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    In 1976‚ the California Supreme Court ruled that psychotherapists have a duty to warn and protect potential victims if their patients made threats or otherwise behaved as if they presented a serious danger of violence to another. This ruling happened because of the Tarasoff Case of 1969‚ in which the court determined the need for therapists to protect the public was more important than protecting patient-therapist confidentiality. (Vitelli 1) The Tarasoff Case is based on the 1969 murder of a University

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    requires that the government impose no punishment that is “cruel and unusual.”1 One question that rises from this amendment is whether or not a sentence is unconstitutional if it is disproportional to the crime committed. In recent past‚ the United States Supreme Court has struggled with this issue and with coming to a consensus on how to view proportionality in the Eighth Amendment.2 Recently‚ the United States Supreme Court has decided to hear a Florida case‚ Sullivan v. State‚ 987 So.2d 83 (Fla.

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    A left hook by Frazier knocks Ali down in the 15th round. Frazier wins by unanimous decision. Three months later‚ the Supreme Court rules in his favor‚ reversing the 1967 draft-evasion conviction. 1974 In January‚ he gains a measure of revenge from Frazier‚ besting the former champ in 12 rounds. Regains the heavyweight title in the "Rumble in the Jungle" on Oct. 30 in

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    Original Jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) since its establishment on 14 February 2001‚ only three so far‚ namely‚ Barbados‚ Guyana and Belize have acceded additionally to its Appellate Jurisdiction. The Original Jurisdiction deals with the interpretation and application of the Treaty which established Caricom‚ and the Appellate Jurisdiction is meant to take over the role of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council by being the final court of appeal in both civil and criminal

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    was also a crime as well. The Cold War was the most important issue of the presidential campaign of 1948. The Democratic Truman administration‚ feeling pressure from conservative Republicans to ferret out alleged subversive elements‚ brought to court 11 leaders of the Communist Party of the United States for violation of the Smith Act. They were not charged with any overt acts that contributed to violence or revolutionary activity‚ but rather with conspiring to teach and advocate such a activity

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    The Catholic Church and Supreme Court Cases The Catholic Church and the Supreme Court have had many disputes along the lines of‚ our very tested‚ religious freedom. There are quite a few Supreme Court cases that affect the Catholic Church. Roe v. Wade‚ Obergefell v. Hodges‚ and Zubik v. Burwell‚ are three of the many important and recent cases that are affecting this generation and will continue affecting future generations. These three Supreme Court cases have tested the Catholic Church’s teachings

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    on the European Court of Justice (ECJ)‚ looking into its role in the European integration process‚ and how its rulings and judgments have affected the business framework. We will also be looking into the effects of its rulings on state sovereignty‚ and how in some cases its rulings have limited states power over certain policy areas and handed them to the European Union. We will start by looking at the radical jurisprudence of the European court of justice‚ and what political reactions have arisen

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    against racism and inspiring the Civil Rights Movement. The three Supreme Court cases that influenced the Civil Rights movement‚ by supporting ideas of freedom; Dred Scott v. Sanford‚ Plessy v. Ferguson‚ Brown v. Board of Education. One case that had a major impact on the Civil Rights Movement was the Dred Scott v. Sanford case. In this case‚ "a slave named Dred Scott and his wife‚ Harriet‚ sued for their freedom in a St. Louis city court‚" (Dred Scott v. Ferguson). The final judgement made was not in

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    advantages and its disadvantages as a citizen of the United States. In this case‚ Supreme Court Judges had to make a decision over the whole controversial topic of freedom of religion. The opinion of the court was written by Justice Alito in which tells the scenario of what happened to Gregory Holt‚ which starts off with him as an inmate and having the religion as being a Muslim. But the Arkansas

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    Pittsburg‚ and James R. Harrigan‚ the CEO of FreedomTrust‚ argue that the government is exploiting the power of eminent domain‚ a clause that allows the government to take land if it’s going to better the entire community. They’re taking advantage of this clause by misleading the people that they’re property will be used to better the entire community‚ which in reality the government is actually giving them to corporations. As a result‚ the court case Kelo v. City of New London‚ Connecticut and an incident

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