The courts found that the FBI had shown a marked tendency to issue gag orders arbitrarily -- "a March 2008 Office of Inspector General (OIG) report revealed that, among other abuses, the FBI misused NSLs to sidestep the authority of the Foreign Int Continue Reading...
Instead of pretending that racism and its effects no longer exist, we need to strengthen affirmative action and devise a new set of policies that directly tackle the racial gap in wealth." (Derrity, 1). That, in a nutshell, is the position of this 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...
Reconstruction After Civil War The liberation declaration in 1863 freed African-Americans in rebel states, and after the Civil War, the Thirteenth Amendment liberated all U.S. slaves wherever they were. As a result, the mass of Southern blacks now f Continue Reading...
The Right to Due Process and Privacy in Times of Coronavirus Introduction One of the major problems in the US and the wider world is the dissemination of news or information that is accepted uncritically as gospel truth because it comes from a truste Continue Reading...
The Crusades The Crusades would shape Islamic attitudes toward the West for centuries, so much so that it was noted that George Bush should never have used the term with reference to the War on Terror because of the bad feelings involved. In the e Continue Reading...
Meanwhile Congress was reluctant to challenge Bush (members feared being termed "unpatriotic" since Bush argued that the safety of Americans depended on the secret surveillance done by NSA) immediately, but in the past few months Congress (the House Continue Reading...
S. Senator Dianne Feinstein. The legislation makes the provision of over $ billion in funding "for gang prevention, intervention and law enforcement programs over five years and establishes new crimes and tougher penalties to deter and punish members Continue Reading...
questia.com JSTOR. A www.jstor.com David E. Sorkin, Technical and Legal Approaches to Unsolicited Electronic Mail, 35 U.S.F.L. Rev. 325 (2001). Google and other search engines: www.google.com Encarta Encyclopedia online. 2006 10. Appendix Art Continue Reading...
Criminal Procedure Book Review Criminal Justice Criminal John Ferdico's Criminal Procedure for the Criminal Justice Professional The purpose of this work is to thoroughly and comprehensively review the work of John Ferdico entitled "Criminal Proce Continue Reading...
Individual Rights VS. Public Order Individual right - the right to privacy VS. public order - the need to use surveillance Cameras to deter crime. The Surveillance cameras are regularly connected to machines for taping the proceedings, but nobody l Continue Reading...
History Of the Western Law Meaning - in legal terms - for nations to "stay the hand of vengeance" Justice Robert Jackson, while delivering his opening speech in November 1945 during the infamous Nuremberg trials for war offenses, enjoined the leade Continue Reading...
This springs from the inherent flaw to the logical and practical underpinnings of the 2001 bill. Its twofold set of assumptions-that safety can only be preserved through the sacrifice of personal liberties and that terrorism is the product of bureau Continue Reading...
They now work together in what has become an ideological battle against the U.S. In this vicious battle against the terror outfits, our people have been robbed of their cherished freedom, which has always been the cornerstone of our constitution. A Continue Reading...
" (McCullough v. Maryland, 1819). Doherty's response to that statement is: Ah well, the constitution is not a suicide pact, after all; nor is it a shopping list, a condominium agreement, or any number of other things. But it was meant to be a docume Continue Reading...
Case Analysis: Jones v. StateIntroductionThis paper discusses the case of Jones v. State, in which Kimberly Jones sued the State of Maryland for negligent training of two deputies who allegedly used excessive force during an altercation while attempt Continue Reading...
Confederation and Constitution The differences between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution of 1787 were significant. The former entrusted power to the individual states while the latter relinquished the majority of power to the centra Continue Reading...
Death penalty is generally conceived of as the supreme legal sanction, inflicted only against perpetrators of the most serious crimes. The human rights community has traditionally held a stance against the death penalty for a wide variety of reasons: Continue Reading...
Employee Privacy Torts History of Employee Privacy Changing Trends of Employee Privacy Impact of Innovative Technology on Employee Privacy Role of Social Media towards Employee Privacy Impact of Changing Community/Society on Employee Privacy Ad Continue Reading...
WOMEN'S RIGHTS: EQUALITY IN THE WORKFORCE, EQUAL PAY Women's Rights: Equality in the Workplace, Equal Pay Legislative background. The word "sex" is always an attention-getter, and when used in legislation, it can be polarizing. Public Law 82-352 (7 Continue Reading...
caselaw.findlaw.com);in Guiles v. Marineau (2006) (No. 05-0327 2nd Cir. Court) the Court of Appeals ruled that the school "violated a student's free speech" by disciplining him for wearing a T-shirt that criticized George W. Bush and used images of d Continue Reading...
On the whole, the Academy calls for the abolition of exemption laws and endorses initiatives to educate the public about the medical needs of children (Committee on Bioethics).. While AAP recognizes the importance of religion to people's lives, it Continue Reading...
United States (1970), after a Vietnam veteran was arrested for wearing a jacket with those words into a courthouse. In principle, even speech that is "offensive" is considered to deserve protection, because the consequences of censorship are even m Continue Reading...
Courting Disaster This study reviews Pat Robertson's "Courting disaster: How the Supreme Court is usurping the power of Congress and the people." Pat Robertson is the founder and chairperson of the Christian Broadcasting Network, founder of Regent U Continue Reading...
Patriot Act also has the ability to strip the American public of their basic rights to privacy. The Patriot Act allows easy access to financial records, pen registers and trap-trace devices could be installed on personal computers and telephones, an Continue Reading...
opportunities, including education, employment, and entrepreneurship that immigrants have in America. America provides opportunities for all races: America guarantees that one will not be discriminated on the basis on of his race, National origin Continue Reading...
authors discussing the Bill of Rights. The authors are Irving Brant and Michael J. Kryzanek, both experts in the field of political science. The Bill of Rights did not exist when the Constitution was first written; it was a series of amendments pro Continue Reading...
Even though slavery was abolished with the 13th Amendment, blacks in the South were still subjected to harsh and unfair treatment throughout the latter half of the 19th century and well into the 20th century. In fact, it would be more than a century Continue Reading...
Thesis: This paper will described the evolution of the rights of the accused and show how the concept changed from its initial inception in early America to its current conception in the 21st century. Introduction The rights of the accused in the mod Continue Reading...
intelligence operations. What role would state and local police play in these operations? What are the limits on their role? Intelligence operations can tremendously aid in the prevention of terrorist and criminal acts. The problem with intelligenc Continue Reading...
Same Sex Marriage Clearly explain the SCOTUS's ruling on same-sex marriage. Make sure to discuss the constitutional issues on this ruling. In Obergefell v. Hodges, the U.S. Supreme Court is focusing on if same sex couples have the right to marry. T Continue Reading...
civil lawsuit that has been covered in a newspaper article. The main legal arguments are given. The decision of the court and the reasons given will also be looked into. The agreements and disagreements that followed will also be discussed. Saliata Continue Reading...
Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012 was introduced by Senator Marco Rubio for the purpose of repealing the recent mandate that infringes religious freedom and conscience rights of religious organizations by the recent mandate within President O Continue Reading...
These percentages are illustrated in Figure 3. Interestingly, research has demonstrated that the when public opinion is sought between "gay marriage" and "civil union" the results differed greatly. Although the rights being suggested were similar, Continue Reading...
The fact that it is neither arbitrary nor motivated by atavistic animosity in a vacuum distinguishes this type of infringement from those that are absolutely impermissible in principle. Conclusion: In a wider perspective, the issue of police profi Continue Reading...
