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    Miranda V Arizona

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    Miranda V Arizona In the history of the United States‚ the legislative branch of government has developed systems of laws which the judicial branch of government checks. Because of modernization‚ the constitutionality of these laws needs to be reevaluated from time to time. There have been many cases that have caused the government to amend certain laws to protect its citizens. One of the most important cases that was brought to the Supreme Court was the case of Ernesto Miranda V the state of

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    Henry V Outline

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    Henry and Prince Hal’s discussion on what makes a great king. Like a comet‚ the less is seen of the king‚ the more of a sovereign‚ enigmatic figure he becomes and the more respect he gains when he makes such seldom appearances.) Henry V (In the final act of Henry V‚ Henry approaches Princess Catherine of France to try and woo her. He makes it seem as if he is a lovestruck‚ simple man that isn’t very good with words (even though the reader know that this is certainly not the case). The reader knows

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    Reno V. Aclu

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    violated the First Amendment. In trying to keep minors away from inappropriate material the Act reduced "the freedom of speech" by restricting what adults could send over the internet. # 2) Legal Precedent: a. Sable Communications of California v. FCC (1989) was in response to a ban on indecent and obscene interstate commercial phone messages. Sable Communications was in the dial-a-porn business. The supreme court decision was that the ban on obscene speech was valid since the constitution does

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    Dc V. Heller

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    Janel Mitchell Ms. Winter Honors Civics & Economics B-1 Case name: DC V. Heller A controversial topic came about in the year of 2008. It was concerning whether or not DC’s gun law was following along the lines of the Second Amendment Rights. A man by the name of Dick Anthony Heller was a special police officer and had gone in to register for a handgun for his home. The true underlying issue was whether or not the rights were protected under the Second Amendments which states: The

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    Keller V Inland

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    keller v [Type the company name] | Keller v. Inland Metals | Unit 2 | | Sherry Rhodes | 11/2/2011 | [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] | According to the facts of the case Keller v. Inland Metals All Weather Conditioning‚ Inc‚ the question arises if there was an express warranty presented

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    Lakeman V Mountstephen

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    Lakeman v Mountstephen (1874) LR 7 HL 17‚ 43 LJQB 188‚ 22 WR 617‚ 30 LT 437‚ [1874-80] All ER Rep Ext 1924 Court: pre-SCJA 1873 Judgment Date: circa 1874 Case History Annotations Case Name Citations Court Date Signal - Lakeman v Mountstephen (1874) LR 7 HL 17‚ 43 LJQB 188‚ 22 WR 617‚ 30 LT 437‚ [1874-80] All ER Rep Ext 1924 pre-SC JA 1873 circa 1874 Affirming Mountstephen v Lakeman (1871) LR 7 QB 196‚ 36 JP 261‚ 41 LJQB 67‚ 20 WR 117‚ 25 LT 755 Ex Ch circa 1871 Cases referring

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    Kent V America

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    The Kent v. United States Should teens be tried as adults? Furthermore‚ would it stop teens from committing a crime if they were thrown in adult institutions? There are teens who commit crimes that could be judged as adults “On September 2‚ 1961‚ an intruder entered the apartment of a woman in the District of Columbia. He took her wallet. He raped her‚ the police found in the apartment latent finger prints. They matched the fingerprints of Morris Kent” (Kent). Morris is one of those teens. This

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    Salomon V Salomon

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    personality‚ a company being a legal entity independent of its members‚ can enter into contracts and own property in its own right‚ can sue and be sued and also taxed in its own name. The principle of corporate entity was established in the case of Salomon v A. Salomon ‚ now referred to as the ‘Salomon’ principle. The facts of this case were that the owner of a business sold it to a company he had formed‚ in return for fully paid-up shares to himself and members of his family‚ and secured debentures

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    Mempa V. Rhay

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    In the case of Mempa v. Rhay‚ which the accused pleaded guilty with the advice of court-appointed counsel to the crime of "joyriding" and was placed on probation for two years. Then soon after the sentence was deferred because he was involved in a burglary and sentenced to 10 years in prison but only would receive 1 year with the advice from the parole. This was achieved due the fact that the probation officer questioned by the probationer about the incident and the parolee admitted his involvement

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    Wolff V. Mcdonnell

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    recognized that those inmates do have less rights than free citizens. Taking away some rights of the inmates is a valid punishment and by restricting these rights it helps in maintaining security in prisons. The title of the case that I chose was Wolff v. McDonnell. This case was very important because it uniformed certain rights and freedoms within correctional facilities. “Although inmates received some procedural safe-guards to protect them against the notorious abuses of disciplinary meetings‚ they

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