... 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 the right to vote to citizens 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 of the earliest ac...

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... . There has been no correlation between spending and education. People continue to pay more and more money to this department, when the test scores of the students barely move. It is sad that so many taxpayer dollars are going into a system that really doesn't make their children any more educated. Many conservatives have expressed a ... which students are considered proficient in tested areas, and report to the public on what percentage students are proficient, with the information broken down by race, disability, language proficiency, and gender subgroups (FairTest). Creating this Act ...

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... 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 reinstated? The response I have for this ongoing debate is that I t...

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... was noted in a 1945 case, Thiel Vs. Southern Pacific Company, the supreme court clarified the concept of a " jury of one's peers " by noting that while it is not necessary for every jury to contain representatives of every conceivable racial, ethnic, religious, gender, and economic group in the community, court officials may not systematically and intentionally exclude any juror solely because ... his or her social characteristics (Schmalleger, 2012, p. 231). As stated in our bill of rights, in the constitution of the United States of America, our sixth amendment right is as follows: .....

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... suspected of a more serious violation, like carrying a handgun, then a strip 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 before searching a student would slow ... to have more than just a hunch before he or she can keep you off the team. If the coach claims to have some proof that you used drugs, then you shoul...

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