Inmates have the right to be free from sexual crimes, including sexual harassment. ... Prisoners risk losing credit for good time if a judge decides that a lawsuit was filed for the purpose of harassment, that the inmate lied, or that the inmate presented false information. ... The 9th Federal Court of Appeals recognized that female inmates, as a class, have experienced significant sexual abuse and they are therefore given protection from male officers touching them during searches. ...

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In Snyder vs. Phelps, the Supreme Court of the United States addressed the issue of "whether the First Amendment shields the [Westboro Baptist Church] members from tort liability for their speech."i In Snyder, the plaintiff, the father of Marine Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder, sought to recover damag...

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Since the Civil War, much of the concern over civil rights in the United States has focused on efforts to extend these rights fully to African Americans. Resistance to racial segregation and discrimination with strategies such as civil disobedience, nonviolent resistance, marches, protests, boycotts, "freedom rides," and rallies received national attention in the struggle to end racial inequality. There were also continuing efforts to legally challenge segregation through the courts. Following the "separate but equal" decision of Plessy V. Ferguson in 1896, many Americans decided to push f...

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Florida's law stipulates: "794.026 Civil right of action for communicating the identity of a sexual crime victim."" (1) An entity or individual who communicates to others, prior to open judicial proceedings, the name, address, or other specific identifying information concerning the victim of any sexual offense under this chapter or chapter 800 shall be liable to that victim for all damages reasonably necessary to compensate the victim for any injuries suffered as a result of such communicat...

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Justice Stephen Breyer I. Introduction: Seated in October of l994, Justice Stephen Breyer is the 108 person to serve on the United States Supreme Court. Described as "brilliant, friendly and nice," Breyer graduated from Stanford in l959 with a degree in philosophy.1 He later earned his law degree at Harvard Law School. Since 1967, Justice Breyer has served as either a full-time professor or part-time lecturer at Harvard. His primary interest is administrative law, having an "active interest in economic regulation affecting industry, in antitrust law, and in securities law."2 Before being nom...

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