I am not saying that everywhere you go there is an act of sexual harassment, what I am saying is that is does exist and is something that needs to be watched closely. ... The laws surrounding sexual harassment have there own guidelines, like the Civil Rights Act of 1964, under the Title VII. Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination. ... Meanwhile, women are not entitled to collect damages under the Civil Rights Act (http://www.ppspublishers.com/). ... Even though Title VII offers reinstatement to previous job, the defendant can...

• Word Count: 1626
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• Grade Level: High School

In 1964 after this term was coined, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act increased the authority of affirmative action agents to institute quotas and preferential hiring to increase representation of minorities and to ameliorate discrimination. ... Although affirmative action in the Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination within minority groups involving employment, it did not cover educational institutions. Consequently, the Equal Employment Act of 1972 forced colleges and universities to admit members of minorities in greater numbers, especially in professional and graduate schools. ... Yet the...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After the passing of this act, all education opportunities and use of public facilities and service was for all citizens of the US. The act also provided a way for which any claims violating this act could be settled, and brought to court if necessary. ... This act does not specifically state requirements by the work place to hire minorities, only that they may not discriminate against them. ... Title VII of the Civil Rights Act is constantly attacked by minorities and companies alike. ... In every court case where reverse discrimination was challenged, the Petitioner bears the burden of p...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Towards the end of President John Adams term Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1801. ... The Judiciary Act passed by Congress in 1789 stood in his way. This act made it unconstitutional to for the Supreme Court to issue such a writ. ... Marshall then took it a step further and declared part of the Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional. ... If an act be done under a law, a succeeding legislature cannot undo it. ...

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This was Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. ... In 1972 the Equal Employment Opportunity Act was implemented. Hiring and promotion of minorities has shown tremendous increase since this act was passed into law. ...

• Word Count: 1980
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

John Sanford's name by a court cleric that remains on the case title to this day. ... He concluded, "Upon these considerations, it is the opinion of the court that the act of congress which prohibited a citizen from holding and owning property of this kind in the territory to the United States north of the line therein mentioned, is not warranted by the constitution, and is therefore void; and that neither Dred Scott himself, nor any of his family, were made free by being carried into this territory..." [6] The decision laid down by the supreme law of the land just overturned the Missouri...

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In 2001, all the states, Puerto Rico, District of Columbia, and the four insular areas of Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Virgin Islands, and American Samoa will get this grant by Title V of Public Law 95-134 or the Omnibus Territories Act. ...

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Although the official title was gone, the whites had managed to reassert their status as "masters" to the Southern Blacks through scare tactics and "economic policies". ... The Supreme Court supported the Southerners" push for black social subordination, when in 1883 the Civil Rights Act of 1875 was nullified. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate