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    The Criminal Justice System “The judicial system of the United States is unique in so far as it is actually made up of two different court systems‚ the Federal Court System and the State Court System”. ( United States Courts). “The U. S. Constitution created a governmental structure for the United States known as Federalism. The Constitution gives certain powers to the federal government and reserves the res for the states.. The Constitution states that the governments is supreme with regard to

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    MULTICULTURAL REPRESENTATION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT: RECRUITMENT‚ RETENTION‚ AND PROMOTION INTRODUCTION Multicultural is related to several cultures in society‚ and educational theory that encourages interest in many cultures within a society rather than a mainstream culture. The Impact of Cultural Diversity in law enforcement is hard to uphold‚ currently in law enforcement it’s hard to keep officers because of the lack of interest that goes on‚ pay grade‚ and taking too long to rank up within the

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    involved in the case? State v Johnson 4. The case was heard by three lower courts before it reached the United States Supreme Court. List those three courts in order‚ beginning with the court that has the most authority and ending with the court that has the least amount of authority. a. Texas Court of Criminal Appeals b. Texas Court of Appeals Fifth District c. Dallas County Criminal Court 5. Provide the citation for the United States Supreme Court’s decision in this case. Texas v Johnson

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    Abraham Lincoln exercised discretionary power beyond the limits of the Constitution when he increased the size of both the army and navy in response to the Southern secession that occurred when Congress was out of session. This power is specifically prescribed to Congress in Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States. Thus the power to increase the size of the navy and army reside outside of the executive branch in the safe arms of the legislative branch. Abraham Lincoln also exercised

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    Jim Glennon said it best: “For law enforcement professionals‚ communication skills are the most important of all skills necessary to succeed in your profession.” Law enforcement officers today are confronted with daily challenges and one of those challenges in effective communication (“Effective Criminal Justice Communication”). Communication is a vital tool for law enforcement to perform their jobs (“How Does Law Enforcement Communicate With Each Other‚” 2012). Communication is used to speak

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    experience at the Law Enforcement Academy On September 2007 after just being marry for a year I found myself unemployed and needing a way to provide for my household‚ I began a series of conversation with my wife about the decisions ahead of us. All I had was a high school diploma and some college credits. My life was in the mist of deciding what to do for the rest of my live. Knowing that the decision was going to impact the rest of our lives I follow my lifelong dream which was to become a law enforcement

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    stored to go wide and easy to gain. This has become easier due to the access we that to the internet and the fact that more and more quantities of devices are beginning to require internet. This brings the issue up for law enforcement agencies to question whether the law enforcements should or should not be required for devices to have warrants. Individuals believe that they should not be required to have a warrant to search people’s privacy and information because people tend to put their information

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    of Parental Authority The nature and purpose of parental authority is to direct and instruct towards achieving a good‚ as many philosophers will agree on. However‚ there are certain philosophers that differ on the rational use of parental authority. Some will adhere to the notion that parental authority must be bounded to moral law‚ whereas others believe in the divine nature of parental authority. Nevertheless‚ most philosophers will agree that the correct use of parental authority for any family

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    with Pro Golf Company. An agent’s authority can be either actual or apparent. Actual authority comes in two forms express and/or implied. On page 918‚ it states that express authority is actual authority the principal has manifested onto the agent in very specific or detailed language and the agent has implied authority to act in a manner in which he believes the principal wants him to act. Apparent authority‚ on the other hand‚ is when an agent lacks actual authority‚ however‚ due to the principal’s

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    Discretionary Trusts and the concept of a sham trust. (a) The central theme regarding trusts is that they are assets that are legally owned by the trustees and not the beneficiaries. In a discretionary trust‚ the trustees have discretion as to who among a class of beneficiaries should receive income and/or capital under the trust and in what proportion (e.g. Mettoy Pension Trustees Ltd v. Evans [1990] 1 WLR 1587). So until a beneficiary is chosen to receive income or capital‚ they do not possess

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