Court Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

In the recent case brought up on appeal, U.S.A. vs Regenerative Sciences LLC, the Appellate Court re-examined the issue of whether federal laws regulating the manufacture and labeling of drugs and biological products were violated by a company that produced a mixture of stem cells and antibiotic doxycycline. In an earlier ruling, the District Court held that Regenerative Sciences LLC did violate these laws, and the Appellate Court affirmed the lower court’s judgment. This case received a lot of publicity due to the ethical issues surrounding stem cell research and resulting impacts to stakeholders affected by the outcome. The case presents ...

Q.1
The five basic assumptions of positivism in law are realism, objectivity, scientific evidence, and ultimate proof is unattainable. The realism operates in order to impress investigators to face the reality without letting their emotions cloud their judgments. The objectivity wants them to focus on objectives without getting hurt from the presence of obstacles and problems in the way of solving the crime. The good investigator always follows the evidence because it does not lie, but people do in order to hide their wrongdoings. The final assumption argues that ultimate proof is not possible to be found, and ...

Question 1

There are four major types of committees in the United States Congress. Each of these committees have different roles and functions. The first is the standing committee. This one has fixed jurisdiction and has stable memberships. This committee deals with most of the issues of legislative concerns that are permanent. The conference committee is made if members of the Senate and the house and issue single bills for the two house to vote on. Select commits are usually created for limited periods, and they serve a particular purpose. Joint committees are also similar and are created and comprised of members ...

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Air Wisconsin v. Hoeper Case
Facts of the case
The respondent of this case was the pilot Hoeper and the petitioner was Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp. When Air Wisconsin ended its operations from Hoeper’s home base, Denver, on an aircraft that he was qualified to fly, he was supposed to get another certification to fly a different type of aircraft, if he needs to continue in his job. After Hoeper was unsuccessful in clearing the certification process in his first three efforts, the company agreed to offer him yet another ...

Was the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States fully? Why (based on what constitutional principle)? The United States Department of Health & Human Services states that the Affordable Care Act was passed by Congress and then signed into law by the President on March 23, 2010 (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services). On June 28, 2012 the Supreme Court of the United States made a ruling on the claim initiated by the National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (Obama Care Facts).
The Affordable Care Act was largely upheld by ...

Every year, Jackson County judges handle more than thousands of cases, majority of which are disposed and the verdict stands as rendered, while some are appealed and some of these appealed cases as reversed. In a study conducted by The Star Tribune’s Jackie Chan, 182,908 cases were handled by 40 judges in Common Pleas Court, Domestic Relations Court, and Municipal Court, over a three-year period. The study was done to evaluate the performance of each judge and determine which judges were doing a good job and which ones were making too many mistakes.
Calculation of the probabilities were done ...

Irresponsible waste dumping is becoming a global concern as companies are increasingly polluting the environment with hazardous and unprocessed chemical substances. This poses a menace to both our natural environment and general public safety. The following is a waste dumping case that successfully resulted to resettlement fines and costs.
A good example of a successful settled court case on waste dumping is the Richard James case in Cambria, United Kingdom. Mr. Richard James Allan is a 40 year old director, and owner of two companies; Brampton Skip Hire Ltd and North West Recycling. He was accused by the Carlisle Crown Law Court of ...

The case of Johnson v Santa Clara Transportation Agency is one of the seminal decisions relating to employment discrimination and affirmative action plans. A background of the circumstances attending the institution of the case is important in this respect. In the year 1978, the defendant in this case voluntarily adopted an Affirmative Action Plan for hiring and promotion of women. The plan provided among other things, that while making promotions senior roles within traditionally segregated job categories where women had been marginalized, the Agency was permitted to consider the sex of the applicants as a factor for consideration in such ...

The Voting Rights Act 1965 in the United States was enacted at the time, in a bid to stem the high level of state disenfranchisement at the ballot mostly on the basis of race. It also was enacted following a struggle by civil rights activists and demonstrations that were marked by violence and deaths. The law was meant to cure the discriminatory restrictions that were present at the time especially against the Blacks, Asians and the Hispanics. The law was subsequently followed with amendments of which the latest was in the year 2006. The 2006 amendment sought to validate the position ...

In the history of American Law, John Marshall remains one of the most influential chief justices. He was the fourth and longest-serving chief justice in the US Supreme Court from 1801-1835. According to expert commentators, John Marshall was the greatest Supreme Court justice of all time where he dominated the court and played a major role in the evolution of the American constitutional law

The Greatest Supreme Court Justice

John Marshall’s definition on the absolute role of the Court as a coequal branch of the United States government along with his declaration on the rights of the Supreme Court’s judicial review, created an equal ...

Mass media is an extremely cardinal ingredient in any democratic society. This is because it not only informs and educates the public about government’s activities, but also acts as a check for abuse of office by government’s officials. This is an extremely vital function in any mature democracy. However, according to Agenda setting Theory, mass media has acquired so much influence over people that it has become a key opinion setter. In essence mass media has, with time, acquired the ability and capacity to bring to the attention of the people what they consider critical. Proponents of this theory ...

4. Who designs the laws? Do they benefit and protect all citizens equally? Why or why not?
According to the constitution, the congress is responsible for the process of making laws. Laws are debated in the parliament and when passed, it is expected that they are to protect all people in the society equally. The laws made by the congress actually benefit all the citizens of a country equally. This is because; these laws aim at ensuring that all people in the country enjoy their rights and freedoms. When in court, the laws are applied to all the citizens ...

All throughout history, there have been many wars that involved horrific and unexplained massacres done by nation from all over the world. Whether these massacres are done for the benefits of war or just plain cruelty, nonetheless it is still an undifferentiating and cruel slaughter of people. However, the United States themselves are not innocent of heartless bloodbaths and in fact have two incidents where many believe has stained and scared their hands with the blood of innocent people. The Biscari Massacre and my Lai Massacre are two bloodbaths that took place by Americans up under a leadership of high ...

The United States is often referred to as a “democracy,” but this is not a strictly true statement. In reality, the United States is a democratic republic that operates under federalist principles; though these two ideas may seem to be the same, in reality they are quite different. In a democracy, every individual has a vote on every issue, but in a democratic republic, individuals vote on representatives who then vote on the issues in their stead (Sutton 18). Because America is a compilation of states that make up one unified government, it can be referred to as a federalist nation (“Separation of Powers and Checks and ...

Question 1

First, the meaning of a statute must be established. This must be done from the language in which it is outlined. To begin with, it is the duty of the judges to give effects and ascertain the intent of the legislature in approving the statute from the language because this could ease their efforts of deriving the legislative’s intent behind the statute. In cases where the legislative intent is apparent from the statute language, the judges have a duty to apply the laws on its face without using case law to determine the purpose and intent of the statute. Conversely, ...

The United States Courts- Chapter 5

Caylee Anthony’s murder takes place in Orange County, Florida in this case; courts in Orange County heard the case. In the case of appeals due to the charge of murder, Judges in the Appellate courts in Florida will listen to the case. If the Jury finds the defendant guilty and imposes the death penalty, the defendant has the opportunity of challenging the sentence in the federal courts. The issue describes the complexity of the court system in America. United States has close to 17,000 courthouses with elaborate architecture. The modern courthouses don a faceless structure due to lack ...

Chapter 3

Post 1 – Professor Franck’s brings up an interesting question, why states obey international law despite the undeveloped condition of the international system? I would say a very important reason is that criminals, even those who have been nation-state leaders have been brought to trial on the international stage at The Hague. So all the characteristics he mentions that give legitimacy – transparency, symbolic validation, adherence and coherence – are met by the World Court and can be observed on the television news all over the world. There exist inconsistencies in terms of which leaders are taken to trial when others have ...

Kantaras v. Kantaras, 884 So. 2d 155 - Fla: Dist. Court of Appeals, 2nd Dist. 2004
Linda G. KANTARAS v. Michael J. KANTARAS
No. 2D03-1377.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 2004.
Mathew D. Staver, Erik W. Stanley, and Anita L. Staver of Liberty Counsel, Longwood, for Appellant.
Rebecca Harrison Steele of Law Office of Rebecca Harrison Steele, P.A., Tampa; Karen M. Doering, Tampa; and Collin D. Vause, Clearwater, for Appellee.
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The Linda Kantaras Vs Michael Kantaras legal battle was a civil case. The case was judged based on the Florida Defense ...

Inaction is more harmful than taking the wrong decision. The callous attitude of the Judges in the Supreme Court in recent times is affecting different sections of the society in the United States. Whether it is their reluctance to ban assault rifles or to withhold immigration reforms, the consequences are difficult to bear by the citizenry. There are several incidents of inaction in the past which disgraced the United States in the international arena. It is not surprising that neighboring countries are slowly isolating ties with the nation. Even allied nations choose to hold a neutral position. Inaction has ...

The 9/11 terrorist attacks have transformed the political landscape of the Untied States. The “War on Terror” raises unique national security challenges for the American government. In years past, the enemy was a clearly defined group or nation. It was therefore easy to identify and destroy the intended enemy. But terrorism is an entirely different ballgame. This is because traditional geopolitical boundaries no longer define the enemy. Because of the transnational difficulties inherent preventing, investigating, and prosecuting terrorists, the government has implemented a variety of means to better facilitate combating terrorism.
In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the ...

In ancient societies, people believed that the hierarchy of human society was based on the divine right of certain people to lead and the divine permission to keep others as lower class members of society. This shamed the parameters of social order until the Age of Enlightenment and Reformation in the 16th and 17th Centuries. The American and French Revolutions laid the foundation for the creation of a system of civil liberties and human rights which required some basic rights to be accorded to all human beings without exception. Human rights is defined as “a set of freedoms guaranteed ...

Sonbol’s “Women in Shari’ah Courts: A Historical and Methodological Discussion” look at the Shari’ah courts and qadis before modern legal transformation. In addition, the article looks at the laws and the Islamic legal system that govern the role and lives of women. Many critics of the Shari’ah’s customs justify the laws relating to women with the teachings of the Qu’ran. Sonbol attempts to show the system before the culture transformed to the modern days and ways of reasoning. Even though the standard of the society dictated the importance of women, and the qadis ...

Learning Activity 1

QA answer
Ohio court has the jurisdiction to handle this case but not Texas. Although the involved parties cut across the two states, Ohio has the personal jurisdiction because the Flower World Business is in that state. In other words, the defendant involved case is physically located in Ohio and this is the area where the investigation should be conducted. The best way to determine the jurisdiction is to look at the court that will have both personal and subject matter jurisdiction over the defendant of the case as argued by Orakhelashvili (n.d.).

QB Answer

Legally, the type of jurisdiction that ...

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The Problem
The last two decades left the United States of America’s detention centers flooded with juvenile offenders. The rate at which juveniles get themselves in detention facilities for rehabilitation is at its peak demanding attention from the justice system of the country. Statistics show that the young people are perpetrators of violent crimes inclusive of murder, rape, armed robbery and several other crimes more than ever before. Further studies accentuate that the greater percentage of inmates in jails currently throughout the US comprises inmates in the age bracket of 17 and 21 ...

(1). William Glasser, an American psychiatrist and psychologist developed Reality Therapy in the mid-60s. As he continued making use of the therapy he had developed, its theory, techniques, and broader applications kept on evolving. Reality Therapy is a therapeutic approach in which people learn to comprehend the needs that our species have developed as a result of evolution and that drive every human being. Using this form of therapy allows therapists to help people make more effective choices so that these needs are met, to take control of their own lives, and become strong to handle problems and stresses of life. Glasser ...

Presley’s promise of paying Aden’s mortgage indebtedness was unenforceable. The promise made by Presley to paying the remaining mortgage was out of good will and was not considerable. Therefore, the appeal made by Mrs. Aden after his death could not enforce his estate legal representative to pay. Even though Presley was kind to the family of Alden and sent them several gifts including assisting them to put up a swimming pool and also paying for the landscaping lawn, it was not automatic that Presley would also keep his promise of paying the remaining mortgage for a divorce ...

The notion of religious freedom is a bedrock right in American society. The nation was founded on the idea that citizens should be free to worship however and whatever they choose and the government is proscribed from establishing a religion. The First Amendment of the Constitution provides, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof” (United States Constitution, amend. I). While the right to free exercise of religion is enshrined in the Constitution, many minority believers and non-mainstream faiths are discriminated against. To combat religious discrimination, Congress has made religion a ...

In the present case, Capability Ltd has given a document which was titled as ‘Memorandum of Terms’ and at the back of this document; two clauses have been inserted by a rubber stamp. Therefore the first clause states that the company is not responsible for any personal injury that may be suffered by the customer by performing the contract. In the same way, according to the second clause, the liability of the company for any damage that may be suffered by the home of the customer is limited to the sum of 500 pounds and at the same time it also ...

While the hit Netflix television series “Orange is the New Black” has succeeded in pulling back the curtain a bit on the situation facing woman in the criminal justice system; popular notions, assumptions and stereotypes of female offenders remain misleading at best or completely false at worst. More importantly, however, public policy continues to ignore the special status of women offenders despite the fact, as the show illustrates, of major differences in the types of crimes in which women commit crimes and the frequency in which they commit them.
Even though the traditional portrayal of women in the criminal ...

Issue. Public nudity within 500 feet of a school or church is an unconstitutional restriction of freedom of expression. Should Abercrombie and Fitch be allowed to shoot a music video parody that exposes nudity within 500 meters of a school or a church?

Analysis. The United States of America’s constitution allows freedom of expression in that every citizen has the right to express him or herself. The law passed by the City of New York prohibiting anyone from public exposure within 500 meters of a school or a church is unconstitutional because; the constitution gives every citizen the right to choose and decide how ...

Scenario One

Sebastian commits this offense when he dishonestly buys business class tickets with the intention to sell them. Evidence of further dishonesty is illustrated by his travelling in economy class while the company records indicate that he travelled in the business class. Even though no harm results to the company from his actions, the case of Attorney General’s Reference (No. 3 of 2003) held that the key determinant in the offense is the conduct, not the results. Accordingly, Sebastian has committed the offense regardless of the outcome of his conduct.
It is however imperative to note that it ...

This report was elaborated to evaluate the incentives for private sector growth and business opportunities in Colombia. The country has been chosen not only because is one of the best positioned economies in the region, but also has lots of underdeveloped areas where a solid international company could have a great impact on the communities located there. Nonetheless, given that Colombia is still on its way to full economic development, this report will evaluate demographic, cultural, political and institutional factors to determine the main elements that could constrain business growth in order to help the company make informed decisions to maximize ...

Introduction

Our company, here in referred to as Greene’s LLC, is suing Jennifer Lawson, a former employee for breaching a confidentiality agreement signed during the course of her employment and subsequently breached after being dismissed from the company. Jennifer Lawson has subsequently countersued Greene’s LLC for wrongful termination.
The substance of the matter is that Jennifer Lawson was summarily dismissed from the company by the HR officer Lisa Peele. Lawson subsequently went on to seek employment from a competitor, Howell Jewelry World, a competitor to Greene’s LLC. The bone of contention for our company is that in ...

Introduction

The English contract law consists of a body of rules that control contacts in England, with its foundation based on the intense activities of the judiciary that took place in the industrial revolution. It is critical to mention that the law shares some of its core elements with the commonwealth countries such as Australia and Canada. However, the law had for long been undergoing influences of the European Union during the period that the UK has been a member until this year when it withdrew the membership of the European body. The English law perceives people who enter into ...

Civil rights and civil liberties are mentioned throughout the United States Constitution. It is not uncommon for people to assume that both terms mean the same thing. In fact, these two terms have different meanings. Civil rights are a form of equality among the people of the United States. Rights are given to legal citizens of this country and are implemented in the Amendments and the Bill of Rights. There are many rights that individuals can utilize and practice freely.
In the Declaration of Independence, it discusses the rights of protection that is guaranteed by the government of the ...

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Collaborative Governance is never a neophyte concept. Some sectors call it a public and private partnership. Other people term it government and non-government cooperation. Business-oriented people likewise name it as profit and non-profit coordination. Be it a partnership, cooperation, coordination, or the likes, one thing is certain, that it is collaboration. However, if there is one thing in this idea that should be given more emphasis, it would be the governance since this is the primary goal of the collaboration.
In Chapter 24 of the book The Oxford Handbook of Public Policies, two economists, John Donahue and ...

The United States Juvenile justice system has evolved into its current form due to constant developments over a period of time. Children were kept with other criminals in United States prisons in earlier times, and a separate criminal justice system for juveniles, is relatively new in the United States. The idea of juvenile justice has developed in the 19th century as a separate entity from the adult criminal justice system in the United States. This paper intends to discuss US juvenile justice system and also analyses the significant developments that affected the area of juvenile justice in significant ways (Edwards, 2008, p. ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been given a mandate by the Congress, through legislation, to protect the environment for the people of the United States. The parent act establishing the agency gives it the power to make delegated legislation that would be essential in helping the agency carry out its obligations efficiently. Drafters of the Constitution, in their wisdom, saw it fit to advice Congress, and indeed encourage it, through provisions of the Constitution to establish agencies with regulatory power to carry out specific functions. Indeed, Congress cannot be heard to legislate on everything because it will be overwhelmed ...

In the history, man’s self interested has been dominated by the idea of self interest with the aim of concluding a dominion over those with no or little power in the absence of rule of law to protect them. The monster of Habeas Corpus has been around in circulation for many years despite the fact that it sets back to many years unidentified. The phenomena Corpus has been around for every war encountered as been either considered a good or a bad thing based on the outcome of the war. Two presidents in the past suspended the concept behind the ideology ...

Tony Nicklinson suffers from locked in syndrome as a result of a stroke, he is unable to communicate verbally or physically, and he is completely paralyzed from the neck down, he is literally a prisoner in his own body.

The fifty-eight year old was denied the right to die by the high court.

“I have locked-in syndrome and it makes my life a living nightmare.
I cannot speak and I am also paralysed below the neck, which means I need someone to do everything for me.
For example, 90% of itches have to be endured because by the time someone comes to scratch it and I have laboriously explained where it is, the itch has ...

Court have overtime been at the forefront of provision of justice for those who have been accused and this is achieved through compensation through various remedies. However, in certain instances, the cases that are brought to courts actually have no merit and is basically a waste of the courts time and such cases are referred to as frivolous law suits. Therefore, the thesis of this research is to examine whether the concept of frivolous law suit is accurate or a mere fallacy.
First and foremost, it is worth noting that for any person to be held liable for any ...

In Rhone v. Schneider National Carriers, Inc., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 53346, a national court ordered the applicant to generate the “Download Your Info” file from her social media account on Facebook (Gates, 2016). The “Download Your Info” details contain the entire information of the user’s profile in one file.
Rhone was a private injury case occurred because of an accident with a motor vehicle. The defendant, in this case, demanded a copy of all the posts which applicant made on social media websites after the accident. The applicant answered that she had not a single document file, ...

Chapter 1

The judicial branch stands as the third complement to the three-fold setup of the United States (US) government – the other two being the legislative and the executive branches. Anti-federalists initially saw the appointment of unelected officials in the federal judiciary as one that could pave way for massive power abuse, yet the Framers of the Constitution saw such system as fitting for instilling impartiality in court judgments. The year 1789 saw the enactment of The Judiciary Act, which provides for the basic outline of responsibilities each member of the judicial branch should commit. The power of judicial review ...

There are many facts about American Government and California Government Politics I learnt from this class. For example, United States of America functions under the federal government. This has been the situation from the declaration of independence and ever since is managed as a republic of fifty states. There are also and number of territories, but one capital found in Washington DC. This basically constitutes American government (Grigsby, 2008).
In addition there are three separate branches or arms to United States federal government. They are executive, legislative and judicial. Their powers to function as arms of government have been ...

Americans have a long and troubled relationship with race, and a similarly troubled history when it comes to discussing race. Many contend that America is now a post-racial society-- indeed, a biracial man has achieved the highest office possible in the nation. However, research suggests that racism and privilege has not disappeared in the United States, it has merely taken on new forms and now wears a different guise.
Affirmative action is a type of public policy that is designed to circumvent the disadvantages that minority individuals have traditionally felt in American society-- often, affirmative action policies are put in place to ensure that ...

This article covers the legal issues in electronic business telecommunication with all the conflicting values in it. It is really essential to know the basic structure of the electronic communication laws that are very basic in each country. There are certain general laws that a business organization should consider before engaging in electronic business communication. Also, you will able to know that how changes in the local internet laws influence this communication.

Legal issues in electronic business telecommunication

Almost all business organizations use various electronic business communication methods to improve their customer relationship, efficiency of the company, increasing company’s profit, competitiveness and speed of the ...

Plessy to Brown: A Transformation in American Values

In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Court applied a narrow interpretation of the 14th Amendment to rule that racial segregation in public facilities did not violate the equal protection of rights under the doctrine of “separate but equal,” meaning that segregation was legal as long as the facilities offered were equal. The court held that the 14th Amendment was drafted to protect the equality of the two races under the law, not to elevate the social standing of an inferior race; although it also went on to assert that segregation laws were not meant to imply the inferiority of blacks.
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1. Legitimacy
a. What is legitimacy? What role does it serve in governance? Illustrate your response with examples.
In politics and governance, legitimacy is a term that is attributed to a regime, administration or institution that possesses widespread acceptability, support and trust from the public at large (Hague and Harrop 2013). It is this attribute that usually gives a political entity the right to govern and the right to exact obedience from its subjects. Legitimacy, particularly political legitimacy, is said to result from consent, beneficial consequences, and public reason and public approval. The consent theory as related to political ...

Criminal Law

Abstract
This paper will provide a personal response on capital punishment and its relationship for deterring crime. At the same time, there will also be a discussion on the ethical issues concerning the imposition of death penalty in relation to the Constitution. The standpoint of United Nations Committee and anti-death penalty movements will be presented as well as the discussion on the causal link between imposing death penalty against the defendants and its ability to diminish criminality in society. The recognition of the right to equal freedom and respect for human rights by adopting less restrictive means to achieve the ...

Introduction

The government of the United States (US) regards the civil rights of each of its citizens with utmost importance, regardless of race, gender, or affiliation. The recognition of the importance of protecting the civil rights of every citizen renders the US government as the single largest protector. Yet, in cases where the US government requires the waiving of such duty, it has to provide compelling reasons subject to the strict scrutiny test of the US Supreme Court (SC). The case of Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu v. United States (Korematsu v. US), decided in 1944, served as the first instance where ...

Re: A Motion to Suppress statements and evidence acquired during the execution of the warranty

Issue: The police in this case are said to have had a search warrant that allowed for them to search the house. This warranty gave them the right to ask the suspect to step aside and allow them to search for any illegal firearm or anything else illegal in the house. In the Miranda v Arizona the police upon finding anything illegal in the house, they are supposed to inform the suspect of the right to remain silent and the right to avoid self incrimination (Levy, 1968). There is also the right to have an attorney present during any form ...

Restoring democracy 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 disconnect between the political and economic elites and the needs and interests of the ordinary voters. Most people today realize that the country is in its worse crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s, but government and the political system seem dysfunctional and incapable of dealing with it. Removing the power and control of big money from the political process forever would be the most important step in ...

A. Pursuant to Florida Chapter 742, who may lawfully establish paternity to a child through legal action? Identify your legal authority and fully explain your response.

Pursuant to Florida Chapter 742, the individual who can establish paternity to a child lawfully is not dependent upon the fact that he is the biological father. Thus, paternity in this case is not related to the biology or genetics of the man and the child in question. Legally, Jack is the presumptive father of child that Mary had during their separation. This is because they were not legally divorced thus Jack still has the ...

I. Introduction
The Fourth Amendment prohibits the government from conducting “unreasonable search and seizures” on the public. While reasonableness depends on the circumstances, such whether the act is a search or a seizure, the United State Supreme Court has, nevertheless, determined that a reasonable governmental search or seizure of a person occurs with a warrant or probable cause of criminal activity (Miller et al., 2012). Absent a warrant or probable cause, a search or a seizure can still be reasonable if it satisfies one of a number of exceptions to the general rule.
Accordingly, in the cases of Betsy ...

The book by Goldsmith and Crawford aims to investigate the major ways cities can use data and technologies to become data-smart and responsive. The important peculiarity of the book is that it departs from both entirely theoretical and technological approaches, using case studies of specific U.S. cities and the departments of city councils. These case studies helped the authors single out several most common barriers to the true responsiveness of cities and elaborate on the ways to overcome them. Particularly a successful overcoming of barriers is perceived by the authors as the major deliverable of change management in public ...

If there is a law that mirrors true American idealism and altruistic spirit, the American Disabilities Act or ADA would certainly be one of them. The ADA, which was signed into law by then President George W. Bush, sought to bring heaven on earth by compelling Americans, particularly employers, to embrace the most underprivileged of their brethren through an integration mandate that punishes those who would exclude disabled Americans from employment. The law even extends the concept of disability to the mentally ill, even the seriously mentally ill, according to Burnim (2015), as was illustrated in the ADA case ...

Margaret Mead once said that people should never doubt that a small team of committed and thoughtful citizens can change society and the world. Indeed, the notion is the only thing that ever happens. The educational foundations in the United States evaluate the literary institutions, policies, philosophies as well as the informal and formal education during the 19 and 20th century. The period was filled with numerous changes in the education system particularly those related to minority groups. The variations led to a trifold transformation in learning in the United States that educates citizens through a democratic procedure, creates ...

Difference between Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branch of Government

The legislature, Executive and Judicial branches are the three main branches of the United States government. Legislative branch of the government is composed of two main houses, which are referred as the house of congress, they are: The House of Representatives and the Senate. All the parties in both the Senate as well as the House of representative are elected leaders. The most significant role played by the Legislative Branch that is, both the Senate and the House of Representatives is to formulate or make laws; these laws are discussed and voted. Moreover, the Legislative Branch is responsible for ...

James P. Smith was hired by Chrysler Corporation as an electrician and fired just a year later on grounds that he lied in his medical form that related to the job to the effect that he never suffered from a narcoleptic sleeping disorder. Smith then filed a suit at the district court alleging that the reason given for his sacking by his employer was only a pretext to mask unlawful discrimination perpetrated by his employer against persons with disability. He argued that Chrysler Corporation discriminated against him on the basis of his disability in violation of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and ...

Question one

The theory of checks and balances is a theory seeking to limit the power of the branches of government by way of accountability as against each other. This theory is premised on the footing that if power vested in an individual or a branch of government is left unchecked, it is bound to be abused. Checks and balances are described as the sharing of power. In essence, it is not entirely true. Rather, checks and balances refers to a system of accountability whereby each arm of government that is the executive, the judiciary, and the Legislature serve as watchmen or better still, ...