... steamboat had just been invented, came a great legal battle. Robert Fulton, one inventor of the steamboat obtained exclusive rights from the state of New York to navigate his boats between Elizabethtown, New Jersey and New York City. Robert Fulton, granted one license to Aaron Ogden to which ambitious investors were jealous and challenged. Thomas Gibbons, held a federal coasting license, and ... ran competing vessels between New Jersey and New York, and challenged Aaron Ogden. At issue was a clause of Article 1, Section 8 of the constitution, which said Congress ... over a contrary sta...

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... . When large numbers of impecunious people live in close proximity, as they do in many cities, the schools are extremely impoverished as well, from lack of tax funds. The New York Times estimated that New York City spends around 4,500 hundred dollars per student, whereas, nearby Westchester county spends more than double that amount per year. Many poor inner ... city children simply do not have access to the resources to sufficiently develop there intellectual abilities. Therefore, they cannot compete as well for spots in colleges and universities. By redirecting tax funds in New York St...

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... (Brinkley 900-901). However, Brown enhanced activism also in many Northern cities where "de facto" segregation existed. For example, Mae Mallory, a New York City parent and Civil Rights Movement leader, complained about unequal conditions in New York City segregated schools and initiated a successful lawsuit on Brown's principles (Weiner 55-61). However, it was not only the field of education which was affected ... ...

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... have prevented major crimes. According to him, "people detained for minor offenses can turn out to be the most devious and dangerous criminals." Timothy McVeigh, who later committed the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, was first arrested for driving without a license plate. Justice Kennedy also added, "One of the terrorists involved in the Sept. 11 attacks was stopped and ticketed for ... Flight 93" (Liptak). Citing the precedent case of Bell v. Wolfish, which determined that strip-searches were allowed for detainees who had contact visits in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New Yo...

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... adults put up against them." (Fairweather) Many schools still are required to use a filtering program to censor the research that students do in school. The Board of Education in New York City has installed a filter on its computer system that blocks students from gaining access to any web sites that include categories like news and sex education. Even those of major new ... ...

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... , and the lack of teachers that taught them. THE CAUSE It began in February 1843, when a group of four white men from Virginia, performed a song and dance act in New York City. These men applied black cork to their faces and imitated Negro singing and dancing. This act was so popular, that the group was invited to tour in other cities. Of ... ...

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... of government didn't have a home until 1935. For 146 years the Supreme Court met wherever it could -- a private home, the Royal Exchange (later the Merchants Exchange) building in New York, Philadelphia's city hall, and several other locations. Its most permanent home was the Capitol Building; a too-cozy arrangement for a government that prides itself on separation of powers. It took a Chief Justice, President ... ...

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... graduated first in his class. After receiving his law degree, he began his private practice in Baltimore in 1933. Marshall decided to quit his private practice and moved to New York City. He served as the legal director of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). At NAACP, Marshall wanted to help fight segregation throughout the United States. He ... ...

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... Courts decision brought about major confrontations between the federal government and the states, and between the Black and White populations of several Southern cities. Anthony Lewis, a reporter for the New York Times, in a study of school desegregation, pointed out that there were rapid steps taken toward desegregation. In reaction to these "steps" most Southern political leaders began to take defensive positions ... the back door of the high school, but they were met with violence and mobbing. At this point President Eisenhower took action. On September 24th, 1957 he stated, "In that...

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... the progress of a maturing society. The anti-war movements of the 1980's showed that the conservative thoughts overpowered the liberal ideas. The anti-Vietnam War movement brought demonstrations in New York City that attracted 25,000 marchers; within two years similar demonstrations drew several hundred thousand participants in Washington, D.C., London, and other European capitals. The election of Richard Nixon in 1968 and ... ...

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... , and alcohol which is the leading cause of preventable mental retardation in newborns. In some states there are an insufficient amount facilities to accommodate pregnant mothers who use drugs. New York City for instance, ran 31 drug abuse and child-care clinics from 1990 to 1995, but almost half of these clinics have since been shut down. So what should happen to ... ...

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