Law Opinion Paper: The Court System
Law Opinion Paper
Lisa Bryant
CJS/220 The Court System
August 25, 2013
Darren Brodsky
Creation of the United States laws is a very intense process. The law begins as an idea that has been brought to attention. The idea then has to be sponsor as a bill, and assigned to a committee for studying. If the bill has been released it will be added to the calendar to be voted on. If the bill passes by the majority votes it will then be passed to the Senate. The bill then will be passed by both committee’s and then will be released to the House and Senate again for final approval. After that process has been completed then it will go to the President where he has ten days to either sign or veto the bill. There is also the common law, had …show more content…
originally been mirrored from medieval England. When criminals and the civil laws were decided by the judges based upon the biblical prophecies. Now laws are created and enforced by being micromanaged by the three legislative branches of the government. In the United States the legislative branch having specific responsibilities so that no one of the other branches can corrupt the “check and balances”. The principals were also written in the United States Constitution and other legal documents. However sometimes the common laws can be very controversial to the laws covering the exact issues enacted our legislative branches, because they had learned that the common laws wasn’t always fair for the crime that had been committed.
In my opinion the law that I am about to explain needs to be enacted.
In my research, I found that The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration argued that seat belts were not the most effective way to protect passengers on school buses. Instead the big yellow buses employ something called compartmentalization. Do you remember the school buses from 15 years ago? Remember how those rigid brown seats were wedged closer together than a bundle of bananas? That 's compartmentalization. Sitting in "strong, closely-spaced seats that have energy-absorbing high seat backs," passengers are effectively protected from crashes. Of course, the method can 't prevent all injuries, but the NHTSA argues it 's the best possible solution. Several studies have shown seat belts would provide "little, if any, added protection." …show more content…
http://www.nhtsa.gov/
But according to The National Coalition for School Bus Safety, they believe compartmentalization doesn 't protect against "rear-end, lateral and rollover collisions.
But they do contend that seat belts are affordable, even for cash-strapped school districts and that the only exception to that rule is that school districts are permitted but NOT MANDATED to add seat belts to the school buses, but they are mandated to make sure the seat belts are used properly during any drivers training instruction. However any child that is out of lecent or is disable the school will use a harness. As for regular buses and subways The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration stated it wouldn’t make any difference if a seatbelt was being used mainly because of the length of time a person would be wearing it for the short periods of transportation time stopping and going, it wouldn’t serve any protective purpose. As for compartmentalization if I’m on a regular crowded public bus, a common law states I don’t have to wear a seat belt, but if I’m flying in a tight seat or wedged between two large people on an airplane, I am mandated by laws enacted in legislation, to buckle my seat belt when the plane is taking off or landing, otherwise I am not allowed to fly. However I think that is nonsense because if you’re sitting between two people you’re already snuggled in where you’re not going to go anywhere while it’s taking off or landing. I think there are more rules on an air plane when
there are not many accidents, but on a school bus there are fewer rules which is where more accidents occur is on the streets. Which I believe there should have at least another adult on the bus to assure the safety of the children and the bus driver since the children aren’t like they used to be back when we were in school. Also that would help if the school bus ended up breaking down or getting in an accident then there is more adults to be able to assure that the children are all okay and wouldn’t have to sit in the bus if it was in accident.
References
1. Holdorf, William J. (April 1990). Trial Magazine (Trial Lawyers of America), Auto Seat Systems-Dangerous Safety Restraints?
2. Meyer, J.F & Grant, D.R (2003). The Courts in Our Criminal Justice System. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice-Hall, Inc.
3. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, (1999) Traffic Safety Facts
4. http://www.house.gov/content/learn/legislative_process/
Lisa Bryant
CJS/220 The Court System
August 25, 2013
Darren Brodsky
Creation of the United States laws is a very intense process. The law begins as an idea that has been brought to attention. The idea then has to be sponsor as a bill, and assigned to a committee for studying. If the bill has been released it will be added to the calendar to be voted on. If the bill passes by the majority votes it will then be passed to the Senate. The bill then will be passed by both committee’s and then will be released to the House and Senate again for final approval. After that process has been completed then it will go to the President where he has ten days to either sign or veto the bill. There is also the common law, had …show more content…
originally been mirrored from medieval England. When criminals and the civil laws were decided by the judges based upon the biblical prophecies. Now laws are created and enforced by being micromanaged by the three legislative branches of the government. In the United States the legislative branch having specific responsibilities so that no one of the other branches can corrupt the “check and balances”. The principals were also written in the United States Constitution and other legal documents. However sometimes the common laws can be very controversial to the laws covering the exact issues enacted our legislative branches, because they had learned that the common laws wasn’t always fair for the crime that had been committed.
In my opinion the law that I am about to explain needs to be enacted.
In my research, I found that The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration argued that seat belts were not the most effective way to protect passengers on school buses. Instead the big yellow buses employ something called compartmentalization. Do you remember the school buses from 15 years ago? Remember how those rigid brown seats were wedged closer together than a bundle of bananas? That 's compartmentalization. Sitting in "strong, closely-spaced seats that have energy-absorbing high seat backs," passengers are effectively protected from crashes. Of course, the method can 't prevent all injuries, but the NHTSA argues it 's the best possible solution. Several studies have shown seat belts would provide "little, if any, added protection." …show more content…
http://www.nhtsa.gov/
But according to The National Coalition for School Bus Safety, they believe compartmentalization doesn 't protect against "rear-end, lateral and rollover collisions.
But they do contend that seat belts are affordable, even for cash-strapped school districts and that the only exception to that rule is that school districts are permitted but NOT MANDATED to add seat belts to the school buses, but they are mandated to make sure the seat belts are used properly during any drivers training instruction. However any child that is out of lecent or is disable the school will use a harness. As for regular buses and subways The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration stated it wouldn’t make any difference if a seatbelt was being used mainly because of the length of time a person would be wearing it for the short periods of transportation time stopping and going, it wouldn’t serve any protective purpose. As for compartmentalization if I’m on a regular crowded public bus, a common law states I don’t have to wear a seat belt, but if I’m flying in a tight seat or wedged between two large people on an airplane, I am mandated by laws enacted in legislation, to buckle my seat belt when the plane is taking off or landing, otherwise I am not allowed to fly. However I think that is nonsense because if you’re sitting between two people you’re already snuggled in where you’re not going to go anywhere while it’s taking off or landing. I think there are more rules on an air plane when
there are not many accidents, but on a school bus there are fewer rules which is where more accidents occur is on the streets. Which I believe there should have at least another adult on the bus to assure the safety of the children and the bus driver since the children aren’t like they used to be back when we were in school. Also that would help if the school bus ended up breaking down or getting in an accident then there is more adults to be able to assure that the children are all okay and wouldn’t have to sit in the bus if it was in accident.
References
1. Holdorf, William J. (April 1990). Trial Magazine (Trial Lawyers of America), Auto Seat Systems-Dangerous Safety Restraints?
2. Meyer, J.F & Grant, D.R (2003). The Courts in Our Criminal Justice System. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice-Hall, Inc.
3. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, (1999) Traffic Safety Facts
4. http://www.house.gov/content/learn/legislative_process/