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Week 2-Written Assignment

Week 2-Written Assignment

Q Instructions Please answer the following short answer essay questions. Each response should be approximately 500 words, using proper APA format and citation. Each question is worth 25 points. Submit to the corresponding Assignment Folder. 1. Why would Congress have power under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to require restaurants and hotels to not discriminate against interstate travelers on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, or national origin? Suppose the Holiday restaurant near I-80 in Des Moines, Iowa, has a sign that says, “We reserve the right to refuse service to any Muslim or person of Middle Eastern descent.” Suppose also that the restaurant is very popular locally and that only 40 percent of its patrons are travelers on I-80. Are the owners of the Holiday restaurant in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? What would happen if the owners resisted enforcement by claiming that Title II of the act was unconstitutional? 2. In torts, how is actual cause different from probable cause?

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1. The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment denies maximum separation based on race and sexual orientation (and furthermore alienage and public beginning), however just when polished by the public authority. The Supreme Court held in The Civil Rights Cases in 1883, that Congress didn't have the force under the Fourteenth Amendment to preclude segregation rehearsed by private gatherings.