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Hermia that "she is keen and shrewd... and though she be but little, she is fierce” (Shakespeare, 2004, 3.2.340-342). Though such would be an astounding instance of literary foreshadow, Shakespeare may very well have written these lines with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in mind. As a bright and confident individual unafraid to take on challenges, Ginsburg struggled throughout life to make her way in a society that worked to dissuade ambitious women. Ultimately, Ginsburg transformed…

the Fair Housing Act and other federal provisions regarding discrimination became law binding. A precedent regarding the application and interpretation of the anti-discrimination provisions was waiting to be set for local neighborhoods in the United States. Robert Laufman, a leading Cincinnati civil rights attorney, would be the one to set such a precedent by brining the first fair lending case to the federal courtroom. In 1971, Robert Laufman, a former engineer for General Electric, became an…

Costa. The decision by the United States Supreme Court in this case clears up the standard of proof that is necessary for plaintiffs to be successful in obtaining a mixed-motive instruction under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991. The Supreme Court ruled that direct evidence was not required. Before this decision, plaintiffs in such "mixed-motive" cases, i.e.,…

Striking Gridiron Striking Gridiron is a book written by Greg Nicholas and it tells about a football team in the town of Braddock, Pennsylvania . During this time was one of Americas biggest labor stoppages in history. Many workers went on strike, and with no money coming in they looked to their football team, the Braddock Tigers. This team was very talented and was looking for their 6th undefeated season and so were all the steel workers because they bet their last dollars on this team in hopes…

taken), Vignera v. New York, Westover v. United States, and the case of California v. Stewart. In each of these cases, the defendant was questioned by law enforcement in an excluded room, cut off from the outside world. In each of these cases the defendant was given a warning of his…

Secularism in the Schools In 1962 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of school-sponsored prayer being unconstitutional, as in the case of Engel v. Vitale. This case involved state officials of the Broad of Education in the Union Free School District in New York who composed a prayer which was given to the principal to be read in each of the classrooms in the presence of the school teacher at the beginning of the school day. It read “Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee…

Minimum wage legislation for women and children in the District of Columbia was passed by Congress in 1918. Five years later, the wage board of Children’s Hospital in Washington D.C. cut the hours of many of the employees, who were primarily women, to counteract the extra money that they would have to pay their employees due to the legislation. Many of the employees saw that the wage board’s enforcement of the 1918 legislation was not benefitting them as intended because overall, they would…

In 1915, every state had some sort of “Jim Crow “law. Blacks could not eat in the same restaurants, drink from the same water fountain, watch movies in the same theatre, play in the same parks, or attend the same schools as whites. Black men could not shake hands with a white man or even make eye contact with a white woman. When America joined World War II in 1942, they needed as many soldiers as possible to battle the Germans and Japanese. They could not do that without enlisting blacks into…

statutes on Kansas state pay equity case law With respect to the four divisions differentiating state pay equity statutes nationally, Kansas’s current pay equity statute applies to all employers, public and private, and falls into the “equal work” or “equal worth” category with twenty-one other states. Kansas’s law does not include language that would potentially broaden the scope of comparison employees bringing claims under the statute could use for support. For example, the state does…

main points of the Supreme Court decision in the Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow case. I will discuss the level this case took to reach the Supreme Court. I explain how the Supreme Court reached its decision. I will also give my opinion on how this case impact American society and my feelings on reciting the pledge. -In the Supreme Court case Elk Grove Unified School District versus Newdow, Mr. Michael a Newdow believe the Elk Grove Unified School District 's policy is a religious…