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Removing A Log From The Nation’S Eye: A National Self-Analysis Of The Domestic Terrorism Question, Katherine R. Doan May 2023

Removing A Log From The Nation’S Eye: A National Self-Analysis Of The Domestic Terrorism Question, Katherine R. Doan

Helm's School of Government Conference - 2021-2024

Terroristic values are easy to be ascribed to foreign enemies, but it is far more difficult to admit that domestic citizens could be extremist to the point of being labeled a terrorist. Terrorists are not born; they are made. The following research focuses on the commonalities of upbringing in known domestic terrorists within the United States of America that may reveal noticeable similarities in education, radicalization, and identity. The criminal justice system has yet to discover a perfect method of administering retribution to terrorists. While they have broken the law, their intentions and results are not the same as an …


Sticky Situations: Understanding The Law And Life, Krystal Banks Mar 2023

Sticky Situations: Understanding The Law And Life, Krystal Banks

National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference

Law and life go hand in hand. Understanding the law and how it connects to life can be an effective tool in teaching youth and adults the value of making good decisions when it comes to life and the law. Sticky Situations places real-world situations in the context of learning how to apply the law and effectively respond to life's sticky situations.


Biblical Principles Of Reform And Regeneration, Kahlib Fischer May 2021

Biblical Principles Of Reform And Regeneration, Kahlib Fischer

Helm's School of Government Conference - 2021-2024

This paper seeks to provide Biblical perspective on social and cultural reform. At the time of this writing, much upheaval in the form of a pandemic, race riots, political protests have been manifest both within America and abroad. In turn, these disputes have carried over into disputes within various denominations of the Church itself. It can be difficult to ascertain a Biblical perspective on all of these issues. We had previously argued that a Biblical perspective on government requires an emphasis on limited government with a covenantal structure which embodies noncentralization, and federalism; after all, historically, the American system of …


The Threat Of Social Media To Society And National Security: A Call For Social Media Policy And Legislation, Frank Hernandez May 2021

The Threat Of Social Media To Society And National Security: A Call For Social Media Policy And Legislation, Frank Hernandez

Helm's School of Government Conference - 2021-2024

In the Constitution, We the People affirm ourselves to domestic tranquility, our common defense and general welfare to secure the blessings of Liberty. As such, statesmen are charged with developing policy to ensure social media is safe, accessible and usable to all. Currently, social media companies and use of their platforms pose a threat to national security and the societal fabric of our nation. No longer just a communication tool to bring communities and people together, social media is now leveraged to disrupt and diminish faith in our democratic republic, its people, systems and institutions. Citizens, public and private organizations, …


Panopticon In The 21st Century, Myeongsub Lee, Walter Hufstetler, Sanguk Park, Sudip Chakraborty Jun 2017

Panopticon In The 21st Century, Myeongsub Lee, Walter Hufstetler, Sanguk Park, Sudip Chakraborty

National Cyber Summit

Surveillance has been considered an effective technique for detection and deterrence of wrongdoings by rogue entities in our society. However, the mechanism comes with a price – reduced level of privacy and trust. It also raises ethical issues regarding its deployment and use. In this paper, we present the impact of surveillance on modern society and its ethicality in the light of known ethical theories. This leads to our main discussion about the tradeoff between safety through surveillance and sacrificing people’s privacy, with a focus on ethics of using such techniques. In these contexts, we consider both private and public …