Should transgender athletes be allowed to compete against athletes that differ from their assigned sex at birth?
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In April 2018 the European Union issued a series of proposals that would crack down on “online misinformation and fake news.” In June 2018 President Emmanuel Macron of France proposed a law which would give French authorities the power to immediately halt “the publication of information deemed to be false ahead of elections.” During the hearing Republican members of Congress criticized the social media companies for politically motivated practices in removing some content, a charge the companies rejected. House of Representatives Judiciary committee that they censor content for political reasons. In July 2018 representatives from Facebook, Google and Twitter denied to the U.S. In January 2018 Germany passed the NetzDG law which required platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to take down perceived illegal content within 24 hours or seven days, depending on the charge, or risk a fine of €50 million ($60 million) fines. Should the government regulate social media sites, as a means to prevent fake news and misinformation? The positive results of the study led to the inclusion of heroin-assisted treatment into the services of the mandatory health insurance in 2009. In 2002, a pilot study was started in seven German cities to evaluate the effects of heroin-assisted treatment on addicts, compared to methadone-assisted treatment. In 2000 the German narcotic law ("BtmG") was changed to allow for supervised drug-injection rooms. In 1994 the Federal Constitutional Court ruled that drug addiction was not a crime, as was the possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use. The German government has even gone so far as to allow for supervised "drug rooms" like those found in the Netherlands, where individuals can safely use their drug of choice and receive counseling when needed. Although serious penalties are attached to the sale or possession of large quantities of drugs, there is no criminal action taken for small-scale possession or the use of many narcotics including marijuana. German drug policies are considered among the strictest in Europe. Opponents argue that sanctuary city laws provide encourage illegal immigration and prevent law enforcement authorities from detaining and deporting criminals.Īre you in favor of decriminalizing drug use? Proponents of sanctuary city laws argue that they enable illegal immigrants to report crimes without the fear of being reported. Although Lopez-Sanchez had several outstanding warrants in 2015 authorities were unable to deport him due to San Francisco’s sanctuary city policy which prevents law enforcement officials from questioning a resident’s immigration status. Since 1991 Lopez-Sanchez had been charged with seven felony convictions and deported five times by the U.S. Lopez-Sanchez was an illegal immigrant from Mexico who had been deported on five separate occasions since 1991 and been charged with seven felony convictions. House of Representatives introduced the Establishing Mandatory Minimums for Illegal Reentry Act of 2015 (Kate’s Law.) The law was introduced after San Francisco 32 year old San Francisco resident Kathryn Steinle was shot and killed by Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez on July 1, 2015. Should immigrants be deported if they commit a serious crime? Opponents argue that election interference helps keep hostile leaders and political parties out of power. does not interfere in election and set a global gold standard for preventing election interference. Opponents argue that the amendment would send a message to other foreign countries that the U.S. agencies from “hacking foreign political parties engaging in the hacking or manipulation of foreign electoral systems or sponsoring or promoting media outside the United States that favors one candidate or party over another.” Proponents of election interference helps keep hostile leaders and political parties out of power. intelligence agencies from receiving funding that could be used to interfere in the elections of foreign governments.
Representative Ro Khanna introduced an amendment that would have prevented U.S. Levin concluded that the country intervening in most foreign elections was the United States with 81 interventions, followed by Russia (including the former Soviet Union) with 36 interventions from 1946 to 2000. Should the government attempt to influence foreign elections?įoreign electoral interventions are attempts by governments, covertly or overtly, to influence elections in another country.
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