Maldonado v. City of Altus 433 F. 3d 1294 Facts The City of Altus instituted an English-only policy for its employees. Hispanic employees of the City of Altus sued the City claiming that this policy was discriminatory. The US District Court granted the City’s motion for summary judgment (i.e. ruled in favor of the City without going to trial). The employees appealed. How it all started: In the spring of 2002 the City's Street Commissioner, Holmes Willis, received a complaint that because
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obstacles continue to be placed in the paths of women, one in particular obstacle that has created barriers for women is the means of acquiring abortions and access to women’s health care without criticism. Anti-choice policy makers’ claim that restrictions are necessary in protecting the well-being and health of women, their pregnancies and their children (Burns, Dennis, Douglas-Durham), these claims are part of the hindrances of providing safety in women’s health care. What we are dealing with is
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I. INTRODUCTION Controversy surrounding workplace monitoring and surveillance has intensified with the rapid digitization of the workplace. The ways in which we work, communicate and share information have forever changed. Employers are playing constant “catch up” with new technologies that are utilized on a broad scale long before policies are created to manage their impacts. Privacy issues often arise in connection with employer efforts to locate, hire and evaluate the most qualified and
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generation. Technology has made information available to us at the stroke of a fingertip rather than looking through an encyclopedia. Although placing a requirement on schools and libraries was in the better judgment to protect our children, it placed restriction on the use of funding. Questions and challenges arose from the American Library Association (ALA) and
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Freedom comes with the power and the knowledge to make one’s own choices. This can come as a privilege for some, but for others it is a burdensome journey. Both have the opportunity to exercise their rights, but the outcome of their actions will be different. According to Malala Yousafzai, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), George Takei, and John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) freedom comes with immense power, but it must be used for the greater good to maintain authority over one’s life. Presently, though
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purposes has been known as well for some of the problems that it has created. These are not limited to cyberbullying, sexual predators using it to lure unsuspecting underage and even desperate adults in to traumatic situations. In the USA the first amendment gives its citizen the freedom to say what they feel. However, many countries around the world, especially those with communist views such as North Korea and Russia, make this impossible; and refusing to abide by internet censorship may result
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Law 10 – May – 2010 Terrorism Is No Longer A Threat To The U.S. Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, many experts claimed that it only proves the vulnerability of the United States to big and devastating terrorists attacks. This means that even the United States is considered as the most powerful country in the world not only in terms of economic sustainability but also in military and intelligence capabilities, terrorists still can able to do terrorism acts to the country (Scheppler, 2005). Despite
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The right to due process by law is afforded to every American as of the pivotal ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment on July 9, 1868. This amendment guaranteed every American equal and impartial treatment within the justice system. However, within the flawed institution that is the United States justice system, race is undeniably a pivotal factor in the outcome of the legal process. From the disproportionate rates of police stops to the severity of prosecutions and even the likelihood of facing
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saddening all describe the above-mentioned events. And as would be expected, each one of these events brought forth the question, “Where does the America draw the line between personal freedoms and the safety and well-being of her citizens?” The Second Amendment promises, “[…] the right of people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” But, the recent shooting in Connecticut has caused the extremely emotionally charged arguments both for and against the ban of assault weapons to resurface within
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Attorney Henry Wade, who represented the State of Texas.On June 17, 1970, a three-judge panel of the District Court unanimously declared the Texas law unconstitutional,stating that it violated the constitutional right to freedom found in the ninth amendment. However the judges decided to not place a mandatory punishment of states that enforce the law.This prompted McCorvey’s attorneys to take this case to the supreme court. The supreme court judges were hesitant to hear this case because they felt
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