In more recent history, the lack of protection that is given to "fighting words" has been used to argue cases of hate speech. ... This is the precursor to the SLAPS test put out by another important obscenity case, Miller v. ... In Miller, the Roth test was again changed. ... This test is used today despite certain problems the SLAPS test has run into over the years. The biggest problem the test encounters is the questioning of art. ...

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When I was a child, I faced challenges such as: being diagnosed with a learning disability in reading comprehension, watching my great grandmother battle lung cancer and being turned down by the fire department. My ultimate goal in life is to become a firefighter and paramedic. Sonia Sotomayor penne...

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The case is one of the most influential cases in Supreme Court history. ... This case was the first test of the constitutionality of federally chartered banks and nationally issued paper currency. ... "Early in our history, our monetary system consisted of numerous foreign coins and paper currencies issued by the 13 colonies and the Continental Congress" (McCulloch Vs. ...

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Letting God Back In As long as there were test that I forgot to study for I was praying in high school. ... It was the first time in eighty year history that not a single graduation prayer was said. ... History class in America to understand how items like the 10 commandments led to many of our laws. ... I can sit in a History class and talk about the rise and fall of Hitler and the Klu Klux Klan but if I speak of the word God I can be condemned. ...

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The plaintiff, a white male, brought up the issue that he believed he had been rejected merely on the basis of his Caucasian status, and that minorities who had gained admission into the University had lower test scores then he did . ... "I believe these rulings in support of affirmative action will go down in history as among the greatest landmark decisions of the Supreme Court. ...

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Testing the limits of Power The Constitution played a unique role in the Supreme Court's development: ,It allocated and regulated power within the federal government, divided power between the federal and state governments, and restricted the power of the federal and state governments operation was unclear. ... In 1982, the first woman justice joined the Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O"Connor was the 102nd justice appointed in the Supreme Court's history. ...

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Thurgood Marshall is the only black leader in American History who can argue that he defeated segregation where it really counts in court. ... Thurgood big test occurred when the Lincoln University faculty wanted to be integrated. ... Thurgood first year in law school was demanding, Charles Huston was always drilling and testing him on every aspect of the United States Constitution. ...

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Since the Civil War, much of the concern over civil rights in the United States has focused on efforts to extend these rights fully to African Americans. Resistance to racial segregation and discrimination with strategies such as civil disobedience, nonviolent resistance, marches, protests, boycotts, "freedom rides," and rallies received national attention in the struggle to end racial inequality. There were also continuing efforts to legally challenge segregation through the courts. Following the "separate but equal" decision of Plessy V. Ferguson in 1896, many Americans decided to push f...

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With the birth of man comes the birth of crime and hence with the birth of crime is the origin of punishment. Punishments vary based on the seriousness of the offense; robbery can result to months in prison and murder can lead to the death of the convicted man. Many Americans share the same attitude that the convicted must pay for his misdeeds to society. However, should the convicted pay with his life? Should he give up his right to live because of his offense? ...

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