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 a mechanism to protect the journalist, in some
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Habeas Corpus and the War on Terror POL 201 American National Government The recent War on Terror has caused quite a stir. Many patriotic Americans are now on guard even though the main character in the War on Terror, Osama Bin Laden, has been caught and executed. Many other “terrorists” have been arrested and detained at a prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. This raises the question of whether they are being detained legally or not. One issue is the concept of habeus corpus. This essay will
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took this as racial discrimination and launched this landmark court case. This led to Green organizing a stand in which consisted of blocking the roadways to the McDonnell Douglas plant during the rush hour. Then in January of 1965 McDonnell Douglas called Green having a lock in at the power plant which was that last straw and went on rolling to the legal side of this matter. The case dragged on till the year of 1973. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Percy Green saying that he was able to prove
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In response to these threats, forty eight states passed laws The U. S. Supreme Court’s first ruling on Flag Desecration was in 1907. The statues prohibited the following: marking, defacing, using in commercial advertising, and showing “contempt” by publicly burning, trampling, spitting on, showing lack of respect for the U. S. Flag. In Halter v. Nebraska in 1907, this ruling was upheld by the U. S. Supreme Court as Constitutional. In 1968, a Federal Government Flag Desecration law
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and women has been a hot topic of discussion in the corporate world for decades; and now most recently, in the court system. In The New York Times editorial: “Wal-Mart v. Women”(2011), a group of current and former female employees join forces alleging charges of sex discrimination by the retail giant; and seek an enormous amount of damages in the form of back pay. The Supreme Court must decide whether Wal-Mart has been wrongfully accused or whether the women are justified in their accusations
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describing the difference between Liberal, Conservative and Libertarian. Discussing the positions these groups support. What the formal process is of amending the Constitution and why it was designed this particular way. Discussing the role of the Court in the development of Federalism and the allocation of federal and state powers with in our U.S. system and how throughout the years it has changed. Political ideology is the beliefs or a philosophy pertaining to religion, social, cultural, and
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Habeas corpus is a writ that is used to bring a party who has been criminally convicted in state court into federal court. Usually, writs of habeas corpus are used to review the legality of the party’s arrest, imprisonment, or detention. The federal court’s review of a habeas corpus petition is considered to be collateral relief of a state court decision rather than direct review. Habeas corpus originated in English common law as a means to protect individuals from illegal detention. An individual
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Ohio V. Robinette Presented By: Ricky Mendez December 1, 2011 Outline I. The Case Ohio V. Robinette II. Trial Court Out Come III. Appeals Court’s Decision The Case Ohio V. Robinette In Ohio v. Robinette, 519 U.S. 33 (1996), the U.S. Supreme court held that the Fourth Amendment does not require police officers to inform a motorist at the end of a traffic stop that they are free to go before seeking permission to search the motorist’s car (Wikipedia 2011). In the case, respondent
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SARBANES-OXLEY ACT – INTRODUCTION In the year 2002, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act came into force in response to corporate financial scandals that emerged due to Enron, Tyco, Global Crossing, Arthur Andersen and WorldCom to protect shareholders and the public from accounting errors and unethical business practices. It brought major changes to the regulation of financial practice and corporate governance. The Act covers issues related to creating a public company accounting oversight board, auditor
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Christian Marble SECTION #:22230408 Date:11/12/13 Korematsu v. United States U.S. Supreme Court 1944 Facts: In 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Executive Order 9066. This order allowed the United States military to section off parts of the US as military areas. In these areas they were trying to exclude specific groups of people from them. The group they were trying to exclude were the Japanese-Americans because they were believed to be acting as spies and sending signals
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