What was the first major supreme court decision to define the relationship between the federal and state governments? barron v. baltimore dred scott v. sandford gibbons v. ogden mcculloch v. maryland?

Addressed the issue of whether the due process clause of the 5th Amendment applied to actions of the states; John Baron ran a successful docking business in Baltimore, and the city entered a period of building and road construction, so dirt was deposited into his wharf; it was substantial enough to make the wharf unusable; baron sued the city and state for damages and argued that the city took his lands "without just compensation" from the 5th Amendment

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affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts

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women in ancient egypt had many legal rights, including the right to own property and businesses.