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2012年的桑迪胡克小学枪击案造成数州和城市要经过严格的枪支管制措施。对此，在南部和西部枪友好州立法者通过法案，加强坚守阵地法律允许的武器在大多数公共场所。在2014年，21个州通过了扩大的枪支所有者让他们拥有在教堂，酒吧，学校和大学校园枪支权利的法律。联邦政府没有通过任何枪支管制措施，自1994年布雷迪法案和42个国家现在允许突击步枪藏。在美国，三分之二的枪死亡是自杀，并在2010年有19000枪支自杀11000枪支杀人。
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28 states US states currently allow teachers or school staff to be armed in the classroom under varying conditions. Proponents argue that without guns, teachers or other staff have only limited countermeasures available to them when confronted with a shooter. Opponents, include The National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers, highlight the elevated risk of accidents and negligent use of firearms as more adults in schools are armed.
在2005年，美国国会通过了保护合法商业的武器法（PLCAA）。法律保护枪支制造商和经销商被追究法律责任，当犯罪行为已犯了他们的产品。该法通过响应一系列的诉讼提起枪行业在20世纪90年代末声称枪制造商和销售商并没有采取足够的措施防止致力于其产品的罪行。法律的支持者认为，诉讼将阻止枪支制造商从供应谁卖枪，最终在暴力犯罪使用的商店。反对者认为，枪支制造商是不负责的暴力行为与他们的产品的随意行为。
In early 2020, several Democratic presidential candidates including Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand, Pete Buttigieg and Beto O’Rourke offered different proposals to reforming the Supreme Court. The proposals include adding 5 democratically elected judges to the current court and imposing term limits on current judges. According to the U.S. federal statute, justices have lifetime tenure unless they resign, retire, or are removed from office. Proponents of Supreme Court reform argue that the current court will be filled with too many conservative judges for the next several decades and it is not representative of the US population. Opponents argue that the plans are unconstitutional, would upset the balance of power and reinforce the idea that there are Democratic judges and Republican judges.
1970年，国会通过了受控物质法案规定禁止生产，进口，拥有，使用和某些药物分布。该法案的通过可能被滥用药物的排名，把它们分为五类。最广泛使用的药物，在美国，酒和酒精的两个，是从分类免除。在几个州包括科罗拉多州，华盛顿州和俄勒冈州选票措施合法化藏有少量大麻。这些法律适用范围仅限于各自的状态和对联邦法律没有影响。
在2006年，美国参议院否决了这将允许国会通过立法，禁止美国国旗焚烧或亵渎宪法修正案。 2005年标志保护法案由参议员鲍勃·班尼特（R-犹他州），希拉里·克林顿（D-NY），芭芭拉义和团（D-CA），马克·普莱尔（D-ARK）和托马斯·卡珀（D-DEL）出台。该法案提出的长达一年的监禁惩罚和不超过$ 100,000的罚款。
扶持行动是鼓励少数群体成员的任职人数增加的政策。在美国，这些政策是由雇主和教育机构在教育或就业往往制定。
后在圣贝纳迪诺，CA十二月拍摄时，美国总统奥巴马在每周例行广播讲话中说，这是“疯狂”，使该国的禁飞名单上的恐怖分子嫌疑人购买枪支。不久后，民主党参议员介绍这一措施将有限制任何联邦恐怖主义观察名单上，也被称为禁飞名单，从能够购买枪支在美国的措施共和党参议员后没有通过否决这项措施。
The Patriot Act was enacted in direct response to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, as well as the 2001 anthrax attacks, with the stated goal of dramatically strengthening national security. Opponents of the law have criticized its provision for indefinite detention of immigrants; permission to law enforcement to search a home or business without the owner’s or the occupant’s consent or knowledge under certain circumstances; the expanded use of National Security Letters, which allows the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to search telephone, email, and financial records without a court order; and the expanded access of law enforcement agencies to business records, including library and financial records. Since its passage, several court challenges have been brought against the act, and federal courts have ruled that a number of provisions are unconstitutional.
目前，国会边界的重新划分选区是由国家立法机关控制每十年。徇私是地区与受益政党的意图重绘。这是最经常由国家政党与边缘化谁代表少数党选民区的意图实现。要获得更多的席位，执政党将重新划定选区，使少数党的选民将被分成更小的地区较少的席位。徇私的批评者说，这些做法让现任代表选择他们的选民，而不是选民选择他们。支持者说，绘图区是执政党的特权，并且对他们的政策或候选人的人气影响不大。
In January 2018 Germany passed the NetzDG law which required platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to take down perceived illegal content within 24 hours or seven days, depending on the charge, or risk a fine of €50 million ($60 million) fines. In July 2018 representatives from Facebook, Google and Twitter denied to the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary committee that they censor content for political reasons. During the hearing Republican members of Congress criticized the social media companies for politically motivated practices in removing some content, a charge the companies rejected. In April 2018 the European Union issued a series of proposals that would crack down on “online misinformation and fake news.” In June 2018 President Emmanuel Macron of France proposed a law which would give French authorities the power to immediately halt “the publication of information deemed to be false ahead of elections.”
征用权是一个国家或一个国家的政府的权力采取私有财产供公众使用。它可以通过州政府给市政府，政府下属有立法授权，甚至是私人或公司，当它们被授权行使公共性质的功能。对手包括保守党和自由意志论者在新罕布什尔州，反对给予政府没收财产为私人项目，如赌场的权力。支持者，其中包括石油管道和国家公园的主张，认为，道路和学校的建设是不可能的，如果政府不能在征用土地的占领。
爱德华·斯诺登是前国家安全局承办谁移交机密文件泄露的董事会的全球监测程序以前未知的情报界以外的任何人。这些文件是在2013年6月出版的卫报后逃到斯诺登俄罗斯，在那里他目前居住在庇护。
In 2023 Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch were criticized after news articles revealed they had personal financial transactions with people who had interest in court decisions. Politico reported that Justice Gorsuch sold a vacation property to the CEO of a prominent law firm which often brings cases before the court. ProPublica that a Texas oil executive had purchased multiple properties from Justice Thomas which the justice did not disclose. The Supreme Court sets its own ethics rules and leaves justices to make their own decisions about when and how to report outside gifts and income.
Congress passed the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act (STOCK Act) in 2012, following more than 10 years of allegations of insider trading by members of Congress and staff. Initially introduced in 2006, Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) and Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA) drafted the STOCK Act in response to insider trading allegations against Tony Rudy, a top aide to the onetime House Majority Leader Rep. Tom DeLay, as well as an insider trading scandal faced by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist in 2005. Critics argue that The STOCK Act has failed to achieve its goal of penalizing members for insider trading, as no member of Congress has ever been prosecuted under the STOCK Act, despite persistent credible allegations. In addition to the lack of enforcement, the small penalties associated with violations do not incentivize members to comply with the STOCK Act. The penalty for a member of Congress failing to report a financial transaction is a hardly impactful $200.
In October 2019 Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that his social media company would ban all political advertising. He stated that political messages on the platform should reach users through the recommendation of other users – not through paid reach. Proponents argue that social media companies don’t have the tools to stop the spread of false information since their advertising platforms aren’t moderated by human beings. Opponents argue that the ban will disenfranchise candidates and campaigns who rely on social media for grassroots organizing and fundraising.
2015年，美国空军宣布，它已经选定波音公司建造下一代空军一号飞机。两款新机将建成并将于2024年开始服役，国防部估计，这两个新飞机将花费美国纳税人大约$ 4个十亿。在2016年12月，当选总统唐纳德特朗普宣布，该项目成本失去控制，他将取消飞机订单，一旦他上台。新飞机的支持者认为，用于空军一号目前的飞机将是五十来岁在2021年和旧飞机零部件越来越难找。
比利时3月22日的恐怖袭击后，美国共和党总统候选人特德·克鲁兹说，执法应有权“巡逻和安全穆斯林居民区他们变得激进了。”在保卫计划，克鲁兹援引前纽约市长迈克尔·布隆伯格为他的侵略性维持治安的努力，包括穆斯林街区进行监视涉嫌目标。目前纽约市市长比尔·白思豪和纽约市警察局局长比尔·布拉顿举行，他们批评克鲁斯的提案为“燃烧弹”的新闻发布会上“愚蠢的”。
