I never knew how much a basketball court could mean to someone. That someone was me. That someone was my teammates. That someone was my coaches. That someone… was anyone who was lucky enough to have their life impacted by a basketball court. The court that I am lucky enough to have in my life resides in the Mayfield High School wood gym. While to onlookers it appears as a normal basketball court‚ I know that there is something truly special about it. This court has a magic ability to bring out the
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Thus‚ a complaint was initiated against them in the Lupong Tagapamayapa of Barangay Respondent‚ as punong barangay‚ summoned the parties to conciliation meetings. Hence‚ respondent issued a certification for the filing of the appropriate action in court for failure of the parties to arrive at an amicable settlement Thereafter‚ Regina and Antonio filed a complaint for ejectment against Elizabeth and Pastor in the MTC of Manila. Respondent entered his appearance as counsel for the defendants in that
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care and protection. We do not accept that the right to personal autonomy requires any change in the law in order to allow euthanasia. “ However‚ the Anglican 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
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When preparing for my court observation‚ I began wondering what could possibly effect a judge’s decision when it came down to deciding a sentence for a juvenile. After some brainstorming‚ I decided to observe factors that juveniles themselves displayed‚ and attempted to see if those factors influenced a judge’s decision. When originally starting my observations‚ I went in with five variables to look for which included the gender of the defendant‚ the defendants attire‚ the attitude in which they
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Week 3 IW “Discretion & Court Cases” Discretion & Court Cases Discretion varies in each profession just as it does in each jurisdiction. It is how a person in an authoritative position conducts themselves and what they do in accordance with their profession and with ethical obligations as well as the law. Disparity is a major player in the terms of discretion which includes Race‚ Ethnicity‚ Gender‚ and Age. First and foremost society has set the mind frame for this which
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The facts of the case 18 States and the Justice Department brought suit against Microsoft to "eliminate Microsoft’s unlawful practices‚ to avoid recurrence of similar practices and to restore the competitive threat that middleware products posed prior to Microsoft’s unlawful conduct. The procedural history of the case Microsoft grew the government’s attention in 1991‚ because word was that it was abusing its monopoly in the PC operating system market. The government had the FTC conduct an inquiry
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Observation: For the last few weeks I made it my priority to attend as many court cases as I possibly could in order to fulfill the requirements for this paper. There were many challenges as there were at least five trials that I planned to observe that resulted in a continuance. Either a witness that was under subpoena failed to show‚ a party needed more time‚ the counsel’s health was affected and even when there wouldn’t be enough time during the trial court’s term to complete the trial. As
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Karan Puri Miranda vs. Arizona (1966) In Miranda v. Arizona (1966)‚ the Supreme Court ruled that detained criminal suspects‚ prior to police questioning‚ must be informed of their constitutional right to an attorney and against self-incrimination. The case began with the 1963 arrest of Phoenix resident Ernesto Miranda‚ who was charged with rape‚ kidnapping‚ and robbery. Miranda was not informed of his rights prior to the police interrogation. During the two-hour interrogation‚ Miranda allegedly
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2013 The Rehnquist court’s decisions in the past couple of years haven’t been as significant as the people may think they are in increasing the autonomy of the states. The court case of medical marijuana under Chief Justice Rehnquist did not end what they called the “federalist revolution”‚ because there was none. This court case was a case that obviously had significance throughout the country as it has been a highly spoke about topic. I believe that the ruling in favor of the states was expected
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On June 10th‚ I had the opportunity to go to the SF Immigration court on Montgomery Street with a few of my colleagues. I expected the court to be in a standalone building but instead it was spread over two floors in a twenty-five-floor building. The security checks for entering into the court were moderate. Everyone trying to enter the court had to go through a general security check where they walk through a metal detector machine and have their bags go through the x-ray machine. Before we went
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