... search might be reasonable. The teacher should not search you in front of other students, and the search should be conducted by a school official of the same gender as the student. Why doesn't the school need a warrant to search students? In T.L.O., the Supreme Court said that requiring school officials to obtain a warrant ... these kind of searches seem unfair, the law is unclear as to whether these searches are constitutional. Can the school make me submit to a drug test if I want to play school sports? Probably. In 1995 the Supreme Court handed down a case called Vernonia School Dist...

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... proof on the person(s) disagreeing with the law. As such, the person(s) must convince the Court that the law has no rational or justifiable governmental goals. Secondly, the strict scrutiny test is a more thorough means of the Court in applying its power of judicial review. Thus, the Court must be persuaded that the governmental purpose, objective, or interest is of ... a "compelling public interest- and there is no less restrictive way of accomplishing said purpose. Typically, this test is applied to suspect classifications, which refer to classifying people according to their religion,...

• Word Count: 439
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... states cannot deny the right to vote to anyone: 1. Who is at least 18 years of age 2. Because of his/her race, color or gender 3. Because she/he has not paid a voting or poll tax 4. In national elections for President and Vice President States have the power to deny ... who have been convicted of serious crimes or who are not able to make rational decisions. States cannot require citizens to pass a reading and writing test before granting the right to vote. However, with these provisions aside, the states can place any other restrictions they please on voters. "One ... is no guarantee i...

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• Grade Level: High School

... polls. Currently in the year 2003 the right of suffrage in the U.S. is enjoyed by all citizens of the age of eighteen regardless of race and gender. This may seem like a great achievement for our nation; not only do we enjoy all of the freedoms that our constitution states, but we ... turnout has been steadily decreasing in the past few decades. Even though we are all finally "equal" according to the Declaration of Independence, age, gender and social status still defines our voting habits. During the seventeenth and eighteenth century voting was limited. In 1670 in the Chesapeake Socie...

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... admissions slots were unfilled and reserved for minorities. In July of 1995 there was a decision made by the Board of Regents of the University of California to end race and gender-based preferences in admissions (240). Five months later, Proposition 209 was passed which is a state constitutional amendment that brought the exclusion of the use of race and ... gender-based decision-making in public institutions (240). These laws caused a debate over affirmative action, which leads us to the question: Should the UC's race-based affirmative action admissions policies be ... rejected cand...

• Word Count: 1800
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate