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    Court  Cases   McCulloch  vs.  Maryland  –  1819‚  Maryland  tried  to  tax  the  US  Bank‚  a  national  bank.    Resulted  in   Maryland’s  law  being  declared  illegal‚  because  the  states  cannot  tax  a  Federal  institution.   Gibbons  vs.  Ogden  –  1824‚  gave  Congress  the  power  to  regulate  interstate  commerce.    Ogden  was   running

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    False testimony has always been an undeniable issue in court cases. Walter McMillan was accused of sodomy. A word he did not even know the meaning of. He was then threatened to be lynched when he told the arresting officer that did not understand the meaning of the crime he was being accused of. “This provoked Tate‚ who unleashed a torrent of racial slurs and threats” (Stevenson‚ 2015‚ 48). Even though Officer Tate did not investigate the case or Walter’s background‚ he sent him to Holman Correctional

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    As you may know there are many people enraged about the decision that was made with the case of Brock Turner. Riots and other violent methods have been used to get certain points across; and I believe the best way to appropriately get points across with you is writing a letter. There have been accusations made claiming it was a case of male and class privilege. Was the six-month confinement in a county jail and three years of probation enough for the crime that Brock Turner committed? I understand

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    Chapter 3 – Jurisdiction State Court: Subject Matter Jurisdiction Personal Jurisdiction: Defendant voluntarily subject themselves by: Forum Selection Clause No challenge of lawsuit OR Defendant is a resident (can be sued at permanent place of residence/business) OR Defendant is served with process while in the state (plaintiff files complaint‚ defendant receives summons = process  once received‚ clock starts ticking) OR Defendant did business‚ entered/breached a K or committed a tort in

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    CONSTITUTIONAL COURT‚ GAUTENG (REPULIC OF SOUTH AFRICA) CASE NUMBER: 10/2012 In the Appeal between: HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT‚ FREE STATE APPELLANT And JOLENE PAKKIES Acting on behalf of Dineo Tau Zozo Tau Lulu Tau RESPONDENT ___________________________________________________________________________ HEADS OF ARGUMENT OF APPELLANT ___________________________________________________________________________ In an Appeal to the Constitutional Court the Appellant‚ the

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    Criminal court cases often require critical thinking and analyzing. From anything to petty theft and murder require specific amounts of justice or discipline so to speak. After reading the Case of Mary Burnett and analyzing the testimonies I believe the defendant should be found not guilty on charges of 2nd degree murder. After analyzing this case the hard facts have been derived. The defendant is Mary Burnett who is charged with leaving her child at home unattended while she went to California

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    Question: First of all‚ where do you want to see the court take the country? And secondly‚ what’s your view on how the constitution should be interpreted? Do the founders’ words mean what they say or is it a living document to be applied flexibly‚ according to changing circumstances? Who won: Clinton won because she wants to have more of a living document that can change when it needs to be changed. Question:Do you want the court‚ including the justices that you will name‚ to overturn Roe v.

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    not based on the victim’s fear of safety from the offender lines (Burgess‚ Regehr‚ & Roberts‚ 2013‚ p. 345). A protection order is routinely handled by law enforcement but prepared through the court system (Weisberg‚ 2015). With the assistance of a lawyer‚ an application must be first placed with the court in order for an individual to attain a protection order

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    juvenile court to criminal court‚ I would look at what means would best serve the juvenile. The three most commonly used mechanisms are the juvenile wavier‚ prosecutorial wavier‚ and legislative wavier (Elrod & Ryder‚ 2014). Based upon my research‚ I would favor the judicial wavier. The results of a juvenile being transferred into adult court can have some negative consequences on a juvenile. A juvenile court usually focuses on rehabilitation of the accused juvenile; however‚ the adult court will

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    Stella Liebeck‚ was a 79-year-old woman who was severely burned by McDonald coffee that she spilled in her lap in 1992. This was a frivolous litigation in the public eye. However‚ the facts of the case tell a different story. The coffee that burned her was very hot. So hot‚ that it caused third degree burns through clothes‚ in three seconds. Her skin was burned away to the layers muscle and fat. She was hospitalized for eight days‚ with multiple skin grafts‚ followed by other necessary procedures

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