Labor law of the United States

federalism has been a political tool used by whichever party seeks to gain control of an issue. With sanctuary cities, those who are typically of a more pro-immigrant persuasion are all too happy to allow the federal government to prevent conservative states from passing restrictions on immigrants while America’s more liberal cities ignore federal requests to turn over undocumented immigrants. This introduction, while somewhat antagonistic, is meant to highlight the key question: If Federal…

it written down. Once written, someone needs to be in charge of them/to protect them/to enforce them. We'll call them layers/government/judges/law enforcement. There are thousands of laws that are written down in your country/state/city. Do you know all of them by heart? Of course not. But it doesn't matter if you didn't know if something was agaisnt the law, you are subject to it. Consider also that a tribe lives as one big family, so just as our own families have rules that are unwritten by…

There are currently approximately 12-20 million undocumented workers in the United States. People want to come to the United States, not just for freedom; they want to make their lives better with career and life opportunities. However, these opportunities cause them and their families to be separated. Without a doubt, the best policies should allow for immigrants to go through a path to citizenship in the United States, and the government should not institute harsh policies such as the wall…

Professional Athlete - Tax Implications in the United States If College Athletes Were to Be Classified as Paid Employees." Labor Law Journal, vol. 68, no. 1, Spring2017, pp. 58-63. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=121769969&site=ehost-live. This is an article from the Labor Law Journal. The author of this article is an assistant professor at Lucas College and Graduate School of Business. He graduated from San Jose State University, he is currently on the…

Shield laws are enacted in 49 states and the District of Colombia (Riker, 2015), based on the First Amendment guarantee of Freedom of the Press (Shield Laws, n.d.). Although, most states have enacted shield laws for their journalists, there does not exist a federal journalist shield law. This is because the U.S. Supreme Court does not want to interpret the First Amendment as mandating a news reporter 's privilege (Shield Laws, n.d.). The media is supposed to have the role as the country 's…

Question 4: Define “hearsay”. Provide an example and explain why it meets the definition of hearsay. Answer: Hearsay can be defined as one person giving a testimony about statements another person had said (Gardner & Anderson, 2016). There are three components of the hearsay rule, requiring that the statements are either oral, written down, or given with self-confidence, the declarant makes the statement outside of court, and motions that statements are truthful about the event in question…

Court case which focuses on trademark infringement. It questions whether an unregistered product’s design is protected by law. Section 43(a) of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act), provides a provision which protects unregistered marks against confusion and such. 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a). While the statute does not require “distinctiveness” of the mark to be shown, case law universally does. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Brothers, Inc., 529 U.S. 205, 205 (2000). Section 43(a) also gives…

Chapter 1 With Jonas living in an unfamiliar world, that he can only recall one time when he was apprehensive indicates his community is very safe. When loudspeakers yell directions and the fate of the pilot, making it clear that the community is a very structured and rule-based facility, and also pointing out the rule-breaking always leads to punishment. The repeating word “release” is in connection with the pilot and to the striving infant, verifying it as very meaningful. Chapter 2 The…

The United States policy regarding trademarks, known officially as the U.S. Trademark Law, is incredibly important to the way American society functions on a daily basis. Not only does the law encourage competitive business, but it also plays an important role in both American culture and the legal system. A trademark is some type of symbol that points “distinctly to the origin or ownership of merchandise…and [is] legally reserved for the exclusive use of the owner” (in text). Oftentimes a…

Should Citizenship Be a Birthright? The 14th amendment states all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the states in which they reside. From the time someone is born in the hospital in the U.S., they are legally considered an U.S. citizen. The person is given a birth certificate and a social security number linking their identity to the government proving that he or she is a natural born citizen. In…