Dylan sanders JS 143 Professor Peterson August 26th‚ 2013 Brief #1 McDonald vs. City of Chicago 1) CITATION: McDonald V. City of Chicago‚ III.‚ 130 S. Ct. 3020- Supreme Court 2010 2) Facts: Otis McDonald‚ a Chicago resident‚ tried to purchase a handgun for the purpose of protecting his home and body but was denied due to a Chicago city ordinance that banned the possession of personal handguns. McDonald filed suit against the city of Chicago under the claim that the 2nd amendment of the U
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Furman vs. Georgia In Furman vs. Georgia Furman was convicted of murder and two others for rape. “Juries had convicted Furman for murder and two other individuals for rape—all three were African American—and then imposed the death penalty.” (Source A). "Furman v. Georgia (1972)." American Government. ABC-CLIO‚ 2010. Web. 19 Apr. 2010. . The three pleaded that the death penalty is against the eighth amendment‚ which prohibits any man from suffering cruel and unusual punishment‚ and when Furman
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does not owe United States taxes on the income he earned in the Philippines because he already paid high income taxes on that income in the Philippines. Herrick did not file United States tax returns from years 2000 through 2006. However‚ for those years IRS prepared substitute tax returns for Herrick which did not include the foreign taxes Herrick paid. Therefore‚ the IRS charged Herrick $1‚330‚162.66 in Unites States taxes. The IRS took that amount from Herrick’s United States investment accounts
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“The Black Walnut Tree” Analysis “Two women trying in a difficult time to be wise” describes up the speaker and her mother’s conflicted feelings regarding the future of the tree in their backyard. In “The Black Walnut Tree” by Mary Oliver‚ the author uses shifts and word choice and imagery to expose the frustrating‚ but meaningful connection the women have with the family tree. While the tree burdens the women‚ they must come to terms that the tree represents the importance of family over the opportunity
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References: ^ "Law professor Tomkovicz writes brief for case in upcoming Supreme Court term". The Press-Citizen. 2008-09-29. http://www.google.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_v._Gant
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Esposito-Hilder vs. SFX case. Use the citation you find in your book to do the search. Read the case and answer these questions. Copy and paste this information into a Word document‚ include your name on that document‚ and answer the questions. What is the most “jealously” protected kind of speech‚ according to the court in this case? (3 points) What court decided the case in the assignment? (2 points) Briefly – state the facts of this case‚ using the information found in the case in LexisNexis
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The United States is a nation that is founded on a concrete set of values protecting the nations populous from facing errors depriving them of their individual freedoms‚ for all elements of the society‚ which includes the governing body itself. The core values of the United States‚ which includes Liberty‚ Legal equality and equality of opportunity‚ tolerance‚ respect of decent‚ self-reliance and the pursuit of truth‚ in addition are bounded with a living breathing constitution and a bill of rights
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In the Texas vs Cobb case a man named Raymond Levi Cobb was first arrested in 1994 and confessed to a home burglary. In this process he denied that he killed the woman and child in the home but later confessed to his father which his father then went to report this to the police. Even though Cobb later waived his Miranda rights and confessed he was still indicted and sentenced to death. Cobb argued to the Texas Court of Appeals that after his confession he was denied his right to counsel because
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Jenny vs. Angie and Richard Part A: 1. Introduction to the case Following notations are used for simplicity of explanation: Hereafter‚ Jenny will be referred to as the Plaintiff; Angie to be referred to as defendant 1; Richard to be referred to as defendant 2. The plaintiff here received some money as a result of a golden-handshake after deciding to retire. The total sum of which is $500‚ 000‚ which she intends to invest in real-estate. Upon being approached by defendant 1 with a proposal of "Sure-thing
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Manufacturing vs. Agricultural A main crisis or argument in America’s new government was whether we should be a manufacturing country or should we be agricultural. Now the main supporters of Manufacturing was Alexander Hamilton and the Federalists. While the main supporters for Agriculture was Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic Republicans. Hamilton strongly believed that our new country should have a strong base of Manufacturing‚ and he had some good reasons‚ too. One of the reasons Hamilton
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