... White wealth an acceptable norm. After the United States Congress passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964, it became apparent that certain business traditions, such as seniority status and aptitude tests, prevented total equality in employment. However, on September 24, 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson issued Executive Order #11246 at Howard University that required federal contractors "to take Affirmative Action to ensure ... preferential treatment at the expense of more qualified whites? Minorities assert that College Board testing is not subjective and is biased towards whites. However, "independ...

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... Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit struck down an affirmative action program adopted by the University of Texas Law School that set lower minimum standards for Law School Admissions Tests (LSAT) and grade-point averages for blacks and Mexican-American applicants than for other groups (Bresler). The court ordered, under penalty of punitive damages, to adopt a colorblind admissions policy immediately ... -Americans need at least a 3.7 grade point average in high school to be considered for admission, most minority candidates who meet a lower fluctuating standard are automatically admit...

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Random drug testing in the workplace is a good practice. Although some people believe it is a violation of privacy, companies have a business to run and don't need the responsibility or the hassle of a ... of drug testing also focus on the limitations of the testing procedures, arguing that the tests are highly inaccurate. One worry is the sensitivity of the tests. Many types of tests procedures are inaccurate, innocent parties will be harmed because most tests produce a large number of false positive results, indicating that there has been drug use when ... randomly or at the time of annual ...

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... of Rights. The Articles of Confederation (the governing document of the United States from 1781 to 1789) rejected a national government with broad, elastic powers by stating in Article II, "Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction and right which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the [U]nited [S]tates Congress assembled ... The dissent explained, Our prior cases make two propositions abundantly clear. First, the fact that the governing majority in a state has traditionally viewed a particular practice as immoral is not...

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The US Supreme Court: Sexually Motivated? Following the defeat of Germany and Japan during World War II the United States almost immediately became burdened with another challenge, that of, containing their former ally, the Soviet ... of 1952. This reversed the liberal trend of the Roosevelt and Truman period (1932-1952) This victory for the Republicans, which placed World War II General, Dwight D. Eisenhower as President and a Republican majority in Congress, although briefly, displayed the growing conservative push within the United States and how ... by newly developed or legalized contra...

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... with the power to enforce desegregation. The following year Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, making it easier for southern blacks to register to vote. Poll taxes, literacy tests, and other such requirements used to restrict blacks from voting were made illegal. Affirmative action continued to be debated with California attempting again to put a statewide ban on it. "In ... is clear evidence of the influence of racial factors. Years ago the liberal thought to favor and end to all forms of racial discrimination was a staple, whereas conservatives excused it practice and oppo...

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Abortion is the early termination of a pregnancy, which can occur from a miscarriage or through a surgical procedure performed by a doctor. Beginning the practice in the 1800's, abortion was banned soon thereafter as society clamped down, standing between women and their right to end their pregnancies. In 1973, the issue of abortion stepped front ... dilemma that surrounds abortion. Abortion is a multifaceted debate that not only involves the opinions and constitutional rights of each individual, but is also complicated by the viewpoints of ethics and biology. The biological background of hu...

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... gap between black and white income"(Valls 69). In his attempt to make a libertarian case for affirmative action, Valls believes that the practice is justified based upon past injustices towards a particular group of people. His justification is also flawed, not necessarily because of its logic but ... forms. An example of the former would include the United States" reparations to the Japanese put in internment camps during World War II. The injustice had been fairly recent and its affects reasonably undisputable (much of it was based on loss of property). Unfortunately, rectifications ....

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... race. If you have lower standards for one group compared to another, you end up with lower results." A way out of the recent epidemic of low academic achievement and noncompetitive SAT scores due to affirmative action admissions policies is to raise academic standards and maintain a high quality curriculum and instructional program at the elementary and secondary school levels. Rather than criticizing ... goals for Black students" due to the lack of well qualified black students attempting to enter the university. A comprehensive statewide test was given to all 10th graders in Wisconsin...

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... gap between black and white income"(Valls 69). In his attempt to make a libertarian case for affirmative action, Valls believes that the practice is justified based upon past injustices towards a particular group of people. His justification is also flawed, not necessarily because of its logic but ... forms. An example of the former would include the United States" reparations to the Japanese put in internment camps during World War II. The injustice had been fairly recent and its affects reasonably undisputable (much of it was based on loss of property). Unfortunately, rectifications ....

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... 's administration under the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. This legislation, along with an executive order in 1965, helped blacks by forcing businesses receiving federal funds to stop using aptitude tests and other criteria that tended to discriminate against blacks ("affirmative action"). Eventually, these laws expanded to incorporate women and other ethnic minorities including American Indians and Hispanics. Laws have also ... ' minorities with GPAs above 2.8 (a dismal B minus) or SATs over 830, well below the national average for all who took the test. Asians and whites, by contras...

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... on those profiles and whether the person is qualified, and entities could often make judgments off of personal biases. Others argue that applicants must already comply with background checks, drug tests, credit checks, and verification of employment history, education, and income. Therefore, a simple profile check should be acceptable. This controversy brings up a broader question of what is "private" and ... a basis for making a decision could face a discrimination lawsuit. In response to employers pressuring job applicants to give up their Facebook passwords, a number of states are co...

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... that "[Act VII] requires the elimination of artificial, arbitrary, and unnecessary barriers to employment that operate invidiously to discriminate on the basis of race, and if, as here, an employment practice that operates to exclude Negroes cannot be shown to be related to job performance, it is prohibited, notwithstanding the employer's lack of discriminatory intent". With the ruling of this case ... measuring procedures, but it does proscribe giving them controlling force unless they are demonstrably a reasonable measure of job performance". This statement allows for the fact that th...

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... and universities. Affirmative action at colleges and universities is[this is debatable; needs a qualifier] used to help admit underprivileged minorities into their institute. As an assignment in my English Composition II class , my professor ask[past] my classmates and I[case; asked me] to analyze five articles dealing with affirmative action to accomplish a better understanding of this important topic. After reading and ... affirmative action at Berkeley because it was mainly helping middle class minorities, who had equivalent or similar resources of[to] a middle class white student, g...

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... vein, an editorial in the February 2001 issue of The American Spectator (applauding Clinton's decision to stay the first federal execution in forty years) has this to say on the practice of capital punishment: The most compelling reason for ending state executions is that, though the state has a right to defend its citizenry, capital punishment merely silences life. It neither dramatizes ... for a Black Muslim named Shaka Sankofa, once Gary Graham, dead as of June 22, thanks to George W. Bush, in Texas." (Farrel 6) In January of 1999, when the Pope John Paul II made his opposition to th...

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... vein, an editorial in the February 2001 issue of The American Spectator (applauding Clinton's decision to stay the first federal execution in forty years) has this to say on the practice of capital punishment: The most compelling reason for ending state executions is that, though the state has a right to defend its citizenry, capital punishment merely silences life. It neither dramatizes ... for a Black Muslim named Shaka Sankofa, once Gary Graham, dead as of June 22, thanks to George W. Bush, in Texas." (Farrel 6) In January of 1999, when the Pope John Paul II made his opposition to th...

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... 28 and March 1, 1966, the case of Miranda v. Arizona was argued in the Supreme Court, and was decided on June 13, 1966. The issue in question was "Does the police practice of interrogating individuals without notifying them of their right to counsel and their protection against self-incrimination violate the Fifth Amendment?" Early in 1963, an 18- year old woman was ... use statements stemming from custodial interrogation of defendants unless they demonstrated the use of procedural safeguards "effective to secure the privilege against self-incrimination." The Court noted that "the moder...

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... contractors to guarantee nondiscrimination in employment in government-funded projects. Employment of minorities increased greatly in these industries until to 1945, when the world saw the end of World War II. Sadly, the gains of minorities in such industries dissolved after wartime. When President Kennedy issued Executive Order 10925 on March 6, 1961, he became the first person to use affirmative action ... what counted as discrimination and what could or could not be done as affirmative action. In one of the earliest cases, Griggs v. Duke Power Company (1971), the Court determined tha...

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... when deciding on an appropriate sentence following conviction and admitted in civil cases. The Fourth Amendment can also be read as allowing searches and seizures that are considered reasonable. In practice, this means that the police may override your privacy concerns and conduct a search of your home, car, business etc., if the police have probable cause to believe they can find ... has taken a serious thrashing from judges and politicians in recent years, as it continually remains a highly debated subject. The U.S. Supreme Court has approved roadblocks detaining law-abiding drivers, ...

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... to do so." After having established the past and present controversy surrounding denaturalization, what does the future hold for this topic? The answer lies in the extremely controversial Patriot Act II legislation. Clearly we can see in Vance v. Terrazas that the court's views have adapted themselves to the rise of terrorism as a method for implementing societal and governmental change. ... or even engaging in lawful activities of a group designated as a "terrorist organization" by the Attorney General. This seems to follow logically from Vance v. Terrazas, but frighteningly, Patriot A...

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... judicial branch is the only branch to possess lifetime tenure. Lifetime tenure within the judiciary is said to be "one of the most valuable of the modern improvements in the practice of government " (Federalist 78). I think that lifetime tenure is an important component in our government because it is another check within our three branch system. For example, lifetime tenure protects ... 's decisions are during wartime. This can be seen in the Supreme Court decision during the Korematsu vs the United States and Schenck vs the United States trials. During World War II, all Japanese-Americ...

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... shall be respectful of all rules and procedures, and shall aviod any and all impropriety in a professional posistion or public office. Should physical or mental illness comprise a paralegal fitness to practice, causing that paralegal to commit an act (s) that is in direct violation to this Model Code/ Model Rules and or the rules governing the jurisdiction which the paralegal practices, that ... 24 hours of (free) Pro Bono Publico service under the supervision of an attorney or as authorized by administrative, statutory or court authority to: (i) person of limited means (indigent) or (i...

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... law school. Grutter was not admitted into the school based on its racial preferences. The following year in nineteen ninety-seven, two other white students with good grades and high SAT scores were also denied admission at the University of Michigan. All three students took their case against the University of Michigan to the Supreme Court as Allan Bakke had done ... in education, jobs, and other benefits (Gutmann 23). According to Lino A. Graglia, who is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, black high-school seniors, on average, have a combined SAT score about two-hundred ...

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... law school. Grutter was not admitted into the school based on its racial preferences. The following year in nineteen ninety-seven, two other white students with good grades and high SAT scores were also denied admission at the University of Michigan. All three students took their case against the University of Michigan to the Supreme Court as Allan Bakke had done ... in education, jobs, and other benefits (Gutmann 23). According to Lino A. Graglia, who is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, black high-school seniors, on average, have a combined SAT score about two-hundred ...

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... first recognized and the courts ruled unconstitutional to use a quota system. This ruling still provided a good opportunity to attract a diverse student body, but many minorities were not making the acceptable SAT score to enroll in the finer schools in the country. The University of Michigan has received a great deal of publicity with the lawsuits concerning racial discrimination. The cases of Grutter ... programs can amount to unconstitutional reverse discrimination, and even harm those they seek to advance. This special interest in diverse student body in higher education has even co...

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