Students will discuss individuals who have worked to effect legal change, and what those changes mean for their community, and our society.
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This lesson uses an organizational chart of the federal government to discuss what the administrative state within the federal government is and does, compares “lawmaking” and “rulemaking” processes, and introduces academic debates surrounding the administrative state and the Constitution.
Caniglia v. Strom Here an argument between spouses over a coffee mug evolved into the husband suing the City of Cranston, Rhode Island, and multiple police officers for violation of
Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski A student at a state college sued after campus police would not let him engage in free speech even after reserving space in a designated “free speech
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Lange v. California Late in the evening on October 7, 2016, Arthur Lange was driving home, playing music loudly, and unnecessarily honking his car horn several times. California highway patrol
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Advancing the Rule of Law Now: A Global Perspective The rule of law is the bedrock of American rights and liberties, and the United States also serves, for many, as
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Advancing the Rule of Law Now: Subthemes Law Day subthemes are designed to help anyone approach the 2021 Law Day theme, Advancing the Rule of Law Now from different angles
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Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California In 2012, during the Obama Administration, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
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Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia and Altitude Express, Inc. v. Zarda In each of these consolidated cases, the employer fired the employee because of the employee’s sexual orientation. In each
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R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. v. EEOC In 2013, William Stephens (now Aimee Stephens), a biological male at birth, informed his employer, Harris Funeral Homes, that Stephens sought
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