Joshua Upthegrove Case Brief: Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow FACTS: The Respondent Michael Newdow’s daughter attended school at the Elk Grove Unified School District in California. Elk Grove teachers began each school day with a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance‚ including the words “under God” added by a 1954 Congressional Act. Newdow sued in federal district court in California‚ arguing that this violates the establishment clause of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment.
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Elk Grove Unified School District et al. v. Newdow et al. 542 U.S. 1 (2004) Facts: In 1954‚ Congress amended Title 36 of the United States Code by adding “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance. California Education Code section 52720 requires appropriate patriotic exercises to be practiced in every public elementary school every day. Elk Grove Unified School District’s policy required the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance every day pursuant to section 52720 of the California Education Code
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By chiefly drawing on legal precedence in four court cases—Brown‚ Governor of California‚ et al. v. Entertainment Merchants Association‚ et al. (Brown v. EMA)‚ Ginsberg v. New York‚ Case v. Unified School District‚ and Campbell v. St-Tammany Parish School Board—‚ this paper endorses the claim that all books which present controversial subject matter should have an informative label on them. Controversial subject matter is stipulated as any content that may cause emotional or mental harm on well-being
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Safford Unified School District #1 v. Redding Facts In Safford Arizona school on October 8th‚ officials strip-searched a 13-year-old girl after they received information from another student that the girl possessed "prescription strength" 400 mg ibuprofen and 200mg naproxen. While attending math‚ assistant principle Kerry Wilson entered the classroom and instructed Savanna Redding’s to his office. Upon entering‚ she immediately noticed her planner placed on his desk. However‚ what she didn’t
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There are rules and policies throughout schools based on attendance‚ absences‚ and how to follow a punishment for unexcused absences. Ray Knight is a middle school student that was suspended for three days because he had unexcused absences. The school district has procedures to notify the student’s parents. The school procedure requires the school to make a telephone notification and a written notice to be mailed to his parents. The school however‚ only sent out a notice with Mr. Knight and he throw
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In brief‚ Peter Lewiston‚ a widow and slightly older gentleman was terminated for violating Pine Circle Unified School District sexual harassment policy. Beverly Gilbury‚ a married woman in her late twenties and teacher for the school was the accuser. Before the harassment began‚ Lewiston and Gilbury had a relationship indicative of co-workers. However‚ at the end of the 2007-2008 school year‚ Gilbury felt Lewiston’s behavior began to change and she felt as if he viewed her as more than a co-worker
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Supreme Court decided on the case Vernonia School District v. Acton as to whether or not random drug testing of high school athletes violated the reasonable search and seizure clause of the Fourth Amendment. During the 1980 ’s and 1990 ’s there was a large increase in drug use. The courts decision was a strong interpretation of the Fourth Amendment and the right decision upon drug testing high school athletes. Between 1985 and 1989 the Vernonia School District began to see a marked increase in disciplinary
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Gov. 12‚ Hr. 4 Dec. 17‚ 2012 Vernonia School District v. Acton (1995) Case Identification The Vernonia School District v. Acton case took place in 1995 at the Rehnquist Court at Vernonia High School in Oregon(1). This case was decided on Monday‚ June 26‚ 1995 (2). In a town named Vernonia‚ Oregon‚ the local public schools faced a major problem regarding the drug use of students while participating in high school athletics (3). The Vernonia School Board were disturbed that drug use increases
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Timothy W. V. Rochester School District Abstract The provision of resources to handicapped children is subject to a wide variety of federal and state laws and statutes. However‚ due the varied and spectacular range of disabilities and combination of disabilities it is often difficult to easily decide who should receive benefits and who should not. Often debated both within the court system‚ and without‚ is the subject of whether the child with a severe disability can actually benefit from the
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