Regents of University of California at Davis v. Bakke Mock Trial

In this mock trial of Regents of the University of California. Davis v Bakke, Bakke believed that the university had violated his fourteenth amendment. This goes back into history which had happened to African-Americans, not white people. Even though Bakke was slightly older than the other candidates by being in his late thirties. 

He wasn’t able to get into medical school right away because his service in the military delayed his starting time to go into medical school which he couldn’t help that this happened to him. The system didn’t understand that his military service caused him to be away and not finish school on time. 

The admissions people did violate Title IV in the fourteenth amendment for denying his admission to the school which goes back to the hard times for African-Americans before they got their rights. Plus Allan Bakke had to overcome being in the military by surviving through boot camp and fighting in dangerous times. Some other applicants don’t understand that Bakke has been through a lot more than which makes him different from other people. 

Also, the court thought he didn’t deserve it because they were trying to make the school more diverse with their quota system to accept certain others. Everyone should deserve a chance of wanting to accomplish their dreams at any time in life. Bakke was considered a well-rounded student for his service in the military and a great academic career. He had some better qualities than some other applicants who were younger than him and had more maturity. 

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Professor Smith's Academic Paper

The writer was talking about the shield law in Maryland that is pointed towards journalists. The ideas of this law protect the writers from using certain disclosures have caused many of them to get into trouble. This concept was later adapted into other states as history went on over time. 

The idea behind the law is to get the people to understand the meaning of it. It had to work on some possibilities towards believing that law had some other ways in that position.  In the paper it said, “Conseverly, debates and  lawmaking in the statutory realm can influence the development of constitutional law”,  (Smith  8). 

The judicial principles are reasoning towards the beliefs in that law. There are some other efforts on this law that made the journalists have a hard time. The non-judicial actors were trying to determine to get the point of making the privilege get passed into something important. 

While the Maryland shield law had some other standards that had been taken into consideration by the. According to the academic paper. “The non-judicial precedents we're doing four things at the time”, (Smith 12). It has been noticed that for some writers on those that had to work making sure their work was correct and not stolen from someone else.  

The First Shield Law

March on Washington

I learned many interesting facts from watching that documentary in class which I thought was really cool to do. A lot of famous people were a part of the March on Washington at that time and wanted African Americans to have equal rights like white people do. Oprah Winfrey was there on that day for the march. 

President Kennedy was reluctant at first to join in the movement because he believed communism was included in this movement, and no it was not at all. His administration wanted to help get a bill passed in Congress for a Civil Rights Act. He told his advisors he wanted the bill to go through in one night not have to wait on it being discussed and other procedures. The people were getting tired of them waiting for Congress to do something about it. 

The city of Birmingham was one of the reasons that the March on Washington had happened in history. The city was considered one of the most segregated cities in the United States during that time. The white people would just hurt the black intentionally without any reason because they enjoyed doing it as a pleasure. The African Americans were pushing for fairness like with Vivian Malone Jones became the black student at the University of Alabama to register for classes. 

Martin Luther King Jr. did give a good speech at the March On Washington which had spoken to everyone at the march. The crowd was screaming for him when he finished giving his speech to them. 

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