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    ON APPEAL I. Should a court’s application of the single-purpose container exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement be based on the knowledge of a layperson because it satisfies the fundamental principles established by the U.S. Supreme Court for Fourth Amendment standards by being workable‚ objective‚ and limiting the risk of intrusion? STATEMENT OF THE CASE The Voorhees

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    Supreme Court Case CJA/354 Supreme Court Case The discovery of unethical billing alongside unethical accounting practices provoked a chain reaction towards a hospital accountant by the name of Rehberg. An accountant trying to serve justice was entangled in a web of lies. Rehberg vs. Paulk is a very interesting Supreme Court case. Rehberg vs. Paulk embodied much of the injustice that is not presented to the public when sworn officials break the very laws that are supposed to be

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    Not a lot of people today are racist because of the civil rights movement.The civil rights movement is for the people to be good and they made more laws to make people to be even better.Three Supreme Court cases influenced the civil rights movement by making people to lessen African American:Shelley v. Kraemer‚Plessy v. Ferguson‚and Brown v. Board of Education. The cause Plessy vs. Ferguson made a law requiring restaurants‚ hotels‚and hospitals to serve African Americans.States began to require

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    Assess the view that the Supreme Court was the most important branch of the federal government in assisting African Americans achieve their civil rights in the period 1865-1992 Many people would agree that the Supreme Court was the most important branch of the federal government in assisting African Americans achieve their civil rights between 1865-1992. For example‚ the Supreme Court overturned African American convictions in the Powell vs. Alabama Case in 1932 and the Brown vs Board of Education

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    in 1934‚ the Supreme Court struck down a large part of the Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal‚ provoking a continuing constitutional crisis. President Roosevelt naturally criticized the Court on a number of occasions‚ the last time in June of 1936; but because of the negative response from Congress and members of the media in those instances‚ he said nothing about the Court during the 1936 presidential campaign. Supporters of the New Deal proposed a variety of ways of bringing the Court into line with

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    Executive Order 9066‚ which said that all Japanese Americans were to be put into internment camps. Instead of following this‚ he became a fugitive. His conviction for disobeying that order led to a test of the order’s legality before the United States Supreme Court in Korematsu v. United States. (2 points) |Score | | | 2. According to the first paragraph from the excerpts of the majority opinion‚ what did the U.S. government believe some Japanese Americans would

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    Three Supreme Court Cases with Impact The modern civil rights movement has been affected by three very important Supreme Court cases. The first infamous case was the Dred Scott v. Sanford decision which dreadfully took away the rights of African Americans. Then the case of Plessy v. Ferguson was held in 1896 which had a major impact on the civil rights movement. This case decided that African Americans were “separate but equal”. Then finally the last infamous case was the Board v. the Board of Education

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    AP Government For over 60 years‚ the Supreme Court has been making crucial decisions in controversial cases. There are many factors that affect the court’s and the judge’s opinion. Public opinion is the voice of the people. Can courts diverge too far from public opinion? The Supreme Court cannot derive too far from public opinion on many controversial cases but can certainly where appropriate. Controversial cases such as abortion‚ homosexuality‚ and death penalty receive a great

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    Justice: What is the Right Thing to Do? The greatest happiness principle / Utilitarianism Example: The Mignonette & the cabin boy Parker (cabin boy) was an orphan. Mignonette sunk at sea. While on the lifeboat‚ Parker had drunk seawater out of desperation and appeared to be dying. On the 19th day Dudley (captain) suggested drawing lots to determine who should die so that others might live. Brooks (sailor 1) refused. Next day Dudley motioned to Stephens (sailor 2) to kill Parker. All 3 men

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    messages in classroom By Bill Mears‚ CNN Supreme Court Producer updated 3:41 PM EDT‚ Mon June 11‚ 2012 STORY HIGHLIGHTS Washington (CNN) -- In what have become known as the "Jesus pencil" and "candy cane" cases‚ the Supreme Court refused Monday to consider appeals from the families of elementary school students over distribution of religious-themed gifts on campus. At issue was whether school officials can be sued for violating the First Amendment rights of what the students claimed was their "private

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