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Taking sides. {u01C2}p Clashing views on legal issues / {u01C2}c [selected, edited and with issue framing material by] M. Ethan Katsh.

Contributor(s): Series: Taking SidesPublication details: Dushkin Pub Group, 2013.Edition: 16Description: iv, 296 pages ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780078139604 (pbk.) :
  • 0078139600 (pbk.) :
Subject(s):
Contents:
Should U.S. citizens who are declared to be enemy combatants be able to contest their detention before a judge? -- Does the President possess constitutional authority to order wiretaps on U.S. citizens? -- Are violent video games protected by the First Amendment? -- Is it constitutional to ban late-term abortions without providing for an exception to protect the health of the mother? -- Can states ban physician aid-in-dying for terminally ill patients? -- Does the sharing of music files through the internet violate copyright laws? -- Is the 8th amendment violated if prisoners are deprived of basic sustenance, including adequate medical care? -- Should judges be elected rather than appointed? -- Do religious groups have a right to use public school facilities after hours? -- Is a strip search of middle school students that is aimed at finding drugs prohibited under the Fourth Amendment? -- Is a dog sniffing for drugs outside a home a search prohibited by the Fourth Amendment? -- Does the cruel and unusual punishment clause in 8th Amendment bar imposition of the death penalty on juveniles? -- Is there a constitutional right to possess a firearm for private use? -- Are blanket prohibitions on cross burnings unconstitutional? -- Does the 4th Amendment prohibit police from collecting DNA from people arrested, but not convicted on felony charges? -- Is the federal Defense of Marriage Act that defines marriage as between one man and one woman unconstitutional? -- Do race-conscious programs in admissions policies violate the 14th Amendment's equal protection under the law? -- Does the Constitution's commerce clause allow Congress to require uninsured individuals to buy health insurance? -- Is it unconstitutional for states to imprison undocumented immigrants?
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Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection KF 384 .A2 T35 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available TOPIC BOOKS 5120228

Should U.S. citizens who are declared to be enemy combatants be able to contest their detention before a judge? -- Does the President possess constitutional authority to order wiretaps on U.S. citizens? -- Are violent video games protected by the First Amendment? -- Is it constitutional to ban late-term abortions without providing for an exception to protect the health of the mother? -- Can states ban physician aid-in-dying for terminally ill patients? -- Does the sharing of music files through the internet violate copyright laws? -- Is the 8th amendment violated if prisoners are deprived of basic sustenance, including adequate medical care? -- Should judges be elected rather than appointed? -- Do religious groups have a right to use public school facilities after hours? -- Is a strip search of middle school students that is aimed at finding drugs prohibited under the Fourth Amendment? -- Is a dog sniffing for drugs outside a home a search prohibited by the Fourth Amendment? -- Does the cruel and unusual punishment clause in 8th Amendment bar imposition of the death penalty on juveniles? -- Is there a constitutional right to possess a firearm for private use? -- Are blanket prohibitions on cross burnings unconstitutional? -- Does the 4th Amendment prohibit police from collecting DNA from people arrested, but not convicted on felony charges? -- Is the federal Defense of Marriage Act that defines marriage as between one man and one woman unconstitutional? -- Do race-conscious programs in admissions policies violate the 14th Amendment's equal protection under the law? -- Does the Constitution's commerce clause allow Congress to require uninsured individuals to buy health insurance? -- Is it unconstitutional for states to imprison undocumented immigrants?

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