University of Michigan Law School

lawsuit against Shoney’s Incorporated for racial discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, and discriminatory behavior towards them while on the job (University of Michigan Law School, n.d.). The plaintiffs, a mix of African-Americans and Caucasians, charged that the Shoney’s used “intimidation tactics” (University of Michigan Law School, n.d.) to either not hire African-American applicants, or assign them to kitchen positions where they would not interact with customers, the dismissal of…

student studying at Grand Valley State University to be an early childhood education teacher; knowing about laws that teachers in Michigan have to abide by is important. The Teacher Tenure Law is one law teachers of all grades should know about. Not only is the Teacher Tenure Law important for teachers to be informed about and understand but also for parents whose children are in school and voters. Parents should be correctly informed about teacher tenure laws in order to be involved with their…

Cite: Schuette v Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, 124 S. Ct. 1623 (2014) Case # 4.1, page 117-8 2. Facts: In 2006, Michigan State decided to place on the ballot (proposal 2) to amend Michigan State Constitution prohibiting the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Wayne State University, public colleges or university, community college, or school district shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex,…

A high school student in Grosse Ile Township, Michigan, filed a lawsuit Monday, after a police officer cited her for failing to undergo a breathalyzer test without a search warrant. Casey Guthrie is challenging a local ordinance and a state law that both allow officers to perform Breathalyzers on those under 21 years old if they have a reasonable cause to believe alcohol has been consumed. Under the Michigan Liquor Control Code, those who refuse to undergo the test are cited for a civil…

Michigan only recently passed the law which allows officials to punish those who are harassing people online. Massachusetts was one of the first states to take a stand toward the bullying. They added a law in response to the issue in 2010. (Massachusetts Bullying) In Massachusetts a survey was conducted showing that the anti-bullying laws that have been put into place show a lower rate of bullying. Massachusetts passed a law making the act of cyberbullying illegal…

calling this practice reverse discrimination. The case against the University of Michigan is a prime example of this. But William Symonds has a solution that would not only allow for more racial integration, but with race not playing a big role, if any roll at all in being a factor in deciding college admissions. Basing affirmative action off of financial need, with the money provided for the less fortunate to attend four-year universities would not only draw from the pool of minorities that…

To Kill a Mockingbird Essay It is not surprising to most Americans that they have had a discriminatory past. It does not matter when in America’s history, there always seems to be some form of discrimination. It seems like since the dawn of time, whites have discriminated against all other races simply because they are white and other races are not. Racism in the United States of America has existed since the first settlers moved there from Europe in the 1500s. Racism still exists in modern…

social policy, at the Washington Post, Boston Globe, Knight Ridder, St. Louis American, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Cooper’s article “Should College Athletes Be Paid to Play?” discusses the opinion of two Michigan State Law professors Amy and Robert McCormick and how according to the U.S. labor law, college athletes indeed qualify as employees and are entitled to negotiation of wages, hours, and working conditions. This relates to my topic because it provides legal evidence of why college…

Nebraska in 1914. However, he grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Ford’s birth name was Leslie King, Jr.; he was named after his father. His mother was, Dorothy Ayer Gardner Ford. Ford attended South High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Later his parents got divorced because his father was a wife beating alcoholic. Leslie King Jr. did not learn about his biological father until he was a teenager. After he graduated from the University of Michigan, he changed his name to Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.…

up as an African American. As a kid, he confronted school isolation, and additionally managing sub-human acts and laws. For example, having separate reading material for blacks and whites, and not having the capacity to place money into the hand of a white store owner. White clothing businesses only acknowledged white individuals' garments and blacks could just perform lowest possible quality occupations. They needed to take after debasing laws, for example, when a white individual and a dark…