Citizen Rights and Equity

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Citizen Rights and Equity

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affirmative action
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A plan or program to address the effects of past
discrimination by providing specified groups
access in employment, education, or other
activities
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civil rights
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Protections and privileges given to all United
States citizens by the Constitution and Bill of
Rights
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equity
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Most Commonly thought of as justice, however
equity developed as a separate body of law in
England in reaction to the inability of the
common law courts to Provide a remedy for every
injury
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fourteenth amendment
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This amendment declared that every person born or
naturalized in the U.S. was a citizen. The
amendment also establishes that all citizens are
entitled to "equal protection of the laws.
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Incorporation Doctrine
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The process of incorporating, or including, most
of the guarantees in the Bill of Rights into the
Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause.