House budget packages are often designed to stimulate economic growth. From the library or from www.whitehouse.gov‚ obtain a current summary of government spending and tax legislation signed by the president. •Write a brief description of the fiscal policy of the United States. •Would you describe it as "expansionary" or "contractionary"? •How can American consumers influence decision makers on fiscal policies? •Explain and discuss if and how this has changed over the past 5 years For the last
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Robbery – Sufficiency of the Evidence The issue before the COA in this case is whether there was sufficient evidence to convict Petitioner of robbery. Petitioner was charged and convicted of robbery‚ theft over $500‚ and second degree assault. Petitioner was sentenced to imprisonment for robbery‚ and‚ for purposes of sentencing the other two convictions merged. Petitioner challenged the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain his robbery conviction. The COA addresses the following question: Did the
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Obergefell v. Hodges is the Supreme Court Case that gay marriage legal in all fifty states. The case required that all states allow gay marriages and recognize gay marriages that happened in other states. It was a 5-4 decision that was based on the Equal Protection Clause in the 14th amendment. Obergefell wanted his marriage in Maryland to be recognized in Ohio‚ so he could collect the benefits from his partners death. Hodges is the director of the Ohio Health Department. The Supreme Court decided
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In Hilgendorf v. Hague the Supreme Court of Iowa determined that Hague had the power‚ but not the right‚ to terminate the agency relationship with Hilendorf (“Hilendorf‚” n.d.). An agency relationship can be terminated by an act of both parties‚ an unusual change of circumstances‚ impossibility of performance‚ and operation of law (Cheeseman‚ 2013‚ p. 393). In the case of Hilgendorf v. Hague‚ the contract was not terminated by an act of both parties‚ because Hilgendorf (agent) did not acquiesce
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Court case of Gregg V. Georgia dealt with administrative law‚ which is the legal field that regulates the due process clause in the Constitution. The clause is about the Government having the obligations to respect and uphold the legal rights of American people during and after they are arrested. Troy Leon Gregg and other inmates on death row believed that the death sentence was in direct violation of the 8th and 14th Amendments‚ which dealt with cruel and unusual punishment and that states must require
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Terry v. Ohio: Martin McFadden was a police officer in Ohio who noticed that two individuals appeared to be acting suspiciously. While watching these people from his police car‚ Officer McFadden noticed that these two men appeared to be planning a criminal attack. The two men were walking back and forth in front of a store while conspiring with each other. When McFadden approached the two men and identified himself as a law enforcement officer‚ he walked them down the street and frisked them for
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Throughout the history of the United States‚ Supreme Court decisions have addressed the constitutional rights of individuals and groups. These decisions have limited as well as expanded the rights of the members of these groups. Cases such as Korematsu v. United States and Roe v. Wade are examples of the limitation and expansion of rights. The historical circumstances surrounding the case of Korematsu v. U.S. are as follows. In the 1940’s there was a strong anti-Japanese feeling throughout all
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to the rule caused major controversy over why the rule even stands. The rule originated from the court case Weeks v. U.S. The Forth Amendment was virtually powerless until the early 1900s.
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with a Brief Psychotic Disorder (298.8). However‚ any time longer than one month can shift the diagnosis to Schizophreniform Disorder (295.40)‚ Major Depressive Disorder with psychotic features (296.22)‚ Bipolar Disorder with psychotic features (296.44)‚ or other specified or unspecified schizophrenia spectrum disorder. Much like how revealing the duration of the symptoms aid in the elimination process‚ other cues such as identifiable stressors or the duration between manic and depressive states would
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The United States legal system gives all people the right to an attorney to help defend the prosecuted individual. The court case Buck v. Davis shows how a person’s rights could be given but in a way that would go against the one being charged for a crime. Duane Buck is an African American who was tried for being involved in a murder of his ex-girlfriend and her friend in the state of Texas. Many different types of evidence showed that Duane Buck had committed that crime and his passed issues
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