People and governments involved: Roland Dagenhart, Congress, Supreme Court Laws in question: law was not a regulation of commerce, Tenth Amendment left power of child labor to the states, the Fifth Amendment allowed him to let his kids work in the mill Dates: 1918 Prior court decisions: Supreme Court attempted to regulate production of goods by banning the shipment across state lines of goods made in factories which employed children under the age of 14 Decision: 5 votes for Dagenhart, 4
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Hate Speech Tricia Bilbrey Grand Canyon University PHI 305 September 18, 2011 Hate Speech The studied article reviews several cases where hate speech or “fighting words” were used against minorities. The views of 1st Amendment supporters and those opposed to hate speech were compared. The question still remains: Should hate speech be protected by the US Constitution? The number of hate groups in America today has reached over the thousand marks. That is an increase of 7.5% since
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Legal right to search the computer media ________________________________________ Can US Customs Search & Seize Your Laptop Computer Without Cause? YES They Can! Summary During my research, I located an article relating to the “legal right to search the computer media” of an individual. According to the this article, it is not illegal for the United States Customs to search and seize a person’s personal computer media at anytime. Some time ago around the year two-thousand six in the month
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Professor William Bower November 27, 2011 Abstract This observations will present an in service core curriculum re-evaluating an argument on the procedure by which an investigative permit is required and released that gives emphasis to the Fourth Amendment needs. Also, the definition of probable cause and its principles in which it is assembled will be discussed. There are two kinds of investigation that do not necessitate a warrant which will also be enclosed in this paper as well as concentrating
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of the first Amendment Freedom of Speech is Explained it can be used well and improperly. There are many ways it can be used and cannot. If it is wrongly used you will be prosecuted. What is Freedom of speech * A.The framers of the constitution guaranteed freedom of speech and expression to the citizens of the United States with the First Amendment, which reads, in part, "Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech B.Freedon Of Speech is the first Amendment in the bill of
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Unit 9: Final Essay Exam Project Lisa Bowser Kaplan University CJ305: Legal Foundations of Criminal Evidence Prof: Anthony Gurrola June 14, 2012 Physical Evidence The five ways that you can authentication or identification process would be: A. Testimony of a witness that has first knowledge of the crime. B. A non-expert who is familiar with a person’s handwriting and did not gain knowledge of the handwriting for purpose of the litigation, such as a spouse or roommate. C. Allowing
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Introduction Brown versus Board of Education was a major turning point in the history of the United States. This major case was actually several cases that were decided by the Supreme Court as one. These cases were argued by the NAACP and their expert team of lawyers led by Thurgood Marshall and his team the Legal Defense and Educational Fund. All the cases were filed by African American parents on behalf of their children. The parents of these children wished it to be brought before the courts
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sensitive and crucial part of the practice. That a journalist could offer confidentiality to a source puts him or her in a different level that allows accessing to information otherwise impossible to obtain. Some courts have decided that the First Amendment does not provide the writers, reporters, and journalists with the right to refuse to reveal their sources if required in a court. Journalists that had refused to go against to their profession’s trust have been jailed and fined. Shield laws are
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our text book; "The Due Process is protection against arbitrary deprivation of life, liberty, or property as guaranteed in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments." (Wilson, 2009, p. 33). The origins of the due process can be traced back to 1868 thanks to the fourteenth amendment being ratified that year. What is vital to know about the fourth teen amendment is this "No state shall deprive any person life of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." (Wilson, 2009, p. 33). When
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comments were not presented as opinions or in the context of cautionary language. Therefore, “within the context of the article, a reader could view Cole’s comments as based on undisclosed defamatory facts; they are not protected under the First amendment.
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