s discretion. Even where popular consent is required, the legislature usually has the sole authority to propose amendments. In reality this means

Clinton and they were the last two competitors in the Democratic race for the nomination. Hillary Clinton’s campaign team unearthed the story of Pastor Jeremiah Wright to try and derail Obama’s campaign. Reverent Wright was the Pastor of the (black) United Trinity Church in Chicago’s South Side which the Obama family attended, and he had made violent sermons attacking America on racial grounds. So Clinton’s team tried to bring the campaign on racial grounds to show that Obama would be the president

Martin Luther King : Martin Luther King, Jr. is a Baptist afro-American minister born in Atlanta (United States) on January 15th, 1929 and dead man murdered on April 4th, 1968 to Memphis. Martin Luther King, Jr., was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later he had his name changed to Martin. Not violent activist for the civil rights of the Blacks in the United States, for the peace and against the poverty, he organizes and manages actions such the Boycott of Montgomery's buses to defend the