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Jodi is serving a 5-year sentence for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.  She is incarcerated in the only institution for females in the state.  Jodi feels as though her constitutional rights have been trampled on several times, especially when they search her cell.  Jodi feels that the correctional officers do not treat the inmates properly, and she has had enough.  She plans to attempt to file a lawsuit.
Jodi feels that her Fourth Amendment rights have been violated due to the searches of her cell.  According to ____, Jodi does not have a case.


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Strike Participation

The act of taking part in a strike, where workers stop work to protest for better working conditions or pay.

Secret Ballot

A voting method that ensures the privacy of voters' choices, preventing intimidation and fostering a free election or decision process.

Employee Free Choice Act

Proposed U.S. legislation aimed at making it easier for workers to form, join, or assist labor unions, and to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts.

NLRA

The National Labor Relations Act of 1935; legislation that protects the rights of employees and employers, encourages collective bargaining, and curtails certain private sector labor and management practices.

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