Yessica Velasquez

Edu 210-1001
September 2, 2018

Portfolio Artifact #1

• The United States District Court for the District of Nevada is the federal district court whose
jurisdiction is the state of Nevada. The court has locations in Las Vegas and Reno. Cases from
the District of Nevada are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
(except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which
are appealed to the Federal Circuit.
• In the Nevada State Constitution, Article number 11 covers education and there are 10
sections.
• U.S. Supreme Court Cases;
1. Sec: 4. Establishment of state university; control by board of regents. [Effective through
November 23, 2020, and after that date unless the provisions of Assembly Joint Resolution
No. 5 (2017) are agreed to and passed by the 2019 Legislature and approved and ratified by
the voters at the 2020 General Election.] 
2. Sec. 4.  Establishment of State University; Legislature to provide by law for governance,
control and management of State University and protection of academic freedom. [Effective
November 24, 2020, if the provisions of Assembly Joint Resolution No. 5 (2017) are agreed
to and passed by the 2019 Legislature and approved and ratified by the voters at the 2020
General Election.]
3. Sec: 7.  Board of Regents: Election and duties. [Effective through November 23, 2020, and
after that date unless the provisions of Assembly Joint Resolution No. 5 (2017) are agreed to
and passed by the 2019 Legislature and approved and ratified by the voters at the 2020
General Election.]
4. Sec: 7.  Board of Regents: Election and duties.  Repealed. (See File No. 34, Statutes of
Nevada 2017, at page 4584.) [Effective November 24, 2020, if the provisions of Assembly
Joint Resolution No. 5 (2017) are agreed to and passed by the 2019 Legislature and
approved and ratified by the voters at the 2020 General Election.]
5. Sec: 8.  Immediate organization and maintenance of state university. [Effective through
November 23, 2020, and after that date unless the provisions of Assembly Joint Resolution

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 No. 5 (2017) are agreed to and passed by the 2019 Legislature and approved and ratified by
the voters at the 2020 General Election.]
6. Sec. 8.  Use of proceeds from public lands donated by Act of Congress for benefit of
certain departments of State University. [Effective November 24, 2020, if the provisions of
Assembly Joint Resolution No. 5 (2017) are agreed to and passed by the 2019 Legislature
and approved and ratified by the voters at the 2020 General Election.] 

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