Devin McCall stated his brother’s name is Kevin McCall and he live in Laurenburg North Carolina.…
In 2011 Lafler V. Cooper was a case where Cooper was being charged with assault with intent to murder and three other offenses for shooting a woman in the thigh and buttocks after missing a shot in her head. In criminal court they offered to dismiss two of the charges and to recommend a 51-85 month sentence on the other two in exchange for a guilty plea. After entering the guilty plea, he then rejected the offer after his lawyer told him that the prosecution would be unable to establish intent to murder because the victim had been shot below the waist. Criminal…
Donald L. Niewyk’s fifth and sixth chapters both deal more with outside perspectives and outside reactions than it does with those who were persecuted. The fifth chapter, “Bystander Reactions,” offers four different arguments as to why bystanders acted they way they did during the Holocaust. The sixth chapter, “Possibilities of Rescue,” discusses three different viewpoints on what foreign governments could have done to prevent the Holocaust. These two chapters conclude Niewyk’s book The Holocaust and wrap up the final sequence of events surrounding the Holocaust and the camps.…
Magtadt defines liberals has typically holding civil rights close to heart. They are often the primary defenders of individuals or groups that they see as victims of past discrimination, such as racial minorities, women and the poor (p. 37, 2015). Although identifying as independent she has quite often voted along with the liberal side of the Supreme Court. However, it can be said that unlike other liberals Sotomayor takes a more case-by-case approach. Sotomayor has shown a willingness to side with conservative in cases pertaining to criminal law, no doubt an influence of her time as prosecutor. For example, in Wetzel v. Lambert back in February 2010, she sided with the conservative bloc’s majority opinion to reinstituting a convict’s death…
If someone attempted to rape you, fail to succeed, and then beat you, what would you do? Go to the police and risk nothing coming of an investigation? Pretend it never happened and sweep it under the rug, just to manifest in your later years as perhaps a mental illness or PTSD? I believe that Bean going to a lawyer and pressing charges was the best way to handle this problem. Why? Well, because Jerry Maddox needs to pay, the town needs to know, and Liz needs justice.…
At the juvenile age of 15 on April 19, 1775, Adam Cooper signed the muster book and joined the Lexington militia. Throughout the next twenty-four hour period, we watched as Adam had his first encounters with the joy that is love and the heartbreak and pain of death. We observed closely as Adam surrendered his childhood and blossomed into a strong, young man. April Morning by Howard Fast told us about how Adam conquered some of his life's toughest challenges and so much more. Please join me as I tell proceed to tell you Adam’s story.…
Meet Nicholas Tomaselli, he is an 18-year-old native from the city of Levittown located here in Long Island, New York. He has lived here in the United States his entire life; 18 years to be exact. Nicholas did not grow up alone in Long Island, he has two younger sisters and enjoys spending time with them. Currently residing in Sieker Hall right here in Concordia College; Nicholas in his free time enjoys going to the gym and playing baseball. Actually he has played baseball his entire life, which is one of the main reasons he chose to come to Concordia. He had looked at previous schools such as Queens College in Flushing, New York, however nothing really struck his eye quite like Concordia. Nicholas plans to remain here in Concordia for all…
In the case of Riley v California 9-0 judges voted for the decision in which police must get a warrant in order to search a phone. The opinion of the court was delivered by chief justice john Roberts in which he concluded a warrant is needed to search phone. However Judge Samuel Alito wrote an opinion concurring in which he showed doubts that the warrantless search after arrest sole expectation is for protecting officer’s safety and preserving evidence. Alito still however…
Also, while in New Salem, Lincoln, met Ann Rutledge. “Ann was the young daughter of a tavern keeper where Abraham boarded occasionally (Gienapp, 2002. pp. 21). At the time that Abraham first met Ann she was engaged. Lincoln was always more sociable around women who were already involved with someone. “Ann was engaged to John McNeil when Abraham first took notice of her. Some time passed and McNeil admitted to Ann that his real last name was McNamar. After this confession John left for New York to take care of family business” (Gienapp, 2002. pp. 21). John left leaving the availability for Abraham to act upon his emotions. “Abraham and Ann became conditionally engaged in 1935. Unfortunately, Ann died suddenly in August 1835 before the couple…
Joan Biskupic’s novel In American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, describes Scalia’s success as an influential conservative force in the Supreme Court, which conservative lawyer, Alfred S. Regnery, bolsters, expanding on William Rehnquist’s role in establishing the groundwork allowed for a major a shift towards right in courts, in The American Spectator article, “The Good Old Days”. Regnery begins by establishing he agrees with Biskupic’s assertions that Scalia has been the “most influential member”: “changing the terms of the debate at the Court” and influencing many. Regnery, however, submits that although the degree of Scalia’s achievements hadn’t been accomplished before, Rehnquist, in fact…
A male prisoner contends that California's refusal to allow male inmates to apply to the ACP violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. William Sassman is a male prisoner in the California Department of Corrections (CDCR). He applies for the Alternative Custody Program (ACP), which allows low-level offenders to reunite with their families early. Sassman, a father of two and a mother dying of colon cancer applies for ACP. He is denied by the CDCR solely on the fact that he is male. Jerry Brown writes this discrimination into law. Sassman files a lawsuit. Sassman v. Brown, 73 F. Supp. 3d 1241 (2015). Gay Grunfeld of Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, lead counsel for the plaintiff states that, “Denying men the opportunity to reunite with their families entrenches harmful gender stereotypes suggesting that only women can be caregivers, and harms children by preventing them from re-establishing and furthering their relationships with their fathers.…
The ruling was in a 5 to 3 decision, the Supreme Court held that when two co-occupants are present and one consents to a search while the other refuses, the search is not constitutional.…
Thomas Jefferson had many talents and knowledge, he was very wise. Thomas was a man of his time but at the same time he was hypocrite. He believed in the abolishment of slavery yet owned slaves. He believed that there should never be any interracial marriage yet he had relations with a slave woman. He also believed that whites were the superior race yet he praised the Native Americans. Thomas Jefferson had many accomplishments but that doesn’t overshadow the fact that he was a hypocrite. He believed that slavery shouldn’t be allowed but he didn’t do anything about it. Thomas Jefferson actually owned slaves with the thought that slavery shouldn’t be continued. Thomas Jefferson had many great achievements but his actions make him look like a hypocrite.…
In an effort to establish boundaries for the use of faith in argument, Locke offers descriptions of faith and reason as well as their proper usage. Although Locke believes both can be used to acquire knowledge it’s no secret that he places a strong preference on reason. So much so, that Locke regards all knowledge gained through faith alone as unreliable unless validated by reason.…
In my own opinion, I am glad that Heller won I strongly think he should have won. I support the Second Amendment very adamantly. I believe that D.C did not have the right to tell Heller he could not have a permit, it goes against the constitution to tell a person that the rights that our Fore-Fathers gave us no longer applies to our lives and that they have to give up their right to bear arms. A person should be allowed to have the right to keep and bear arms to be able to protect and support their family. Me personally I love to hunt and shoot guns, I do every time I get the chance and I plan to conceal carry when I get older for self-defense purposes. I agree somewhat if the government wants to take our guns away speaking for all of the people who…