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2 Juvenile Case Briefs

heinous, atrocious or cruel, that the crime was committed for the purposes of avoiding or presenting ...a lawful arrest, and that ...

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...

Arbitration Dispute Resolution - Case Study

will subsequently lose the case completely. First, the ADA will protect Susie because the employer refused to make any modificatio...

Affirmative Action

well known in various affected organizations, it also dominated higher education. There was a claim that because minorities are at...

Michael Parenti's Views on the U.S. Government

down the road to create a society that embraces both people of color, and women. Although many contend that the Framers were inter...

The Implications and Impact of Eminent Domain

is expected to result in a greater benefit to the community as a whole, is not a violation of the Fifth Amendment of the Constitut...

The Supreme Court, Amicus Curiae, and Abortion

U.S. 173 (1991)), the ACLU filed a brief of amici curiae in conjunction with the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists,...

Representation and US Voting Rights

the Florida recount), the Court ruled that the "individual citizen . . . has no federal constitutional right to vote for electors ...

Political Questions

U.S. Constitution makes the President, a civilian leader, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Navy and Militia. While the Presiden...

Retroactive Child Support Payments: Canadian Supreme Court

they separated, the father had custody for a time, but "the parties subsequently entered into an informal shared custody arrangeme...

Business Issues in the Music Industry

acquired by larger companies seeking to grow through that route. Traditional retailers have blamed Internet retailers, piracy and...

Spain’s Philip II and the Colonization of the Philippines

far one of the more interesting chapters of Philip IIs life, in fact, revolved around that innocuous group of islands now known as...

'Arbitrary' Capital Punishment?

in todays society, the very foundation upon which it was originally created - to dissuade deviant social behavior - has continued ...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Stevens' Philosophy

in a firm that specialized in antitrust lawsuits ("John Paul Stevens," 2006). In 1970, Stevens was appointed by President Nixon to...

Arguing Against Nurses Participating in the Death of Patients and the Christine Busalacchi Case

Rural Nurses, represented by registered nurse and practicing attorney Jacqulyn Hall, filed an amici curiae (friends of the court) ...

Chief Justice John Marshall's Supreme Court Influence

found in the Constitution are specific and straightforward as well; however, many are not ("Marbury," 1992). Much is up to the cou...

U.S. and Violations of Human Rights

did this occur? The men were arrested for misdemeanors, one of which was a charge for drinking in public (Weill-Greenberg, 2005). ...

John Roberts' U.S. Supreme Court Confirmation Battle

on the bench, he needs a majority vote in the Senate. Therefore, his views are very important. Based on past decisions and stateme...

Legal Brief on United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians

should be awarded the equivalent of funds equal to the obligation from 1877 through the present plus interest. That is exactly wha...

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...

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...

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....

1967 Case of Katz v. United States

to recognize as reasonable(Katz v US 387 U.S. 347). THE ARGUMENT One of the very reasons that this country clamored for its in...

A Case Study of a Special Needs School Component

given attention to this discrepancy noting that the amount and type of homework assigned to special needs students differs from th...

William H. Rehnquist, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice

his Masters from Harvard in 1950 (Barrett, 1995). Returning to Stanford for his law degree, Rehnquist graduated first in his clas...

Pesticides Explorting Harvard Case Study

environmental and ecological activist groups argue that these products cause illness and death to animals, fish and humans. They s...

Economy, Decisions, and Elected Leaders

north-east Prussia should be ceded to the USSR; other territories east of the Oder-Neisse Line should be placed under Polish admin...

Companies and Class Action Lawsuits

about their eligibility. Q. How much money will I receive? A. You are eligible to receive a share of the settlement only if you o...

Conservative Response to Roe v. Wade

threatening the life of the mother. After much deliberation and extreme media frenzy, Roe won her suit of right to privacy stati...

The Brethren Inside the Supreme Court by Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong Summary and Analysis

public has never seen before or since. The major issues the Court wrestled with are considered in great detail, and include abort...