which included the Equal Protection Clause. The Equal Protection Clause “provides that no state shall deny to any persons within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law” as it did in the case of Brown v. Board of Education‚ and not Plessy v. Ferguson (Cheeseman‚ 2013‚ p. 5). However‚ the Equal Protection Clause is not expected to provide "equality" among people or classes but only to apply the law equally. What does the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
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The Shooting of Michael Brown Michael Brown was an 18 year old black man who was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson‚ Missouri 08/9/2014. Michael had intensions to go to college with no previous criminal record. The death of Brown sparked subsequent events in Ferguson and became a national controversy touching on much larger national issues of race‚ justice‚ and police violence. This event grew even more national attention when police reacted to protesters‚ even those acting
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The goal for 14th Amendment is taken in 1866 is to ensure people born in America were citizen with equal benefits. The Plessy vs Ferguson case explored the racial segregation under the doctrine of “separate but equal” as matter of public policy. However‚ the Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka is taken in 1954 and led to result of state-sponsored segregation meaning no more separating
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denial of being an empire. America doesn’t identify that there are responsibilities when building nations. The fact that there is not "adequate cooperation and support" from those it supposedly helps further proves the nations stance as an empire (Ferguson). The steps taken toward building other nations should be "internationalized under civilian [ ] control" and not militarily (Goodman 9). Especially with freedom in mind‚ war should be that last form of action on America’s list. "Intelligence and
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What has set the West apart from the rest of the world and lead it to its prosperity? Many historians have struggled to answer this question for a long time. However‚ Scottish historian‚ Niall Ferguson‚ believes he’s found the answer. The West’s superior political and economic force in the modern world is due to what he calls the six killer apps: competition‚ science‚ property rights‚ modern medicine‚ consumerism and work ethic. And‚ looking at Canada’s history‚ there is abundant evidence to support
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public duty of protecting and serving. Body cameras can help be sure that police officers aren’t abusing their power to frighten others and become dirty cops. Incidents like that where officers weren’t equipped with body cameras are the reasons for Ferguson and Baltimore‚ where the public and the legal system had no real evidence of what occurred. Body cameras for police officers are a necessity‚ and are very useful equipment‚ but should not be abused. The first thing to remember is that there are
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rights under the Fifteenth Amendment‚ which prohibits the government from denying any citizen the ability‚ or right to vote based on race or color. For so long African Americans have been held back due to slavery and Jim Crow laws. After Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) racial segregation was necessary in all public facilities under the doctrine of “separate but equal”. The fact of the matter is that whites and blacks were never equal‚ just separate. Jim Crow laws were adopted throughout the south to alienate
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considered "activist" because of its 1. reluctance to overturn state laws 2. insistence on restricting freedom of speech to spoken words 3. expansion of individual rights in criminal cases 4. refusal to reconsider the issues of the Plessy v. Ferguson case 6) The "clear and present danger" ruling of the Supreme Court in Schenck v. United States illustrates the continuing conflict between 1. free speech and
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Violent Video Games Violent Video Games and Aggressive Behavior in Children In recent years‚ technological advances have introduced many new forms of entertainment‚ one of the most popular being video games. Since their introduction‚ professionals and parents have become concerned with the addictive power that video games can have on people‚ particularly children and adolescents. Today‚ concern has shifted from the addictive effects of video game playing to the possible effects that they
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One day after school Damian was walking back to his dad’s house from the store. On his way he got bored‚ so he put his headphones in to listen to music. Damian was not aware of the neighborhood watch program‚ so when a random Latino male approached him as he was walking home it frightened him. The Latino male called the police because he said that Damian looked suspicious‚ and the police told him not to approach Damian. He did not listen and he went up to Damian anyway. Damian tried to fight off
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