Edward Snowden‚ the twenty-nine-year-old N.S.A. whistle-blower who was last said to be hiding in Hong Kong awaiting his fate‚ a hero or a traitor? He is a hero. (My colleague Jeffrey Toobin disagrees.) In revealing the colossal scale of the U.S. government’s eavesdropping on Americans and other people around the world‚ he has performed a great public service that more than outweighs any breach of trust he may have committed. Like Daniel Ellsberg‚ the former Defense Department official who released
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Attorney-Client Privilege: The Flaw on Our Justice System Abstract This paper explores what I think is the constitutional flaw of our criminal justice system‚ attorney-client privilege. Under certain circumstances‚ information possessed by an attorney cannot be disclosed to others without the client ’s consent because of the attorney-client privilege or certain other legal concepts. The attorney-client privilege‚ which dates back to the reign of
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judge people based on their skin and are able to lie when they are facing lawsuits. Toobin believes that judges occasionally do not believe the cops’ claims because of them lying in the past court cases. Noted researcher Jeffrey Toobin argues that‚ “In decision after decision‚ she has found that cops have lied‚ discriminated against people of color‚ and violated the rights of citizens‚” (Toobin par 4). What Toobin is trying to say is that police have constantly violated people’s rights because they
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Term Limits for the Supreme Court Justices Intro Paragraph Imagine one of the highest ranked government officials having a memory loss disease such as Alzheimer’s. One-in-nine Americans over 65 has Alzheimer’s disease. Currently‚ seven out of the eight Supreme Court Justices is over the age of 65. Supreme Court justices serve a life-long term according to the Constitution‚ but there should be a term limit. This would make sure that there would be a balance of older and younger justice to balance
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REQUIRED FOR AP GOVERNMENT Please note that there are 2 required readings. The Brethren by Woodward and Armstrong (This is NOT John Grisham’s book) There will be a test on this book within the first week of class. Focus on the following: - The role of the clerk - The policy-making role of the Court - The cases discussed - The job of the Chief Justice - The balance on the Court - The personalities of the Justice - Be prepared for the first day of class to discuss the confirmation
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CASE ANALYSIS THE CASE OF MARTHA STEWART FACTS Beginning with a small catering business in the 1970s‚ Martha Stewart built a vast media conglomerate spanning books‚ magazines‚ television‚ radio and the internet‚ devoted to providing helpful tips with the sign-off: “It’s a good thing”. After her company‚ Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia‚ (MSL) went public in late 1999; her stake was briefly worth more than $1 billion. (New Yorker‚ 2003) 1 However‚ she was confronted with a far greater challenge
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He unveiled the extent of NSA spying‚ and generated a massive number of headlines and discussion on whether what he did was right or not. For example the article by Jeffrey Toobin says that he could have followed the laws regarding whistle blowing or went to congress‚ and not just release everything in one big act of civil disobedience. I believe that what he did was the best way to bring attention to the issue: by being disobedient
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On May 28‚ 1788 Alexander Hamilton wrote the Federalist 78. He stated “The Judiciary…has no influence over the sword or the purse… it may be truly said to have neither force nor will‚ but merely judgment… the judiciary is beyond comparison‚ the weakest of the three departments of power…” This statement has only grown more valid with each passing year due to biases and inefficiency. The United States Judicial branch is an inefficient branch of government. It consists of one chief justice‚ eight
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Civil disobedience will always positively impact a society that calls itself free‚ because a free society must allow for dissent. Peaceful resistance to law creates dialogue between people on both sides of the issue. Famous boxer Muhammad Ali peacefully protested the Vietnam war and the draft be simply refusing to go to war. He didn’t try leaving the country or going to college to avoid the draft. Instead‚ he made powerful statements explaining his thinking. He questioned the way things were‚ questioning
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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION and THE FRAMING OF THE CONSTITUTION 1. What was the first permanent colony founded in America? When was it founded? - Jamestown - 1607 2. What was the first representative assembly in America? - The House of Burgess 3. Which foreign nations controlled which geographic areas of North America in 1760? - France controlled the interior of North America (as well as Canada) - Spain controlled Florida and the west - England controlled the 13 colonies that occupied
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