The cases only took approximately four to five minutes implying to an unseen assembly line of justice. The study also brought to light the fact that minority cases from outside New York were listened to by an all white jury (Ingram, 2009). The othe Continue Reading...
Powell was followed by the Court's decision in Brown v. Mississippi which threw out the coerced confession of a defendant in a state criminal case and was a harbinger of what would occur in the early 1960's by the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Continue Reading...
The Nevada state constitution also emphasizes freedom of religion as one of the most important rights. The second statement of the constitution's opening Ordinance states: "That perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured, and no inh Continue Reading...
Tennessee Scrap Recyclers Association v. Bredesen, the court affirmed the law in question and upheld the state's ability to set the terms under which it would allow transactions regarding scrap metal to take place. The court noted that the problem t Continue Reading...
He defined the ideals that people share about how people ought to behave a "categorical imperative" - a transcendent concept of "rightness of action." No one would want to be taken advantage of the way Countrywide did, and under no circumstances did Continue Reading...
CC: Dr. Thomas Furlow Statement of Facts: Our client, Dr. Thomas Furlow, has been sued by his patient John Brown. Furlow examined Brown and discovered an infected tooth; he advised Brown to return for treatment. Instead, Brown went on vacation. Whi Continue Reading...
The milestone that the Civil Rights Movement made as concerns the property ownership is encapsulated in the Civil Rights Act of 1968 which is also more commonly referred to as the Fair Housing Act, or as CRA '68. This was as a follow-up or reaffirm Continue Reading...
As such, any valid arbitration agreement will be accordingly handled and implemented by the arbitrators on the case. 4) What specific steps can be taken effectively to change this legal outcome in future cases? In the case of Clinton Cole vs. Burn Continue Reading...
Bill of Rights and Today's Criminal Justice System The administration of justice and security in America is based upon Constitutional powers, originally drafted in the Bill of Rights. While the Constitution has been amended several times since its i Continue Reading...
Democratic and Republican parties have been able to maintain their strength and their membership numbers since the Civil War for both structural and ideological reasons. The ideological reasons are the most obvious to an observer and to many members Continue Reading...
Warrantless Use of GPS The Problem of Warrantless GPS Surveillance: Ethical Considerations Regarding Privacy and the Fourth Amendment The Fourth Amendment protects citizens from unlawful search and seizure by granting them the right "to be secure i Continue Reading...
Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act U v U [2002] HCA Over the years, the moral fibre of the society has continued to crumble. One of the most affected social units in the society is the family. Spouses exchange vows only to go Continue Reading...
" Further, it is held that "a material misrepresentation in the certifications (bid) generally provides a basis for rejection of the proposal or reevaluation of the award decision." Thus, it can be said that if a challenge shows a material misreprese Continue Reading...
Appellate process is integral to the American judicial system and is a constitutionally protected right. Individual, or corporations for that matter, have the right to appeal a trial on the grounds that the decision was made erroneously or without pr Continue Reading...
Goodman v. Granger Case Goodman v Granger Case was the case that revealed the problem of estate valuation for the tax purposes. The case reveals the examination of instances where the value of the property of the deceased is different from the value Continue Reading...
To become a senator, a person has to be at least 30 years of age and should have been a citizen of the U.S. For a minimum period of nine years at the time of election. Also, he or she has to be a resident of the state from which he or she is electe Continue Reading...
Trial Preparation The Best Evidence Rule and Why it Was Implemented into the Court System The best evidence rule in basic terms is an ancient legal rule that requires the originals, rather than copies, of documents to be presented as evidence durin Continue Reading...
The reasoning of the Sixth Circuit more strongly aligns to principles of Equal Protection than the decision of the Supreme Court. While the Supreme Court decision made much of the freedom of prosecutorial discretion, the Sixth Circuit made it clea Continue Reading...
Tax Law The author of this report is asked to answer a set of four questions relating to tax law and its sources/adjudication. The first question asks what the primary sources of tax law are. The second question asks what the secondary sources of ta Continue Reading...
NEPA and SEQRA The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was ratified in 1970. It is a federal law that is designed to assess the damage to the environment from various projects. This was in response Continue Reading...
Living Constitutionalism As the leader of the free world, the United States remains in the limelight as the rest of the world keeps a keen eye on how they conduct their affairs. As it appertains to constitutional interpretation, the U.S. has a sound Continue Reading...
Protecting Liberty Individual rights Bill of Rights defines the protections afforded individual citizens under the Constitution against excessive government intrusions into private lives and arbitrary prosecutions. These rights are contained in the Continue Reading...
Trenton School The environment at School1, were I am employed revolves around the many different standards of behavior and conduct. While much of this conduct is derived by local customs and habits, the imposing of law and order also significantly c Continue Reading...
Ethics The Terri Schiavo case was an unusual incident where a person who should have been removed from life support long ago was sustained due to federal and public intervention. The case instigates moral and ethical questions of decision to end lif Continue Reading...
Wounded Knee II Describe the conditions that led up to Wounded Knee II and the trial of Leonard Peltier. Leonard Peltier has been in prison since 1979, after being convicted of the murder of two FBI agents at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation four Continue Reading...
entrapment' and 'outrageous Governmental conduct'. Entrapment is usually permitted within confines of the law even though it contradicts the fourth and fifth amendments. It refers to entrapping the suspect into a situation where it is clearly seen t Continue Reading...
The District Court's decision, for example, was largely based on an earlier Ninth Circuit case, which held that if a "project has flood control as one of its purposes, and the events giving rise to the action were not wholly unrelated to the project Continue Reading...
Employee Privacy The objective of this study is to read the case Deal V. Spears United States Court Of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 980 F. 2D 1153 (1992) and to answer the questions of whether it is lawful to monitor the telephone conversation of an emp Continue Reading...
Illegal Immigration Cost Cost to the California Criminal Justice System of Illegal Immigration The illegal immigration debate in the United States has taken center stage recently because the President and Congress have decided that is finally time Continue Reading...
In fact, he repeatedly told officer Friday that he had no interest in doing so. In Sherman v. United States, the Court held that "a line must be drawn between the trap for the unwary innocent and the trap for the unwary criminal." 356 U.S. 369, 375. Continue Reading...
Social Media The objective of this study is to identify one of the major social media outlets and discuss the four components of a legally astute social media marketing manager who utilizes social media outlets for consumer transactions and how each Continue Reading...
While most see these and other similar reforms as necessary, serving merely as a legal upgrade for law enforcement, one provision of the act's section regarding wireless communication has created much controversy. This section allows foreign intelli Continue Reading...
When Brown vs. Board of Education came to the courts the judges ruled that the school law allowing "separate but equal educations" was unconstitutional which set the stage for the later examination of special education students being "separate but Continue Reading...
Officer Accountability A police officer's proven dishonesty is not a minor matter. Ignoring or covering up that dishonesty, if discovered, could be devastating to the police department's credibility. Furthermore, due to Due Process laws in the Unite Continue Reading...
Rule The rule of the case involves the Commerce Department's power to impose antidumping duties under 19 U.S.C § 1673. Application The Supreme Court review of the issues presented in the instant case was a case of first impression but it ha Continue Reading...
Fingerprint Evidence Are Fingerprint Identifications Such that Can be Considered Valid Evidence Fingerprint identification is a means of personal identification that is infallible and this is the reason that fingerprints have replaced other methods Continue Reading...
Ashcroft US Supreme Court case Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition In the case of Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, the Supreme Court presented even more arguments and reasons as to why online child pornography is prohibited. What this case failed Continue Reading...
Ethical Advantages and Disadvantages of an Appointed vs. An Elected Judiciary: The Case of Justice Harry L. Carrico Following more than four decades of noteworthy judicial service, Justice Harry L. Carrico retired simply because he finally became to Continue Reading...
The primary differences is that gun laws in the United States is determined on a state by state basis and in Canada such restrictions are broader and nationwide. There has also been a great deal of resources associated with the introducation of the Continue Reading...
