united states supreme court ruled that a woman has a constitutional right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy before the fetus acquires viability. Also stating that a Fetus is not a person under the fifth and fourteenth amendments. Before the decision abortion was illegal in all US‚ although the majority of states permitted abortion only when necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman; some sixteen states allowed abortions under other circumstances‚ such as pregnancies resulting from rape and incest
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1989‚ a court case Doe v. The University of Michigan‚ was held in a U.S District Court to determine if the University of Michigan’s speech codes on hate speech were violating First Amendment rights. John Doe‚ a former student at the University of Michigan‚ declared that speech codes were in fact‚ infringing upon his education by restricting him from conducting controversial topics that some students deemed offensive. Overall‚ the case was decided by a majority vote by the U.S District Court in favor
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WILFREDO M. CATU‚ complainant vs. ATTY. VICENTE G. RELLOSA‚ respondent A.C. No. 5738 (February 19‚ 2008) This is an administrative case filed by the complainant claiming that the respondent committed an act of impropriety as a lawyer and as public officer when he stood as counsel for the defendants despite the fact that he presided over the conciliation proceedings between the litigants as punong barangay.. Facts: Complainant Wilfredo M. Catu is a co-owner of a lot and the building erected thereon
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possibly raped by her ex-boyfriend the night before. Quickly‚ the hospital secretary called an expedient nurse from the back room and in a flash‚ Sally was suddenly brought to a private room. With Sally being instructed into the room‚ she noticed an individual standing across the medical room‚ who she later learned would be her advocate throughout her examination and during her court case. Throughout the duration of her stay‚ though distraught‚ Sally cooperated with the SANE nurses‚ especially with
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Research shows that there are two types of courts in which sentencing takes place Magistrate’s court and the Crown court. Criminal cases are dealt with in either of these two courts (Newburn 2007). Firstly‚ this essay will look at the functions and roles of both Magistrates and Crown courts. Secondly it will describe what cases are expected to be handled at each court and their jurisdictions. it will then go on to discuss various strengths and weaknesses of these courts. Furthermore it will examine the
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person to make decision on behalf of the company‚ he cannot demand for secret profit that is made through the vendors‚ Example of the cases is Graham v. Cummings‚ a 1904 Pennsylvania Supreme Court case‚ the shareholders of a corporation had authorized the defendant shareholder to sell their stock. The defendant secretly negotiated to receive a higher amount for his stock than for that of his fellow shareholders. The Court concluded that
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After the Supreme Court was established pursuant to Article Three of the United States Constitution in 1789‚ the extent to which the Supreme Court can affect social change has always been disputable. Scholars developed different definitions of social change and looked in different fields to discuss the Court’s effect. Expanding on their ideas‚ I argue that the Court is successful in generating attention from society to the cases it decides on‚ yet it takes time for changes in public opinion and implementing
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170 6 October 2012 2000 Supreme Court’s Ruling‚ Bush vs Gore In December of 2000‚ the United States Supreme Court made a decision that ended the dispute about the 2000 presidential election in favor of George W. Bush. The Court ruled that the Florida Supreme Court ’s method for recounting ballots was a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The reason for this was the lack of equal treatment of all the ballots cast in Florida. The Court also ruled that no alternative
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CONTEMPT OF COURT Introduction: In a democracy people should have right to criticize judges. The purpose of should not be to upheld the majesty and dignity of the court but only to enable it to function. Anything that curtails or impairs the freedom of limits of the judicial proceedings must of necessity result in hampering of the administration of Law and in interfering with the due course of justice. This necessarily constitutes contempt of court. Oswald defines contempt to be constituted by
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Abstract More and more we are seeing cases in the news that people are being exonerated after being falsely accused of a crime. Unfortunately‚ most of the cases involve DNA or other evidence finally being reviewed years after a conviction. There are now hundreds of inmates on death row who claim DNA tests or review of evidence would show they were not guilty of the crimes for which they were convicted. Logic suggests that untold numbers of additional innocent people have been punished for crimes
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