Name: |Date: | |Graded Assignment Korematsu v. the United States (1944) Use the background information and the primary sources in the Graded Assignment: Primary Sources sheet to answer the following questions. (2 points) |Score | | | 1. What did Fred T. Korematsu do that resulted in his arrest and conviction? Answer: (2 points) |Score | | | 2. According to the first paragraph from the excerpts
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Bair 1 Marissa Bair Mr. Turcotte AP US History 6 December 2012 Hollingsworth v. Perry 1. In February of 2004 the mayor of San Francisco‚ Gavin Newsom and other city officials began distributing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples in the city of San Francisco‚ California. In March of the same year‚ the County of San Francisco ordered the halt of marriages‚ pending court review. On March 29th‚ the San Francisco Superior Court declared San Francisco’s issuing of same-sex marriage licenses
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Gratz v. Bollinger 539 U.S. 244 (2003) Facts of the Case Jennifer Gratz‚ a student with a 3.8 GPA and ACT score of 25‚ applied to the University of Michigan’s College of Literature‚ Science and Arts (LSA) in 1995. Patrick Hamacher‚ a student with an adjusted GPA of 3.0 and an ACT score of 28‚ also applied to the School in 1997. They were both denied admission and had to study elsewhere (Oyez‚ 2003). The University of Michigan’s the LSA used a 150-point scale to rank applicants‚ with 100 points
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Scott v. Illinois 440 U.S. 367 (1979) I. Aubrey Scott was convicted of shoplifting merchandise valued at less than $150. The maximum penalty for such an offense is a $500 fine or one year in jail‚ or both. Scott objected that the state was required to provide council for him. The trial court affirmed. The appellate court affirmed. The state supreme court granted certiorari. II. Does the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments require that the state provide the defendant counsel whenever imprisonment
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-V for Vendetta was a work of major cultural importance for over a decade before the 2005 film adaption helped spread the messages and themes of the film worldwide. Originally in publication from March 1982 through May 1989‚ V for Vendetta is the brainchild of Alan Moore‚ who is widely considered to be one of the greatest comic book writers of all time. The film centers on V‚ a terrorist out to destroy the fascist government of dystopian future England. While the film itself makes many important
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Texas v Johson The first amendment grants the citizens of the United States the right to speak freely‚ without legal persecution. Over the past 200 years since this amendment was enacted there have been hundreds of judicial cases devoted to interpreting and refining this law. One such case‚ reviewed by the United States ’ supreme court in 1988‚ was Texas v Johnson. The case involved Johnson ’s conviction of desecrating a venerated object (a Texas Statute) by burning a U.S. flag (Texas V Johnson(1989))
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Page 1 ICLR: Chancery Division/1949/CANNON v. HARTLEY. - [1949] Ch. 213 [1949] Ch. 213 [CHANCERY DIVISION] CANNON v. HARTLEY. 1948 Nov. 19‚ 22. ROMRE J. Settlement - Deed of separation - Covenant to settle after-acquired property - Breach of covenant Volunteer’s right to claim for damages. A volunteer who is a party to a deed and a direct covenantee thereunder is entitled to damages for breach of a covenant contained in the deed. By a deed of separation made on January 23‚ 1941‚ between the defendant
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Compare and Contrast Essay Comparing 1984 with V for Vendetta Both 1984 by George Orwell and V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue depict dystopian totalitarian societies. Both protagonists in V for Vendetta and 1984 wish to overturn their current government. V’s aggressive acts against his government are successful in crippling the government as opposed to Winton’s passive aggressive attitude which leads to his failure. The substantial difference in each protagonists’ aggression and
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Legal Studies: R V Campbell [2010] NSWSC 995. The elements of the offence are that Des Campbell was charged with murder under Section 18 of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW). Under Subsection (1)(a) Des Campbell was found guilty after trial on the 18th May 2010 of the murder of his wife Janet Campbell of 6 months on the 24th March 2005. After an 11-1 verdict all the elements of the charge were proved beyond reasonable doubt. The offence carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. Description
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After a four year hiatus in the Supreme Court docket‚ the court finally rule in 1824‚ the case of Gibbons v. Ogden‚ which eventually proclaimed the federally supremacy clause and the commerce clause‚ but it’s impact of American commerce can still be felt today. The loose interpretation of the Constitution by Chief Justice Marshall had greatly infuriated and scared the Southerners because if the government could regulate interstate commerce‚ then it could one day regulate slavery; it’s technically
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