Liberty Valance

"Law without force is impotent, force without law is blind."- Blaise Pascal

7 Places with no laws

What would be the point of a law if there is noting enforcing it? Look how beautiful Somalia looks without any laws there. The criminals run the show, the ones who can put fear into the people. Just like the movie, Liberty and his gang harassed the citizens of the town to the point where the citizens would let them run all over them. You need the law and Ransom was the one to deliver that law.

Who really killed Liberty Valance? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP77V2X1Biw At the 1:37 mark in the video you can clearly see Ransom shooting liberty in his stomach(right side) Besides why would Tom want to help Valance? Valance stole his girl and tom got his house burned down. Why would Tom wait so long to kill liberty? Why didn't he just shoot him in the beginning? Why wait for more people to get hurt? Tom is defiantly a little strange to me.

Weird City/State Laws

Law without force is impotent; force without law is blind." Blaise Pascal To me this quote is very powerful, and after watching "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" it really helped to cement the meaning of this quote for me. But when I read this quote I couldn't help but think of those weird laws that cities and states have that are just completely off the wall and are not enforced. Such as; Arcadia, Alabamas law which states that a peacock has the right of way when crossing the street, or New Yorks laws which states that on Sundays you are not allowed to walk around with a ice cream cone in your back pocket, or Louisannas law which outlawed gargling in public places.Whenever I come across these weird laws, it baffles my mind that all of these laws were passed through congress or through other forms of legislation and that at one point in time these laws were enforced. But it goes to show that a law which is not being enforced is completely unnecessary.

http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/louisiana

Balancing Law and Force

After watching the movie The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence the quote “Law without force is impotent; force without law is blind" By Blaise Pascal, I realized how important laws are in society and what can happen without enforcement. I interpreted this quote as without force, society wouldn’t see laws as important enough to abide by. By enforcing laws, people are able to understand there are consequences to unlawful actions. Without enforcing them people would be doing whatever they wanted and chaos would ensue. While using enforcement for these laws, it has to be done in a lawful way. Therefore, law and force are both necessary as there isn’t one without the other. This quote is an example of why it’s important that there are laws in place for different business practices. Laws put in place for businesses are made to protect everyone that is involved. This is exactly why it is important for businesses to follow the laws, without doing so it becomes dangerous for everyone involved which almost always causes havoc. For example, all businesses have to have worker compensation. This law is put in place to protect employees who are working for the business. If this wasn't enforced, employees could get seriously injured on the job and have to pay all medical and other expenses on their own. 

Function of law in business

Apple Vs. The FBI

"Law without force is impotent; force without law is blind." An interesting viewpoint on this is the current battle between Apple and The F.B.I.. We have the federal government trying to mandate how a company allows access to its product via special software. This is a hot topic because on one side the access to Apple's information could aid in the efforts of monitoring terrorist activity. While on the other hand, allowing access to the federal government on freedoms such as this can pose a frightening scenario for some. While we as a people need the regulation of law to manage our society we also can not blindly follow the law or it's makers when it infringes on our personal liberty.
Apple motion to deny FBI to be backed by Google, Microsoft

One of the big controversies surrounding the 2016 presidential debate has been about Senator Ted Cruzs citizenship and whether he can actually become president. Senator Ted Cruz was born in Canada to a US born mother and a Cuban born father. Article 2 of the US Constituition states that  “No person except a natural born Citizen . . . shall be eligible to the Office of President.” But since Cruz was born in Canada, by common law is not a "natural born Citizen". But with out going to the Supreme Court or to Congress it is impossible to know whether Senator Ted Cruz is considered a "natural born Citizen" and whether he actually has standing to run for president. 



https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ted-cruz-is-not-eligible-to-be-president/2016/01/12/1484a7d0-b7af-11e5-99f3-184bc379b12d_story.html

Is Ted Cruz The Zodiac Killer?

www.dailydot.com/lol/ted-cruz-may-be-the-zodiac-killer/

Six Interesting Facts on Ted Cruz.

What Ted Cruz Wants You To Forget.

 This is an interesting article obviously meant to sensationalize one specific viewpoint.  I do find it funny that many of these facts haven't made their way to the headlines on a regular basis.  I assume that they're being held as ammunition in the case that Cruz does draw the nomination.  Some of the examples given are commonplace such as naturalization and his ability to run for the presidency, while others discuss his $40,000 annual health plan with Goldman Sachs.  The topic brought up that I found interesting was that Cruz's father fought along side Castro, while his Aunt fought against the communists. With Cruz not being a U.S. soil born citizen and his father being a former Cuban National, the Democratic party will have some stones to throw if that time comes. I can imagine that Trump will have more to say to pressure the Federal government before the Democrats ever get a chance.  

Natural born or nah?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShjlAiIM3Sg
This video helps elaborate.


Is Ted Cruz a natural born citizen or no? This has been a huge controversy since the beginning when he decided to run. Cruz was born in Canada 1970 and his mother was an American citizen, yet his father was a Canadian citizen. According to the constitution you must be a natural born citizen. Another big controversy with this is that in 1974 both Cruz's parents showed up on the Canadian voting list. http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/01/08/ted-cruz-parents-canada-voters-list/ Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5: No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have at- tained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States. 

 

US Citizenship effecting candidates running for president?

Almost all elections for positions in office, have come across a situation regarding the legitimacy of citizenship for some candidates. Many people have different opinions of what being a citizen of the United States means.  According to The Constitution of the United States, the fourteenth amendment, Section 1 “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside..” The most common issue is what “naturalized” means, which is; anyone who is born out of The United States to both parents who are citizen, also makes the baby one as well. The other part of this means, if a baby was born outside The United States, it would be a citizen if the “fathers” were. Therefore, this doesn’t clarify if that means the citizenship comes only from the father, or if the mother was a citizen it would make the baby one as well. Given that the issue to serve as president of The United States, falls under the Federal Government, the federal laws apply when serving.  However, this could also conflict with the State Government and their laws if they happen to disagree with a person whose citizenship is in question. This is because their laws apply to their own state which could differ from others. Issues of citizenship and running for office has happened many times over the years, yet the Supreme Court as of right now, hasn’t got involved.  After researching this topic, I’ve realized why it’s such a popular argument between candidates. 

CODE OF ARMS

We are researching the right to run for the office of President of The United States when you are born outside the country. However, being born on military bases throughout the world may create a loop hole.

This is just a test, to make sure the blog is up and running. As per our discussion in class we are writing about the legality of where candidates are born in relation to their ability to run for the Presidency.

Ben

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