Judges have to make many discretionary decisions while they are on the bench. This is due to the fact that the law‚ no matter how well it is written‚ cannot anticipate every circumstance and eventuality that may be subject to that law. As a result‚ Judges are charged with making rational decisions in regards to the cases that don’t adequately fit the ramifications of the law. Most of the decisions that are made by Judges are independent of official guidelines and vary from Judge to Judge. This
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Kimberly B. Ward Should Judges be Appointed or Elected Introduction and Outline Since the United States Democracy was first established‚ legislators and constituents have asked the question “Should judges be appointed or elected?”. Many state legislators have argued that since judges make decisions that directly affect constituents‚ they must be elected and nonpartisan races are held for judgeships. On the other hand‚ the United States Constitution states that all federal judges shall be appointed
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Was King William I a Good or Bad King? William was a great leader of England‚ his power and intelligence were just what the people needed. He brought many new systems and regimes‚ which was better for the people. William may not have been the most generous king‚ though he made England a better‚ safer place to live in. When a king can make the country’s standards of living better he’s defiantly a good king. William introduced Feudalism into the society of England. People received a grant of land
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Hitler a name that frightened many people back in the 20th century he was a dictator a nazist a killer and considered insane to some people. a great leader to others mostly the nazists or his loyal servants and close ones that are all dead now. Hitler did not do particularly well in school‚ leaving formal education in 1905. Unable to settle into a job. He wished to become an artist but was rejected from the Academy in Vienna. in the tears of depression and failure arose an evil dictator to rule Germany
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Don’t judge a book by its cover means not to judge people or things by what they look like from the outside. People shouldn’t be judged by how they look but be judged by their actions. It actually means that people cannot be judged by what they appear like to you at first‚ it is necessary to get to know them and "read" them before you can judge them It means not to judge people by the way they look or act. Something very powerful can be inside them. it means dont judge a person on how they look
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Why was Martin Luther King Jr. a good leader? Martin Luther King Jr. was a good leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He lead the March On Washington which was to end racial discrimination. Martin Luther King Jr. was a great leader before‚during The Civil Rights movement. Martin Luther King Jr. had a purpose by giving his “I Have A Dream” speech. King gave the speech August 28‚ 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial. One of his purposes was to changed some people’s minds about racism. Martin Luther King Jr’s
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Judge Lawrence Wargrave on the stand for the mass murder on Soldier Island. How shall you plea “ Guilty of the murder of ten people”. Now to say the people on the island were guilty themselves. He knew he had done wrong and therefore killed himself as well. Knowing all those people died for no other reason but someone else’s enjoyment is wrong and Wargrave is guilty. Ever since Judge Lawrence Wargrave was a child he had a thing for seeing and causing death. He had a tormented mind. He himself could
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“Everyday Use‚” Dee is a shining example of an American pursuing her dream and succeeding at it. Dee came from a background of poverty. Her lineage includes slaves and farm workers that were never able to better themselves enough to rise above the poverty. She knew since she was little that the country was not for her. She wanted an education. She wanted to move to the city. So Dee worked very hard from the time she was a child to become educated and literate enough to go to college. Dee accomplished
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What is the hedonist view about the good life? Assess one major problem it faces. Hedonists believe that a good life is one that contains the greatest amount of happiness possible and goes well ‘to the extent that it is filled with pleasure and free of pain’. A problem that will be assessed is the idea of ‘false happiness’ where a person believes that they have led a good‚ happiness-filled life‚ unaware that this happiness is based upon false beliefs. Hedonism begins with the premise that there
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finished the book Ciento: 100 100-word Love Poems I thought that the obsessive nature of the book correlated perfectly with the topic. My definition of love is something that causes you to do what others might not and occupies your mind. Lorna Dee Cervantes was not obsessing over love itself but of the feeling of loving a person and the constant thought of them. The author’s obsessive nature in creating a book that sticks to a specific guideline proves that she is determined to prove her affinity with
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