and pedagogic research institutions in the South to liberal and prestigious universities of the North, the federal mandate of fairness has stretched across nearly every private and public college in America, ironically bringing forth a tsunami of injustice. The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has enforced gender equality in universities for years under Title Ⅸ, the federal law that requires schools to ensure that all students remain unaffected by any sexual discrimination on…
Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules (AML/CTF Rules) are contained in the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules Instrument 2007 (No. 1). The AML/CTF Rules supports the AML/CTF Act by, for example, clarifying the obligations of Reporting Entities and providing exemptions to the legislation. The AML/CTF Act and the AML/CTF Rules together implement…
Facebook is protected under federal law from releasing the data and information of its patrons because it is an Internet Service Provider. 18 U.S.C. § 2702 (2012); Crispin v. Christian Audigier, Inc., 717 F. Supp. 2d 965, 991 (C.D. Cal. 2010). As § 2702 does not have an exception for civil suits, Facebook’s policy is to not respond to subpoenas seeking users’ content. Information on Civil Subpoenas, Law Enforcement & Third-Party Matters (June 8, 2015), https://www…
disabilities. According to Wager, Lee and Glaser (2013), in 1972, another historical piece of federal legislation was passed that required hospitals “be reviewed and certified in order to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs” (p. 70-71). A minimum set of standards was developed by CMS, formerly the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), to fulfill the legislative requirement…
The Impact of Constitutional Law on Education The primary purposes of a constitution include creating a government, defining its power, and protecting its people. Constitutional law is the interpretation and implementation of both the federal and state constitutions; in addition, it is the foundation of the nation’s current educational system, creating a legal chain of power and responsibility to educate the nation’s youth. Following the delegation of education by the U.S. Constitution to the…
caused by the installation of their product in Texas by a local handyman hired by Widget Co. Even though the Widget was incorporated in Delaware, California is considered the headquarters because business is conducted from that location. Civil law can generally be divided into two categories: substantive and procedural. Substantive law can be explained as the law of the land or local law. Procedural laws are involve the actual manner of how a lawsuit is administered by a court. These…
affiliations or opinions is not permitted for federal government career service positions, thus the interview questions about political affiliations and opinions can not be asked (Appendix A, 2013). Furthermore, if this homeland security position is under the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Justice policy on nondiscrimination states that there is to be no employment discrimination based on color, race, religion, sexual…
Criminal procedure is made up of laws and rules, these laws and rules govern the process under which crimes are investigated, prosecuted, adjudicated, and punished. Criminal procedure deals with the set of rules governing the series of proceedings through which the government enforces substantive criminal law. The federal government, states, and municipalities have their own criminal codes, outlining the types of conduct that constitute crimes. Federal crimes deal with incidences that either…
As state, and federal officers governed for the state 's interests, the performance as the sovereign authority of the state is to prevent violation of civil rights of individuals. Procedural due process under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment guarantees certain bureaucratic rights to entities who are view as being disadvantaged of life, liberty, or property by federal, state, or local government (Coggburn, & Kearney, 2011), When determining what are deemed as civil violation of civil…
affordable care act. Jeff Sessions called the NCAAP and the American Civil Liberities Union a commumist inspired organizations. Being from Alabama, he had no problem sluring people of color. Senator Edward Kennedy call Sessions a throwback from a shameful era. Just lately Sessions re-implemented "rule of law of forfeiture". A law that was created by the Bush administration. The Civil asset forfeiture refers to a legal procedure that says the government is able to seize and taken ownership of…