Read Summary/Print Relevant Paragraphs Relevant Paragraphs: In the 2001 extradition case United States v. Burns‚[6] the Supreme Court declined to decide
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What is terrorism? Often times‚ people use the word terrorism without ever understanding the true meaning of the word. Defining terrorism can be difficult‚ indeed‚ but‚ not impossible. It was quite easy to define it when that tragic event occurred on September 11‚ 2001. The majority of the United States agreed to fight terrorism shortly after 9/11. Terrorism has been both a motivation and a fear for the people in America. People did not realize the impact terrorism would have on the privacy of their
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For nearly half a century‚ the Supreme Court’s decision in Tinker has been applied to numerous cases involving student speech. However‚ in recent years‚ the Supreme Court has been faced with the difficult decision of how to apply it to online‚ off-campus speech. So what direction are the courts currently heading to give clarity to school leaders on how to approach discipline of students’ off-campus‚ online speech? The answer… is very little. One case we briefly mentioned in class this semester
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States Supreme Court In recent years the American public has become fascinated with televising court cases. Some courts have agreed to televise courtroom proceedings. Their decision to do so has led a vast number of citizens to believe that they understand how the judicial system works. I believe popular daytime shows such as Judge Judy‚ Judge Mathis‚ and Judge Joe Brown‚ have poisoned the legal understanding of many Americans. Televising oral arguments from the United States Supreme Court would
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acknowledging case at the Supreme Court level it must be a case worth the argument to continue it. The Supreme Court is the highest court that a case can reach and doesn’t give the decision of the case but gives an opinion on what they believe is right and the lower court from which it came from decides what happens to the case. The Supreme Court deals with the highest level of cases and is the only court listed in the constitution (Federal Court Concepts). The Supreme Court is known for decisions in
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School. In 1970 he became a part of President Richard Nixon’s general counsel and in addition became the Assistant Attorney General. In 1983‚ Antonin Scalia became a part of Ronald Regan’s court of appeals. President Ronald Reagan then nominated him as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1986. Antonin Scalia had many diverse opinions on
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Who is Thurgood Marshall? He was the first African-American to go into the Supreme Court Justice. While working as a lawyer he argued over 32 cases before he go into the supreme court and he won 29 of them. Thurgood Marshall accomplished many things in life and in being a lawyer. Thurgood
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Sotomayor was informed about the possibility to be nominated as Supreme Court Justice if David Souter were to retire. Davis Souter’s plans to retire we leaked on April 30‚ 2009‚ leading to early attention for Sotomayor’s nominee possibility as the new Supreme Court Justice. Sotomayor was informed of President Barack Obama choice on May 25. He then nominated her on May 26‚ 2009. When Sonia was nominated‚ history was made for the American court system; she became the second jurist to be appointed for three
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In 2013‚ the Colombia Supreme Court chose to upset his sentence‚ despite the fact that the court still made it clear in their sentiments that flexibility of assessment was not total and that writers could in any case be indicted for criticism. Despite the fact that this choice is just a halfway stride forward‚ the court’s choice says a lot without bounds of the Colombian press. This decision opens the entryway for further decriminalization of defamation and less oversight for the press. The a good
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Eyewitness Identification In the Supreme Court case of Lorenzo Prado Navarette and Jose Prado Navarette‚ Petitioners‚ versus the state of California (argued January 21‚ 2014‚ decided April 22‚ 2014)‚ two men argued that one of their constitutional rights had been violated. In August of 2008‚ a Mendocino County dispatcher received a call from a woman reporting that another vehicle had run her off the road (Navarette v. California‚ 2014). The dispatcher notified the California Highway Patrol (CHP)
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