The Road

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A Day Without A Mexican

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Extra Credit: Habeus Corpus

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Daniel Contreras
Professor Jeff Keele
POLS P101
CRN 72530
25 September 2010
The Writ of Habeas Corpus
The Bill of Rights contains many of the undeniable privileges of the citizens. These rights
are commonly referred to as the ten amendments of the constitution. What lays not too far off are
the protection laws: Bill of Attainder, Ex Post Facto Law, and Writ of Habeas Corpus. (Wilson
23)
In Latin, Habeas Corpus literally means you shall have the body. This is a fundamental
protection right that grants a meeting with a judge to discuss the case and penalty. This is crucial
for deflecting, or bringing to light, unreasonable and illegal treatment or imprisonment for a
certain cause. Even though it is a shared right, it may be revoked or denied in certain
circumstances.
The criminal justice system is supposed to be unbiased and fair. Sometimes however,
social class can play in someone's advantage or disadvantage. (Henslin 213)
For example, if a wealthy upper class person where to get convicted, their trial could be
different trial than that of a lower class and unprivileged person, due to the availability of
resources such as money. However, both of them have the right to Habeas Corpus. Overall,
Habeas Corpus is an important protection right that everyone should know about, or even
exercise when the time is right.
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Works Cited
Henslin, James M., and James M. Henslin. Life in Society: Readings to Accompany Sociology, a Downto-
earth Approach, Eighth Edition. Boston: Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, 2007. Print.
Wilson, James Q. American Government: Brief Version. Boston: Wadsworth, 2009. Print.

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Extra Credit: Mexico 2010

Lecture/Event Log
15 September 2010

Jay Hargis, History Professor.
"Mexico 2010: The Birth of Mexican Independence in Myth, Memory and History 200 Years Later"

The Mexico we have grown to know today is dramatically different from the Mexico that existed two hundred years ago. On the 16th day of September in the year 1810, the father of Mexico Miguel Hidalgo ultimately decided that a rebellion against the colonial government was needed. He assembled the people of Dolores, near the church, to overthrow the New Spain government. The rebellious army marched to strike for their independence, later to be shared with all the criollos (people born on that land).

This independence didn't occur overnight though. A long chain of events led to the all famous Grito de Dolores. Events tracing back all the way to the French Revolution in 1789 which abolished the French Monarchy and in place established a new republic. After that, the Peninsular War of 1807, fought between Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom against France for the Iberian Peninsula urged Hidalgo to take action. Henslin's text says that colonialism was a widespread process that affect many less established countries for sources of goods and materials, mainly through the use of the less powerful country's labor force. This was the case with Mexico and Spain. The people of Mexico were not treated equally. Also, Spain misused too much Mexico's resources like petrol, gold, and precious gems, all harvested for the benefit of Spain. The people of Mexico did not want to follow a king that was isolated from them, so they decided to be break away and become a new independent. (Henslin 190)

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