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ERIC Number: EJ596132

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1998

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ISSN: ISSN-0147-8648

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Update on the Courts.

Update on Law-Related Education, v22 n3 p33-35 Fall 1998

Describes the court case of Chicago v. Morales in which an anti-loitering ordinance challenged the constitutional right of assembly by giving the police the power to disperse anyone associated with gang members in public. Illustrates the importance of retaining Fifth Amendment rights even after pleading guilty in the case of Mitchell v. U.S. (CMK)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation, Courts, Crime Prevention, Equal Protection, Freedom, Hearings, Legal Problems, Police Action, Secondary Education, Sentencing, Social Studies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Fifth Amendment; United States Constitution

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