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All other Christian and Jewish groups interpret these same passages as referring to dietary laws, to the actual eating of meat containing blood (Robinson). Witnesses also urge to "discontinue their chemotherapy treatments when platelet transfusions Continue Reading...
Freibert; "The custom of using the handmaid for progeny permeated Israelite history and custom" (Domville, 2006). Legal documents that date back to the 15th Century BC support biblical records of that practice, Domville continues.
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Homosexuality: An Analysis of James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room
Introduction to James Baldwin
Ask any "PK"; they'll tell you that, on top of the four odds that were stacked against him as a child, James Baldwin had one additional card piled up agains Continue Reading...
25). Programs are also underway to increase riparian habitat and the perennial flow of water into the system (ADWR, p. 26). These measures will help to reduce the impact of the water shortage, but they will not be enough without the efforts of the c Continue Reading...
Psycho Therapeutic Encounter
In the world of psychology, therapy is an important part in helping patients to accept the different issues they are dealing with. Over the years, various techniques and tactics have been used with numerous degrees of su Continue Reading...
Much like African-American leaders and reformers that brought about the end of racial discrimination and segregation via the Civil Rights Movement, in 1866, Stanton created the American Equal Rights Association, aimed at organizing women in the lon Continue Reading...
C., office. "The important thing that we realize the older that we get is how unique it was that a group of teenagers got to participate in this seminal event. For each of us, we had different visions about what was going to happen there, but we all Continue Reading...
Karl Popper / Allen Bloom
Why indeed would scholars, teachers, journalists, parents and other close observers of society be surprised that many young people are, as Bloom says, given to go along "day by day ... gratifying the desire" that occurs to Continue Reading...
Health Care in the U.S. And Spain
What Can the U.S. Learn About Health Care from Spain?
In 2009, Spain's single-payer health care system was ranked the seventh best in the world by the World Health Organization (Socolovsky, 2009). By comparison, th Continue Reading...
The Court said there was no evidence to suggest that any teacher under the program and question had attempted to inculcate religion in students. Moreover, the cooperation required between the parochial school employees and the public employees regar Continue Reading...
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Taft speaking for the court found that the above statute was an invasion of executive power (Myers v. United States). Therefore Myers could not get compensation.
In the case of Humpreys Executor v. U.S. The deceased plaintiff in the case also bro Continue Reading...
Miranda Rights
To most people, the case Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), is synonymous with the Miranda warnings given to accused criminals. People understand that Miranda means that a criminal defendant has the right to remain silent and th Continue Reading...
5 May, 2005. Retrieved at http://news.public.findlaw.com/ap/o/51/05-06-2005/ca790022a837290c.html. Accessed on 11 May, 2005
Civil liberties groups unite against a surveillance society. 21 April, 2005. Retrieved at http://www.out-law.com/php/page.ph Continue Reading...
Branches of U.S. Gov't
The government structure in the United States is divided into three distinct branches that work in conjunction to ensure that the country and its citizens are governed justly. These branches were established in Articles 1, 2, Continue Reading...
To prove either side of the argument, the sensitivity and impact needs to be assessed -- there is no blanket rule of everything being transparent, or everything being private; it is dependent upon the sensitivity and overall impact of the issue at h Continue Reading...
Territorial Expansion
How did the U.S. acquire the territory in question?
On the auspicious date of April 30, 1803, the United States of America bought eight hundred and twenty eight thousand square miles worth of land from the French government of Continue Reading...
Should the first solution be called upon, it will be limited by the fact that the public may rebel, failing to re-elect those senators and congressmen who are in favor of the legislation. Indeed, the Supreme Court may even find some of the more extr Continue Reading...
HIGHER EDUCATION IN U.S.
Historical Events
Events that influenced the development of higher education in U.S.
Since the beginning of the 21st century, U.S. higher education stands for an impressive enterprise. Also, as an established industry of Continue Reading...
U.S. Constitution
Between 1777 and 1786, the Articles of Confederation determined what the federal government could and could not do (School of Law, n.d.). The Articles provided no authority for tax collection or regulation of commerce, a situation Continue Reading...
Civic Values in the U.S.
Restoring democracy and civic virtue in the United States will require major reforms that reduce the power of corporations, elites and special interests in the whole political process. Right now, there is a radical disconnec Continue Reading...
law cases (Corporate Law Issues cases)
Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 17 U.S. 518 (Wheat) (1819)
The Court had to decide whether "the act of incorporation . . . creat[ed] a civil institution, to be employed in the administration of the Continue Reading...
Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts 557 U.S. 305 (2009), police arrested Luis Melendez-Diaz as the defendant was making an illegal cocaine sale in a Kmart parking lot in Massachusetts. During the trial, the Court brought into evidence, bags of cocaine Me Continue Reading...
validity of the two official U.S. government reasons: 1) military necessity and 2) protection of the Japanese-Americans, for the imprisonment of Japanese-American and Japanese Issei during World War II. Be specific in your reasoning and examples.
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Campaign for the U.S. Presidency
When Barack Obama was elected to the presidency in 2008, it was a remarkable historical event; never before had an African-American achieved the highest office in the United States. And Obama was facing a daunting ta Continue Reading...
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Thus, the members of the Convention assumed that, although power was a necessary evil, it was also dangerous, especially when provided to the wrong person who might take advantage of this power for his own gain. In essence, the members attempted t Continue Reading...
China in the South China Sea
The geopolitical and economic consequences of China's occupation of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea can perhaps best be measured the West's (or simply Washington's) response to China's move. As Durden notes, t Continue Reading...
Drug Policies of the United States and the Netherlands
Virtually every country in the world has drug prohibition and criminalizes the production and sale of cannabis, cocaine, and opiates, except for medical uses, and most countries criminalize the Continue Reading...
Pastor categorizes the last century (ending in the 1980s) as falling into several categories, with regard to immigration policy, which he also notes is open for debate, as it is usually done in public debates in Congress and between the executive br Continue Reading...
Constitution
The United States Supreme Court is the backbone of the country since it acts as the premise of governance and supreme law of the land. The Constitution has established a unique form of government in which governance is by the people and Continue Reading...
As Cuccinelli and Getchell point out that, "The police power is the antithesis of limited, enumerated powers. Given the breadth of that power, it cannot be exercised by the federal government without overwhelming the limitations intended by the Cons Continue Reading...
BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. V. ELLERTH
Supreme Court of the United States, 1998
524 U.S. 742
Vicarious liability of employer in a sexual harassment case
Sexual harassment, hostile work environment, vicarious liability, Title VII, affirmative def Continue Reading...
Appellate Brief
Question Presented / Issue Statement
Appellant Mary Smith seeks review of the decision of the United States District Court for the District of Anytown, which granted judgment in favor of appellees, the United States Postal Service ( Continue Reading...
Richard Nixon Achievements as a U.S. President
Richard M. Nixon was the thirty-seventh American President whose administration started functioning in January1969 and concluded in August 1974 in an abrupt manner following the Watergate scandal. Despi Continue Reading...
S. Although this concern has remained, nowadays, the agenda of such agencies features a wider range of issues, especially the relationship between the American Jewish community and Israel, as well as that with other Jewish communities all over the wo Continue Reading...
Internet Taxation in the U.S.A.
Controversy revolves around the taxation of Internet sales activity and Internet access. The question generating this controversy is: Should the Internet be a tax-free zone in the United States? On the side supporting 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...
However, it is unlikely that one system will ever be sacrificed entirely. Also, there are cases when jurisdiction between federal and state overlap, such as "any lawsuit where citizens of different states are involved in disputes concerning at least Continue Reading...
U.S.C. § 48 is not aimed at specific instances of animal cruelty, but specifically at the creation and distribution of depictions of such abuse for the purposes of interstate and/or foreign commerce. This is the act that the appellant was unarg Continue Reading...