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    had suits pending against gun or ammunition manufacturers or dealers arising out of third party criminal conduct or unlawful behavior found their suits immediately dismissed. The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) prohibits these “qualified civil actions” from being brought in any state or federal court. Only a claim that a court deems to fit one of six narrow exceptions may survive; otherwise, a potentially meritorious suit not deemed exceptional will be dead on…

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    brought by private citizens of the state. It was modified several times, due to its various interpretations by the higher courts. In the case of suing a police officer under the immunity claims, it was in favor of the police officer limiting individuals “individual capacities", they were barred by qualified immunity as the right asserted " no one can sue a state in Federal court without the consent of the State concerned.” A police officer has to show that they had probable cause in order to…

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    “Vaccines save lives; fear endangers them. It 's a simple message parent need to keep hearing” (Jeffrey Kluger). Immunizations are the most important things for a child to receive in their young years. There are many immunizations made for different types of serious diseases such as measles, polio, and smallpox. Edward Jenner was the first person to create an Immunization or vaccination. He created the vaccine for smallpox in 1796. Smallpox was a serious and contagious disease that would be…

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    “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” This means that no matter what gender, race, sexuality, or religion, citizens are citizens…

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    These factors were the money priming group versus control group, herd immunity information being present versus no information about herd immunity and individual benefits highlighted versus social benefits highlighted. There were eight total experimental conditions. The money-priming in the experiment was through the memory recall exercise. The memory recall…

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    Reconstruction, offering a new definition of an American citizen. The amendment stated that people born or naturalized in the United States would automatically become a citizen. As already promised in the Constitution, citizens were qualified to all the “privileges and immunities,” including equal protection of the laws by state and national governments. The Fourteenth Amendment was primarily proposed to guarantee the citizenship of African Americans and allow them to enjoy the many freedoms…

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    its consent for lobbies’ interests to prevail over the public interest . Indeed, funding represents a long term investment for special interests who through their support seek to secure future favors from the candidates; an action which could be qualified of “prima facie evidence of corruption” . Although the Court was forced to reconsider its position on large financing in Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal Co rule that the Due Process Clause requires judges to withdraw themselves when their…

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    There are innumerable legal ramifications issues eminently surfaced with reference to, students, including parents, the school district has to ratify. The particular controversy can be composed of American Disability Act Conjointly Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The exceptionalities parents could perceive the Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and American Disability Act is no more pursuing. The ensuing paper will review and summarized the legal argument, conclusion furthermore…

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    Constitutional Carry or Permit Free Carry refers to the right of law-abiding citizens to open or conceal carry a handgun in every state with or without a permit depending on state laws. Despite some misconceptions, this has nothing to do with purchasing a firearm. Currently, eleven states recognize constitutional carry and twenty-two states have or plan to introduce legislation to enact constitutional carry. The Federal Government has also put forth legislation regarding this issue. Many argue…

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    investigate further than the initial search. The strip search was excessive in this circumstance. 5 Stafford Unified School District v. Redding The Supreme Court also ruled that Wilson, Romero and the school nurse a r e protected by liability by qualified immunity because the established law does not show that the Fourth Amendment right was violated ( https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us - supreme - court/55 7/364.html ). The law never clearly stated that strip searches were illegal and therefore…

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