An example of this is the1946 Everson vs. ... This clause does not permit the government to do anything that excessively and unfairly gives special treatment to a specific religion over another as well as prohibiting the establishment of an official religion within the government. ... The loose interpretation that was put on the Establishment Clause in the Everson vs. ... In America, all citizens were protected by "all forms of religious expression, creedal, sectarian or nonsectarian, wherever and however taking place, except conduct which trenches upon the like freedoms of others or clea...

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Although advantageous, the results generated detrimental effects as well. ... Civil Rights reach back as far as 1879 in Plessy vs. ... Two years later the order was amended to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex as well as the other laws already mentioned. ... The cases of Grutter vs. Bollinger involving University of Michigan's law school, and Grotz vs. ...

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An event of controversy involving the Fifth Amendment involves the Supreme Court Case of Dred Scott vs. ... Although the Supreme Court decided that African Americans, free or not, weren't citizens and therefore couldn't sue in public court, as well as stating the federal government couldn't regulate slavery in territories acquired after the creation of the United States, it was one of the first clear examples of due process of law. ... In my opinion, the First Amendment is as good a description of America as any. ...

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