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Graphical User Interface Netscape Navigator
1,477 wordsIt wouldn't be fair to talk about the Windows Operating System without first looking at the origins of the company that developed it. William H. Gates III and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in 1975. They were both only 19 years old. In 1980 International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) chose Microsoft to write the operating system for the IBM PC personal computer, to be introduced the following year. As part of its contract with IBM, Microsoft was permitted to license the operating system to o...
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United States Supreme Court Foot Prints
660 wordsmarch revolution Sheriff Elkordy 11 / 27 A case of negative impact: Bob White v. Texas After reading this article, I was surprised that this injustice happened in the United States not to long ago. Bob White had many of his civil rights violated. He spent seven days in jail with no charges being held against him. The police beat him until he confessed. He obviously confessed to a crime he didnt commit. If I was in his place, the cops wouldnt even have to beat me to confess, all they have to do i...
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Random Illegal Drug Testing Among High School Students
1,616 wordsPurpose Using illegal drugs has been problem affecting different age levels. People use illegal drugs for so many different reasons. Even high school students do drugs in order to enhance their performance in academic, athletic, or extracurricular activities. Although not every high school student uses drugs to modify students skills, this ill-defined drug use in high school bring up the question whether to do random testing among high school students. People have different views on random testi...
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Second Hand Smoke U S Government
1,982 wordsThe Tobacco Issue: Where the Responsibility Lies Political-Legal Issues: The legal and political issues surrounding the tobacco industry include whether or not tobacco companies should be held liable for tobacco-related deaths of smokers and those related to second-hand smoke, as well as whether or not elected officials should be accepting money from the tobacco industry in order to win elections. When deciding where the responsibility lies in the case of tobacco, the facts can be turned to favo...
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Tinker V Des Moines Hazelwood
1,027 wordsScott Nasa 3 / 10 / 97 Period 7 About 32 years ago, in December of 1965, a group of adults and students from Des Moines, Iowa gathered to show their dislike towards American involvement in the Vietnam War. They decided to wear black armbands and fast on December 16 and 31 to express there point. When the principals of the Des Moines School System found out their plans, they decided to suspend anyone who took part in this type of protest. On December 16 - 17 three Tinker siblings and several of t...
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U S District Court Goods And Services
1,866 words1. Antitrust Laws between Shell, Inc. and a Gas Station Retailer Case: Mr. Ali has agreed to retail oil from Shell, Inc at a price 4 y less than the Suggested Retail Price (SRP). He can ask Shell to lower or raise the SRP accordingly so as to stay competitive with the other markets around his area. Shell has refused to either to raise or lower the SRP thereby making him very vulnerable in the competitive market. What antitrust laws are there so that he may receive relief? If the Gas station owne...
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Handicapped Children Courts Decision
1,279 wordsLegal Issues of Special Education Education always plays a great role in any state. It is an important foundation of good citizenship because it gives children access to cultural value. It prepares them for later professional training and it helps them adjust to the environment normally. Thats why the state pays great attention to it. It spends a lot of money for education. It has adopted some compulsory school attendance laws and acts that guarantee the equal rights to education for all citizen...
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Florida Supreme Court United States Constitution
1,676 wordsI was taken but I cant afford an attorney... what can I do? Cases brought by persons without counsel typically fall into two categories: civil rights violations and tort claims. A civil rights case involves a claim seeking redress for the violation of a person's constitutional rights. This type of claim is often brought under the federal statute, 42 U. S. C. S 1983. Under this law, a person who acts under color of state law to violate another's constitutional rights may be liable for damages. A ...
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Abortion Is Wrong Quot Quot
1,018 wordsJanuary 23, 2000 marked the twenty-seventh anniversary of the Roe v. Wade case. It all started out in a small town in Texas where a woman under the alias Jane Roe filed a case in district court for a woman? s right to choose abortion. At this time law in Texas prohibited abortion. Eventually the case moved to Supreme Court. The attorneys for Roe argued that the law was unfair and unjust. They said that the unborn fetus id not a real person. They pointed out that a women should have the right to ...
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United States Supreme Court United States V
1,299 wordsFlag Burning can be and usually is a very controversial issue. Many people are offended by the thought of destroying this countrys symbol of liberty and freedom. During a political protest during the 1984 Republican Convention, Gregory Lee Johnson was arrested for burning an American flag. Years later in 1989, Johnson got the decision overturned by the United States Supreme Court. In the same year, the state of Texas passed the Flag Protection Act, which prohibited any form of desecration agains...
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Supreme Court Appellate Court
544 wordsQualifications for judges of district-level courts include U. S. citizenship, residence in the district for two years immediately before election or appointment, and a license to practice law in Texas. As a guarantee of practical legal experience, a district-level judge must have been a practicing lawyer, a judge of a court of record, or both for at least four years prior to election. As in the case of Texas judges in other state courts, a vacant judgeship (resulting from death, resignation, ret...
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