Professor Ballone 14 February 2014 Obscenity in Miller v. California Today in our criminal justice system there exists a policy known as “The Miller Test”. The purpose of this test is to determine whether or not a given substance is obscene or not. It is a test that is frequently used today by police‚ and its significance is clearly obvious. The “Miller Test” is a direct result from the outcome of the U.S Supreme Court decision‚ Miller v. California. In this case‚ a local business owner who specialized
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American scientist Philippe Cousteau said‚ “Our oceans are facing innumerable threats from overfishing and pollution to ocean acidification and invasive/extinction of species.” This quote rings to our lives today in California because having over 50 beaches locally‚ we have seen most if not all of them in some manner polluted and mistreated. Simply‚ we love to visit our local beaches for the cool breeze and the overall view. The sense of “vacation” that draws us after a hard day’s work. We as humans
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2008 2003 2008 2003 2004 2006 2005 2008 2007 2003 2005 2006 2008 2005 2007 2004 2008 2005 2003 2003 2006 2007 — 27 — This is a sample of California Standards Test questions. This is NOT an operational test form. Test scores cannot be projected based on performance on released test questions. Copyright © 2009 California Department of Education. C A L I F O R N I A S TA N DA R D S T E S T Chemistry Released Test Questions Question Number 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
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Katie Waddle English 12‚ 3 Mr. Decker April 5‚ 2013 "A Supermarket in California" by Alan Ginsberg addresses Walt Whitman‚ who as it becomes evident throughout the poem‚ is Alan Ginsberg’s poetic hero. Ginsberg looked up to Whitman for many reasons. Ginsberg was a bisexual or homosexual Jewish man‚ and Whitman was also thought to have been bisexual or homosexual. Ginsberg portrays Whitman’s style and his legacy of writing by continuing Whitman’s poetic assault to industrialized society and
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California is in a drought and farmers believe our only option is to take water from under the ground. But‚ groundwater depletion is causing a lot of bad things to happen. It is making the layer of clay above collapse‚ when the clay collapses the dirt above gives way and sinks. This sinking causes sinkholes and is very dangerous. The sinking also damages pipes‚ buckles walls of irrigation canals‚ and cracks homes. Although the sinking is already a big enough threat the water in general could
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CALIFORNIA HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME: The walk of fame is located in Hollywood‚ California. This was created by: M. Stuart‚ who served in 1953 as the volunteer president of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. The 4 categories to be in you could be involved in to get star: motion picture‚ television‚ recording and radio Made of pink terrazzo and brass- are the stars To get nominated to the Walk of Fame the sponsor of that person who wants to get the star must fill an application out for him or her
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if you didn’t have enough water to do your daily activities. California is in a humongous drought. The egocentric farmers are using water for the food‚ but the people need water for themselves. Like taking showers‚ and water for washing their clothes. There isn’t enough water for the people to use the aquifer for their needs. The citizens go months or weeks without showering. The people even have to use bird baths to shower. California should control the aquifer use. Moreover‚ since the farmers
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There are two sides on every issue. This is especially true for the legalization of marijuana in California. There are those in one camp that oppose the legalization and there are major players that are for the legalization of marijuana. Even a high profile political figure that is running for President of the United States is for legalization of the drug in California. However‚ the biggest opposer’s to legalization are members of the prison industry. Surprisingly‚ they are raising money to fight
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Traci White-Jones Criminal Law Asst #1 MEMORANDUM QUESTION PRESENTED In Robinson v. California‚ 370 U.S. 660 (1962)‚ the Supreme Court ruled that a law may not punished a status; i.e.‚ one may not be punished to being an alcoholic or for being addicted to drugs. However‚ of course‚ one may be punished for actions such as abusing drugs. If the defendants status "forces" the action because of his or her addiction to drugs‚ is "forced" by the addiction to purchase and abuse the illegal
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Texas and California Annexation John O’Sullivan defined “manifest destiny” and used the term to promote the annexation of Texas and the Oregon Country to the United States. When he said‚ in a spirit of hostile interference against us‚ for the avowed object of thwarting our policy and hampering our power‚ limiting our greatness and checking the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions..
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