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US Gov and Politics
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Steinberg v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. Case Brief
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Copyright Case Brief 3 STEINBERG v. COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC. United States Federal Court, 1987 Legal History: The case was heard in the Southern District of New York in front of Judge Louis L. Stanton. The defendants, including Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., RCA Corporation, and several major newspapers, denied Steinberg's allegations of copyright infringement Facts: Saul Steinberg sued various parties involved with producing and promoting the 1984 movie "Moscow on the Hudson", claiming that a promotional poster for the movie infringed his copyright in a magazine cover he had created for The New Yorker. Legal Issues: Was The New Yorker?s drawing distinctively similar to that of Moscow On the Hudson?s? Holding:
Feist Publications Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co. Case Brief
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Copyright Case Brief 2 FEIST PUBLICATIONS INC., v. RURAL TELEPHONE SERVICE CO. United States Supreme Court, 1991 Legal History: Rural sued Feist for Trademark Infringement. Trial Court ruled in favor of Rural. Appellate affirmed the decision of the Trial Court. Facts:
AP Gov Ch1 Notes
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Lineberry government in America chapter 1 vocabulary
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Chapter One Vocab Links Great Questions Government: The institutions and processes through which policies are made for a society. Politics: The process by which we select our governmental leaders and what policies these leaders pursue. Also: The process by which we elect leaders to represent us in the ?how.? Political participation: All the activities used by citizens to influence the selection of political leaders or the policies they pursue; examples include voting, protest and civil disobedience. Single-issue group: Groups that have a narrow interest tend to dislike compromise, and often draw membership from people new to politics. free-rider problem.
Lineberry Government in America Chapter 1
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Amendment Process
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Types of Grants
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Types of Grants Categorical v Block Categorical Grants: Grants that can be used only for SPECIFIC purposes Money comes with strings Popular with fiscal federalism Block Grants - Fed. Gov?t still gives money but without as many restrictions - states have more freedom on how the money is spent Examples of Categorical Grants 1. Highway Act of 1916 ? Pres. Wilson used Federal money to build highways 2. Equal Opportunity Act of 1982 ? Federal money given to state and local governments to promote 3. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act 1964 4. Drinking Age (21) tied to funding for maintenance of interstate highways Examples of Block Grants ?New Federalism? of Nixon and Reagan ? wanted to move decision making to local level ( favored small national government)
AP US Govt Politics Key Terms
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UNIT ONE Principles of Democracy: Fundamental worth, equality for all persons, majority rule minority rights, necessity of compromise, individual freedom. Representative Democracy: ?the principle of elected individuals representing the people. Limited Government: a type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed, limited, and restricted by law. Federalism: power is shared between national and state governments; ensures that power is equally distributed. Types Dual- Two governments side by side, each with its own zones and rarely in conflict. If a conflict the supreme court is the umpire. Cooperative: States and national governments work together to solve your problems.
U.S government quiz set
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