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Sovereignty & An International Court

inadmissible if a case is already being handled by a state with jurisdiction, unless it is deemed that the state in question is "g...

"Oregon v. Smith, et al"

Oregon for a determination of whether or not the use of peyote in church sacraments "is proscribed by the States controlled substa...

Habeas Corpus

to a hearing by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal. At such hearings, evidence is presented that the detainee should be considered...

Death Penalty Court Cases

This 4 page paper gives an overview of come court cases. This paper includes court cases concerning the death penalty. Bibliograph...

Percy Wants Darby's Gazebo

Darby likely has a right to simply change his mind. If Percy paid Darby in advance, then whether he owes Percy a gazebo or not, D...

Percy Wants Darby's Gazebo

the meantime, Percy merely wants Darby to uphold his part of the agreement made between the two men. Percy understands that Darby...

Darby's Gazebo

case will result in Darby being required to disassemble, relocate and reassemble the gazebo on Percys property. Though spec...

U.S. Supreme Court Decision of Miranda v. Arizona

right to remain silent until he had secured legal counsel (Skene, 1991). Citing the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, whi...

Constitutional Provisions and Freedom of Religion

In six pages this paper presents a fictitious situation in order to consider the U.S. Constitution's provisions regarding religiou...

Closed Chambers by Edward Lazarus

In five pages Lazarus's text on the Supreme Court is analyzed with such issues as capital punishment and desegregation discussed a...

Re-Assessing Miranda Rights

This paper examines the US Supreme Court case of United States v Dickerson, as marking a return of Miranda issues to the highest c...

Oregon's Death with Dignity Act and the American Government

request, but may not require, the patient to notify their next-of-kin of the prescription request. A patient can rescind a request...

Prayer at High School Football Games

In six pages the Supreme Court's decision to prohibit high school students leading public prayer prior to football games is examin...

Goss v. Lopez, 419 U.S. 565 Brief

In two pages this Supreme Court case involving a case brought against a school board in Southern Ohio by students that were suspen...

Violent Video Games: Who Takes Responsibility

This 4 page paper gives an answer to the question of who is responsible for violent video games. This paper includes the Supreme C...

A Landmark Event, Brown vs. Board of Education

This paper recounts the details associated with the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education and discusses why thi...

The Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin

This essay describes three Supreme Court cases, Bowers v. Hardwick, Lawrence v. Texas, and Bush v. Gore, which are described by To...

Try Juveniles in Juvenile Courts

This paper discusses the question of trying youth in adult courts. The paper reports research reports and opinions on this topic. ...

Socioeconomic Factors in the Arizona Orphan Abduction Case

The influential socioeconomic factors regarding the Arizona Orphan Abduction case are examined in 5 pages with the court's evaluat...

Wrongful Courtroom Decisions

In five pages this paper examines what happens when courts make the wrong decisions with the Supreme Court also considered. Three...

International Law and the Use of Nuclear Weapons

Since the International Court could be considered as the ultimate authority where international law is concerned, it is therefore ...

Supreme Court Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States

Many of the constitutional protections enjoyed by American citizens today could not have been envisioned by the drafters of the or...

Supreme Court Ruling on Cedar Rapids Community School District v. Garret F.

In five pages the case in which the Supreme Court ruled that a school provided nurse should attend to a student dependent upon a v...

Capital Punishment and Donald P. Roper v. Christopher Simmons

death (2004). While evidentiary rules are not pertinent here in terms of the guilt of the defendant, evidence is pertinent in resp...

US Supreme Court and its Power

the government to an extent. They must abide by local and national laws. Yet, sometimes these laws are deemed unconstitutional by ...

John Kerry v. George W. Bush's Views on the Supreme Court Contrasted

of Bush and Kerry are intimately aware, of course, that the judicial branch can override both the President and Congress. They ar...

The Supreme Court and Abortion

privacy within the Constitution (Supreme Court Cases 1965-1990, 2005). As such the court primarily inferred that the Constitution...

U.S. Supreme Court, William N. Eskridge, and Lochner v. New York

(Findlaw, 2005). The employee worked as a baker, and baking at that time was a dangerous occupation: bakers inhaled quantities o...

eBay, Inc. v Bidder's Edge, Inc. and Personal Property Trespassing

a time. Though thousands of individuals may be trying to access eBays system at the same time, they still operate at a speed much...

Gibson v. Mayor Legal Brief

judgment (HR Complys Newsletter, 2004). There is more to the case, however. In writing the judgment Judge Becker reported that Gi...