------------------------------------------------- ISSUE 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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Before making the final decision the court considered the following factors‚ length of delay‚ prejudiced to the accused‚ explanation for the delay‚ and Waiver of Appellants. The Supreme Court then concluded that the delay of 2 years after the appellant’s preliminary trial was unreasonable. The Crown did not justify the institutional delay and did not prove that the
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Beer POL 201 10 April 2012 Reaction Paper #3 I think that the Supreme Court can be considered undemocratic because once they are elected‚ they are there for good unless Congress votes 2/3 and the President approves then they can be removed from their power. I think they are elected for life because it would not be easy for Congress‚ the current President‚ and even the American people to sway their decisions. The Supreme Court is designed to rule only on the constitutionality of both federal and
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1. I think some of the work of the Supreme Court is constrained by institutional roles and procedures but the vast majority of work done by the Supreme Court is autonomous. One of the first examples of constraint by an institutional role and longstanding tradition in the book “A Wild Justice” is “In the early 1960s‚ the notion that executions were cruel and unusual punishment seemed fanciful. When the Founding Fathers drafted the Constitution‚ the death penalty was mandatory for most felonies and
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federalists of John Adams. One of the most historic U.S supreme court cases to begin to emerge and develop an a effect on U.S history today was the case of William Marbury‚ v. James Madison. Explaining the origins and background of the case‚ I will discuss the major constitutional issues it raised while outlining the major points of the courts decision and the significance of the decision. Including that John Adams was president in the late 1700’s‚ he was a member of the Federalist Party. Federalists
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in the U.S supreme court tends to draw in a lot of political attention. This is the case because both the president and the Senate have a part in the election of a Supreme Court Justice. This essay demonstrates the admirable qualities that a Supreme Court Justice must have to be a potential candidate. The Senate confirmation process was at battle in the video “The Politics of Judicial Appointments.” It opens with Obama searching for quality candidates to fill the role of Supreme Court Justice. Obama
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In 1973‚ the Supreme Court declared that‚ except under certain conditions‚ states may not prohibit a woman’s right to have an abortion during the first six months of pregnancy. This decision affected thirty-one states’ antiabortion laws. It all began in 1970 when a Texan waitress challenged a state law that made abortion a criminal offense. A woman calling herself "Jane Roe"‚ the plaintiff‚ was denied an abortion under the law and she sued Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade‚ the defendant
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Church in America (the Episcopal Church) has more liberal views‚ In 2006‚ the US Supreme Court said that legislation in Oregon allowing doctors to help people to die was constitutional‚ which means that physician assisted suicide is inline with the basic rights on which America was founded. A retired bishop from the Episcopal Church‚ John Shelby Spong‚ said: "The right to a good death is a basic human freedom. The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold aid in dying allows us to view and act on death as
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Case: Near v. Minnesota 1931 U.S. Supreme Court Parties Jay Near (Plaintiff) State of Minnesota (Defendant) Facts: A publication‚ The Saturday Press‚ published an article alleging that City officials of Minneapolis were complaisant with gangsters who were engaged in illegal activities in the city. A Minnesota law was in effect which allowed the state courts to enjoin a publication which was engaged in a public nuisance. To be a nuisance the publisher had to be printing material that was malicious
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Mapp V Ohio “The right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ houses‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures‚ shall not be violated‚” Mapp V. Ohio (1961) dealt with that very sentence of the constitution. Were the officers at fault or Mapp? This complex question has a complex answer one that puzzled the Supreme Court and led to a change in criminal procedure. The verdict was a strict interpretation of the constitution. The fourth amendment was relevant because
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