Assignment

Assignment

Assignment 1

Federalism

Under Federalism, there are various examples, among which I have chosen to discuss Euthanasia. It refers to specific methods, such as drugs or devices, which have the ability to contribute to the implementation of suicidal death wish to reach the goal.

In the United States, 8 November 1994, Oregon passed the Death with Dignity Act allowing physician-assisted suicide. Indeed, from 1998 to 2005, over two hundred people have taken, as prescribed by law, the appropriate drugs to accelerate their death. A hundred people who received their medications, have not used. Over twenty people died of their disease and about twenty others were still alive in 2005 (JL Werth & H. Wineberg, p.5). In practice, it is up to each state to accept or refuse the right to physician-assisted suicide. In 1996, twelve states have recognized the right to assisted suicide, while the laws of thirty-two states explicitly exclude. However, October 27, 1999, in Washington, Congress won by 271 votes against 156 in favor of the bill proposed by Henry Hyde of Illinois. This federal law penalizes doctors who provide drugs to their patients to complete their suicide, but makes the use of drugs legal to treat pain. Hyde's argument is that suicide is the ultimate act of despair and the act to facilitate the intentional killing of a human being is the opposite of healing act. This act was seen by opponents as an intrusion of federal authority not only in the state law, but also in medical practice. It reduces the pain for millions of Americans, because doctors fear being accused of prescribing drugs that may cause the death of their patients. Finally, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld in 2006, the validity of the law allowing physician-assisted suicide in Oregon, while the government of US, President George Bush wanted to punish doctors who helped terminally ill patients to die (Oregon Department of Human Services, 2006).

Assignment 2

The government from 2004 to 2008 was under the presidency of George W. Bush, who took over the office in 2001.

Shortly after Bush's infamous "Mission Accomplished" speech on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln, in which he declared the end of U.S. combat operations, the Iraqi insurgency began. In 2004 it intensified. The guerilla fighters were composed of religious extremists, Iraqi nationalists, former Ba'ath Party members, and foreign terrorist groups, including al-Qaeda.

The year 2004 also saw the discovery of U.S. abuse of ...