COURT CASE: ALA vs. CIPA (may be United States vs ALA) Argued March 5‚ 2003 Decided June 23‚ 2003 CASE SUMMARY: In this case the American Library Association (ALA) challenged in court the constitutionality of the Child Internet Protection Act (CIPA) enacted in 2000‚ saying that it violated the First Amendment. In this lawsuit ALA sued to overturn the requirement that libraries restrict patrons’ access to computer information‚ that if Internet filters were not installed‚ federal funding and computer
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Egyptian migrants desired countries ‚ with 61 percent settling there followed by the United States with 24 percent and Arab countries with 15 percent." (Manar‚ 2012). Whatever the new country will be‚ it is going to be much better than in Egypt. For example Dr Magdy Yacoub ‚ the world’s best transplant surgeon ‚ had studied at Cairo University‚ then he emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1962‚ and then to United States to continue his higher education at the University of Chicago and then he graduated
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• Question 1 1 out of 1 points Schedule M-2 is used to reconcile unappropriated retained earnings at the beginning of the year with unappropriated retained earnings at the end of the year. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True • Question 2 1 out of 1 points For a corporation in 2012‚ the domestic production activities deduction is equal to 9% of the higher of (1) qualified production activities income or (2) taxable income. However‚ the deduction cannot
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government of the United States had to solve some delicate problems. How should the former confederate states be treated after their defeat? What should happen with the freedmen‚ the former slaves that were supposed to live as citizens now? Should the southern states be punished‚ should they reenter the Union and which conditions would they have to fulfill therefore? The way to manage these problems is known as “Reconstruction”. There were three main Reconstruction plans: Lincoln`s Presidential Reconstruction
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The opposing attitudes toward Great Britain that colonists held prior to and during the Revolutionary War. There were different attitudes towards Great Britain prior to and during the Revolutionary War. There were people who believed that they needed to be free from the rule of the British. They thought that the British were violating the rights of the colonists. They felt the tax laws were illegal because the colonists had no that could vote on the taxes. They felt the British was trying to control
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The Unites States of America is the oldest democracy in the world. The constitutional democracy has worked for more than two centuries. The constitution was formed in a time of need for some of the people. In May of 1787 delegates attended a meeting in Philadelphia “ to establish a national government powerful enough to prevent the young nation from dissolving but not so powerful that it would crush individual liberty” (Magleby‚Light‚Nemacheck 36). In the creation
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of Independence and Constitution of The United States of America The United States Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4‚ 1776 by members of the Second Continental Congress in Independence Hall (then known as the Pennsylvania State House) in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania as a means to cut ties and governance with mother England. Unbeknownst at the time‚ it also lay the philosophical basis to the United States Constitution‚ that all men are created equal
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Constitution Agreed by congress nov 15 1777. Ratified march 1 1781 Problems: No problems to tax Each state one vote – regardless of size All state votes required to amend the articles – they all had to agree 1786 representatives went to Annapolis Maryland. Only 5 states went. for the Annapolis convention sept 1786 to discuss ways to regulate commerce. New mtg to meet in may 1787‚ this mtg was known as the constitutional convention. Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Met in may of 1787 til
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the U.S.‚ how has housing discrimination been addressed at the federal level? Consider both public and private sector housing. Housing discrimination is still one of the most prevalent problems plaguing African Americans and minorities in the United States of Americas. Since the abolition of slavery African Americans and minorities have found it difficult to find affordable housing and integrate into mostly white communities. These problems can be traced back to the Jim Crow Laws. These set of prejudicial
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Education in the United States Introduction The United States of America is one of‚ if not the most powerful country on this planet. Built over two-hundred years ago‚ with a foundation of liberty and justice‚ an influential democratic government‚ and a forceful military with the world’s largest Air Force‚ the United States truly is a force to be reckoned with. However‚ The US is deprived of the greatest we have in this world; education. In the world we live in‚ education is everything‚ success is
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