Considering your research and the government’s goal of checks and balances, write a 300-400-word explanatory essay that explains how the system of checks and balances is achieved through the judicial application of the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection clause. Use details from the Supreme Court case you’ve researched to clarify your explanation. Then, go on to explain how the Fourteenth Amendment has applied to your own life. Where have you received equal protection under the law in either school or work? Conclude your essay with thoughts on the importance of checks and balances and the 14th Amendment, particularly.

Political rights for women grew most rapidly on the western frontier primarily because (1) the settlers were influenced by native american indian societies (2) women greatly outnumbered men in the west (3) pioneer life often required men and women to share responsibilities equally (4) immigrants settling in the west brought ideals of gender equality from europe

The middle east had been subjected to attacks from outside the middle east in ancient, medieval, and modern times. which of the following invasions by outside forces came last in the period of written middle east history before 1300 a. d.?

Read the excerpt from david foster wallace’s infinite jest. i have committed to crossing my legs i hope carefully, ankle on knee, hands together in the lap of my slacks. my fingers are mated into a mirrored series of what manifests, to me, as the letter x. the interview room’s other personnel include: the university’s director of composition, its varsity tennis coach, and academy prorector mr. a. delint. c. t. is beside me; the others sit, stand and stand, respectively, at the periphery of my focus. the tennis coach jingles pocket-change. based on this excerpt, which detail is implicit? a.  more chairs are needed to make seating available for all attendees. b.  hal is sitting in a chair with his ankle on his knee. c.  the director of composition is involved in the interview process. d.  the tennis coach has money in his front pocket.