violate first and fourth amendment rights by requesting access of students’ Facebook accounts? The position that is being taken is no, it is against the first and fourth amendment rights for schools to access students’ Facebook accounts. The different views of this argument include the schools system’s side and the students’ side. Students believe that they are entitled to first and fourth amendment rights within the school. The school is violating the first and fourth amendments by requiring a Facebook
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Equal protection of the law- the right of all persons to have the same access to the law and courts, and to be treated equally by the law and courts, both in procedures and in the substance of the law. Establishment clause- the clause in the First Amendment of the US Constitution that prohibits the establishment of religion by Congress. Freedom of expression- Right to express one's ideas and opinions freely through speech, writing, and other forms of communication but without deliberately causing harm to
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rights? What is Elizabeth entitled to do in this situation and what would the possible outcome be in this case? DISCUSSION Over the past few decades, unmarried fathers have challenged the termination of parental rights under the Fourteenth Amendment in cases in which birth mothers like Elizabeth relinquished their children for adoption. In a case such as the above, courts would affirm the constitutional protection when the father (Alex) establishes a substantial relationship with his child.
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individual’s rights from the government. Through these calls, James Madison came forth and put together the Amendments, which was later signed in 1791(1). What started off as 17 Amendments was trimmed down to 10 main one’s which is where we stand now with the Bill of Rights. There are several key Amendments that tie into criminal law. Those amendments are 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th. The 1st amendment allows individuals the freedom of speech. This does not allow the government to arrest anyone who lets
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‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate education facilities are inherently unequal. Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs and other similarly situated . . . are . . . deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment” (Brown Decision, 1954). When the Brown v Board of Education decision was announced, it looked like it would be a major victory in the fight to end segregation. Unfortunately for Civil Rights leaders, southern states were not happy about the
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house and Curlin was charged with possession of firearms due to earlier felony convictions which bar him from owning firearms. The defendant attempted to suppress the evidence on the plain-view doctrine and the violation of privacy, under the 4th Amendment to the Constitution, as the deputies entered his premises without a search warrant. The Seventh Circuit Court affirmed the decision of the trial court by denying the motion to suppress. Facts On October 17th, 2008, Curlin’s landlord filed a
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and 23 of the Missouri Constitution, and the 4th and 5th amendment were violated. The courts did order the return of the property that was not pertinent to the charges. The defendant did petition the court one more time before the trial for the rest of his property and that one was denied. In the end of this case the court unanimously ruled that the seizure of property from a private home without a warrant was indeed a violation of the Fourth Amendment. This was also the case that created the “exclusionary
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The warrant never came back up and wasn’t show to the courts. This case was a violation of the Fourth Amendment, which it stated to the United States constitution is the part of the part of the bill of rights that prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and requires any warrants to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause. The police took
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local division believe you're engaged in trafficking or distributing cannabis out of your place of residency, they may ask a judge or magistrate for a warrant permitting them to search the residency and remove any drugs they find. The 4th Amendment states that queries must be reasonable and specific. A few of the warrant-less queries are approval queries, queries occurrence to arrest, queries during an investigative detention, vehicle queries, management queries, boat queries, boundary queries
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In his disagreement, Justice Breyer noted that, a search of an inmate arrested for a minor offense that does not include drugs or violence like a traffic offense, or any other such misdemeanor is an unreasonable search is prohibited by the Fourth Amendment, unless prison officials have reasonable suspicion to trust that the inmate holds drugs or other smuggled goods on their
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