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Overview of the 1857 Dred Scott U.S. Supreme Court Decision

in his 1859 examination of the case points out that the US Supreme Court in hearing this case was also concerned with issues of co...

Pledge of Allegiance and the U.S. Supreme Court

lawsuit was filed in 2000, but failed to draw any media attention until a Ninth Circuit Court panel handed down a 2-1 ruling in Ju...

Military Courts and Justice

people do not commit more crime but rather they are perhaps caught more often when they do. In other words, a white man is less li...

Comparing Federal and Texas State Judicial Systems

well as handling legal matters. Although literature is sparse as to why the Texas justices are elected rather than appoint...

Racial Issues and the Cases of Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger

a "tremendous victory" (Peterson, 2003) by U of Ms President Mary Sue Coleman - allows for colleges and universities to continue a...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

talks of having a bobcat and javelinas as pets (Marie, 1985). She rode horseback and even learned to drive a car by the age of se...

Supreme Court Case Adarand v. Pena

from the other direction. Some critics contend that affirmative action has had a crippling effect upon minority groups because of...

Proportionality and Australian Law

in alignment with Constitutional standards. It can be argued, then, that the High Courts acceptance of the relevance of proportio...

U.S. Supreme Court Case of Troxel v. Granville

regardless of any opposition from Agnes (the little girls mother), the connections that exist between the grandparents and child a...

Christine Busalacchi and Euthanasia

that she was much more responsive and seemed to be improving. Still not fully conscious, at times she would be able to "communica...

Was the 2000 Presidential Election Stolen by George W. Bush?

term traditionally begins the first Monday in October, and so final opinions are issued in late June (Mears, 2002). Justices divid...

A Legal Courtroom Visit

the description of the room itself and the way the people orient to that room. There is, for example, the distinct separation of ...

Court Appointments as a Means of Altering Policy

The result is that laws can be interpreted in a variety of ways, depending on circumstances and depending on our place in history....

Can Recovered Memories and Eyewitness Testimony Be Trusted?

Men and women are being accused, tried, and convicted with no proof or evidence of guilt other than the word of the accuser" (Loft...

U.S. Supreme Court and Its Power

Ginsburg has a certain way of drawing out the agitated masses when she has ruled in a particularly unpopular direction. Case in p...

Fate in Bleak House by Charles Dickens

as well. Greed and ambition get in the way of the characters doing what is right, and innocent children become victims of a syste...

Life and Career of Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

B, however, would prove enduring and she would return to continue her education at the age of 13. In her childhood memoir, OConno...

Victoria Supreme Court Case of Parish v Smyrnos

door bell ring at an early hour, that she looked outside and saw a naked man with an erect penis (2003). She was frightened. This...

Courts and Leases' Interpretations

was noted that the tenant did not comply with the original terms of the contract in that he was expected to notify the landlord th...

Changing the Scottish Evidence Rules

be heard. The opposite to this is an inquisition system, where there are not different sides, but the aim of finding the truth. Al...

Human Resource Case Study on Micronics Technology

dependent upon Carol having dinner with Buddy, the supervisor. It is also a hostile environment case because Buddy touches her, re...

Copyright, Google and Its Digital Library

in which Google does business with authors and publishers (Waters, 2009). The most important part of the scenario appears to be ...

No TV in Court

United States seeing that might think they were watching a scripted drama rather than an actual court case. The media have been r...

Legal Representation as Depicted in the Book by Anthony Lewis? ?

the offices of the Supreme Court. He was, however, just one more convicted criminal in a long list of criminals that was pleading...

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: The Less Than Noble Hank Morgan

a nineteenth-century technological marvel, believing this would put the ineffectual Arthur and the uppity nobles in their places w...

AGING, STEROTYPES AND SEXUALITY

(When Alzheimers Patients Fall in Love, 2007). In a USA Today article that further explored the John OConnor love affair,...

Tan's First Novel

all sorts of unsettling events. This is a fictional account but it brings into play very real issues faced by todays population. ...

Private Commerce and Criminal Justice Productivity Measures

notes, do not abide by this same economic equation; in fact, their productivity versus ever-growing taxpayer-funded resources more...

The Supreme Court and the Fourth Amendment

the arrestee might access the vehicle at the time of the search or that the vehicle contains evidence of the offense of arrest" (G...

3 Supreme Court Cases on Affirmative Action and Equal Protection According to the US Constitution's 14th Amendment

the founding fathers wrote have done so in an attempt at fairness. They have gone with what appeared to be the mainstream thinkin...