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blog 1.6: What the Constitution says Berkeley can do when controversial speakers come knocking

1. Lawyers can from Berkeley can navigate through the constitutional maze faster and more accurately. 2."Sure, in principle. But we have to think about some things before we can sign off to this." 3.The organizers approach all situations as "content neutral" so Black Lives Matter and Richard Spencer are treated the same. 4. Groups might not think the alternate location is good enough, but judges decide what is "good enough". 5. Groups must pay for security which includes police overtime pay. 6. Most students of the First Amendment think that the city or university has to cover the costs. 7. You can not incite imminent lawless action. 8. Crowds can shut down a speaker because supporters are no different from jeerers attending the event. 9. Police must protect the violence directed at them. The police must target lawbreakers, but they can shut down a speaker or event to stop violence.

Blog 1.5: What really happened in 2016, in 7 charts

1.They were the least popular candidates for the presidential election. 2. Since both of the major party candidates were unpopular, minor party voting went up. 3. She swayed people to believe that he was not capable to be a good president, and so they decided to vote for the third party instead of Trump's opponent, herself. 4.Romney received 47% of votes while Trump got 46%. 5.Hillary carried all nonwhite groups, but did worse than Obama. 6. College graduates voted for Hillary (52 to 42) 7.Both parties selected a well known and unpopular candidate after the primary process. 8.Trump did no worse than Romney did, and he is considered a "normal" candidate. 9.Hillary did get educated women up, but she did worse than Obama with uneducated white women.

Why more than 80 million Americans won’t vote on Election Day: Blog 1.4

1.58.6 percent of Americans voted in 2012. 84 percent of registered voters voted in 2012. 2.People miss state deadlines, ex-felons can not vote, and voter ID laws keep voters from participating. 3. Many can not get off of work for election day and polls do not accomadate for disabilities. 4.Family's bring a "responsibility" to their child where they feel the need to vote. 5. Having so many elections makes it easier to fall into the habit of not voting at all. 6.The two parties supress voters because some might not want to vote with those two parties so they go home. 7.Oregon is trying voting by mail in order to increase voter participation. 8.the idea is to increase voter turnout and help cement cultural norms around voting. 9.The laws signal to people that voting is expected of them.

9 facts that explain DACA, the immigration program Trump is threatening to end: blog 3

1. September 5th was the day a group of Republican state officials were set to sue over its constitutionality. 2.Children of illegal parents who were almost never granted citizenship. 3. It offered a temporary grant of protection from deportation and a permit to work in the US. Protection lasts for two days and they can reapply for renewal. 4. To apply for DACA, immigrants have to have come to the US before 2007, and have been 15 or younger when they arrived and younger than 31 when DACA was created in June 2012. 5.the DREAM Act was seen as a moderate alternative to legalizing all 11 million unauthorized immigrants in the US. 6.The stereotype of a valedictorian DREAMer makes education harder. 7.Many lose motivation because they feel as if it is impossible for an "illegal immigrant" to succeed. 8. Because it makes them seem more integrated in America, even though they aren't seen as Americans. 9.It allows young unauthorized immigrants who meet certain criteria to a