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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was born in Trenton, New Jersey, on April 1st, 1950. His parents were Rose Fradusco and Samuel A. Alito, Sr.. His mother was a schoolteacher; his father was the Director of the NJ office of Legislative Services and an italian immigrant. He attended Steinert High School, the local public school, where he immersed himself in extracurricular activities with a focus on student politics and debate. He graduated at the top of his class and continued his education at…

Myriad Genetics, Inc. was brought to the United States Supreme Court on November 30, 2012 where they agreed to hear the plaintiffs’ appeal. On June 13, 2013, the decision of the United States Supreme Court was delivered, ruling in favor of the Association for Molecular Pathology, thus deeming the BRCA1 and BRCA2 sequences patent-ineligible. This decision was justified by the Supreme Court, stating that a naturally occurring DNA segment is a product of nature and…

put themselves down, leading to lack of self confidence and self worth. The court also said that the black schools and the white schools were equal in almost every way, and there was no reason to fix it. One of the claims a parents attempted to make was that the schools were not equal and that the Black schools were clearly underfunded, But the court investigated, and found that statement to be false in their area. The court made the comment that the white schools didn’t get free transportation…

The views on affirmative action vary widely in public opinion. This paper describes one aspect of affirmative action, where it applies to admission policies at the University of Michigan. Two United States Supreme Court cases, Grutter v. Bollinger(2003) and Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action(2014) played major roles in the passing and constitutionality of The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative that became part of Michigan law on December 22, 2006. To realize the impact of this…

the Affordable Care Act has received a great deal of backlash. The law has been brought to the courts three times now due to many Americans having issues with certain provisions in the law. Two of the cases that challenged the Affordable Care Act have made it to the Supreme Court. The issues that have been challenged have been in reference to the provisions that expand Medicaid, grant subsidies to states that have established exchanges, and the individual mandate, which requires Americans to…

Microsoft v. United states December 2013, the agents of the federal law enforcement told the United States District Court that the warrant requiring Microsoft to disclose all e-mails and other information associated with the account of one of its customers. The people that need them because they had received reports and beliefs that the account was being used for drug trafficking and that they need the emails for proof. Magistrate Judge then issued the requested warrant. The United states in the…

Supreme Court: United States v. Riverside Bayview Homes Inc. 474 U.S. 121 (1985) The developer Riverside Bayview Homes was filling its property, which was located next to Lake St. Clair, Michigan, with fill material. The Army Corps of Engineers filled a lawsuit against the developer to prevent this from happening, as the Corps felt that this area qualified as a wetland and the developer would then need to obtain a permit from the Corps as required under Clean Water Act § 404. The district court…

A landmark case related to mass incarceration in the United States, Brown v. Plata, required a significant reduction in the prison population of the State of California. The Court held that overcrowding of prison facilities led to eighth amendment violations related to inadequate health and mental health care services which contributed to unnecessary and preventable deaths (Brown v. Plata). This case appropriately demonstrates that mass incarceration is unsustainable with the current prison…

in which United States Supreme Court declared the de jure segregation of public institutions a violation of the equal protection provisions in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, the United States continues to maintain a system that promotes de facto racial segregation caused by racially segregated housing patterns (CITATION). Nowhere is this de facto racial segregation more apparent than in our nation’s system of public schools.…

business. In fact, District of Columbia police agents had secretly put a GPS on his car and found his crime business. The agents only had a warrant with 10 days. After this limited time, the agents decided to continue followed Jones. One mouth later, the agents found Jones had a secret house near the beach, the police also found there had a lot of cocaine and cash. Finally, Jones would be spend his all life in the prison. However, his lawyer pointed out the illegal action by District of…