Anna Jardot Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Writing Assignment Affirmative action is the practice of improving educational and job opportunities of groups of people who have been treated unfairly in the past due to their race‚ sex‚ etc. In the US the effort was to improve the educational and employment opportunities of women and men of minority. Following the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ affirmative action was designed to counteract the lingering effects of generations of past discrimination
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Dear Dean of Student Services‚ This letter is written in an attempt to appeal my academic suspension and grant me another chance to receive financial aid to allow me to continue my education towards my degree in nursing. On May 6‚ 2012 I faxed over my appeal to financial aid for the fall 2012 semester at Capital Community College which was denied. During the 2010- 2011 school year my grades were poor and I received a letter by mail stating that I was dismissed due to my academic progress &
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Bill of Rights was created as a result of not being able to directly address individual rights in the U.S Constitution; Supporters of this document realized that the Bill of Rights was a better alternative rather than creating an additional Constitution. In the U.S. Constitution‚ established on September 17‚ 1789 by the delegates in the Constitutional Convention‚ stated a set of laws and restrictions the government follows to secure citizens their basic rights. The purpose of the Bill of Rights was to
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clause specifically states that in all criminal prosecutions‚ the accused shall enjoy the right to be confronted with the witness against him. This clause was brought about to protect rights of the accused in criminal prosecutions‚ by allowing cross examination and allowing the accused to look the witness against him in the eye. Particularly in the case Coy v. Iowa‚ John Coy tested this constitutional right against the state of Iowa. Coy was set free after being convicted of sexually assaulting
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How would the themes appeal to a contemporary Audience? The plot of Othello appeals to a contemporary audience because the play ageless. The play Othello uses many themes such as jealousy‚ hatred‚ envy‚ love‚ sacrifice‚ death‚ manipulation‚ honour‚ justice and etc. These themes are themes that are timeless which explore human nature which is unchanging which still develop and evolve around us. A contemporary audience would find it appealing because it explores themes that are prevalent in today’s
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Kristen Paul Week 7 December 1‚ 2012 The Rights that Inmates Possess Upon entering prison‚ inmates will lose most of their right as a free citizen. Although most of our rights afforded to us are a result of how we live our lives here in the United States‚ some of our rights still are maintained within the prison walls. These rights are listed within the First‚ Fourth‚ Eighth‚ and Fourteenth Amendment. The First amendment states we have the right to freedom of speech‚ press‚ and religion.
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Right to Discharge Discharge from the hospital is the point at which a patient leaves the hospital and returns home or is transferred to a rehabilitation facility or a nursing home. The discharge process typically centers on the specific medical instructions which will encourage the healing process necessary for a full recovery by the patient. The planning process or discharge planning is also a service which fully integrates the recovering patient’s needs just after the hospital stay. In many
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How accurate is it to say that the Federal Government hindered the Civil Rights movement in the period 1945-1968? The Federal Government was a significant part in pushing the civil rights movement forwards‚ but in some cases it hindered the civil rights movement‚ especially with Presidential figures such as Eisenhower who had no interest in the Civil Rights movement. He believed that the social status and power of the black community in the US would improve naturally of its own accord over time
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Rhetorical appeals are the art of speaking and writing effectively. There are three main rhetorical appeals‚ often referred to as ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos. These appeals are derived from ancient Greece‚ or more precisely‚ the Greek philosopher Aristotle. Ethos appeals to the audience’s sense of trust‚ pathos‚ to their sense of emotion‚ and logos‚ to their sense of logic. In 1741‚ Jonathan Edwards delivered a sermon called “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” to a congregation of puritans in Enfield
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