The exclusionary rule is a law that prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence in a criminal trial. Now imagine how our system would function without the exclusionary rule. A police officer could detain‚ arrest or search an individual and his property based on bias‚ a hunch or because they just felt like it‚ without reasonable cause. If the officer discovered in criminating evidence‚ it could be freely admitted at the individual’s criminal trial. And that evidence that is found without the
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the existence of climate change‚ to corporate handouts and under the table deals. One such scientist is Wei-Hock Soon. Justin Gillis and John Schwartz of the New York Times report that Soon‚ who has been called by Republican politicians to testify against the harm of global warming and climate change in front of Congress‚ has received upwards of 1.2 million dollars from the fossil-fuel industry in the last decade. The release of information like this only adds fuel to the fire surrounding climate change
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Nearly every student that is required to do a state test can agree that standardized testing is a pain. There are even some cases where teachers find state testing to be a bothersome. The point is that the majority views on standardized testing are not so delightful. Even though some may view standardized testing as an essential part of the schooling system‚ they are mistaken because with state testing there is no learning‚ has life changing consequences‚ its focus is narrowed‚ provides minimal to
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ANSWER 1 Adverse selection is unfavorable selection of the life insurance applicant. The measure that the life insurance company can take to safe guard against adverse selection which is limits on age in sum insured‚ a medical examination may be required‚ MAR maybe obtain if it appears that the proposer is trying to conceal and adverse feature or if there is some feature which requires classification. Insurance markets are imperfect and are often characterized by information problems that pose
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tests conducted to ensure a defendant’s insanity. The first of these tests is known as the M’Naghten test. Daniel M’Naghten was a Scottish woodturner who assassinated Edward Drummond at point blank range because he thought Drummond was conspiring against him. M’Naghten was found not guilty by reason of insanity‚ and was remanded to a mental institution where he eventually passed away. Now‚ this test is used on insane defendants to determine if they know the difference between right and
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they would get taken down instantly because of ‘Title IX’. “Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 bans sex discrimination in schools receiving Federal Funds‚ whether it is in academics or athletics. The majority of Title IX cases are files against K-12 schools and they are mostly involved on the athletic side.” (www.education.com/definitions/title-ix/) Basically it keeps athletic teams available equally to both men and women. Title IX has a few policies that high schools and colleges have
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Standardized tests are destroying our academic integrity‚ causing schools to drill core curriculum into students‚ creating a one size fits all standard for students to adapt to‚ and placing teachers and students under tremendous stress while leaving American children behind academically. Body Paragraph 1- Drilling Curriculum Topic Sentence: Drilling curriculum into students has become an everyday practice in schools across the United States. Evidence: According to Tim Walker‚ writer for NeaToday
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Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s‚ southerners struggled with the inevitable confrontation of segregation. Living in the Jim Crow era‚ blacks grappled to gain the rights denied to them through Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)‚ “which gave legal sanction to “separate but equal”.” On the other hand‚ white southerners wrestled to maintain the white supremacy that the Plessy case allowed them to exercise. One of the largest areas of tension for the maintenance of segregation existed in education.
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deliberate termination of a human pregnancy affects approximately twenty-one percent of all U.S pregnancies. There are usually about three stances that are taken when speaking about abortion‚ for it‚ against it‚ or both. Personally‚ I can see reasons why one would be for it and why one would be against. Although I don’t like or encourage abortion‚ I feel that a woman should have the privilege to do what she pleases with her own body. Many feel that abortion should be the woman’s choice. Some claim
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policy is based‚ as stated in the Declaration‚ recognizes that any government‚ at any level‚ can become oppressive of our rights. Therefore‚ we must be prepared to defend ourselves against its abuses‚ but the movement against 2nd Amendment rights is not just a threat to our capacity to defend ourselves physically against
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