The case of Zelman v. Simmons-Harris is a landmark case that dealt with vouches for schooling and the 1st Amendment. The case was officially decided upon on June 27‚ 2002‚ but the case and history dates back to 1995. In 1995‚ the Ohio Legislature passed into law the Cleveland Scholarship and Tutoring Program as part of the 1995 budget act. The Cleveland Scholarship and Tutoring Program was a pilot program that gave families up $2‚250 to support their children’s academics. Aid was given to parents
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Roe v. Wade‚ 410 U.S. 113 (1973) Facts: Texas had passed a law that made it illegal for women who were expecting to have an abortion‚ unless‚ pursuant to medical advice‚ given to save the life of the mother. Jane Roe was an unmarried‚ pregnant woman. She was unable to get a lawful abortion in Texas because her life was not endangered by going through with her pregnancy. A law existed in Georgia at that time also and was heard as a case relating to it. Issue: Whether or not a pregnant
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BOARD OF EDUCATION v. EARLS Criminal Courts bOARD OF EDUCATION V. EARLS The Issue before the court was that two high school sophomores Lindsay Earls and Daniel James along with their families challenged their schools drug testing policy as an unlawful search that violated student’s right to privacy. They alleged that their policy requiring students to consent to random urinalysis testing for drug use violated the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The student activities
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Similarly‚ McTeigue demonstrates how the corruptive nature of men‚ amplified by power causes destructive historical cycles through his allegorical film V for Vendetta. Like the Handmaid’s Tale‚ V for Vendetta sets in a fascist police state run by the Norsefire party‚ an allusion to the Nazi party of WWI. Here‚ control is extremely practiced as their government “uses lies to hide the truth‚” euphemising its objectives and hyperbolising on “war‚ terror‚ disease… conspired to rob common sense” and “coercive
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Page 1 1 of 3 DOCUMENTS M.A. MORTENSON COMPANY‚ INC.‚ Petitioner‚ v. TIMBERLINE SOFTWARE CORPORATION and SOFTWORKS DATA SYSTEMS‚ INC.‚ Respondents. No. 67796--4 SUPREME COURT OF WASHINGTON 140 Wn.2d 568; 998 P.2d 305; 2000 Wash. LEXIS 287; CCH Prod. Liab. Rep. P15‚893; 41 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (Callaghan) 357 October 26‚ 1999‚ Oral Argument Date May 4‚ 2000‚ Filed PRIOR HISTORY: [***1] Appeal from Superior Court‚ King County. 95--2--31991--2. Honorable Phillip Hubbard‚ Judge. DISPOSITION: Court
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Minister of Posts and Telegraphs v Rasool AD Facts: On the 29th of December 1931‚ the Postmaster- General instructed his subordinates to divide the Pietersburg Post Office into two new portions‚ the one for the service of ‘Europeans Only’ and the other for the service of ‘Non-Europeans’. Prior to these instructions Mr. Rasool‚ an Indian‚ was allowed to use the ‘European’ counter. Consequently‚ after these instructions Mr. Rasool was obliged to use the ‘Non-European’ counter. Mr Rasool objected
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group of parents called the Parents of New York United or for short “PONYU”(2001) formed a group to try and get a list of nine books banned from the school’s library. According to the article Island Trees Union Free School District Board of Education v. Pico 1982‚ some of the books that were banned were Slaughterhouse Five and Best Short Stories of Negro Writers.(2001) The reason why these specific titles were banned is because the books contained graphic descriptions of sexual actions. The student
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business by denying remedy for losses occasioned by the default of the defendant. Ferrell v. Elrod 469 S.W. 2d at 686 ...for fiduciary relationship The courts have determined that a “fiduciary relationship exists when one imposes a special confidence in another‚ so that the latter‚ in equity and good conscience‚ is bound to act in good faith and with due regard to the interests of the one imposing the confidence. Seybert v. Cominco Alaska Exploration‚ 182 P .3d 1079 (Alaska 2008) Argument I. Summary of Argument
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Unit 9 Settlement Letter Final Draft James Draper Legal Writing PA105-01 Professor: Brian Tippens J.D. Law firm of: Chase‚ DiLiver and Billum‚ 456 Main Street‚ Plainview‚ GK‚ 12345 10/31/2010 To: Whack‚ Raze and Runn‚ Attorneys for Sunny Dale Gardens 123 Central Avenue‚ Plainview‚ GK‚ 23456 Attn: Richard Whack Esq
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Change in “V for Vendetta” Juxtaposed With Change in “Ode on a Grecian Urn” Alan Moore published the first part of “V for Vendetta” in 1982 and the second part in 1983. The novel takes place in dystopian England in the year 1997. Many different plots and characters inhabit the tale’s world‚ but the two protagonists consist of V‚ an anarchist revolutionary with a strong vendetta against the current fascist government‚ and Evey Hammond‚ a sixteen-year-old girl that V takes under his wing and educated
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