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For the groups against the proposition on financial grounds, their investment in the campaign is in relation to the amount of money they could potentially lose if the bill passes.
Reflection Essay -- Interest groups have a significant amount of control over the political system in the U.S. today. By virtue of spending and connections, interest groups are often able to have their voices heard. Politicians are inevitably going to be faced with a number of such voices, and need to take the time to evaluate the interest that a group has in any issue. At times, the ability of interest groups to have their voices heard implies that they have disproportionate power in government.
I feel that the role of the politician is to be critical about interest groups and their messages. If a group has a stake in that issue,...
Indeed, it is the general population that does not have an interest group, and therefore sometimes seems to have very little voice in government.
There is a demonstrable need for interest groups -- if groups do not have a means to express their situation and how something like Prop 19 would affect them, they are powerless in government. It is worth considering, however, that citizens elect government officials, not companies or trade groups. As such, perhaps it makes more sense that citizens have the interest groups, giving them more voice and taking some voice away from groups that do not elect officials and have the ability to amplify their view, no matter how minority that view might be. It remains the duty of politicians to understand what interest groups are and how they work before taking their views into consideration.
California Proposition 8: Same Sex Marriage The equal right to marry for same-sex couples in the United States has acquired growing public support over time, with a quantity of state-level laws passed and others presently up for debate. Proposition 8 was a ballot proposition and constitutional amendment that was passed in the November 2008 state elections in California. The measure added a new provision, Section 7.5 of the Declaration of Rights,
" He explained that the ballot of 1964 represented a catalyst for the time being, "When all of the white political crooks will be right back in your and my community ... with their false promises which they don't intend to keep." He stated further that the Democrats lied about their support of the civil rights bill and had no actual intentions of passing it. He stated that they were
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"Finally, we have the time to do proper nursing care and fully evaluate each patient's needs," said Kathy Dennis, an RN at Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento. "We now have time to check each patient's chart and make sure there are no treatment delays" (MNT). The various studies as to the effectiveness of the legislation show positive results, according to an article in the National Nurses United website. In 2012, the
Indeed, the most serious health issue related to domestic violence of course is mortality, and the California Women's Law Center (CWLC) conducted a survey of 100 murders of women by their male intimate partners. The results are very germane for those interested in health-related gender fairness through the law in California. CWLC found that in 59% of the surveyed cases of women homicide victims the murder was not the first
population of California underwent dramatic changes in the last 60 years. In the 1940s, the Latinos were a minority of only 6% of the state or roughly 374,000 (Bautista 1991). But by 1980, the Latino population grew to 4 million, almost doubling the figure and increased to more than 7 million in the 90s. In the 2000s, Latinos accounted for a third of California's total population, creating huge political,