it is better to make that small step than do nothing at all. There are vast opinions over what students should wear to school. Some see a student’s style of dress as an expression of who they are and dress code policies as a First Amendment Rights issue. Others see a student’s style of dress as a safety issue. School Dress Codes and Uniform policies have been challenged in PTA meetings, the classroom and in the court room. The main reason for having these policies is to create
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Advocacy Groups - an association of individuals or organizations who unite to actively support or defend an idea, usually to influence policies or resource allocations through media campaigns, public presentations, publicity, and legislative lobbying efforts; GROUP WHO TRY TO RAISE AWARENESS AND INFLUENCE POLITICS AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION advocacy groups are broader. interest groups are more specific. for example an environmental group would be an advocacy group and a group to save the rainforest
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families. There are several aspects of the drug testing dilemma that must be addressed when reviewing the legality, reality, and constitutionality of such a program. The first issue that must be addressed is equal protection under the fourteenth amendment of the United States Constitution which guarantees that all people will be given equal protection under the laws of the land. While many cases could be cited to both support and deny drug testing for recipients, the intent of laws protects the powerless
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The Fourth Amendment: Search and Seizure Erek Anderson, Rachel Coen, Lawana Garfias, Malerie Gomez, Nicholas Tellez & Sara Ungerer CJA/364 February 16, 2015 Instructor: Bobby Kemp Search and Seizure Search and seizures are highly debated topics in the United States. Stop and frisk, automobile searches and border searches all fall within the guidelines of the Fourth Amendment. Discussed in this paper will be what reasonable searches, seizures and arrests are and how they are applied
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Public Safety and Individual Rights Paper Robert Gubbins University of Phoenix January 20, 2014 AJS/552 There are many challenges that law enforcement agencies faces when it comes to enforcing public safety at the same time protect the rights of individuals. This paper will focus on several key topics involving the relationship between public safety and individual rights. The first topic is the statutory authority and responsibilities of government officials, security personnel
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nor were the students whom accessed the page “an unsuspecting audience” to potentially obscene content. Fraser, 478 U.S. at 685. Schools may not restrict speech occurring off-campus that would not be subject to the allowable restrictions the First Amendment broadly gives. A student’s ability to access and discuss the page, does not allow regulation of speech alone. Beussink v. Woodland R-IV Sch. Dist., 30 F. Supp. 2d 1175 (E.D. Mo. 1998). Courts often find mere access to a page does not indicate on-campus
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several kids. All women should be allowed an education. All women deserve the right to vote. Women compromise more than half of the world’s population, making their say on matters more than fair to let them voice their opinion. In 1920, the 19th amendment granted
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1) Identify three of the requirements for police to legally execute a search warrant. -To legally execute a search warrant law enforcement must establish probable cause to believe a crime has been committed, the items the officer seeks constitute evidence of that offense, and the items are located at the place to be searched. 2) Describe the criteria for the legal search of luggage, packages, and other personal containers. -Brief limited seizures are generally used for these types of searches
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lawsuit against Raytheon Corporation that his employment contract was terminated wrongfully based on the evidence produced in court that he wrongly exercised his right of speech; however he claimed that his right of speech was protected by the first amendment to the United States constitution as well as article XVI of Massachusetts declaration of rights. Therefore in regard to his complaints of the Raytheon corporation, together with the ruling court, this paper will analyze and evaluate each case by
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Drug Testing Welfare Recipients It is assumed by many that people who are receiving public assistance funds are using this money to support their alcohol and or drug addictions. Is drug testing to receive public assistance an answer to this problem? Would making this a condition of eligibility actually push people with serious substance abuse and or dependency problems farther away from the help and treatment they need? Federal Welfare Reform The Federal Welfare reform act which, was
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