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EPA

Visit the EPA website at the following link: EPA Website
Address each of the following items in your written assignment:
1. Browse through the website and provide a summary of how the website is organized, the resources it provides, and your general impressions about the agency.
2. As you review the regulations issued by the EPA and the administrative structure of the EPA, do you form any opinions about the sheer size of the EPA as an administrative agency? What are the advantages and disadvantages of bureaucracies of this size?
3. Identify three areas of the website that would be helpful to you in working as an administrative law paralegal and explain how/why these specific areas would be helpful to you.
4. What type of control, if any, does President Biden have over the EPA? Support your answer with information from Chapters 1 and 2 of your text.

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Approximately 250 words

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Law

LGS 600 – 275 word summary of week 1 see link to audio

https://alu.adobeconnect.com/pp1i6zv218p3/?session=na11breezsd5i2vvmgsyz7qd8
While listening to this module’s archived Seminar, complete a reflective document. (You do not need to submit the written assignment if you attended the Seminar live.) You may write the assignment in a bulleted list format OR paragraph format. Generally, the reflective document will be 1-2 pages (275 word). Please include:
Please include:
The main topics discussed.
Sub-topics and/or subsequent classroom discussion.
Points you found of interest.
Any additional reflections or suggestions.
To get the most out of the seminar archive, respond to the professor’s questions or hypotheticals in your notes before the students on the recording do. Keep in mind that your instructor is available should you have any questions on the Seminar content. Submit your alternative assignment to the Seminar Dropbox before the next live Seminar in order to get credit for your submission.

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Approximately 250 words

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Law

Judicial Review and Affirmative Action

Introduction
In 1803, the Supreme Court of the United States decided the case of Marbury v. Madison, providing itself great power to judge the decisions of the other branches of government and opening the door to decisions consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.
Preparation
Review the following U.S. Supreme Court cases: Marbury v. Madison.
Grutter v. Bollinger.
Instructions
Write a 3–4 page paper in which you:
Prepare a one-page case brief of Marbury v. Madison explaining the power of the Supreme Court’s judicial review, including whether the judicial review amounts to law-making.
Use the Case Brief Template [DOCX].
Prepare a one-page case brief of Grutter v. Bollinger explaining how affirmative action came to be part of admissions to college and the Court’s requirements for it.
Use the Case Brief Template [DOCX].
Identify existing checks and balances for race-conscious school admission programs, including any unintended consequences.
Support your writing with at least three credible, relevant, and appropriate academic sources.
Write in an articulate and well-organized manner that is grammatically correct and free of spelling, typographical,
formatting, and/or punctuation errors.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. Which will be included in the instuctiuons on how to do the formatting.

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Approximately 250 words

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Law

Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment Rights

Introduction
Due process under the Amendments to the U.S. Constitution can be broken down into two categories:
1. Substantive due process
2. Procedural due process.
Both are based on fundamental fairness. For example, the Fourth Amendmet protects citizens against government unreasonable search and seizure of personal property. The Fifth and Sixth Amendments guarantee the procedures that the courts and police must follow to ensure fair treatment of persons arrested for crimes.
Preparation
Analyze the following U.S. Supreme Court cases:
Byrd v. United States.
Chavez v. Martinez.
Instructions
Write a 3–4 page paper in which you:
– Explain the substantive and procedural protections afforded by the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments for defendants charged with crimes today.
-Explain due process and how the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments comply with the requirements of due process.
-Prepare a one-page brief of Byrd v. United States explaining how the test for privacy and Fourth Amendment search and seizure requirements are validated in the case.
-Use the Case Brief Template [DOCX].
-Support your writing with at least three credible, relevant, and appropriate academic sources.
-Write in an articulate and well-organized manner that is grammatically correct and free of spelling, typographical, formatting, and/or punctuation errors.

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Approximately 250 words