Case: Near v. Minnesota 1931 U.S. Supreme Court Parties Jay Near (Plaintiff) State of Minnesota (Defendant) Facts: A publication‚ The Saturday Press‚ published an article alleging that City officials of Minneapolis were complaisant with gangsters who were engaged in illegal activities in the city. A Minnesota law was in effect which allowed the state courts to enjoin a publication which was engaged in a public nuisance. To be a nuisance the publisher had to be printing material that was malicious
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were fighting how they had the blacks and whites in different schools. It became a huge issue between the races and took it into the court to fight‚ they had different lawsuits seeking for the courts to withdraw their electoral districts‚ they were tired of having their kids going to different schools and the Warren court was the one that ended that. The Warren court had a big impact towards using the fourteenth amendment‚ Some states had their own bill of rights and some of the federal rights that
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Leg 500 Midterm Question 1 5 out of 5 points The best example of a source for virtue ethics for a business is Answer Selected Answer: the corporate mission statement. Correct Answer: the corporate mission statement. Question 2 5 out of 5 points Corporate director or officer decisions to dedicate corporate funds for social causes is called: Answer Selected Answer: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Correct Answer: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Question 3 5 out
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The Supreme Court justices are appointed in the same manner as all Federal Constitutional Judges‚ by the President with the advise of the U.S. Senate for life terms without a reduction in pay. This is to assure judicial independence. The impact would be enormous if the Supreme Court justices had to be elected to office by the people. If they were elected by the people they would not make every decision fairly‚ they would not be in office for life and they wouldn’t be as well respected. The Supreme
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Do courts serve justice? When reading a piece of jurisprudence make us harshly question our morals and principles‚ and dispute what we thought undisputed. This is what I currently feel after reading Lon L. Fuller’s prominent classic The Case of the Speluncean Explorers. Fuller in his writing set up a hypothetical case in no more than thirty pages‚ up until now after around 70 years since it was published‚ legal scholars and students are still arguing and discussing the ideas presented in those
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sabotage our defenses. (2 points) Score 3. The majority of the court believed that compulsory exclusion of large groups of citizens from their homes was okay in what situation? Answer: When our shores are in danger‚ or threatened by hostile forces we must do what is necessary to protect them. (2 points) Score 4. What did the dissenting justices think about the power of military authorities? Answer: The Supreme Court (2 points) Score 5. The dissenting opinion raises the fact
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case of Roe v. Wade (1973)‚ the Supreme Court outlawed any state laws to restrict a woman’s right to an abortion at any point in her pregnancy. True False Question 4 1 / 1 point In the decades since the Miranda decision‚ the Supreme Court has made no exceptions to its requirements. True False Question 5 1 / 1 point Slander refers to making spoken statements known to be false that are malicious and tend to damage a person’s reputation‚ and the courts have ruled that such spoken defamations are
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The plaintiff of this case is Harvest States Cooperatives and the defendant is Anderson. Harvest States Cooperatives sued Anderson for breach of contract‚ after Anderson failed to deliver 5‚000 bushels of corn. Anderson had spoken to a representative of the coop over the phone to inquire the price of corn which he had available for sale. Harvest States Cooperatives asked Anderson if he would like to see a contract and Anderson said yes. Following through‚ Harvest States Cooperatives sent Anderson
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The year 1966 was a turning point for rights of United States citizens because of the Supreme Court case‚ Miranda v. Arizona. Miranda was arrested for rape and kidnapping of a woman. Following his arrest‚ he was convicted based on his confession of the crime. Nevertheless‚ the Supreme Court ruled that his rights were violated according to the Fifth Amendment‚ which lead to his release. Reynolds Lancaster and Gina Jones were two authors that pointed importance of rights and issues related to the case
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AN ANALYSIS OF SECTION 195 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE (Providing appeal to the court as remedy for denial of protest by local government treasurer) By Judge Teodoro C. Fernandez I. INTRODUCTION Autonomy of local government units is one of the fundamental state policies enshrined in the Constitution (1987 Constitution‚ Art. II‚ Sec. 25). Thus‚ the Constitution directed Congress to "to enact a local government code which shall (a) provide for a more responsive and accountable
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