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    The issue of equality based on race has given people a plagued view of America since its existence, and this issue of race does not stop when it comes to college admission. In 2003, a case known as Grutter v. Bollinger came in front of the Supreme Court and challenged the constitutional protection or lack of on an affirmative action plan adopted by an university. Grutter deals with the role the state plays in including a minority group into a larger part of the schools student body for…

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    behavior. Rachels claim “Since we are a part of nature, whatever happens inside us follows the laws of nature.”; 3) The case of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, who murdered a boy named Bobby Franks, is used as an example to support their claim; 4) Clarence Darrow, the defense lawyer for Leopold and Loeb, claimed “human character is shaped by an individual’s genes and environment.”; 5) Determination, The determinist system “To say that a system is deterministic means that everything that happens…

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    Future Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was born on June 23, 1948. He grew up in the small African-American community of Pin Point, Georgia, with his older sister Emma Mae and younger brother Myers Lee. His father disappeared early on in his life, and the family divided even further when he was 9 years old. Clarence Thomas has been a judge for 25 years, and during that time he was quoted as saying, “Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.” This quote relates to Thomas…

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    another race become superior. For instance, as a poor black child suffering during this time, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote on his book My Grandfather’s Son “I began to fear that I would never climb out from under the crushing weight of segregation. No matter how hard I worked or how smart I was, any white person could still say to me, “Keep on trying, Clarence, one day you will be as good as us…” (Clarence 47). In addition, the framers of the constitution used to be a child also a parent, in…

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    The Scopes trial was the case against John Scopes, a biology teacher in Dayton Tennessee. Scopes was charged for defying Tennessee's newly placed Butler Act. This case is what catapulted the dispute of creationism versus evolution and how it should be taught in schools. The outcome of this 1925 trial affected the rest of the 19th century extensively, however as the 20th century neared, the effect became less prevalent. John Scopes was a local biology teacher and was arrested for teaching…

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    Trial occurred because John Scopes, a high school teacher, was accused of breaking Tennessee’s law against the teaching of evolution in public schools. The prosecution welcomed William Jennings Bryan to take part in the trial, while the defense chose Clarence Darrow on their team. Bryan was a firm religious fundamentalist, however encouraged the indictment to battle its fight on sacred grounds. Bryan trusted that groups were legitimized in setting educational principles upheld in schools. Be…

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    Next day, Robert Crowe called in Richard and Nathan for interrogation and had them in custody for almost twenty-four hours without yet making a formal arrest. The investigation was changed course of the case. All clues pointed to the conclusion. Nathan’s handwriting matched ransom letter and Nathan’s glasses was found near the corpse. Nathan and Richard became prime suspects of the case with none of them confessing or asking for a lawyer. it’s been weeks since boys were taken in custody and…

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    How Did Alcatraz Escape

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    On the day of June 11,1962, three inmates at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary took to action their escape. Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin used tactics such as dummies , the removal of ventilator covers, and the construction of tools to help plan their escape. However, to this day it remains a mystery as to what happened to the three and if they carried out their escape successfully. Frank Lee Morris, who led the escape attempt out of Alcatraz, has been planning out their escape…

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    Modernism In The 1920s

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    The 1920s could arguably be the era that brought America into the modern world since it was responsible for establishing the beginning of women’s rights, African American rights, mass production through assembly lines, and challenging the orthodox ways of living. However, not every citizen in America embraced the new modern way of living, especially in the south. The 1920s was a historical time period in which the orthodox south and the modern north in America clashed as they confronted the new…

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    Chief Justice Rehnquist was appointed by Richard Nixon, in part as a response to the Warren Court’s liberal streak, which he used as a campaign issue. During his confirmation he was met with controversy as it became apparent he in fact disagreed with the precedent set in Borwn v. Board of Education. As an associate Justice he began as states’ rights advocate, which often not only placed Rehnquist not only in the minority, but as a lone dissenter. As time wore on the Court began to become more…

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