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    Week 2 Quiz 2

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    sites that appear similar to other sites. | 21. A Web presence has potential liability exposure |        anywhere it can be accessed. | 22. A U.S. court ruled Yahoo’s sale of Nazi memorabilia |        is protected by the First Amendment. | 23. Jurisdiction is |

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    Principle 6 Case Study

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    Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC subpoenaed her files and tenure files and the University of Pennsylvania‚ where Wharton is located‚ refused to release the information. Issues: Did the University of Pennsylvania have a First Amendment right to refuse to let the EEOC and Professor Tang have access to the documentation? Ruling: The Supreme Court ruled the University of Pennsylvania did not have the right to withhold the

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    Meaning of Citizenship

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    S. In other countries around the world the ideas of citizenship have similar meanings‚ but are earned and given in different ways. It’s unique the United States still honors jus soli‚ whereas in other countries citizenship is not given‚ I am shocked to find it’s earned. Our forefathers left few hints to what they meant by citizenship. The Constitution says each citizen will be entitled

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    Miranda vs Arizona

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    Miranda vs. Arizona ​The fifth amendment of the United States Constitution states that “No person shall be held to answer for a capital‚ or otherwise infamous crime‚ unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury‚ except in cases arising in the land or naval forces‚ or in the Militia‚ when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness

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    any type of freedom is at a major risk from the government action. Even though the criminal process represents the extreme end of the due process continuum. (Abadinsky‚ Howard. 197) During the case the United States Supreme Court’s involvement

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    Plessy vs. Ferguson

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    with the Jim Crow laws. In 1875‚ there was a law passed saying that there couldn’t be any racial segregation . In Florida‚ there was yet another law passed saying that there could be segregation on trains. On the website socialstudieshelp.com‚ it states‚ “The conductor of each passenger train is authorized and required to assign each passenger to the car or the division of the car‚ when it is divided by a partition‚ designated for the race to which such passenger belongs. ” (Legal Segregation) This

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    The lower courts were holding the Copyright Act while the Supreme Court upheld the constitution because historical cases considered a jury as part of the court. It is my opinion that Columbia Pictures deserved to win statutory damages for copyright infringement because Feltner willfully continued to broadcast the content without a license

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    Essay On Redistriction

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    The United States and Canada take radically different approaches to the issue of redistricting. In the United States‚ the process of redistricting is left to the relevant state legislatures (except in a few states‚ where committees of varying partisanship handle redistricting). In contrast‚ Canada has allow nonpartisan electoral commissions to design ridings ever since 1964. Equally as stark‚ are the differences in how each countries’ judiciary approaches the issue of redistricting. Analysing the

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    Plessy Vs Ferguson

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    Short Essay 1. Identify and give the significance of Plessy v. Ferguson. Plessy v. Ferguson is a court case that argued for “separate but equal” doctrine which the Supreme Court decided states could segregate public buildings‚ rooms‚ and other accommodations by race in 1896. Basically‚ the Supreme Court gave the stamp of approval to legally segregate facilities such as schools‚ streetcars and trains in Plessy v. Ferguson decision. Even though‚ the Negroes and Whites had their own

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    Benjamin Schrieber Professor McCall American Government 29 April 2016 Brown vs Board of Education After the civil war‚ racial tensions in public areas were very high. Supreme Courts allowed each state to mandate their own separate‚ but equal‚ policies. In the 1930s‚ the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) opposed and challenged the Jim Crow laws set forth for the Department of Education. In the 1950s‚ the court systems realized that separating the races was irrelevant

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