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    The U.S. Supreme Court has recognized two constitutional sources of the right to counsel during interrogation. One source is the Court’s interpretation in Miranda v. Arizona of the Fifth Amendment right against compelled self-incrimination; the other is contained within the language of the Sixth Amendment. Because the protections afforded individuals under these constitutional provisions differ‚ it is critical that law enforcement officers understand the provisions and appropriately apply their protections

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    couldn’t have an abortion in the states of Texas like in most of the states at that time. In fact‚ in this case she could not have an abortion unless her life was in danger. The Supreme Court says that the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment protects the decision of the women on whether to terminate their pregnancy or not. Which also means that “the right of privacy‚ whether it be founded in the fourteenth amendment’s concept of personal liberty and restrictions upon state action”.

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    felt like and faced this reality from the day pilgrims settled on American soil all the way until 1965. During this period of American history. White Americans were extremely inhumane‚ racist and belittling towards slaves and minorities that were placed in the U.S. resulting in only benefiting the upper-class and

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    The Fourth Amendment is part of the Bill of Rights which was established in the seventeenth and eighteenth century English common law. Aside from the rest of the amendments in the Bill of Rights the Fourth Amendment can be traced back to a strong public reaction from some cases back in the 1760s. Two of these cases happened in England and one case happened in the colonies. These cases involved some pamphleteers who would pass out pamphlets to the public in order to spread their word around. These

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    in the first amendment? I know the first amendment has many great freedoms. For example freedom of speech‚ freedom of religion‚ and the right to petition the government. Theses freedoms are the best because it gives people the right t exercise their beliefs and express themselves. Freedom of speech is amazing because people can feel like they have the power to speak their minds about anything they want. Freedom of press is amazing because citizens of a country can get informed about what’s going

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    education. One right that is crucial to students‚ is the First Amendment. Under the First Amendment students have free speech and freedom of expression but many school administrators attempt to limit these rights. One example is Tinker vs Des Moines Independent Community School District. In 1969 students peacefully protested the Vietnam War by wearing black armbands to school. School administrators banned the armbands and suspended the students from school. When brought to the Supreme Court‚ Justice Abe

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    Amendments to Book-building System under Securities and Exchange Commission (Public Issue) Rules‚ 2006 The Securities and Exchange Commission has made some significant changes to the existing Book building rules under the Securities and Exchange Commission (Public Issue) Rules‚ 2006. Changes have been made in three dimensions: some rules have been thoroughly revised‚ some parameters of existing rules have been changed and some new rules have been inserted. The price discovery process has been revised

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    give US citizens protection from corrupt police and government officials. A common Amendment that most Americans don’t realize we have is the Fourth amendment. The Fourth Amendment gives us protection against arbitrary searches and seizures without a proper warrant. It was first used to prevent the use of writs of assistance which is blanket search warrants with which the british custom officials had invaded homes to search for smuggled goods. As the fourth amendment has changed and evolved in its

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    16th amendment: Income Tax In America‚ one of the biggest tax bites on our income is the federal income tax‚ although state and local taxes also take a substantial bite. There are property taxes and sales taxes. Every time we fill up the gas tax‚ we are paying a tax. We pay so much taxes that some have calculated “tax freedom day”‚ as the day during the year when our nation has theoretically earned the income necessary to have paid our taxes for a year. We pay taxes to pay for government services

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    Gage Schuyler 18th amendment vs. the 21st amendment report The History of the 18th and 21st Amendment In the late 1800’s the 18th amendment was created. This began the prohibition era. This meant that the production‚ sell‚ and consumption of alcoholic products were illegal. This was a big problem for many people in the United States because a large percentage of these people drank alcohol. Following the 18th Amendment’s adoption‚ prohibition resulted in a public demand for illegal alcohol

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