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    fact‚ I knew from the time I was 9 years old that I wanted to be a lawyer. I have chosen this career because I want to help many people with certain problems and protect their rights. Lawyers give people and companies advice and tell them what they can and can’t do under the law. The trick of being a lawyer is finding a job in a type of law that you enjoy‚ because there are so many different types of lawyers; from tax attorneys to criminal defense lawyers. In support of my research I have

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    order for a country to be truly democratic‚ all people must have these rights because the population consists of everyone‚ not just one race. One of the key moments in the oppression of the African American community was the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court

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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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    Roe vs. Wade Roe vs. Wade is a very well-known court case about abortion in the United States. It broke the news in 1969 when a divorced‚ poverty stricken‚ high school dropout‚ Norma McCorvey‚ desired for an abortion.1 In the state of Texas during this time‚ abortion was prohibited unless it jeopardized a woman’s health. So‚ Norma decided to have her child and set the child up for adoption. Then‚ she met Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffee. Dictating on whether Texas’ Law was constitutional‚ the

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    W  Marbury v Madison 1803 will forever and always be a Supreme Court Case that will live infamously in today’s history. During the election of 1800 against incumbent president John Adams of the Federalist Party versus the Anti-Federalist Party nominee Thomas Jefferson‚ with Jefferson being the victor. Before Adams were to leave the presidential office‚ he made what is called “midnight appointments” of new judgeships to counter act the Jeffersonians once in office. John Marshall‚ who was secretary

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    The Supreme Court has been given credit and blame for having a wide range of effects on society. The decisions that they have made on current and past issues have initiated change in American society. These changes have had both positive and negative results. The effects of their decisions have ranged from improving the status of certain ethnic groups to limiting the procedures of law enforcers and clearly defining the rights of lawbreakers. In essence‚ Supreme Court decisions have had a profound

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    have to answer but he was wrong. The supreme court held that the exclusionary rule was only applicable in criminal courts and was not meant to be seen as a right but as a way to reduce unreasonable searches and seizures conducted by police ("Oyez: US v. Calandra‚" n.d.). Stone v. Powell (1976) was convicted of murder in the state of California. Powell claimed that the search against him was unlawful so the gun found on him should have been inadmissible in court. He tried to file a writ of habeas corpus

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    Korematsu V. United States was a court case during the time of World War II. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor‚ people of Japanese descent were considered threats. As a result‚ Franklin Roosevelt issued the Executive Order 9066 on February 19‚ 1942. This Order demanded that each and every person of Japanese descent be moved to internment camps‚ regardless of citizenship. Fred Korematsu‚ a Japanese American citizen‚ refused to leave his home to go to the internment camp. Therefore‚ he was convicted

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    committed. In recent past‚ the United States Supreme Court has struggled with this issue and with coming to a consensus on how to view proportionality in the Eighth Amendment.2 Recently‚ the United States Supreme Court has decided to hear a Florida case‚ Sullivan v. State‚ 987 So.2d 83 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008)‚ where a minor received a life without parole sentence in a conviction for rape.3 This note will analyze the Sullivan case and predict how the Court will likely rule. There are two dimensions

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    approximately ho many cases handled : Questions: 1. what are the qualifications needed to become a defence lawyer. Know the Law  All criminal attorneys must know the criminal statutes in their jurisdictions. Criminal statutes set forth the elements of crimes‚ the rules regarding searches‚ seizures and arrests and the procedures that govern document filings and how the court disposes of cases. All attorneys‚ including criminal attorneys‚ have a duty and responsibility to be competent. Without

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