The main objective of this paper is to present benefits as well as the risks of integrating The Treaty of Waitangi into the constitution of New Zealand as proposed by Sir Geoffrey Palmer and Andrew Butler propose in their book, “A Constitution for Aotearoa, New Zealand.” The Treaty was first...

Lau v. Nichols was a landmark case for English language learners, due to its finding that not providing students with resources necessary to understand the curriculum was a violation of the Civil Rights Act. The 1974 decision involved a case where Chinese American students in San Francisco were forced to...

For many years now, some states have put forward legislation that requires all the beneficiaries of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families commonly abbreviated as TANF, should agree to a compulsory drug test as a requirement for gaining any help. This proposal was first made in Michigan in the year 2000....

The bill formally called Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act (H.R.4266) imposes an obligation on the Department of Labor to design and establish a specific standard for safe patient handling. This obligation implies the introduction of engineering and safety controls. The bill is sponsored by Representative John Conyers, Jr.,...

In the article “Lifestyles of the Corrupt and Elected,” journalist Dave Mann of the Texas Observer takes a long, hard look at what he reports are the excessively lavish lifestyles of Texas politicians. Mann begins his investigative piece by highlighting one of Texas’s Republican representatives, Senator Troy Fraser. Mann uses...