In the Ricci v. DeStefano case, Ricci a white male filed a disparate impact lawsuit under the Title VII. Ricci past the test that was given to be promoted within the fire department. Ricci was one of many (white) candidates to passed the test. The testing service hired to administer the test discarded all test because many minorities did not pass. Dothard case would fall under the disparate impact provision because unless the weight testing requirements are revised to be fair to all regardless of gender, more men will continue to outperform women.
Karla Coronel Chapter 20 Problems 6) In my opinion the director is not responsible for the destroyed antiquity. For the following reasons: The agent's careless actions were not within his job. If the agent acts negligently out of his employment with the principal, the principal is not liable for damages caused by the actions of the agent.
Ronald Watts, 48 years old, a District tactical sergeant, and a patrol officer named Kallatt Mohammed, 47 years old, were both parts of the 2nd District tactical team in the Chicago Police Department. On the eve of February 13, 2012, both officers were formally charged in the U.S. District Court of Chicago by the Northern District of Illinois United State Attorney, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, with government funds theft. Mr. Watts was an 18-year police veteran and Mr. Mohammed was with the Chicago PD for 14 years. Their arrest was due to unseal complaints of police criminal misconduct by two whistleblower officers, Shannon Spalding and Daniel Echeverria , followed by a thorough investigation of, special of the Chicago Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Robert D. Grant and the police department’s Internal Affairs Division.
The United States v. Lopez case was about Alfonzo Lopez, a 12th grade student from San Antonio, who came to school carrying a hidden weapon. Under Texas law he was charged with possession of a firearm. Later on he was dismissed of this violation and was later charged with “federal criminal statute”. He was found violating “ The Gun-Free School Act”, which was created in 1990. His sentence was 6 months in prison and two years of being supervised while being released.
PARTIES INVOLVED Kinney Kinmon Lau on behalf of the 1,800 non-English speaking students filed a suit against the San Francisco Unified School District. FACTS After a mandated integration of the San Francisco school system following a court order in 1971, a report was stated that in the San Francisco Unified School District there were approximately 2,800 students of Chinese decent in their school system that did not speak English. An estimated 1,000 students were receiving language support while the remaining 1,800 students were not receiving any additional support.
He would often find himself challenging authorities and protest the discrimination local authorities had on the Mexican community, ultimately standing up for his rights. He was later linked to the murder case of Jose Diaz which is known to be the leading cause behind the Zoot Suit Riot era, earning himself a prison sentence. Which later would be appealed in court freeing the whole 38th street gang. During the riots the sailors would get off easy by police and were only told to head back to their base. Whereas Mexican Americans during the riots were taken to jail and often sentenced to time in
Case: New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985) Facts: A high school freshman (T.L.O) had her purse searched by the Assistant Vice Principal at her school because a teacher found her and another student smoking in the lavatory. The Assistant Vice Principal uncovered cigarettes and marijuana. Procedural history: T.L.O. motioned to suppress the evidence because her Fourth Amendment rights were violated and was denied by the Juvenile Court stating the search was reasonable. The Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court agreed there was no violation of the Fourth Amendment. The New Jersey Supreme Court reversed the decision stating the search was unreasonable.
The case that Stephen G. Breyer that he was really active in was United States v. Lopez. This case a twelfth grader bring a gun to school. “[He was] charged under Texas law with possession of a firearm on school premises.” (Tobin 96) The state’s charges were dropped when federal agents accused him of breaking the Gun-Free School Zone Act of 1990. The Boy ended up getting probation.
The New Jersey vs T.L.O. case is a controversial case that many people have different opinions about. This case led to many different opinions and thoughts about students privacy and rights at school. A New Jersey school district brought the case to the Supreme Court after the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that the search planted on T.L.O. was against the Fourth Amendment. Well, actually the search was not against the Fourth Amendment. New Jersey’s search planted on T.L.O. was not against the Fourth Amendment.
Case Law Brief Presser v. Illinois , 116 U.S. 252 ( 1886) By: Ryan Garcia ADJU 203 Concepts of Criminal Law Class Dr. Bryan Silva, Professor Administration of Justice Department Center for Advances Technologies (CAT) Modesto Junior College March 8, 2017 Issue Before the Court: Can states issue laws that restrict citizens freedom to gather in a militia-style group while bearing arms?
In this article about the author, Sudhir Venkatesh, tells us a story about the night he attended a New York Yankees baseball game. Sudhir decided that he was going to protest by not standing when the song “God Bless America” was sang at the game. After the song was over, people criticized him, threatened him, and gave him dirty looks. Is it our right to protest something that we feel strongly about? The 1st amendment of the Constitution states that everyone has the right to protest peacefully, but did he do it peacefully?
On July 9th, 1868 the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted in order to secure the previously infringed on rights of formerly enslaved African Americans. This racially charged amendment was intended to guarantee the protection for these former slaves, yet this amendment was distorted in order to justify and deny rights for women, gay couples, men, and various other minority groups. Through examining specific cases such as, Muller v. Oregon and Bradwell v. Illinois, it becomes evident that this amendment has been used both positively and negatively to effect women’s rights and protection under the law. Especially in regarding the 19th century, the Fourteenth Amendment was used to rationalize sexist actions by employers, states, and other officials.
Plessy v. Ferguson case was a racial incident that happened in 1892 and the court date was set on 1896. Plessy fought his battle, but the odds were against him. Plessy v. Ferguson case was a landmark case which had an impact on the segregation law “separate but equal.” It changed the daily lives of African American beings during the 1900’s.
Protesting is protected by the freedom of speech and the freedom of assembly making it unjust to attack a group just for protesting. After reading the articles
We can’t protest against the rules that determined by the community. For example, smoking is a right, but you can’t smoke in a shopping mall. We hear other people’s requests and needs. Yes, a person’s freedom ends where someone else’s rights
