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The Rights Of The United States Protect Our Civil Rights

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Each individual has the right to receive equal treatment, to be free from unfairness and discrimination in many type of setting, which is the purpose of civil rights. The settings could be from education, employment and housing. The Constitution, amendments and many different laws in the United States protect our civil rights. However, there are situations were those civil rights are violated. In the case of Garcia, V. State Univ. of New York Health Sciences Center (SUNY) his rights were violated under several different laws such as, Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, the First Amendment, and the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Constitution. Garcia, the plaintiff is now seeking justice from SUNY (defendant) administration board after being discriminated because of his learning disability. During the fall of 1993, Garcia enrolled into the medical program at SUNY. Unfortunately, his first year and second year, which represented repeating the first year curriculum, were unsuccessful. There was improvement the second time but after reviewing his academic record, the Frist Year Grades Committee (Grades Committee) suggested for Garcia to be dismissed. The Academic Promotions Committee (Promotions Committee) agreed and in June 1995 Garcia was officially dismissed from SUNY. The first time when Garcia failed the first year, he appealed the decision and denied, “ difficulty understand concepts, solving problems or learning material” but now

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