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    Do Judges Make Law

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    Judges do make law — it’s their job By Erwin Chemerinsky and Catherine Fisk Misleading and silly slogans about what judges do are dominating the debate about Supreme Court nominee John Roberts. President Bush and Republican politicians constantly repeat‚ as a mantra‚ that Roberts is a desirable choice because he won’t "legislate from the bench" and will merely "apply the law‚ not make it." But every lawyer knows that judges make law — it’s their job. In fact‚ law students learn in the first semester

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    Do Judge Make Laws?

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    the parliament‚ and that only the parliament can make laws in the legislation. But‚ there is something that confuses the sovereignty of the parliament‚ which is the “judge-made law”. Is there such thing as a judge-made law? What is a judge-made law? A judge-made law is when a judge applies or extends an established rule to new facts‚ or decides that the particular rule do not take effect on certain situations‚ thus‚ making a change in the law. However‚ when it comes to this‚ it does not mean that

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    3 Strikes Crime Law: Unjust and Preposterous Nichole Burton COM/155 November 15‚ 2012 Brenda Granderson 3 Strikes Crime Law: Unjust and Preposterous The 3 Strikes Crime Law is one of the nation’s harshest sentencing laws. Are you aware that even non-violent criminals are sentenced to life in prison under the 3 Strikes Crime Law? More than 4‚000 non-violent criminals are currently serving life in sentence in prison in California alone. (Vega & Galloway‚ 2012). If you take these outrageous

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    Case: Deters v. Equifax Credit Information Services‚ Inc. (2000) The United States District Court for the District of Kansas Westlaw Facts: Ms. Deters‚ the plaintiff‚ sued Equifax‚ the defendant‚ in the United States District Court for the district of Kansas after being sexually harassed on several different occasions by three different co-workers and also the original male supervisor. Violating Title VII‚ prohibiting discrimination of employees based on race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex and national

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    6.) Alternative sentencing (Instead of sending juveniles to industrial schools). Example‚ probation which would include the completion of a community service order‚ or drug program. Many juvenile offenders can be effectively rehabilitated through community- based supervision and intervention. There is need for alternatives to detention; research on traditional confinement in large training schools or correctional facilities has found relatively high recidivism rates (Austin‚ Johnson and Weitzer

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    CJ299-02 Unit 3 Assignment When we talk about different types of sentencing the most coming types are indeterminate and determinate. They both serve the same function but have different out comes. They are both build to serve as punishments but to also rehabilitate at the same time. The main difference between these two sentences is the fact that indeterminate sentences offer early release in the form of parole and determinate sentences do not. Indeterminate sentences are defined as a sentence that

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    Why Do Guns Cause Crime?

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    In the United State guns and crimes seem to go hand in hand with one another. Gun control and crimes are one of many topics an argument debated in the US. There have been several shooting events in school campuses‚ communities and horrify terrorism shootings that affect the whole of the US. For instance‚ on April in San Bernardino‚ California a gunman entered North Park elementary school opened fire and fatally shot two individuals. The gunman shot and killed his estranged wife‚ who was a teacher

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    Truth Is Post-Truth

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    agenda’s‚ truth is sometimes ignored or becomes irrelevant. The question is if truth has become so twisted that it doesn’t really exist in its original meaning anymore? If truth has been lost there must be a substitute‚ this is where post-truth originated. Post-truth is when decisions are based upon emotions rather than facts‚ this is dangerous because each person feels a different way and therefore can justify melding a subject to fit their own liking. Post-truth has caused all truths to be called

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    Church and Galileo which eventually leads to him being arrested and sentenced to house arrest for heresy. This sentencing of Galileo was a vast overreaction. I definitely disagree with this sentence. Galileo was sentenced to house arrest for his entire life. His crime did not deserve this harsh punishment. Galileo was only guilty of disagreeing with the Catholic Church. He didn’t do anything to hurt nor corrupt anyone. The Catholic Church was trying to retain the power they had over the people

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    been stopped. This horrific crime should never of occurred as the perpetrator had committed a similar offence 25 years previously but had been released from prison early. So‚ I am here today to talk about the one simple thing that could have stopped this horrific crime: capital punishment. Retribution. Incapacitation. Deterrent. These words are aimlessly thrown around when discussing custodial sentencing‚ but none of them are effective. How did the victims of this crime have any sort of retribution

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