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    Kay, H. (2004). Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Professor of Law. Columbia Law Review, 104(1), 1-20. doi:10.2307/4099343 Retrieved http://www.jstor.org/stable/4099343?seq=1#page_scan_tabcontents This article looks at the changes in the field of law historically from the number of female law students to the number or female faculty, but focuses on how Ginsburg has effect it. Born on March 15th 1933 to Central Europe and Irish immigrant, she gives her mother credit for encouraging her intellectual growth.…

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    I believe that the separation of powers is still as important today as it was when the Founders wrote the U.S constitution because this allows the government to be more balanced, civil and lawful. The separation of powers prohibits the government from abusing their powers. There are two different ways that the powers are separated. One way is by the branches which include the legislative, the executive and the judicial branch. Powers are also split between the federal government and the state…

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    power of the court to rule on the constitutionality of laws. This power was established in the case of Marbury vs. Madison Sig: This allows the court to declare a law constitutional or unconstitutional, this gives the court more power Appellate courts Def: These courts are responsible for hearing and reviewing appeals that have been tried in other or lower-level courts Sig: They will determine if a trial or lower court correctly applied the law. Jurisdiction Def: The court's power to hear and…

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    dogmas of that religion are of no interest to the State except as they relate to morality and to the duties which each believer is required to perform for others.” Overall he expressed that the State finds values in each citizen to be affiliated with a civil religion that promotes/pushes the idea of serving others. However, the State is not interested in which particular religions (as there is a separation from church & state in today’s world) are presented, as long as the practicing of said…

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    of the communications device, and noticing the property owner unless law enforcement can show exigent circumstances. As with ordinary searches and seizures, exigent circumstances may serve as grounds for law enforcement to dispense with first obtaining a warrant. If law enforcement encounters a situation threatening a person's life, a conspiracy threatening the national security, or a conspiracy suggesting organized crime, then law enforcement may proceed without first acquiring a warrant.” The…

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    Henry David Thoreau passionately writes in “Civil Disobedience” about his disdain for the government, that it is a vehicle for injustice, and anyone who blindly follows the law are made agents of injustice. Thoreau believes that you as an individual must do whatever you think is right, and you must not participate in what you think is wrong. This he does by abstaining from paying taxes that may contribute to wrongdoing. This is in large agreement with Socrates’ views as told from the “Apology,”…

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    no laws existing to provide services and responders. There would be no taxes collected to fund fire departments, police departments or hospitals. There would be no help. This anarchy would exist because the citizens would not accept the law’s jurisdiction over them. To have peace and prosperity we must have some law. We allow the Law to have jurisdiction over us based on certain grounds such as protection, preserving our rights and avoiding anarchy. However, some citizens believe that the Law is…

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    During the 1960s, Civil Rights Movements were sprouting across the country and led to having President Johnson concerned about his country. Lyndon B. Johnson, who served as our President from 1963-1969, became apprehensive of the African American voting rights situation, but later acted with the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was introduced to eliminate voting discrimination throughout the country. In the act, section 4 contains formulas for those states or regions…

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    in depth to unfold more issues than just to resolve one case from one iPhone it will affect everyone’s civil liberties. I tend to be on the side of Apple in this case. It’s going to be tough for the FBI to force Apple to give them a backdoor to people’s privacy information because if we think about it there isn’t any real…

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    before applying for a job, but that they will be given a chance to be deemed qualified for the job before having to disclose this information. This means that those with records will have the same chance as any other applicant. A state ban the box law is on its way. Nearly 200 worker advocacy groups and labor unions recently sent a letter to President Obama urging executive action for the removal of the box on job application all over the country (CITE?). One of the nation’s largest retailers…

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