enabling act
U.S. History
Political Science
Examples of enabling act in the following topics:
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Cooperation
- Cooperation is the process of two or more people working or acting in concert.
- The legislature is an example of a cooperative act.
- Cooperation is the process of two or more people working or acting together.
- Cooperation enables social reality by laying the groundwork for social institutions, organizations, and the entire social system.
- Communication enables simple acts of cooperation by facilitating parties' recognition that they have mutual interests and large acts of cooperation by organizing the masses.
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Commercial Banks
- Commercial banks enable business by providing access to resources and risk-mitigating exchanges.
- Commercial banks are financial institutions that focus on enabling the exchange of capital and currency via a variety of services.
- When considering commercial banks, it's useful to understand that they act as an outlet for strategic financial decisions for businesses to offset certain risks, procure resources, invest, and store assets.
- Enabling bank accounts, used to store, exchange, send, and receive capital electronically (generally via the internet)
- While banks offer other services in addition to these, the primary function of commercial banks is to act as a critical resource for businesses to access capital, enable investments, and mitigate risks.
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The Immigration Act of 1965
- The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (also known as the Hart-Celler Act) changed the nation's laws regulating immigration.
- The Act abolished the National Origins Formula, which had been in place since the Immigration Act of 1924.
- To convince people of the legislation's merits, the act's proponents asserted that the act would not significantly influence American culture.
- The new waves of immigration enabled by the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 heightened this controversy among the American public.
- The act would profoundly alter the nation's demographics.
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Judicial Review and Marbury v. Madison
- However, it deemed the Judiciary Act of 1789, which enabled Marbury to bring his claim to the Supreme Court, to be unconstitutional.
- During this month, Adams and the Federalist Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1801.
- The act also reduced the number of Supreme Court justices from six to five, effective upon the next vacancy in the Court.
- The newly sworn-in Democratic-Republican seventh Congress immediately nullified the Judiciary Act of 1801 with their own Judiciary Act of 1802.
- This new act reestablished that the judicial branch would once again operate under the dictates of the original Judiciary Act of 1789.
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Landrum-Griffin Act
- The Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (also "LMRDA" of the "Landrum-Griffin Act"), is a United States labor law that regulates labor unions' internal affairs and their officials' relationships with employers.
- After passage of the Taft-Hartley Act, the number of union victories in NLRB-conducted elections declined.
- Organized labor opposed the act because it strengthened the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947.
- Twenty years after the passage of the Act, co-sponsor Senator Robert Griffin extolled its success in writing, saying: "Today, nearly two decades after enactment, it is undeniable that the Landrum-Griffin Act has played a significant role in enabling union members to participate more freely in the affairs of their unions.
- Explain how the Landrum-Griffin Act affected labor unions in the US
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The Civil Rights Acts
- The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed forms of discrimination against women and minorities.
- It also enabled the U.S.
- The Civil Rights Act was followed by the Voting Rights Act, signed into law by President Johnson in 1965.
- The Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B.
- Compare and contrast the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act
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Enforcing the Navigation Acts
- Later revisions of the Act added new regulations.
- The Acts were in full force for a short time only.
- This enabled the Dutch to conduct their "smuggling" unhindered as long as they were not caught red-handed in territorial waters controlled by England.
- On the whole, the Navigation Acts were more or less obeyed by colonists, despite their dissatisfaction, until the Molasses and Sugar Acts.
- Describe the central stipulations of the Navigation Acts and the Acts' effects on the political and economic situation in the colonies
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Current Issues in Health Care
- In December of 2009, the Senate passing a bill called Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
- The Affordable Care Act addresses this through legislation, saying providers cannot refuse coverage.
- Healthcare.gov: This is a way to enable consumers in finding health care insurers in a way that promotes capitalistic competition between providers.
- Overall, while the goal is to enable more people to health care more affordably, many people believe this new approach will do not accomplish that.
- Explain the main parts of the Affordable Care Act and the current American healthcare system
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Civil Rights and Voting Rights
- The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were landmark pieces of legislation that addressed major forms of discrimination.
- The Act was initiated by President John F.
- Kennedy's civil rights bill included provisions to ban discrimination in public accommodations and to enable the U.S.
- The Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act changed the lives of African Americans and transformed society in many ways.
- Examine the passage and significance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Venules
- Venule walls have three layers: an inner endothelium composed of squamous endothelial cells that act as a membrane, a middle layer of muscle and elastic tissue, and an outer layer of fibrous connective tissue.
- HEVs enable lymphocytes, or white blood cells, circulating in the blood to directly enter a lymph node (by crossing through the HEV).