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Racial Discrimination and Freeman v. Oakland Unified School District

context of an election for the FAC or Faculty Advisory Council (2004). What occurs is that an election among the school faculty is...

'Cruel and Unusual Punishment' and the 8th Amendment

punishment.iv It was a close vote of 4 to 3, which means that not all justices on that court believed electrocution to be cruel an...

Background Overview of the 1965 Watts Riots

reasons for the riots can be traced all the way to the 1940s, when Black G.I.s returned from World War II expecting thanks and pra...

Bilingual Education Studies

In six pages this paper discusses bilingual education in a consideration of various research studies along with the impact of poli...

State of California and the Problem of Prison Overcrowding throughout the United States

p. 3569). Privately subsidized prisons have become a popular consideration as a means by which to offset the exorbitant amo...

Impeachment vs. Recall, Clinton vs. Davis

the worlds super powers. One of the most visible changes that has occurred since the onset and final outcome of Clintons im...

Pledge of Allegiance and the U.S. Supreme Court

lawsuit was filed in 2000, but failed to draw any media attention until a Ninth Circuit Court panel handed down a 2-1 ruling in Ju...

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger

the process had been followed carefully" (Sheppard PG). All the candidates would agree that words carry with them a great d...

California and Internet Taxation

p. 331). This is one reason why state governments have been lobbying Congress for years to pass Internet sales legislation (Krol, ...

Law Enforcement and Collective Bargaining

private industry employees, law enforcement officials began wondering why they should not be receiving similar rewards. In privat...

Comparing Constitutions of the U.S. and California

activities are done in a "reasonable time, place and manner," as the instructions point out. The freedom of speech, as stated in t...

The Superiority of Missouri's Prison and Parole System

to be the case in areas that are extremely populated. In certain venues, this is not the case but rather, there is greater attenti...

Charitable Trusts and Massachusetts Law

file a copy with the Massachusetts Corporation Division "within thirty (30) days after the adoption of the amendment (About Volunt...

The Model of the Canadian Health Care System and its Application in Other Regions of the World

health insurance through the government, "when we go to access it, its just not there" (Duff-Brown, 2005). But what about th...

Arkansas and California Abuse Reporting

the child is going to avert further physical and/or emotional battering. It stands to reason that children who are forced to endu...

Douglas Monroy's Thrown Among Strangers and California Ranchos

were transubstantiated into ranchos" (Monroy, 1993; 127). These ranchos eventually came to have a very romantic depiction in stori...

A Profile of Blue Diamond Growers

for almonds as well -- certainly almonds are found in candies and as snack foods. But theyre also used in ice cream (as pistachios...

Los Angeles Literature

Chandler was famous for his evocative descriptions of L.A.; the heat and light, the flowers, traffic, noise and above all the vivi...

Gun Crime 'Getting Tough' Laws and Their Lack of Success

checks and a five-day waiting period before purchasing a gun (Miller, 2005). The Clinton administration was encouraged by the pas...

California Schools' Drug Testing, Ethics, and Law

no evidence that suspicion is the case, is not overly approved of. However, there are schools where testing and active security is...

Problems in the State of California and Citizen Responsibility

law that requires that three time offenders are automatically sentenced to life after their third crime, is one of these addresses...

Voting District Delineation in California

Some 46.7 percent are white, 34.4 percent are Hispanic, and 6.7 percent are black (Coleman, 2004). More and more of those citizen...

Judicial Misconduct Judged

decisions, Massachusetts Judge Maria I. Lopez was formally charged with six counts of judicial misconduct in August of 2002 in ord...

4 ANOVA Statistics Questions Week II

In a hypothesis test, level of significance is . The null hypothesis H0 is that there is no difference between employment...

Wrongful Birth Case Study Appellate Brief

matters and risks, she wanted to take every precaution to make sure that the baby would be alright. She conveyed her concerns to t...

North America's Silver and Gold Discoveries and Their Implications

Sutter had great visions for his land. He entered into an agreement with James Marshall, another new arrival to the region, to bu...

Thrown Among Strangers by Douglas Monroy

inflicted their way of life on those who were perfectly stable prior to the arrival of the various invaders. Such a perspective...

Josiah Royce's California A Study of American Character

than favorable. Royces work set out to discover all aspects of California and its history, to discover "the dark side of Californi...

Regional vs. Federal Employment Protection

opposed to other countries and their employment protection laws and policies, it seems that the United States stands out for leavi...

2000 Settlement of Williams v. State of California

The settlement, announced on August 13, 2004 included: $138 million for the provision of "standards-aligned instructional material...