Bush v. Gore

Shivani Amin Professor Trefethen Philosophy 5 4 November 2015 Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in American Law The Virginia Military Institute was a higher education school in Virginia. It claimed to train the leaders of the future, or “citizen-soldiers” and impart to its students great discipline; however, it only enrolled male students. In 1996, the United States government sued the state of Virginia and the Virginia Military Institute for its male-only policy as a violation of the Fourteenth amendment’s

Miller v. Johnson 1995 was a United States Supreme Court Case that decided whether racial gerrymandering was unconstitutional or not. This issue was very controversial, but before being able to understand how the case affected the use of racial gerrymandering, one has to understand what gerrymandering is. Every state is made up of different districts, and each district is entitled to their own votes when it comes to elections. Gerrymandering is the manipulation of district boundaries in a way that

Case: Adarand Constructors, Inc. v Pena Background: Adarand Constructors, Inc. were a construction company specializing in guardrail work who submitted a bid for a contract by the Department of Transportation. The DoT eventually gave the contract to Gonzales Construction Company because they were certified as a minority business which the DoT was looking as it would receive increased compensation for hiring a minority company. It was argued January 17th, 1995 and decided on June 12th, 1995. Question

On the contrary, supports of affirmative action feel that this law is still needed in America to help places of higher education have more diversity which will benefit companies in the long run and it also helps companies be more diverse and it helps them thrive. In the past few decades the number of minorities and females in places of higher education and companies have been rising at a slow rate. During 2012, the health care industry was suffering from lack of medical personal in the medical field;

Writing in opinion of the court in the case of Fisher V. University of Texas at Austin (II). This case had been previously heard by the Supreme Court resulting in a 7-1 decision that explained the University had no grounds to apply any preference to racial minorities in the application or the acceptance process. The case was reopened at both the fifth circuit court and the Supreme Court. There will be seven justices presiding over this case, with the death of Justice Antonin Scalia and Justice Elena

Basics: The Supreme Court case to be closely followed and reviewed for class this semester is Madigan v. Levin. This is a case of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Lisa Madigan is the petitioner, with Harvey N. Levin being the respondent. On Monday, March 18, 2013, the case was granted and on Monday, October 7, 2013, it was argued. (OYEZ, Inc., 2013) Facts of the Case: This is a case of age discrimination. On September 5, 2000, Harvey N. Levin was hired as an Illinois

The Bush Vs. Gore campaign was at its climax in late October of 2000. The people of the nation were casting their votes, and the two leading candidates were neck to neck. The tension was sky high on election day November 7, 2000. Behold, we were to have a new president; so we thought. Election experts have called for "evolution" instead of a "revolution" in changing the way the country goes about its elections. Never in history has such controversy risen as in the election 2000;

male-only institution satisfied the fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection clause. The Supreme Court dismissed the Fourth Circuit’s decisions and decided that the creation did not satisfy the Fourteenth Amendment and was unconstitutional (United States v. Virginia et

Procedural History: The Petitioners, who were antiabortion, Madsen and other protesters regularly protested the Respondent which is the Women Health Center in Melbourne, Florida. The Women’s Health center sought and was granted by a trial court and injunction on several outcomes, which restrained the Petitioners’ ability to protest. The Petitioner’s appeal to the Supreme Court which claimed that the injunction restricted the protester’s right of free speech that was protected under the First Amendment

For a long time, equality in the United States was just a figment of some hopeful people’s imaginations, and an impractical idea from their reality. There was separation in schools, restaurants, and even workplaces. Along with separation there was racism and discrimination everywhere. Discrimination is “the act of denying rights, benefits, justice, equitable treatment, or access to facilities available to all others, to an individual or group of people because of their race, age, gender, handicap