Abstract In November and December of 2003 the New Haven Fire Department administered promotional exams for both Captain and Lieutenant. ... Multicultural Problem The fire service and public safety in general has had a long and sordid past when it comes to discrimination in the work place. ... In the months of November and December in 2003 New Haven Fire Department administered 2 promotional exams for Captain and Lieutenant. ... The outcome of both the captains promotional exam and the lieutenants exam was less than to be expected by the New Haven Civil Service Board and the citys department of...

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Board] Brown appealed to the Supreme Court which, after combining the case with other, similar ones, agreed to hear arguments in December 1952. After failing to come to a decision, they heard re-arguments in December 1953, requesting that both sides discuss circumstances surrounding the adoption of the 14th amendment, since that was the constitutional point at issue. ... It is required in the performance of our most basic public responsibilities, even service in the armed forces. ... Perhaps the reference to the thinking of the amendment's authors (including the requirement that b...

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After the networks, through the use of wire services and exit polling, became sure enough to give Kentucky and Indiana to the Governor as well, Bush enjoyed a sensible lead over his opponents, Vice President Democrat Al Gore, Green Party candidate Ralph Nader, Reform Partier and Journalist Pat Buchanan and Libertarian Harry Browne2, before the broadcasts even went to their first commercial break. ... These beliefs seemed to be confirmed at 8 PM when ABC's Peter Jennings reported that the Voter News Service was calling the state in favor of the Gore-Lieberman Campaign3. ... As 10 o" cloc...

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Currently, Congress issued the country a block grant of $1.775 billion to aid social services. This was directed to help childcare, protective services for children and adults, foster care, services related to management and maintenance of the home, transportation services, and more. ... This particular grant was allowed to use the money on social services, and health concerns where the state saw fit. ... Gonzalez accepted the job on December 11, 2000. ...

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Then there is the issue of California's Proposition 8, which pertains to the 10th amendment of the United States Constitution (ratified on December 15, 1791), "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. ... In December 1999, the Hawaii Supreme Court abruptly dismissed the Baehr case due to the innovative amendment. ... The court held that the right to privacy, protected in Alaska's Constitution, encompassed the right "to choose one's life partner " The principa...

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Board of Education was argued in December of 1952 by black lawyer Thurgood Marshall, who was head of the NAACP. ... On December first, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up a bus seat in Montgomery. ... Fifty ministers and civic leaders met on December 2, 1955 and began a boycott. ... On December 5, 1955, King addressed over 4 thousand people at the Holt St. ... The decision was presented to authorities on December 20, 1956. ...

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Slaves were used principally for personal and domestic service, including concubine. ... One critical effort began in Montgomery, Alabama, in December 1955, when a black activist named Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man. ... Service E. ...

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Reproductive Health Services case, which upheld a Missouri ban on the use of public facilities, money or employees, who are involved in performing abortions. ... On December 7, 1995 the Senate passes its first ban on partial birth abortions. ...

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Immigrants to the United States have played an important role in the implementation of laws and the overall reshaping of our government. With an ever increasing need to legally protect immigrants and an new and powerful uprising of civil right concerns, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was established t...

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In December of 1969, a young pregnant woman by the name of Norma McGorvey became their plaintiff. ... The first time Jay Floyd, Assistant Attorney General for Austin, Texas, argued it on December 13, 1971. ...

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Heller held that the second amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm, unconnected to service in a militia, and protects the right to use that firearm for traditional lawful purposes such as self-defense in a home.2 There is another Supreme Court precedent concerning gun control. ... The balance of opinion favored gun control in the immediate aftermath of the Newtown tragedy in December 2012, and again a month later. ...

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The Federal Government The Federal Government The three branches of the federal government provide a base for the way we live our lives. The process by which the Judicial, Legislative, and Executive branches operate is long, but necessary. Each branch has a duty to watch the others th...

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