Possibly the only exception to the immorality of suicide arises as a function of the philosophical impossibility of violating the fundamental right of the individual - both at law and in moral principle - of refusing medical treatment. Adults who a Continue Reading...
The appellate court applied the precedent of Saucier v. Katz (2001), which states the application of the qualified immunity test. According to Saucier, an officer can be stripped of qualified immunity protection only if their conduct violates a cons Continue Reading...
Detroit has also joined Los Angeles and Chicago in having such a regulation. A similar bill was attempted unsuccessfully thus far in Texas (2001). Responding to the concerns of organizations that represent Hispanics, Muslims and individuals of Arab Continue Reading...
T) he FBI can now act like a domestic CIA when seeking a criminal conviction. It can obtain a secret warrant from a secret court to gather evidence of crime without ever having to present to the court evidence that the person upon whom it wishes to Continue Reading...
African-Americans, who made up roughly 12% of the U.S. population in 2004, held only 10% of state government policy-leader posts last year, Watson reports. The report took note of the fact that under the leadership of New York City Mayor Michael R. Continue Reading...
Miranda Rule's effectiveness in America today [...] why the Miranda is well tailored to guard against constitutional violations, and will present an argument for the Miranda rule. The Miranda Rule, first adopted in 1966, is still a contentious rulin Continue Reading...
Adarand v. Pena Summary of Case: Federal and State laws allow race-based remedial action at the federal, state and local government levels. The laws are designed to benefit "socially and economically disadvantaged individuals." At the same time, th Continue Reading...
traffic photo enforcement a good idea? 2. Traffic Camera Enforcement The fact that many states have installed traffic enforcement cameras as a means of regulating traffic has been the subject of many debates in the recent years. Although this is c Continue Reading...
" (Tripathi, Ansolabehere, and Snyder, 2002) Additionally, groups that place emphasis on lobbying tend to may more attention to the position of power that members hold inside Congress and pay less attention to the electoral circumstances of member t Continue Reading...
4% of that group favored current policies. However, support for the current policies grew in the senior group, with 41.2% of people over age 65 supporting the current gun control policies. Gender Gender was one area where stereotypes proved to be v Continue Reading...
Prosecuting a former President for illegal activity in his role as President would certainly increase partisan bickering; making it less likely that Obama could effectuate meaningful change in his administration. Doing that might actually cause peop Continue Reading...
It has been difficult but rewarding exploring the educational opportunities of America, trying to obtain financial support, and essentially embarking upon uncharted grounds. I am grateful for the support of my family, and hope to draw upon their sup Continue Reading...
The so-called "moral majority" does not like the idea of a woman "getting away" with "irresponsible sex." However, not all failures of birth control are due to irresponsibility. A woman whose partner's condom broke during sex should have a second c Continue Reading...
Collection Development Policy Overview The Jericho Library is a small branch within the Okie County Public Library, a fictional library system in the mid-West. Its organizational structure consists of the following: The library employs a branch manag Continue Reading...
PLURALISM BEST FOR SOCIETY? Diversity and Pluralism Is Pluralism the Best Outcome for Society? Is Pluralism the Best Outcome for Society? Diana Eck (1997) takes great pains to distinguish between diversity and pluralism, as it relates to the rel Continue Reading...
Benefits From Plea Bargaining? Although the U.S. Constitution guarantees all defendants a trial by jury, individuals entering the criminal justice system today have about a one-in-twenty chance of actually undergoing a trial, with the rest of the c Continue Reading...
legal issues presented by the firing of Uriah may appear to be simple but, in reality, the issues are complex and contingent on a variety of factors. The first factor is whether or not Uriah was employed under a contract with the City. If not, a det Continue Reading...
The general fund collects over 86% of the total tax revenues and is the primary funding source for most commonwealth agencies. General fund tax revenues The largest significant source of tax revenues net of refunds is personal income tax. Reported Continue Reading...
..bad investment choices, in addition to the underwriting cycle, have led to dwindling profits for insurers, who then try to recoup their losses through over-priced insurance products. Lawyers and consumer groups generally support efforts to reform t Continue Reading...
In comparison to traditional sexual education programs, it provides absolutely no benefit, and conceivably causes additional harm attributable to the deliberate withholding of invaluable information about STD transmission and unwanted pregnancy. As Continue Reading...
In an open-ended study of 42 teachers decided to leave with the peer assistance being a contributing factor while in another research carried out with 99 teachers, only 4 said that the peer assistance was one of the decisive factors (Billingsley et Continue Reading...
Obama health care program, it must be remembered that prior to the enactment of such legislation the United States was the only developed country in the world to not have a universal health care system for its citizens (Fein). Although the Obama hea Continue Reading...
According to Martelle, the majority of these workers were immigrants who were lured to the coal mines with promises of good jobs and affordable housing. The Rockefeller family, along with other mining companies, followed very few safety regulations Continue Reading...
history of the League of Women Voters rightly begins with the very inception of the Women's Movement and the fight for liberation in the United States. During the early history of the United States there was little, if any respect for the principles Continue Reading...
Rosie the Courtroom Dog Should therapy dogs be allowed in the courtroom as support for victims? Rosie the courtroom dog was cute, fuzzy -- and controversial. "Rosie is a golden retriever therapy dog who specializes in comforting people when they ar Continue Reading...
Prohibition REVISED The Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1919, and the following year Prohibition took effect in the United States. Although uninformed parties tend to assume this was the result of some early twentieth-c Continue Reading...
Malpractice in Advanced Nursing Practice A CLOSER LOOK Legal/Ethical Principles When nurses pursued independent practice outside hospitals, the law supported their bid to breach traditional roles (Kjervik & Brous, 2013). This phenomenon was de Continue Reading...
The colonists were fortunate to have a brilliant patriot like Jefferson that could also express himself elegantly and with powerful intellectual foundations through the written word. Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, and could any man Continue Reading...
" Media can also learn and report on what happens to men convicted of domestic assault, what local schools are doing about battered women and domestic violence, and what grants might be available from the federal Violence Against Women Act. The help Continue Reading...
A mission is valueless if it does not truthfully motivate and guide the force of every worker in the similar course. Everyone has to consider the mission is sensible and achievable and not just unfilled speechifying (11). Business leaders must "out Continue Reading...
English Comp How Pornography Promotes Sexual Violence Against Women Pornography, like rape, is a male invention, designed to dehumanize women, to reduce the female to an object of sexual access, not to free sensuality from moralistic or parental in Continue Reading...
The narrator prefaces the anecdote regarding Liza as one of the few instances in which he ventured to leave the underground which emphasizes the magnitude of his encounter with her. Moreover, his encounter with her is so dramatic and draining, that Continue Reading...
And moreover, the virtues that had been "automatically" accorded to Freud over the years -- "clinical acumen, wisdom in human affairs, dedication to his patients and to the truth" -- are now obscured by the skepticism that has come due to the deep q Continue Reading...
She developed "Cooperative Discipline' a new K-12 in-service training program...offers exactly what many schools are looking for." (Kyle 1991) the problem, as I see it, of Cooperative Discipline is that the students will always try for the least amo Continue Reading...
American National Character What characteristics are distinctly American, regardless of class, race, background? What is problematic about making these generalizations and inheriting the culture? What have we inherited exactly? What problems arise Continue Reading...
Ernest Gaines - a Lesson Before Dying Ernest J. Gaines is considered by many critics to be a giant in his genre, and although he is not as "militant" or "intense" in his writing as Richard Wright, or James Baldwin, he makes his points about racism, Continue Reading...
Some of these ideas recurred after the establishment of the Constitution, yet the political unity began to fade. In 1800, the first anti-Federalist president was elected through Thomas Jefferson. Still, the issue of slavery became a matter for incr Continue Reading...
Constitutional Rights – The Trial by Franz Kafka Introduction The Trial by Franz Kafka is considered to be a narrative that details the arrest, trial and execution of Joseph K, the protagonist of the novel, who plays the role of the chief clerk Continue Reading...
Rights of Accused One of the most significant legal principles that originated from the English Law and is cherished by conservatives is the due process clause. Actually, the Due Process Clauses can be regarded as among the most essential and contro Continue Reading...
America Legal System and Personal Peace and Security American Legal system and personal peace and security The American legal system generally was formulated with particular functions in mind. It is important to note that there is not a single lega Continue Reading...
