Introduction There have been many Supreme Court cases that dealed with many concepts of the law‚ like obscenity for example. As a matter of fact‚ obscenity is a concept that Miller v. California deals with. To be more specific‚ this case deals with what is considered obscene‚ and if the specific obscenity mentioned in this case is protected by the first amendment‚ the freedom of speech. I will now explain this case in more depth. What brought this case about? In 1973‚ Marvin Miller
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35-1Discuss fully whether any of the following actions would constitute a violation of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act‚ as amended. 1. Tennington‚ Inc. is a consulting firm and has ten employees. These employees travel on consulting jobs in seven states. Tennington has an employment record of hiring only white males.2. Novo Films‚ Inc. is making a film about Africa and needs to employ approximately one hundred extras for this picture. To hire these extras‚ Novo advertises in all major newspapers
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Supreme Court Case 11SC382 Tate vs Colorado SUMMARY Officer Benda was driving through a apartment complex when he saw a man with his car on. Officer Benda pulled up behind him‚ blocking the man in his parking space. The man‚ William Tate‚ was asleep/passed out at the steering wheel with the car on and in park. Officer Benda reported that the man had several open or empty beer cans around him. Officer Benda then knocked on the window
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In 1976‚ the California Supreme Court ruled that psychotherapists have a duty to warn and protect potential victims if their patients made threats or otherwise behaved as if they presented a serious danger of violence to another. This ruling happened because of the Tarasoff Case of 1969‚ in which the court determined the need for therapists to protect the public was more important than protecting patient-therapist confidentiality. (Vitelli 1) The Tarasoff Case is based on the 1969 murder of a University
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Civil Rights or Civil Liberties Civil liberties are more important than civil rights for these reasons. First‚ our lives are better when the government doesn’t interfere. Second‚ civil liberties protects us from our government from causing us harm and last civil liberties makes civil rights possible. Our lives are better when the government doesn’t interfere because government shouldn’t get in the way of people’s daily lives‚ day after day. Let people be. We shouldn’t have to live with the mentally
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government‚ particularly the Supreme Court‚ has played a major role on our nations society. The decisions made by our nations Supreme Court influenced the way we live as present day Americans. Decisions made by our Supreme Court concerning our rights and freedoms as individuals can limit or impact day-to-day activities. One court case that illustrates the power the Supreme Court has over our daily rights is Brown v. Board of Education. This case emphasizes the Supreme Courts influence throughout history
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years‚ Supreme Court Cases have had a huge effect on our society and the growth of the United States. The Supreme Court is the highest judicial body in the United States‚ and is the only court established by the Constitution. All of the other courts in the United States must follow the decisions made by the justices of the Supreme Court. The Constitution also gives it the power to judge if a president’s action is unconstitutional. The Court meets in Washington D.C in the United States Supreme Court
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What is the difference between lawful trickery and unlawful coercion according to the 1990 Supreme Court decision in Illinois v. Perkins? The case in brief involved a murder investigation (Stephenson murder) in November 1984‚ located in East St. Louis‚ Illinois. The investigation went unsolved until 1986‚ when an inmate at the Graham Correctional Facility‚ told officials he had learn information related to the homicide from a fellow inmate‚ Lloyd Perkins. The inmate detailed certain information
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English 10 P.3 16 January 2015 Roles and Responsibilities of Citizens on a Democracy After reading Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham jail” and “Citizen Responsibilities‚” there are three concepts that describe the roles and responsibilities of citizens in a democracy. The three concepts are‚ voluntary laws‚ mandatory laws‚ and just and unjust laws. Voluntary laws are duties that are not demanded by law‚ the best example would be voting. The right to vote is a duty as well as
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Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT Manila EN BANC GUILLERMO AUSTRIA‚ petitioner‚ vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS (Second Division)‚ PACIFICO ABAD and MARIA G. ABAD‚ respondents. Antonio Enrile Inton for petitioner. Jose A. Buendia for respondents. REYES‚ J.B.L.‚ J.: Guillermo Austria petitions for the review of the decision rendered by the Court of Appeal (in CA-G.R. No. 33572-R)‚ on the sole issue of whether in a contract of agency (consignment of goods for sale) it is necessary
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