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Plea Bargaining

This 12-page paper deals with the effect of plea bargaining on the criminal justice system. It argues that the relatively new pra...

Examining the American Constitution's Victims' Rights Amendment Proposal

and pardon or commutation decisions; To be notified of a proposed pardon and to be heard on the proposal; To be notified of esc...

An Overview of the Sixth Amendment

is the right that some reporters claim allows for cameras in the courtroom. Certainly, even if cameras are not allowed by the judg...

Should Washington D.C. Become a State?

feel that they have enough representation as they live in districts with specific representatives who are numerous and carry elect...

ADA And Fourth Amendment Rights

Section 504 was enacted in 1973, its full implications are only now being realized. This is particularly true of those components...

The History of the 16th, 17th & 18th Amendments

party "bosses," as well as state political "machines," and, in the process, eradicate the undue influence of special interest grou...

Case Study Analysis of Freedom of Speech

shoppers. What is proposed is a nuisance law, with a nuisance being defined as something that contributes nothing to the social go...

Kennewick Man Controversy and the NAGPRA

from Indian lands (Clark, 1999). The act has caused a great deal of controversy in the field of archaeology and has in many ways c...

U.S. Prohibition Movement from 1920 to 1933

per centum or more of alcohol by volume which are fit for use for beverage purposes" (Volstead Act of 1919, 1997, p. 1). Furtherm...

Analysis of 3 Legal Issues

adverse to removing them from the law abiding citizen, who often needs a gun to protect himself from the very criminal element of ...

The Fourth Amendment and Its Meaning in America Today

of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effect, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be ...

Obscenity and the US Constitution's 1s Amendment

what is or is not obscene (Regulation of Obscenity and Nudity, 2002). Different commissions have arrived at different answers how...

Education Law New Jersey v. T.L.O. Analyzed

smoking in a restroom ("New Jersey," 2003). A teacher escorted the two girls to the principals office, and one of the girls was T....

Sixth Amendment of the US Constitution

the right to counsel under Miranda, where there is a necessity to be clear and unequivocal, an invocation of the Sixth Amendment r...

Technological Strategy Development

profit, otherwise investors would not place money in the shares, therefore this needs to be a major consideration, measures that d...

Policy and Issues Involving Gun Control

these two conditions; namely, common sense, in which guns should be kept away from untrustworthy people and, political philosophy ...

Social Commentary of Charles Dickens

the influence of modern industrialized society and the move from rural to urban settings, but it can also be said that this testin...

Vehicle Searching and the U.S. Constitution's 4th Amendment

provides protection for innocent citizens, it is only to some extent, when circumstances are such that a judge will rule that the ...

First Amendment Interpretation and Theory

the First Amendment and the right to free speech did not come before the Supreme Court until 1919 with the case of Shenck v. the U...

US and a History of the Women's Suffrage Movement

movements, such as slavery and temperance3. Following the Civil War, womens rights leaders hoped to receive universal suffrage, an...

Bench Memorandum Example

A grade. However, after this grade was awarded there were complaints from parents to the school principle; Principle Skinner. Foll...

1st Amendment and TFRs

racial profiling as the dog days of September lingered. It was simply a non-issue. As weeks and years pass, airport security will ...

Protection for the Rights of the Individual in the U.S. Constitution

and prohibits someone from being tried twice for the same crime (Findlaw.com (a), 2002). In addition, this amendment states that n...

Changes to the Bank Secrecy Act

altered since the terrorist attacks. The BSA has many provision, mostly related to money laundering. To sum up the gist of the act...

An Examination of The Fourth Amendment

restroom ("New Jersey," 2004). When one of the girls was told by administrators to empty her purse, she complied, but marijuana w...

Amend the Constitution to Ban Gay Marriage

It could be said that the ban, as well, could likely violate the concept of equality, which is also implied in the Constitution (T...

October 2001 Patriot Act Passage

provision. The objections that required this were due to the impact that the powers would have in terms of freedom and libraries. ...

Constitutional Amendments and Their Significance

Many people will find personal significance in terms of the fourth amendment. One does not have to be a criminal to receive this p...

U.S. Supreme Court Case of Hoffa v. the United States

on appeal to the Sixth Circuit Court (349 F2d 20). The Supreme Court in this case ultimately had to make a...

1920s' Prohibition and Its Impact Upon U.S. Crime, Religion, and Economics

reality throughout the United States and many wished to end these corrupt practices seen in many a saloon across the country. T...