… of insanity which defines the extent to which men accused of crimes may be relieved of criminal responsibility by virtue of mental disease. The terms of such a defense are to be found in the instructions presented by the trial judge to…

… of hiring minority groups in order to "balance out" the employment pool and therefore end discrimination in the workplace is called affirmative action. Many businesses and college campuses today use affirmative action to hire or accept new recruits…

… and/or weaknesses of the American system as far as the topics in this section are concerned. The constitutional system of the United States is a puzzling aspect of an American's life. Many do not understand. Some think they understand it…

… the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. As they have butted heads, no other party has been elected to the office of president. In fact, the only time a third party received more votes than the Republican or Democratic parties was in the election…

… They want to catch the wave. Which means it does not matter if things are good or bad, right or wrong, they just follow and do things without thinking. Because of this there are not too many people who would like to be a normal, thoughtful,…

… 16, 1962, President John F. Kennedy was reading the Tuesday morning newspapers in his bed at the Whitehouse. Not twenty fours hours before, McGeorge Bundy, Kennedy’s national security adviser, received the results of Major Richard S. Heyser’s U-2…

… man is wants to climb the social ladder, but to what extent will a man go to change his current environment to reach those goals? In the book Japanese By Spring (Ishmal Reed) working at a local university, Puttbutt exists within an environment…

… point in the battle for equality between men and women. From the beginning, women were always struggling to gain status, respect, and rights in their society. Prior to World War Two, a woman's role in society was seen as someone who cooked, cleaned,…

… Amendment are three key influences in a successful political run. Media coverage is important to familiarize the public with the candidate and to show where he stands on certain issues. Money is needed to buy television and radio time. The First…

… Brandon Cowans Period: 7 Background Richard Nixon entered office in the midst of one of the gravest foreign policy crises in American history. The Cold War was at its height, hundreds…