***Quiz 1**** Question 1 of 20 5.0/ 5.0 Points The search for the correct result essential to criminal procedure in a constitutional democracy means to: I. convict the guilty. II. plea bargain in weak cases. III. search for truth at any cost. IV. acquit the innocent. A. I‚ II‚ III‚ IV B. b. I‚ II‚ III C. c. I D. d. I‚ IV Answer Key: D Question 2 of 20 5.0/ 5.0 Points The trend today in balancing results and means in criminal justice: A. a. continues to be strongly
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predominantly White and did not allow any Mexican American children to attend. Mendez claimed that the school was segregating his children‚ and others‚ based on race and kept them separate from the White Society. The “Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment played a key role in the Mendez case”
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black‚ got thrown off a train for sitting in the “whites only” section. Plessy lost this case and the court’s decision was based on the Jim Crow South law that stated everybody is “separate but equal”. This decision was based upon how the fourteenth amendment was interpreted and the court looked at it with concern regarding legality rather than social violation. After this case‚ many people disagreed with the federal government because the
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laws and established a great milestone in the movement toward true equality. The Supreme Courts unanimously decided on Brown v. Board of Education that "separate but equal is inherently unequal." Ruling that no state had the power to pass a law that deprived anyone from his or her 14th amendment rights. For my historical analysis I will use Richard Kluger’s “Simple Justice”‚ in which he argues‚ “that the Declaration of Independence was marred by hypocrisy—all men were not equal if black”. His book will
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and committing any sexual act including the sex organ of one person and the mouth or anus of another. The aspect of the Constitution being examined is the fourteenth amendment‚ which is the privacy and due process clause. LEGAL QUESTION: Does the Constitution offer a right to privacy to allow homosexuals to engage in sexual sodomy‚ which in turns makes the laws of many states against sodomy invalid? DECISION: NO; 5-4 RATIONALE: The court did not believe the there is constitutional protection
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The American Civil Liberties Union was established to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to the people by the Constitution and laws of the United States. (ACLU) The rights that ACLU focuses on specifically include the fifth and first amendments‚ which give citizens the freedom of speech and the freedom to assembly. Founded in January of 1920‚ the American Civil Liberties Union was born amidst the Red Scare‚ where many people were being arrested without proper warrant
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Summary of Facts Xanadu passes a law that states "All people are welcome at all state-run swimming‚ beach‚ and golf facilities‚ as long as they are white. Non-whites may not use any of those facilities."A week later‚ the state passes a new law that reads Issues Is the closing other facilities retaliatory based on the lawsuit. Can the plaintiff proving that the closings were unconstitutional. Applicable Law In the case of Golden v. Biscayne Bay Yacht Club‚ 521 F.2d 344 the court affirmed the judgment
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Though traditionally the courts of the United States have abided by the conditions of the constrained court‚ the court was being quite instrumental in the advancement of marriage for same sex couples. With the exception of the Supreme court case Bowers v. Hardwick in 1986‚ there had been a general
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found in two places in the Constitution. First‚ the Fifth Amendment addresses basic due process rights. The Fifth Amendment states that‚ “No person shall…be deprived of life‚ liberty‚ or property‚ without due process of law” (U.S. Const. amend. V). The Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause applied only to federal actions. The Fourteenth Amendment expanded the Due Process Clause to state actions. The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provides that‚ “No State shall make or enforce any
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Principles and Articles 1 Principles and Articles of the United States Constitution Grand Canyon University: POS-301 October 6‚ 2013 Principles and Articles 2 Principle Description Authority in Constitution Self-Government This is a democratic form of government whereby the people exert some form of control over the government of their country or state. The framers of the constitution fearing tyrannical rule by the majority in a direct democracy formed the U
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