In the 1950s, illinois enacted legislation requiring trucks to have curved mud flaps. there was no federal law about mud flaps at the time, but the illinois statute was enacted because state legislators asserted that the curved mud flaps were more effective in preventing accidents than the straight mud flaps. several trucking companies brought suit, because the illinois statute conflicted with the laws of other states that required straight mud flaps. was the illinois statute constitutional? a. no because it violated the commerce clause. b. yes because it did not discriminate against out of state truckers. c. no, the supremacy clause does not allow conflicting state legislation. d. yes, there was no federal statute so the state statute did not violate the supremacy clause.

Passport video produced a video documentary titled the definitive elvis, comprising sixteen one-hour episodes. the producers interviewed more than 200 people regarding virtually all aspects of elvis's life. passport sold the videos commercially for a profit. approximately 5 to 10 percent of the videos were composed of copyrighted music and appearances of presley on television and in movies owned by copyright holders other than passport. passport did not obtain permission to use those copyrighted works. elvis presley enterprises, inc., and other companies and individuals that owned copyrights to the presley works used by passport sued passport for copyright infringement. passport defended, arguing that its use of the copyrighted materials was fair use. the u.s. district court held in favor of the plaintiff copyright holders and enjoined passport from further distribution of its documentary videos. passport appealed.did passport act ethically in including the elvis presley copyrighted material in its video? why do you think passport video did so? has there been fair use in this case, or has there been copyright infringement?

A. spinoza thinks that we human beings are due for what was described in class as an “ontological demotion.” explain this ontological demotion, comparing his view of what we are to a more traditional aristotelian view. (you should concentrate on spinoza’s views on the human body, but be sure to say something about what he thinks the human mind is.) why does he think the demotion is needed? is he right? explain why the demotion matters to the overall project of the ethics.

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